1981 NHL Draft
Alain Vigneault in the 1981 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Alain Vigneault 167th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 8.
It was the seventh of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 42 games put him 76th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 167
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 20
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 164–170 in the 1981 draft
- 164Gaetano OrlandoC98 GP · 44 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 165Dan BrennanL8 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 166Paul GessLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 167Alain VigneaultD42 GP · 7 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 168William DowdDNYINew York Islanders
- 169Greg DickGWINWinnipeg Jets
- 170Donald LeblancLDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
167th
of 211 players selected
55th
of 67 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Dale HawerchukC1188 GP · 1409 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 2Doug SmithC535 GP · 253 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Bobby CarpenterC1178 GP · 728 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 4Ron FrancisC1731 GP · 1798 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 5Joe CirellaD828 GP · 275 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 6Jim BenningD605 GP · 243 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 9James PatrickD1280 GP · 639 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alain Vigneault made his NHL debut on October 17, 1981, 129 days after the draft.
42
Games
2
Goals
5
Assists
7
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 1981 draft
- 20Marty RuffDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 36Hakan NordinDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 62Gord DonnellyD554 GP · 69 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 104Michael HickeyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 125Peter AslinGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 146Erik HolmbergCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 167Alain VigneaultD42 GP · 7 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 188Dan WoodRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 209Richard ZemlakC133 GP · 14 PSTLSt. Louis Blues