1984 NHL Draft
Don Sweeney in the 1984 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Don Sweeney 166th overall in the 1984 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 8.
It was the eighth of the 12 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 250 players selected in 1984, 102 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 1115.
- Overall pick
- 166
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 19
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 163–169 in the 1984 draft
- 163Luke VitaleCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 164Frank JooDWSHWashington Capitals
- 165Orwar StambertDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 166Don SweeneyD1115 GP · 273 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 167Franco DesantisDNYINew York Islanders
- 168Todd EwenR518 GP · 76 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 169John Del ColLPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1984 class
166th
of 250 players selected
58th
of 87 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Mario LemieuxC915 GP · 1723 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Kirk MullerL1349 GP · 959 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Eddie OlczykR1031 GP · 794 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Al IafrateD799 GP · 463 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 5Petr SvobodaD1028 GP · 399 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Craig RedmondD191 GP · 84 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 7Shawn BurrL878 GP · 440 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 8Shayne CorsonL1156 GP · 693 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 9Doug BodgerD1071 GP · 528 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 10J.J. DaigneaultD899 GP · 250 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 240 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Don Sweeney made his NHL debut on October 6, 1988, 4 years and 119 days after the draft.
1115
Games
52
Goals
221
Assists
273
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 1984 draft
- 19Dave PasinR76 GP · 37 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 40Ray PodloskiC8 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 61Jeff CorneliusDBOSBoston Bruins
- 82Bob JoyceL158 GP · 83 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 103Michael BishopGBOSBoston Bruins
- 124Randy OswaldDBOSBoston Bruins
- 145Mark ThietkeCBOSBoston Bruins
- 166Don SweeneyD1115 GP · 273 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 187Kevin HeffernanCBOSBoston Bruins
- 208J.D. UrbanicLBOSBoston Bruins
- 229Bill KopeckyCBOSBoston Bruins
- 250Jim NewhouseLBOSBoston Bruins