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1983 NHL Draft

Tommy Albelin in the 1983 NHL Draft

Quebec Nordiques selected Tommy Albelin 152nd overall in the 1983 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 8.

He was the third of the 10 Swedes selected that year. It was the seventh of the 11 picks Quebec Nordiques made in the draft. Of the 242 players selected in 1983, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 952.

Overall pick
152
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 10
Drafting team
QUEQuebec Nordiques
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 149–155 in the 1983 draft

  1. 149Ron PesettiDWIN
  2. 150John LabattCVAN
  3. 151Chris MacDonaldDCGY
  4. 152Tommy AlbelinD952 GP · 255 PQUE
  5. 153Peter MarcovLNYR
  6. 154Donald McsweenD47 GP · 13 PBUF
  7. 155Marty AbramsGWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1983 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1983 class

3rd
of 10 Swedes selected
51st
of 84 defensemen selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 61Leif KarlssonDHFD
  2. 73Peter AnderssonD47 GP · 19 PNYR
  3. 152Tommy AlbelinD952 GP · 255 PQUE
  4. 161Pelle EklundC594 GP · 455 PPHI
  5. 187Thomas AhlenDLAK
  6. 193Reine KarlssonCHFD
  7. 198Thomas RundqvistC2 GP · 1 PMTL
  8. 216Anders HussRWSH
  9. 232Bo BerglundL130 GP · 67 PQUE
  10. 233Ulf NilssonGNYR
Every Swede in the 1983 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tommy Albelin made his NHL debut on October 8, 1987, 4 years and 122 days after the draft.

952
Games
44
Goals
211
Assists
255
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Quebec Nordiques picks in the 1983 draft

  1. 32Yves HerouxR1 GP · 0 PQUE
  2. 52Bruce BellD209 GP · 76 PQUE
  3. 54Iiro JarviR116 GP · 61 PQUE
  4. 92Luc GuenetteGQUE
  5. 112Brad WalcottDQUE
  6. 132Craig MackDQUE
  7. 152Tommy AlbelinD952 GP · 255 PQUE
  8. 172Wayne GroulxC1 GP · 0 PQUE
  9. 192Scott ShaunessyR7 GP · 0 PQUE
  10. 232Bo BerglundL130 GP · 67 PQUE
  11. 239Jindrich KokrmentCQUE