1983 NHL Draft
Shawn Evans in the 1983 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Shawn Evans 24th overall in the 1983 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 10 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 242 players selected in 1983, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 99th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 24
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 3
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 21–27 in the 1983 draft
- 21Nevin MarkwartL309 GP · 109 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 22Todd CharlesworthD93 GP · 12 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 23Ville SirenD290 GP · 82 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 24Shawn EvansD9 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 25Lane LambertR283 GP · 124 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 26Claude LemieuxR1215 GP · 786 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 27Sergio MomessoL710 GP · 345 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1983 class
24th
of 242 players selected
7th
of 84 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Brian LawtonC483 GP · 266 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 2Sylvain TurgeonL669 GP · 495 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 3Pat LaFontaineC865 GP · 1013 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Steve YzermanC1514 GP · 1755 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 5Tom BarrassoG777 GP · 369 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6John MacLeanR1194 GP · 842 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 7Russ CourtnallR1029 GP · 744 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 8Andrew McbainR608 GP · 301 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 9Cam NeelyR726 GP · 694 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 10Normand LacombeR319 GP · 115 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 232 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Shawn Evans made his NHL debut on February 22, 1986, 2 years and 259 days after the draft.
9
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1983 draft
- 6John MacLeanR1194 GP · 842 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 24Shawn EvansD9 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 85Chris TerreriG406 GP · 151 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 105Gordon MarkD85 GP · 13 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 125Greg EvtushevskiRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 145Viacheslav FetisovD546 GP · 228 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 165Jay OcteauDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 185Alexander ChernykhLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 205Allan StewartL64 GP · 10 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 225Alexei KasatonovD383 GP · 160 PNJDNew Jersey Devils