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1982 NHL Draft

Peter Ihnacak in the 1982 NHL Draft

Toronto Maple Leafs selected Peter Ihnacak 25th overall in the 1982 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 2.

He was the first of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the third of the 15 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1982, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 417 games put him 37th in the class.

Overall pick
25
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 4
Drafting team
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Date
Age at the draft
25 years

The picks around it

Picks 22–28 in the 1982 draft

  1. 22Brian CurranD381 GP · 40 PBOS
  2. 23Yves CourteauR22 GP · 7 PDET
  3. 24Gary LeemanR667 GP · 466 PTOR
  4. 25Peter IhnacakC417 GP · 267 PTOR
  5. 26Mike AndersonCBUF
  6. 27Mike HeidtD6 GP · 1 PLAK
  7. 28Rene BadeauDCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1982 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1982 class

1st
of 6 Slovaks selected
15th
of 153 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Slovaks selected

  1. 25Peter IhnacakC417 GP · 267 PTOR
  2. 81Dusan PasekC48 GP · 14 PMNS
  3. 171Miroslav IhnacakL56 GP · 17 PTOR
  4. 202Vincent LukacLQUE
  5. 244Jozef LukacCQUE
  6. 248Jan JaskoLQUE
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1982 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Peter Ihnacak made his NHL debut on October 6, 1982, 119 days after the draft.

417
Games
102
Goals
165
Assists
267
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 1982 draft

  1. 3Gary NylundD608 GP · 171 PTOR
  2. 24Gary LeemanR667 GP · 466 PTOR
  3. 25Peter IhnacakC417 GP · 267 PTOR
  4. 45Ken WreggetG575 GP · 225 WTOR
  5. 73Vladimir RuzickaC233 GP · 167 PTOR
  6. 87Eduard UviraDTOR
  7. 99Sylvain CharlandLTOR
  8. 108Ronald DregerLTOR
  9. 115Craig KalesRTOR
  10. 129Dom CampedelliD2 GP · 0 PTOR
  11. 139Jeff TrianoDTOR
  12. 171Miroslav IhnacakL56 GP · 17 PTOR
  13. 192Leigh VerstraeteR8 GP · 1 PTOR
  14. 213Tim LovenDTOR
  15. 234James ApplebyGTOR