1981 NHL Draft
Uli Hiemer in the 1981 NHL Draft
Colorado Rockies selected Uli Hiemer 48th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 3.
He was the second of the 3 Germans selected that year. It was the third of the 10 picks Colorado Rockies made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 143 games put him 52nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 48
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 6
- Drafting team
- CLRColorado Rockies
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 45–51 in the 1981 draft
- 45Eric CalderD2 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 46Dieter HegenCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 47Barry TabobondungLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 48Uli HiemerD143 GP · 73 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 49Thomas ThornburyR14 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 50Peter SundströmL338 GP · 144 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 51Mark MorrisonC10 GP · 2 PNYRNew York Rangers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
2nd
of 3 Germans selected
20th
of 67 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Germans selected
- 46Dieter HegenCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 48Uli HiemerD143 GP · 73 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 53Jean-Marc GaulinR26 GP · 7 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Uli Hiemer made his NHL debut on October 12, 1984, 3 years and 124 days after the draft.
143
Games
19
Goals
54
Assists
73
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Rockies picks in the 1981 draft
- 5Joe CirellaD828 GP · 275 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 26Richard ChernomazR51 GP · 16 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 48Uli HiemerD143 GP · 73 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 66Gus GrecoLCLRColorado Rockies
- 87Douglas SpeckDCLRColorado Rockies
- 108Bruce DriverD922 GP · 486 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 129Jeff LarmerL158 GP · 88 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 150Tony ArimaRCLRColorado Rockies
- 171Tim ArmyCCLRColorado Rockies
- 192John JohannsonC5 GP · 0 PCLRColorado Rockies