1986 NHL Draft
Sylvain Couturier in the 1986 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Sylvain Couturier 65th overall in the 1986 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 4.
It was the third of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 33 games put him 68th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 65
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 2
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 62–68 in the 1986 draft
- 62Marc LanielDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 63Ron ShudraD10 GP · 5 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 64Tim CheveldaeG340 GP · 149 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 65Sylvain CouturierC33 GP · 9 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 66Anders CarlssonC104 GP · 33 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Rob BrownR543 GP · 438 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 68David BaseggioDBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1986 class
65th
of 252 players selected
37th
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
Sylvain Couturier made his NHL debut on December 29, 1988, 2 years and 191 days after the draft.
33
Games
4
Goals
5
Assists
9
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1986 draft
- 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 44Denis LarocqueD8 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 65Sylvain CouturierC33 GP · 9 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 86Dave GudenLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 107Robb StauberG62 GP · 21 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 128Sean KrakiwskyRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 149Rene ChapdelaineD32 GP · 2 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 170Trevor PochipinskiDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 191Paul KellyDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 212Russ MannDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 233Brian HaytonLLAKLos Angeles Kings