1989 NHL Draft
David Emma in the 1989 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected David Emma 110th overall in the 1989 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 6.
It was the sixth 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. His 34 games put him 80th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 110
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 5
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 107–113 in the 1989 draft
- 107Bill PyeGNo NHL gamesBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 108David BurkeDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 109Dan BylsmaL429 GP · 62 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 110David EmmaC34 GP · 11 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 111Tommi PullolaCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 112Scott CashmanGMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 113Pavel BureR702 GP · 779 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1989 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Mats SundinC1346 GP · 1349 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 2Dave ChyzowskiL126 GP · 31 PNYINew York Islanders
- 3Scott ThorntonL941 GP · 285 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 4Stu BarnesC1136 GP · 597 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 5Bill GuerinR1263 GP · 856 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 6Adam BennettD69 GP · 11 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 7Doug ZmolekD467 GP · 64 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 8Jason HerterD1 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 9Jason MarshallD526 GP · 67 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 10Bobby HolikC1314 GP · 747 PHFDHartford Whalers
+ 242 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
David Emma made his NHL debut on November 20, 1992, 3 years and 156 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1989 draft
- 5Bill GuerinR1263 GP · 856 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 18Jason MillerC6 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 26Jarrod SkaldeC115 GP · 34 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 47Scott PellerinL536 GP · 198 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 89Michael HeinkeGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 110David EmmaC34 GP · 11 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 152Sergei StarikovD16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 173Andre FaustC47 GP · 17 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 215Jason SimonL5 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 236Peter LarssonCNJDNew Jersey Devils