1984 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

Mario Lemieux

The 1984 NHL Entry Draft was held on Saturday, June 9, 1984 at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. The expansion Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks made the first two picks with Buffalo winning a "wheel of fortune" spin for the first choice held on June 9, 1970. The remaining draft order was determined by the 1969-70 NHL standings with the teams drafting in reverse order of their finish. The Montreal Canadiens, who had the option to take the first two French-Canadian players in the draft in lieu of their regular picks, chose first and second overall, taking goaltender Michel Plasse of Drumondville (QJHL) and center Roger Belisle of Montreal North (Quebec Int.), respectively.

The Pittsburgh Penguins, who finished with 64 points in 1969-70, would draft seventh overall out of 14 teams in each round. Pittsburgh made nine selections - one in each round - in the 13-round draft as they passed on making a selection in the 10th to 13th rounds.

Doug Bodger

Roger Belanger

Arto Javanainen

1984 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Entry Draft Selections

Choice	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Position	1983-84 Amateur Club
1	1	1	1	Mario Lemieux	C	Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
2	1	9	9	Doug Bodger	D	Kamloops (WHL)
3	1	16	16	Roger Belanger	RW	Kingston (OHL)
4	4	1	64	Mark Teevens	RW	Peterborough (OHL)
5	5	1	85	Arto Javanainen	RW	Assat Pori (Finland)
6	7	1	127	Tom Ryan	D	Newton North (Massachusetts) High School
7	9	1	169	John Del Col	LW	Toronto (OHL)
8	10	1	189	Steve Hurt	RW	Hill Murray (Minnesota) High School
9	11	1	210	Jim Steen	C	Moorhead High School
10	12	1	230	Mark Ziliotto	LW	Streetsville Jr. B