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1980 NHL Draft

Rik Wilson in the 1980 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Rik Wilson 12th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 1980, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 251 games put him 67th in the class.

Overall pick
12
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 12
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 9–15 in the 1980 draft

  1. 9Mike BullardC727 GP · 674 PPIT
  2. 10Jim FoxR578 GP · 479 PLAK
  3. 11Mike BlaisdellR343 GP · 154 PDET
  4. 12Rik WilsonD251 GP · 90 PSTL
  5. 13Denis CyrR193 GP · 84 PCGY
  6. 14James MaloneCNYR
  7. 15Jerome DupontD214 GP · 36 PCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1980 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1980 class

12th
of 210 players selected
7th
of 72 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Doug WickenheiserC556 GP · 277 PMTL
  2. 2Dave BabychD1195 GP · 723 PWIN
  3. 3Denis SavardC1196 GP · 1338 PCHI
  4. 4Larry MurphyD1615 GP · 1217 PLAK
  5. 5Darren VeitchD511 GP · 257 PWSH
  6. 6Paul CoffeyD1409 GP · 1531 PEDM
  7. 7Rick LanzD569 GP · 286 PVAN
  8. 8Fred ArthurD80 GP · 9 PHFD
  9. 9Mike BullardC727 GP · 674 PPIT
  10. 10Jim FoxR578 GP · 479 PLAK

+ 200 more

The 1980 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Rik Wilson made his NHL debut on November 24, 1981, 1 year and 166 days after the draft.

251
Games
25
Goals
65
Assists
90
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1980 draft

  1. 12Rik WilsonD251 GP · 90 PSTL
  2. 54Jim PaveseD328 GP · 57 PSTL
  3. 75Bob BrookeR447 GP · 166 PSTL
  4. 96Alain LemieuxC119 GP · 72 PSTL
  5. 117Perry AndersonL400 GP · 109 PSTL
  6. 138Roger HägglundD3 GP · 0 PSTL
  7. 159James RabbittLSTL
  8. 180Peter LindgrenDSTL
  9. 201John SmythDSTL