1988 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

Darrin Shannon

The 1988 NHL Entry Draft was held on Saturday, June 11, 1988 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.

Mark Recchi

Greg Andrusak

1988 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Entry Draft Selections

Choice	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Position	1987-88 Amateur Club
1	1	4	4	Darrin Shannon	LW	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
2	2	4	25	Mark Major	LW	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
3	3	20	62	Daniel Gauthier	LW	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4	4	4	67	Mark Recchi	RW	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5	5	4	88	Greg Andrusak	D	University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
6	7	4	130	Troy Mick	LW	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
7	8	4	151	Jeff Blaeser	LW	St. John's Prep (Massachusetts) High School
8	9	4	172	Rob Gaudreau	RW	Bishop Hendricken (Rhode Island) High School
9	10	4	193	Donald Pancoe	D	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
10	11	4	214	Cory Laylin	LW	St. Cloud-Apollo (Minnesota) High School
11	12	4	235	Darren Stolk	D	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)