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1986 NHL Draft

Frantisek Kucera in the 1986 NHL Draft

Chicago Blackhawks selected Frantisek Kucera 77th overall in the 1986 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 4.

He was the first of the 4 Czechs selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 465 games put him 30th in the class.

Overall pick
77
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 14
Drafting team
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 74–80 in the 1986 draft

  1. 74Brian ChapmanD3 GP · 0 PHFD
  2. 75Kirk TomlinsonC1 GP · 0 PMNS
  3. 76Dean HallCBOS
  4. 77Frantisek KuceraD465 GP · 119 PCHI
  5. 78Brent BobyckLMTL
  6. 79Tom QuinlanRCGY
  7. 80Shawn ByramL5 GP · 0 PNYI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1986 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1986 class

1st
of 4 Czechs selected
29th
of 89 defensemen selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 77Frantisek KuceraD465 GP · 119 PCHI
  2. 183Antonin RoutaDMTL
  3. 246Karel SvobodaRMTL
  4. 247Antonin StavjanaDCGY
Every pick from Czechia in the 1986 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Frantisek Kucera made his NHL debut on October 4, 1990, 4 years and 105 days after the draft.

465
Games
24
Goals
95
Assists
119
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 1986 draft

  1. 14Everett SanipassL164 GP · 59 PCHI
  2. 35Mark KurzawskiDCHI
  3. 77Frantisek KuceraD465 GP · 119 PCHI
  4. 98Lonnie LoachL56 GP · 23 PCHI
  5. 119Mario DoyonD28 GP · 7 PCHI
  6. 140Mike HudsonC416 GP · 136 PCHI
  7. 161Marty NanneRCHI
  8. 182Geoff BenicLCHI
  9. 203Glenn LowesLCHI
  10. 224Chris ThayerCCHI
  11. 245Sean WilliamsR2 GP · 0 PCHI