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1982 NHL Draft

Craig Coxe in the 1982 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Craig Coxe 66th overall in the 1982 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 4.

It was the fourth of the 12 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1982, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 235 games put him 48th in the class.

Overall pick
66
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 3
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 63–69 in the 1982 draft

  1. 63Garry LaceyLNYI
  2. 64Dave GansC6 GP · 0 PLAK
  3. 65Dave MeszarosGCGY
  4. 66Craig CoxeL235 GP · 45 PDET
  5. 67Ulf SamuelssonD1080 GP · 332 PHFD
  6. 68Timo JutilaD10 GP · 6 PBUF
  7. 69John DevoeRMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1982 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1982 class

66th
of 252 players selected
40th
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. 1Gord KluzakD299 GP · 123 PBOS
  2. 2Brian BellowsL1188 GP · 1022 PMNS
  3. 3Gary NylundD608 GP · 171 PTOR
  4. 4Ron SutterC1093 GP · 535 PPHI
  5. 5Scott StevensD1635 GP · 908 PWSH
  6. 6Phil HousleyD1495 GP · 1232 PBUF
  7. 7Ken YaremchukC235 GP · 92 PCHI
  8. 8Rocky TrottierC38 GP · 10 PNJD
  9. 9Paul CyrL471 GP · 241 PBUF
  10. 10Rich SutterR874 GP · 315 PPIT

+ 242 more

The 1982 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Craig Coxe made his NHL debut on October 11, 1984, 2 years and 124 days after the draft.

235
Games
14
Goals
31
Assists
45
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1982 draft

  1. 17Murray CravenL1071 GP · 759 PDET
  2. 23Yves CourteauR22 GP · 7 PDET
  3. 44Carmine VaniCDET
  4. 66Craig CoxeL235 GP · 45 PDET
  5. 86Brad ShawD377 GP · 159 PDET
  6. 107Claude VilgrainL89 GP · 53 PDET
  7. 128Greg HudasDDET
  8. 149Patrick LaheyCDET
  9. 170Gary CullenCDET
  10. 191Brent MecklingDDET
  11. 212Mike SternLDET
  12. 233Shaun ReaganRDET