1988 NHL Entry Draft

The 1988 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

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Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Mike Modano	Centre	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	Trevor Linden	Centre/Right wing		Vancouver Canucks	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	Curtis Leschyshyn	Defence		Quebec Nordiques	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	Darrin Shannon	Left wing		Pittsburgh Penguins	Windsor Spitfires (OHL))
5	Daniel Doré	Right wing		Quebec Nordiques	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	Scott Pearson	Left wing		Toronto Maple Leafs	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
7	Martin Gélinas	Left wing		Los Angeles Kings	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
8	Jeremy Roenick	Centre	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Thayer Academy (USHS)
9	Rod Brind'Amour	Centre/Right wing		St. Louis Blues	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
10	Teemu Selänne	Right wing	Finland	Winnipeg Jets	Jokerit (FIN)
11	Chris Govedaris	Left wing		Hartford Whalers	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
12	Corey Foster	Defence		New Jersey Devils	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
13	Joel Savage	Right wing		Buffalo Sabres	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
14	Claude Boivin	Left wing		Philadelphia Flyers	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
15	Reggie Savage	Right wing		Washington Capitals	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
16	Kevin Cheveldayoff	Defence		New York Islanders	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
17	Kory Kocur	Right wing		Detroit Red Wings	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
18	Robert Cimetta	Left wing		Boston Bruins	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
19	François Leroux	Defence		Edmonton Oilers	Saint-Jean Castors (QMJHL)
20	Éric Charron	Defence		Montreal Canadiens	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
21	Jason Muzzatti	Goaltender		Calgary Flames	Michigan State University (NCAA)
Reference:

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
22	Troy Mallette	Left wing		New York Rangers	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
23	Jeff Christian	Left wing		New Jersey Devils	London Knights (OHL)
24	Stéphane Fiset	Goaltender		Quebec Nordiques	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
25	Mark Major	Left wing		Pittsburgh Penguins	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
26	Murray Duval	Defence		New York Rangers	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
27	Tie Domi	Right wing		Toronto Maple Leafs	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
28	Paul Holden	Defence		Los Angeles Kings	London Knights (OHL)
29	Wayne Doucet	Left wing		New York Islanders	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
30	Adrien Plavsic	Defence		St. Louis Blues	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
31	Russ Romaniuk	Left wing		Winnipeg Jets	St. Boniface Saints (MJHL)
32	Barry Richter	Defence	United States	Hartford Whalers	Culver Military Academy
33	Leif Rohlin	--	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	VIK (Sweden)
34	Martin St. Amour	Left wing		Montreal Canadiens	Verdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
35	Pat Murray	Left wing		Philadelphia Flyers	Michigan State University (NCAA)
36	Tim Taylor	Centre		Washington Capitals	London Knights (OHL)
37	Sean LeBrun	Left wing		New York Islanders	New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
38	Serge Anglehart	Defence		Detroit Red Wings	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
39	Petro Koivunen	Right wing	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	Kiekko-Espoo (SM-liiga)
40	Link Gaetz	Defence		Minnesota North Stars	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
41	Wade Bartley	Defence		Washington Capitals	Dauphin Kings (MJHL)
42	Todd Harkins	Centre	United States	Calgary Flames	Miami University (NCAA)
Reference:

3	43	Minnesota	Shaun Kane	D	Springfield Jr. B
3	44	Vancouver	Dane Jackson	R	Vernon Lakers [BCJHL]
3	45	Quebec	Petri Aaltonen	R	HIFK Helsinki [FNL]
3	46	Mtl. Canadiens	Neil Carnes		Verdun Junior Canadiens [QMJHL]
3	47	Detroit	Guy Dupuis	D	Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]
3	48	Toronto	Peter Ing	G	Windsor Compuware Spitfires [OHL]
3	49	Los Angeles	John Van Kessel	R	North Bay Centennials [OHL]
3	50	Chicago	Trevor Dam	R	London Knights [OHL]
3	51	St. Louis	Rob Fournier	G	North Bay Centennials [OHL]
3	52	Winnipeg	Stephane Beauregard	G	St. Jean Beavers [QMJHL]
3	53	Edmonton	Trevor Sim	C	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
3	54	New Jersey	Zdeno Ciger	L	Martin MHC [Slovak]
3	55	Buffalo	Darcy Loewen	L	Spokane Chiefs [WHL]
3	56	Philadelphia	Craig Fisher	L	Oshawa Jr. B
3	57	Washington	Duane Derksen	G	Winkler Jr. A
3	58	NY Islanders	Danny Lorenz	G	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
3	59	Detroit	Petr Hrbek	R	Sparta Praha [Czech]
3	60	Boston	Steve Heinze	R	Lawrence Academy (Mass.)
3	61	Edmonton	Collin Bauer	D	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]
3	62	Pittsburgh	Daniel Gauthier	C	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]
3	63	Philadelphia	Dominic Roussel	G	Trois Rivieres Draveurs [QMJHL]
Round 4
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
4	64	Minnesota	Jeff Stolp	G	Greenway [Minn H.S.]
