1985 NHL Draft
Stu Grimson in the 1985 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Stu Grimson 143rd overall in the 1985 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 7.
It was the eighth of the 13 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1985, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 729 games put him 22nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 143
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 17
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
Detroit Red Wings had already picked him in 1983, 186th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.
The picks around it
Picks 140–146 in the 1985 draft
- 140Petri MatikainenDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 141Mike OliverioCQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 142Ed CristofoliR9 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 143Stu GrimsonL729 GP · 39 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 144Brent MoweryLWINWinnipeg Jets
- 145Jamie NadjiwanLWSHWashington Capitals
- 146Shawn TyersREDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1985 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Wendel ClarkL793 GP · 564 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 2Craig SimpsonL634 GP · 497 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 3Craig WolaninD695 GP · 173 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 4Jim SandlakR549 GP · 229 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Dana MurzynD838 GP · 204 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 6Brad DalgarnoR321 GP · 120 PNYINew York Islanders
- 7Ulf DahlénR966 GP · 655 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Brent FedykL470 GP · 209 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 9Craig DuncansonR38 GP · 9 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 10Dan GrattonC7 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 242 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Stu Grimson made his NHL debut on November 9, 1988, 3 years and 147 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 1985 draft
- 17Chris BiottiDCGYCalgary Flames
- 27Joe NieuwendykC1257 GP · 1126 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 38Jeff WenaasCCGYCalgary Flames
- 59Lane McDonaldLCGYCalgary Flames
- 80Roger JohanssonD161 GP · 43 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 101Esa KeskinenCCGYCalgary Flames
- 122Tim SweeneyR291 GP · 138 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 143Stu GrimsonL729 GP · 39 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 164Nate SmithDCGYCalgary Flames
- 185Darryl OlsenD1 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 206Peter RombergDCGYCalgary Flames
- 227Alexander KozhevnikovCCGYCalgary Flames
- 248Bill GregoireDCGYCalgary Flames