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1983 NHL Draft

Viacheslav Fetisov in the 1983 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Viacheslav Fetisov 145th overall in the 1983 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 8.

He was the second of the 5 Russians selected that year. It was the sixth 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 546 games put him 40th in the class.

Overall pick
145
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 3
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
25 years

Montréal Canadiens had already picked him in 1978, 201st overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 142–148 in the 1983 draft

  1. 142Ian ArmstrongDBOS
  2. 143Chris DuperronDHFD
  3. 144James FalleGHFD
  4. 145Viacheslav FetisovD546 GP · 228 PNJD
  5. 146Craig ButzDDET
  6. 147Ken HammondD193 GP · 47 PLAK
  7. 148Paul BifanoLTOR

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

2nd
of 5 Russians selected
46th
of 84 defensemen selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 138Vladislav TretiakGMTL
  2. 145Viacheslav FetisovD546 GP · 228 PNJD
  3. 185Alexander ChernykhLNJD
  4. 225Alexei KasatonovD383 GP · 160 PNJD
  5. 231Sergei MakarovR424 GP · 384 PCGY
Every pick from Russia in the 1983 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Viacheslav Fetisov made his NHL debut on October 5, 1989, 6 years and 119 days after the draft.

546
Games
36
Goals
192
Assists
228
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1983 draft

  1. 6John MacLeanR1194 GP · 842 PNJD
  2. 24Shawn EvansD9 GP · 1 PNJD
  3. 85Chris TerreriG406 GP · 151 WNJD
  4. 105Gordon MarkD85 GP · 13 PNJD
  5. 125Greg EvtushevskiRNJD
  6. 145Viacheslav FetisovD546 GP · 228 PNJD
  7. 165Jay OcteauDNJD
  8. 185Alexander ChernykhLNJD
  9. 205Allan StewartL64 GP · 10 PNJD
  10. 225Alexei KasatonovD383 GP · 160 PNJD