4	65	New Jersey	Matt Ruchty	L	Bowling Green State University [NCAA]
4	66	Quebec	Darin Kimble	C	Prince Albert Raiders [WHL]
4	67	Pittsburgh	Mark Recchi	R	Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
4	68	NY Rangers	Tony Amonte	R	Thayer Academy (Mass.)
4	69	Toronto	Ted Crowley	D	Lawrence Academy (Mass.)
4	70	Los Angeles	Rob Blake	D	Bowling Green State University [NCAA]
4	71	Chicago	Stefan Elvenes		Rogle (Sweden)
4	72	St. Louis	Jaan Luik	D	Miami University (Ohio) [NCAA]
4	73	Winnipeg	Brian Hunt	C	Oshawa Generals [OHL]
4	74	Hartford	Dean Dyer	C	Lake Superior State University [NCAA]
4	75	New Jersey	Scott Luik	R	Miami University (Ohio) [NCAA]
4	76	Buffalo	Keith Carney	D	Mount St. Charles H.S. (R.I.)
4	77	Philadelphia	Scott LaGrand	G	Hotchkiss Academy (Conn.)
4	78	Washington	Rob Krauss	D	Lethbridge Broncos [WHL]
4	79	NY Islanders	Andre Brassard	D	Trois Rivieres Draveurs [QMJHL]
4	80	Detroit	Sheldon Kennedy	R	Swift Current Broncos [WHL]
4	81	Boston	Joe Juneau	C	R.P.I. [NCAA]
4	82	Edmonton	Cam Brauer	D	R.P.I. [NCAA]
4	83	Mtl. Canadiens	Patric Kjellberg	L	Falun (Sweden)
4	84	Calgary	Gary Socha	C	Tabor Academy (Mass.)
Round 5
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
5	85	Calgary	Tomas Forslund	R	Leksands IF [SEL]
5	86	Toronto	Len Esau	D	Humboldt Broncos [SJHL]
5	87	Quebec	Stephane Venne	D	U. of Vermont [NCAA]
5	88	Pittsburgh	Greg Andrusak	D	U. of Minnesota-Duluth [NCAA]
5	89	Buffalo	Alexander Mogilny	R	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
5	90	Calgary	Scott Matusovich	D	Canterbury H.S. (Conn.)
5	91	Los Angeles	Jeff Robison	D	Mount St. Charles H.S. (R.I.)
5	92	Chicago	Joe Cleary	D	Stratford Jr. B
5	93	Mtl. Canadiens	Peter Popovic	D	VIK (Sweden)
5	94	Winnipeg	Tony Joseph	R	Oshawa Generals [OHL]
5	95	Hartford	Scott Morrow	L	Northwood Prep (N.Y.)
5	96	New Jersey	Chris Nelson	D	Rochester Mustangs [USHL]
5	97	Buffalo	Rob Ray	R	Cornwall Royals [OHL]
5	98	Philadelphia	Edward O'Brien		Cushing Academy [Mass H.S.]
5	99	NY Rangers	Martin Bergeron	C	Drummondville Voltigeurs [QMJHL]
5	100	NY Islanders	Paul Rutherford	C	Ohio State University [NCAA]
5	101	Winnipeg	Ben Lebeau	F	Merrimack College [NCAA]
5	102	Boston	Dan Murphy	D	Gunnery Prep. (Conn.)
5	103	Edmonton	Don Martin	D	London Knights [OHL]
5	104	Mtl. Canadiens	Jean-Claude Bergeron	G	Verdun Junior Canadiens [QMJHL]
5	105	St. Louis	Dave LaCouture	L	Natick H.S. (Mass.)
Round 6
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
6	106	Buffalo	David DiVita	D	Lake Superior State University [NCAA]
6	107	Vancouver	Corrie D'Alessio	G	Cornell University [NCAA]
6	108	Quebec	Ed Ward	R	Northern Michigan University [NCAA]
6	109	Los Angeles	Micah Aivazoff	C	Victoria Cougars [WHL]
6	110	NY Rangers	Dennis Vial	D	Hamilton Steelhawks [OHL]
6	111	NY Islanders	Pavel Gross	F	Sparta Praha [Czech]
6	112	Los Angeles	Robert Larsson		Skelleftea (Sweden)
6	113	Chicago	Justin Lafayette	C	Ferris State University [NCAA]
6	114	St. Louis	Dan Fowler		U. of Maine [NCAA]
6	115	Winnipeg	Ron Jones	R	Windsor Compuware Spitfires [OHL]
6	116	Hartford	Corey Beaulieu	D	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
6	117	New Jersey	Chad Johnson	C	Rochester Mustangs [USHL]
6	118	Buffalo	Mike McLaughlin	L	Choate Academy (Conn.)
6	119	Philadelphia	Gord Frantti	D	Calumet H.S. (Mich.)
6	120	Washington	Dmitri Khristich	R	Kiev Sokol [Russia]
6	121	NY Islanders	Jason Rathbone		Brookline H.S. (Mass.)
6	122	Vancouver	Phil Von Stefenelli	D	Boston University [NCAA]
6	123	Boston	Derek Geary		Gloucester H.S. (Mass.)
