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1989 NHL Draft

Bill Guerin in the 1989 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Bill Guerin 5th overall in the 1989 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 10 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1989, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1263, and only 3 have scored more points than his 856.

Overall pick
5
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 5
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 2–8 in the 1989 draft

  1. 2Dave ChyzowskiL126 GP · 31 PNYI
  2. 3Scott ThorntonL941 GP · 285 PTOR
  3. 4Stu BarnesC1136 GP · 597 PWIN
  4. 5Bill GuerinR1263 GP · 856 PNJD
  5. 6Adam BennettD69 GP · 11 PCHI
  6. 7Doug ZmolekD467 GP · 64 PMNS
  7. 8Jason HerterD1 GP · 1 PVAN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1989 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1989 class

5th
of 252 players selected
5th
of 153 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Mats SundinC1346 GP · 1349 PQUE
  2. 2Dave ChyzowskiL126 GP · 31 PNYI
  3. 3Scott ThorntonL941 GP · 285 PTOR
  4. 4Stu BarnesC1136 GP · 597 PWIN
  5. 5Bill GuerinR1263 GP · 856 PNJD
  6. 6Adam BennettD69 GP · 11 PCHI
  7. 7Doug ZmolekD467 GP · 64 PMNS
  8. 8Jason HerterD1 GP · 1 PVAN
  9. 9Jason MarshallD526 GP · 67 PSTL
  10. 10Bobby HolikC1314 GP · 747 PHFD

+ 242 more

The 1989 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Bill Guerin made his NHL debut on February 20, 1992, 2 years and 248 days after the draft.

1263
Games
429
Goals
427
Assists
856
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1989 draft

  1. 5Bill GuerinR1263 GP · 856 PNJD
  2. 18Jason MillerC6 GP · 0 PNJD
  3. 26Jarrod SkaldeC115 GP · 34 PNJD
  4. 47Scott PellerinL536 GP · 198 PNJD
  5. 89Michael HeinkeGNJD
  6. 110David EmmaC34 GP · 11 PNJD
  7. 152Sergei StarikovD16 GP · 1 PNJD
  8. 173Andre FaustC47 GP · 17 PNJD
  9. 215Jason SimonL5 GP · 0 PNJD
  10. 236Peter LarssonCNJD