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1985 NHL Draft

Joe Reekie in the 1985 NHL Draft

Buffalo Sabres selected Joe Reekie 119th overall in the 1985 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 6.

It was the sixth of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1985, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 902.

Overall pick
119
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 14
Drafting team
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

Hartford Whalers had already picked him in 1983, 124th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 116–122 in the 1985 draft

  1. 116Jonas HeedDCHI
  2. 117Donald DufresneD268 GP · 42 PMTL
  3. 118Rod DallmanL6 GP · 1 PNYI
  4. 119Joe ReekieD902 GP · 164 PBUF
  5. 120Andy AkervikCQUE
  6. 121Rich BurchillGSTL
  7. 122Tim SweeneyR291 GP · 138 PCGY

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1985 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1985 class

119th
of 252 players selected
41st
of 80 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Wendel ClarkL793 GP · 564 PTOR
  2. 2Craig SimpsonL634 GP · 497 PPIT
  3. 3Craig WolaninD695 GP · 173 PNJD
  4. 4Jim SandlakR549 GP · 229 PVAN
  5. 5Dana MurzynD838 GP · 204 PHFD
  6. 6Brad DalgarnoR321 GP · 120 PNYI
  7. 7Ulf DahlénR966 GP · 655 PNYR
  8. 8Brent FedykL470 GP · 209 PDET
  9. 9Craig DuncansonR38 GP · 9 PLAK
  10. 10Dan GrattonC7 GP · 1 PLAK

+ 242 more

The 1985 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Joe Reekie made his NHL debut on January 10, 1986, 209 days after the draft.

902
Games
25
Goals
139
Assists
164
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1985 draft

  1. 14Calle JohanssonD1109 GP · 535 PBUF
  2. 35Benoit HogueL863 GP · 543 PBUF
  3. 56Keith GretzkyCBUF
  4. 77Dave MoylanDBUF
  5. 98Ken PriestlayC168 GP · 61 PBUF
  6. 119Joe ReekieD902 GP · 164 PBUF
  7. 140Petri MatikainenDBUF
  8. 161Trent KaeseR1 GP · 0 PBUF
  9. 182Jiri SejbaL11 GP · 2 PBUF
  10. 203Boyd SuttonCBUF
  11. 224Guy LaroseC70 GP · 19 PBUF
  12. 245Ken BaumgartnerL696 GP · 54 PBUF