1981 NHL Draft
Steve Rooney in the 1981 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Steve Rooney 88th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 5.
It was the eighth of the 13 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 154 games put him 50th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 88
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 4
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 85–91 in the 1981 draft
- 85Marc BehrendG39 GP · 12 WWINWinnipeg Jets
- 86Larry TraderD91 GP · 18 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 87Douglas SpeckDCLRColorado Rockies
- 88Steve RooneyC154 GP · 28 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 89Mike SiltalaR7 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 90Normand LafrancoisLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 91Peter SidorkiewiczG246 GP · 79 WWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
88th
of 211 players selected
51st
of 119 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Dale HawerchukC1188 GP · 1409 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 2Doug SmithC535 GP · 253 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Bobby CarpenterC1178 GP · 728 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 4Ron FrancisC1731 GP · 1798 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 5Joe CirellaD828 GP · 275 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 6Jim BenningD605 GP · 243 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 9James PatrickD1280 GP · 639 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Steve Rooney made his NHL debut on April 4, 1985, 3 years and 298 days after the draft.
154
Games
15
Goals
13
Assists
28
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1981 draft
- 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 18Gilbert DelormeD541 GP · 123 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Jan IngmanLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 32Lars ErikssonGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 40Chris CheliosD1651 GP · 948 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 46Dieter HegenCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 82Kjell DahlinC166 GP · 116 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 88Steve RooneyC154 GP · 28 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 124Thomas AnastosRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 145Tom KurversD659 GP · 421 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 166Paul GessLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 187Scott FergusonDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 208Dan BurrowsGMTLMontréal Canadiens