1984 NHL Draft
Ray Sheppard in the 1984 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Ray Sheppard 60th overall in the 1984 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 11 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 250 players selected in 1984, 102 have played in the NHL regular season. His 817 games put him 25th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 60
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 18
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 57–63 in the 1984 draft
- 57Steven FinnD725 GP · 112 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 58Mike StevensR23 GP · 5 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 59Michal PivonkaC825 GP · 599 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 60Ray SheppardR817 GP · 657 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 61Jeff CorneliusDBOSBoston Bruins
- 62Jeff NortonD799 GP · 384 PNYINew York Islanders
- 63Todd NormanCEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1984 class
60th
of 250 players selected
31st
of 143 forwards 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
Ray Sheppard made his NHL debut on October 8, 1987, 3 years and 121 days after the draft.
817
Games
357
Goals
300
Assists
657
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1984 draft
- 18Mikael AnderssonR761 GP · 264 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 39Doug TrappL2 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 60Ray SheppardR817 GP · 657 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 81Bob HalkidisD256 GP · 40 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 102Joe RamptonLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 123James GasseauDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 144Darcy WakalukG191 GP · 67 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 165Orwar StambertDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 186Invalid pickBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 207Brian McKinnonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 228Grant DelcourtRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 249Sean BakerLBUFBuffalo Sabres