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1987 NHL Draft

Robert Robinson in the 1987 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Robert Robinson 117th overall in the 1987 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 6.

It was the sixth of the 13 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1987, 90 have played in the NHL regular season. His 22 games put him 68th in the class.

Overall pick
117
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 12
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 114–120 in the 1987 draft

  1. 114Garth SnowG368 GP · 135 WQUE
  2. 115Ludek CajkaDNYR
  3. 116Sean CliffordDDET
  4. 117Robert RobinsonD22 GP · 1 PSTL
  5. 118Rob DiMaioR894 GP · 277 PNYI
  6. 119Matthew GlennonL3 GP · 0 PBOS
  7. 120Richard DefreitasDWSH

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

117th
of 252 players selected
45th
of 93 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Pierre TurgeonC1294 GP · 1327 PBUF
  2. 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJD
  3. 3Glen WesleyD1457 GP · 537 PBOS
  4. 4Wayne McbeanD211 GP · 49 PLAK
  5. 5Chris JosephD510 GP · 151 PPIT
  6. 6Dave ArchibaldC323 GP · 124 PMNS
  7. 7Luke RichardsonD1417 GP · 201 PTOR
  8. 8Jimmy WaiteG106 GP · 28 WCHI
  9. 9Bryan FogartyD156 GP · 74 PQUE
  10. 10Jayson MoreD406 GP · 72 PNYR

+ 242 more

The 1987 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Robert Robinson made his NHL debut on October 5, 1991, 4 years and 114 days after the draft.

22
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1987 draft

  1. 12Keith OsborneR16 GP · 4 PSTL
  2. 54Kevin MiehmC22 GP · 5 PSTL
  3. 59Robert NordmarkD236 GP · 83 PSTL
  4. 75Darin SmithLSTL
  5. 82Andrew RymshaD6 GP · 0 PSTL
  6. 117Robert RobinsonD22 GP · 1 PSTL
  7. 138Todd CrabtreeDSTL
  8. 159Guy HebertG491 GP · 191 WSTL
  9. 180Robert DumasDSTL
  10. 201David MarvinDSTL
  11. 207Andrew CesarskiDSTL
  12. 222Daniel RolfeDSTL
  13. 243Raymond SavardCSTL