1987 NHL Draft
Jim Dowd in the 1987 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Jim Dowd 149th overall in the 1987 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 8.
It was the seventh of the 10 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1987, 90 have played in the NHL regular season. His 728 games put him 23rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 149
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 2
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 146–152 in the 1987 draft
- 146Mark StraponDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 147Tomas SrsenR2 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 148Sean DooleyDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 149Jim DowdC728 GP · 239 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 150Viktor TumineuCVANVancouver Canucks
- 151Donald SchmidtDMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 152Jiri KuceraRPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1987 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Pierre TurgeonC1294 GP · 1327 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Glen WesleyD1457 GP · 537 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 4Wayne McbeanD211 GP · 49 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 5Chris JosephD510 GP · 151 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Dave ArchibaldC323 GP · 124 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 7Luke RichardsonD1417 GP · 201 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 8Jimmy WaiteG106 GP · 28 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Bryan FogartyD156 GP · 74 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 10Jayson MoreD406 GP · 72 PNYRNew York Rangers
+ 242 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jim Dowd made his NHL debut on March 26, 1992, 4 years and 287 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1987 draft
- 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 23Ricard PerssonD229 GP · 54 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 65Brian SullivanR2 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 86Kevin DeanD331 GP · 55 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 107Ben HankinsonR43 GP · 6 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 128Thomas NeziolLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 149Jim DowdC728 GP · 239 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 170John BlessmanDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 191Peter FryGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 212Alain CharlandCNJDNew Jersey Devils