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1987 NHL Draft

Ricard Persson in the 1987 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Ricard Persson 23rd overall in the 1987 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 2.

He was the first of the 15 Swedes selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1987, 90 have played in the NHL regular season. His 229 games put him 45th in the class.

Overall pick
23
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 2
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 20–26 in the 1987 draft

  1. 20Darren RumbleD193 GP · 36 PPHI
  2. 21Peter SoberlakLEDM
  3. 22Brad MillerD82 GP · 6 PBUF
  4. 23Ricard PerssonD229 GP · 54 PNJD
  5. 24Rob MurphyC125 GP · 21 PVAN
  6. 25Stephane MatteauL848 GP · 316 PCGY
  7. 26Rick TabaracciG286 GP · 93 WPIT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1987 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1987 class

1st
of 15 Swedes selected
13th
of 93 defensemen selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 23Ricard PerssonD229 GP · 54 PNJD
  2. 37Patrik ErikssonRWIN
  3. 59Robert NordmarkD236 GP · 83 PSTL
  4. 64Peter ErikssonL20 GP · 6 PEDM
  5. 83Tomaz ErikssonLPHI
  6. 92Ulf SandstromRCHI
  7. 132Kyösti KarjalainenL28 GP · 9 PLAK
  8. 162Thomas SjogrenDWSH
  9. 213Roger HanssonLVAN
  10. 229Peter HasselbladDCGY

+ 5 more

Every Swede in the 1987 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ricard Persson made his NHL debut on October 7, 1995, 8 years and 116 days after the draft.

229
Games
10
Goals
44
Assists
54
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1987 draft

  1. 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJD
  2. 23Ricard PerssonD229 GP · 54 PNJD
  3. 65Brian SullivanR2 GP · 1 PNJD
  4. 86Kevin DeanD331 GP · 55 PNJD
  5. 107Ben HankinsonR43 GP · 6 PNJD
  6. 128Thomas NeziolLNJD
  7. 149Jim DowdC728 GP · 239 PNJD
  8. 170John BlessmanDNJD
  9. 191Peter FryGNJD
  10. 212Alain CharlandCNJD