1986 NHL Draft
Joe Murphy in the 1986 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Joe Murphy first overall in the 1986 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 12 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 779, and only 7 have scored more points than his 528.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 1986 draft
- 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Neil BradyC89 GP · 31 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 4Zarley ZalapskiD637 GP · 384 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1986 class
1st
of 252 players selected
1st
of 145 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Neil BradyC89 GP · 31 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 4Zarley ZalapskiD637 GP · 384 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 5Shawn AndersonD255 GP · 62 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Vincent DamphousseC1378 GP · 1205 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 7Dan WoodleyR5 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Pat ElynuikR506 GP · 342 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 9Brian LeetchD1205 GP · 1028 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Jocelyn LemieuxR598 GP · 164 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 242 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Joe Murphy made his NHL debut on October 11, 1986, 112 days after the draft.
779
Games
233
Goals
295
Assists
528
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1986 draft
- 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 22Adam GravesL1152 GP · 616 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 43Derek MayerD17 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 64Tim CheveldaeG340 GP · 149 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 85Johan GarpenlövL609 GP · 311 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 106Jay StarkDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 127Pär DjoosD82 GP · 33 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 148Dean MortonD1 GP · 1 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 169Marc PotvinR121 GP · 8 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 190Scott KingG2 GP · 0 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 211Tom BissettL5 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 232Peter EkrothDDETDetroit Red Wings