List of Hartford Whalers draft picks explained

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key

Played at least one game with the Whalers
Spent entire NHL career with the Whalers
Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

General terms and abbreviations

Term or abbreviation	Definition
Draft	The year that the player was selected
Round	The round of the draft in which the player was selected
Pick	The overall position in the draft at which the player was selected	-	Ref(s)	Reference(s)-->
S	Supplemental draft selection

Position abbreviations

Abbreviation	Definition
G	Goaltender
D	Defense
LW	Left wing
C	Center
RW	Right wing
F	Forward

Abbreviations for statistical columns

Abbreviation	Definition
Pos	Position
GP	Games played
G	Goals
A	Assists
Pts	Points
PIM	Penalties in minutes
W	Wins
L	Losses
T	Ties
OT	Overtime/shootout losses
GAA	Goals against average
—	Does not apply

Draft picks

WHA

Statistics show each player's career regular season totals in the WHA.

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
1973	1	2		Canada	F
1973	1	12		Canada	F
1973	2	26		Canada	C
1973	3	38		Canada	C
1973	4	41		Canada	D
1973	4	51		United States	D	334	36	73	109	437
1973	5	53		Canada	C
1973	5	64		United States	G	29	0	0	0	2	12	11	1	3.24
1973	6	77		Canada	F
1973	7	90		United States	LW	105	25	36	61	47
1974	1	13		Canada	F
1974	2	28		United States	LW
1974	3	43		United States	D
1974	4	58		United States	D
1974	5	72		Canada	D
1974	6	87		United States	D
1974	7	102		United States	RW	5	0	2	2	12
1974	8	117		Canada	LW
1974	9	132		United States	F	238	65	83	148	163
1974	10	145		Canada	F
1974	11	187		Canada	G
1974	12	200		Canada	F
1974	13	211		Canada	F
1974	14	219		Canada	D
1974	15	224		United States	G
1974	16	228		United States	C
1974	17	232		Canada	F
1974	1	14		Canada	LW
1974	2	29		Canada	LW
1975	1	13		Canada	C
1975	2	28		Canada	LW	120	16	23	39	21
1975	3	43		Finland	C	53	25	31	56	16
1975	4	58		Canada	F
1975	5	72		Canada	RW
1975	6	86		Canada	F
1975	7	99		Canada	F
1975	8	111		Canada	D
1975	9	123		Canada	LW
1975	10	136		Canada
1975	11	149		Canada	F
1976	2	13		United States	LW
1976	3	26		Canada	C
1976	3	31		United States	C	68	13	29	42	11
1976	4	38		Canada	F
1976	5	49		United States	D
1976	5	50		Canada	G	81	0	3	3	9	31	39	4	3.69
1976	6	62		Canada	D
1976	7	74		Canada	F
1976	8	86		United States	D
1976	9	97		Canada	F
1976	10	108		Canada	LW
1977	2	15		Canada	D
1977	2	19		Canada	RW
1977	3	23		Canada	D
1977	5	43		Canada	RW
1977	6	52		United States	D

