1985 NHL Draft
Ulf Dahlén in the 1985 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Ulf Dahlén 7th overall in the 1985 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 16 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1985, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 966, and only one has scored more points than his 655.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 1985 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1985 class
1st
of 16 Swedes selected
4th
of 147 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 7Ulf DahlénR966 GP · 655 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 14Calle JohanssonD1109 GP · 535 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 30Par EdlundLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 39Roger OhmanDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 49Sam LindstahlGNYRNew York Rangers
- 80Roger JohanssonD161 GP · 43 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 81Fredrik OlaussonD1022 GP · 581 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 89Tommy HedlundDNYINew York Islanders
- 116Jonas HeedDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 134Thomas BjuhrRDETDetroit Red Wings
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ulf Dahlén made his NHL debut on October 8, 1987, 2 years and 115 days after the draft.
966
Games
301
Goals
354
Assists
655
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 1985 draft
- 7Ulf DahlénR966 GP · 655 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 28Mike RichterG666 GP · 301 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 49Sam LindstahlGNYRNew York Rangers
- 70Pat JanostinDNYRNew York Rangers
- 91Brad StepanLNYRNew York Rangers
- 112Brian McReynoldsC30 GP · 6 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 133Neil PilonDNYRNew York Rangers
- 154Larry BernardLNYRNew York Rangers
- 175Stephane BrochuD1 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 196Steve NemethC12 GP · 2 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 217Robert BurakowskyR23 GP · 5 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 238Rudy PoeschekD364 GP · 31 PNYRNew York Rangers