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1981 NHL Draft

Petri Skriko in the 1981 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Petri Skriko 157th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 8.

He was the tenth of the 12 Finns selected that year. It was the seventh of the 9 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 541 games put him 31st in the class.

Overall pick
157
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 10
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 154–160 in the 1981 draft

  1. 154Mitch LamoureuxC73 GP · 20 PPIT
  2. 155Michael SturgeonDEDM
  3. 156Ari LahteenmakiRNYR
  4. 157Petri SkrikoL541 GP · 405 PVAN
  5. 158Andre CoteRQUE
  6. 159Johan MellstromLCHI
  7. 160Kari KanervoCMNS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1981 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1981 class

10th
of 12 Finns selected
88th
of 119 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 38Hannu VirtaD245 GP · 126 PBUF
  2. 41Jali WahlstenCMNS
  3. 43Jyrki SeppaD13 GP · 2 PWIN
  4. 101Mauri EivolaCBUF
  5. 131Risto JaloC3 GP · 3 PWSH
  6. 143Heikki LeimeDBUF
  7. 147Teppo VirtaCNYI
  8. 150Tony ArimaRCLR
  9. 156Ari LahteenmakiRNYR
  10. 157Petri SkrikoL541 GP · 405 PVAN

+ 2 more

Every pick from Finland in the 1981 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Petri Skriko made his NHL debut on October 28, 1984, 3 years and 140 days after the draft.

541
Games
183
Goals
222
Assists
405
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1981 draft

  1. 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVAN
  2. 52Jean-Marc LanthierR105 GP · 32 PVAN
  3. 73Wendell YoungG187 GP · 59 WVAN
  4. 105Moe LemayL317 GP · 166 PVAN
  5. 115Stu KulakR90 GP · 12 PVAN
  6. 136Bruce HollowayD2 GP · 0 PVAN
  7. 157Petri SkrikoL541 GP · 405 PVAN
  8. 178Frank CapriceG102 GP · 31 WVAN
  9. 199Rejean VignolaCVAN