NHL

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	OT	GAA
1979	1	18		Canada	RW	238	64	93	157	223
1979	2	39		Canada	D	77	2	10	12	95
1979	3	60		Canada	C	223	23	46	69	465
1979	4	81		Canada	RW	595	157	200	357	814
1979	5	102		Canada	D	152	6	50	56	86
1979	6	123		Canada	LW
1980	1	8		Canada	D	80	1	8	9	49
1980	2	29		Canada	C	78	7	10	17	34
1980	3	50		Canada	D	162	8	33	41	146
1980	4	71		Canada	RW	588	68	112	180	1672
1980	5	92		Canada	G	30	0	1	1	2	15	10	1		3.81
1980	6	113		Canada	C
1980	7	134		Canada	D
1980	8	155		Canada	LW
1980	9	176		Canada	G
1980	10	197		Canada	C
1981	1	4		Canada	C	1731	549	1249	1798	979
1981	3	61		Canada	RW	690	116	141	257	1303
1981	4	67		Canada	LW	9	1	3	4	2
1981	5	93		Canada	D
1981	5	103		Canada	LW	59	3	25	28	11
1981	7	130		Canada	D	41	0	2	2	96
1981	8	151		Canada	RW
1981	9	172		United States	G
1981	10	193		Canada	C
1982	1	14		Canada	LW	238	49	77	126	54
1982	2	35		Canada	D	29	3	3	6	33
1982	3	56		Canada	RW	1188	355	405	760	2229
1982	4	67		Sweden	D	1080	57	276	333	2453
1982	5	88		Canada	C	1258	408	490	898	1288
1982	6	109		Canada	LW	457	55	60	115	314
1982	7	130		United States	C
1982	8	151		United States	LW
1982	9	172		Canada	D
1982	11	214		Sweden	F
1982	12	235		Canada	D
1983	1	2		Canada	LW	669	269	226	495	691
1983	1	20		United States	F	69	9	13	22	22
1983	2	23		Finland	D	290	14	68	82	276
1983	3	61		Sweden	D
1983	4	64		Canada	RW
1983	4	72		Canada	C
1983	6	104		United States	C
1983	7	124		Canada	D	902	25	139	164	1326
1983	8	143		Canada	D
1983	8	144		United States	G
1983	9	164		Canada	LW
1983	10	193		Sweden	LW
1983	11	204		Canada	LW
1983	12	224		Canada	D
1984	1	11		Canada	D	1171	122	313	435	545
1984	6	110		Canada	RW	78	18	18	36	12
1984	7	131		United States	D	2	0	0	0	11
1984	9	173		United States	C
1984	10	193		Canada	C
1984	11	214		Canada	D	6	0	1	1	4
1984	12	234		Canada	G
1985	1	5		Canada	D	838	52	152	204	1571
1985	2	26		Canada	G	155	0	9	9	39	60	64	16		3.55
1985	4	68		Canada	C
1985	6	110		Canada	RW	488	26	45	71	2301
1985	7	131		Canada	LW
1985	8	152		Canada	LW
1985	9	173		United States	C
1985	10	194		Canada	RW
1985	11	215		United States	D
1985	12	236		Canada	C
1986	1	11		United States	RW	1181	342	414	756	448
1986	2	32		Canada	D	14	0	0	0	64
1986	4	74		Canada	D	3	0	0	0	29
1986	5	95		Canada	G
1986	6	116		Canada	RW
1986	7	137		United States	C
1986	8	158		Canada	LW	18	4	0	4	31
1986	9	179		Canada	F
1986	10	200		Canada	G
1986	11	221		Canada	D
1986	12	242		Canada	C
1986				United States	RW
1987	1	18		Canada	RW	831	124	137	261	156
1987	2	39		United States	D	737	37	115	152	961
1987	4	81		Canada	C	403	77	120	197	220
1987	5	102		Canada	D
1987	6	123		Canada	D
1987	7	144		United States	D
1987	8	165		United States	C
1987	9	186		United States	C	72	1	10	11	87
1987	11	228		United States	RW
1987	12	249		Canada	G
1987				Canada	D	1	0	0	0	0
1988	1	11		Canada	LW	45	4	6	10	24
1988	2	32		United States	D	151	11	34	45	76
1988	4	74		Canada	C
1988	5	95		United States	LW	4	0	0	0	0
1988	6	116		Canada	D
1988	7	137		Canada	C
1988	8	158		United States	D
1988	9	179		United States	C
1988	10	200		Canada	LW
1988	11	221		Canada	D
1988	12	242		United States	C
1988				United States	D	543	100	143	243	533
1989	1	10		Czech Republic	C	1314	326	421	747	1421
1989	3	52		Canada	RW	196	27	33	60	36
1989	4	73		Canada	LW	880	48	52	100	1739
1989	5	94		Canada	D	352	58	57	115	84
1989	6	115		Canada	LW
1989	7	136		Canada	LW	149	8	12	20	667
1989	8	157		Canada	RW
1989	9	178		Canada	LW	166	28	42	70	103
1989	10	199		Canada	RW
1989	11	220		Canada	D
1989	12	241		Canada	C
1989				United States	RW	134	17	32	49	54
1990	1	15		Canada	RW	125	13	27	40	90
1990	2	36		Canada	LW	1104	355	345	700	511
1990	3	57		Canada	G	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		3.17
1990	4	78		Canada	RW
1990	6	120		Canada	D
1990	7	141		Slovakia	D	10	0	2	2	14
1990	8	162		Canada	D
1990	9	183		Canada	RW
1990	10	204		Norway	C	207	30	81	111	105
1990	11	225		Denmark	D
1990	12	246		Canada	C
1990				United States	G
1991	1	9		Canada	LW	634	101	134	235	299
1991	2	31		Czech Republic	D
1991	3	53		United States	LW
1991	3	59		Sweden	C	920	209	470	679	468
1991	4	75		United States	LW	84	7	15	22	44
1991	6	119		Canada	RW
1991	7	141		United States	D
1991	8	163		Canada	D
1991	9	185		Canada	D
1991	10	207		Canada	G
1991	11	229		United States	F
1991	12	251		United States	D
1991				Canada	G
1992	1	9		Slovakia	C	208	27	38	65	118
1992	2	47			C	628	93	187	280	270
1992	3	57		Czech Republic	D	126	11	20	31	70
1992	4	79		Canada	LW	58	6	8	14	31
1992	4	81		United States	D	9	0	0	0	0
1992	6	143		Canada	C
1992	7	153		Canada	LW	248	11	12	23	695
1992	8	177			C
1992	9	201		United States	D
1992	10	225		Canada	D	155	0	15	15	71
1992	11	249		Sweden	D
1993	1	2		Canada	D	1167	157	541	698	1590
1993	3	72		Czech Republic	D	691	33	135	168	620
1993	4	84		United States	RW
1993	5	115		Canada	D	592	9	56	65	537
1993	8	188		Canada	G	365	0	9	9	12	187	99	18	23	2.41
1993	9	214			F
1993	10	240		Canada	D
1993	11	266		Ukraine	C	45	7	12	19	2
1993				Canada	D
1994	1	5		Canada	C	821	237	259	496	670
1994	4	83		Canada	C	267	52	61	113	104
1994	5	109		Canada	D
1994	8	187		United States	C
1994	9	213		Canada	D
1994	9	230		Canada	RW
1994	10	239		United States	G
1994	11	265		Canada	LW
1994				Canada	C	267	21	25	46	142
1995	1	13		Canada	G	597	0	7	7	98	262	216	25	50	2.53
1995	2	35			D
1995	4	185		Canada	C	2	0	0	0	0
1995	4	87		Finland	RW	831	189	269	458	175
1995	5	113		Canada	D
1995	7	165		Canada	C	324	25	33	58	373
1995	8	191		Slovakia	LW
1995	9	217		United States	D	26	0	2	2	10
1996	2	34		Canada	LW
1996	3	61			RW
1996	4	88		Canada	C	233	11	24	35	91
1996	4	104		Canada	C
1996	5	116		Canada	D
1996	6	143		Canada	G
1996	7	171		Canada	D	1	0	0	0	0
1996	8	197		Canada	W
1996	9	223		Canada	RW	951	55	105	160	683
1996	9	231			F

See also

• List of Hartford Whalers players
• 1979 NHL Expansion Draft
• List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks

References

• Web site: All-time roster for the Hartford Whalers of the NHL. The Internet Hockey Database. 2008-07-03.
• Web site: All-time roster for the New England Whalers of the WHA. The Internet Hockey Database. 2008-07-03.
• Web site: Hartford Whalers Draft History. The Internet Hockey Database. 2008-07-03.
• Web site: New England Whalers Draft History. The Internet Hockey Database. 2014-02-20.
• Web site: Hartford Whalers Draft History. Hockey Draft Central. 2008-07-03.