6	124	Edmonton	Len Barrie	C	Victoria Cougars [WHL]
6	125	Mtl. Canadiens	Patrik Carnback	R	Frolunda Jrs (Sweden)
6	126	Calgary	Jonas Bergqvist	R	Leksands IF [SEL]
Round 7
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
7	127	Winnipeg	Markus Akerblom	R	Bjorkloven IF [Sweden]
7	128	Vancouver	Dixon Ward	R	Red Deer Rustlers [AJHL]
7	129	Quebec	Valeri Kamensky	L	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
7	130	Pittsburgh	Troy Mick	D	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]
7	131	NY Rangers	Mike Rosati	G	Hamilton Steelhawks [OHL]
7	132	Toronto	Matt Mallgrave		St. Paul's H.S. (N.H.)
7	133	Los Angeles	Jeff Kruesel		John Marshall H.S. (Minn.)
7	134	Chicago	Craig Woodcroft	C	Colgate University [NCAA]
7	135	St. Louis	Matt Hayes		New Hampton Prep (N.H.)
7	136	Winnipeg	Jukka Marttila		Tappara Tampere [FNL]
7	137	Hartford	Kerry Russell	C	Michigan State University [NCAA]
7	138	New Jersey	Chad Erickson	G	Warroad H.S. (Minn.)
7	139	Buffalo	Mike Griffith	R	Ottawa 67's [OHL]
7	140	Philadelphia	Jamie Cooke	R	Bramalea Jr. B (MTJHL)
7	141	Washington	Keith Jones	R	Niagara Falls Jr. B
7	142	NY Islanders	Yves Gaucher	L	Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
7	143	Detroit	Kelly Hurd	R	Michigan Tech [NCAA]
7	144	Washington	Brad Schlegel	D	London Knights [OHL]
7	145	Edmonton	Mike Glover	R	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]
7	146	Mtl. Canadiens	Tim Chase	D	Tabor Academy (Mass.)
7	147	Calgary	Stefan Nilsson		HV71 Jonkoping [SEL]
Round 8
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
8	148	Minnesota	Ken MacArthur	D	U. of Denver [NCAA]
8	149	Vancouver	Greg Geldart	C	St. Albert Saints [AJHL]
8	150	Quebec	Sakari Lindfors	G	HIFK Helsinki [FNL]
8	151	Pittsburgh	Jeff Blaeser		St. John's Prep [Mass H.S.]
8	152	NY Rangers	Eric Couvrette		St. Jean Beavers [QMJHL]
8	153	Toronto	Roger Elvenes		Rogle (Sweden)
8	154	Los Angeles	Timo Peltomaa	F	Ilves Tampere [FNL]
8	155	Chicago	Jon Pojar		Roseville H.S. (Minn.)
8	156	St. Louis	John McCoy		Edina H.S. (Minn.)
8	157	Winnipeg	Mark Smith	L	Trinity H.S. (Ohio)
8	158	Hartford	Jim Burke		U. of Maine [NCAA]
8	159	New Jersey	Bryan LaFort	G	Waltham H.S. (Mass.)
8	160	Buffalo	Dan Ruoho	L	Madison Memorial H.S. (Wisc.)
8	161	Philadelphia	Johann Salle		Malmo IF [SEL]
8	162	Washington	Todd Hilditch		Penticton Knights [BCJHL]
8	163	NY Islanders	Marty McInnis	L	Milton Academy (Mass.)
8	164	Detroit	Brian McCormack		St. Paul's H.S. (N.H.)
8	165	Boston	Mark Krys	D	Boston University [NCAA]
8	166	Edmonton	Shjon Podein	L	U. of Minnesota-Duluth [NCAA]
8	167	Mtl. Canadiens	Sean Hill	D	Duluth East H.S. (Minn.)
8	168	Calgary	Troy Kennedy	L	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
Round 9
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
9	169	Minnesota	Travis Richards	D	Armstrong H.S. (Minn.)
9	170	Vancouver	Roger Akerstrom	D	Lulea HF [SEL]
9	171	Quebec	Dan Wiebe	L	U. of Alberta [CWUAA]
9	172	Pittsburgh	Rob Gaudreau	R	Bishop Hendricken H.S. (RI)
9	173	NY Islanders	Shorty Forrest		St. Cloud State [NCAA]
9	174	Toronto	Mike Delay		Canterbury H.S. (Conn.)
9	175	Los Angeles	Jim Larkin	L	Mt. St. Joseph H.S. (Vt.)
9	176	Chicago	Matt Hentges		Edina H.S. (Minn.)
9	177	St. Louis	Tony Twist	L	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]
9	178	Winnipeg	Mike Helber	C	Ann Arbor H.S. (Mich.)
9	179	Hartford	Mark Hirth	C	Michigan State University [NCAA]
9	180	New Jersey	Sergei Svetlov	R	Moscow Dynamo [Russia]
9	181	Buffalo	Wade Flaherty	G	Victoria Cougars [WHL]
9	182	Philadelphia	Brian Arthur		Etobicoke Jr. B
9	183	Washington	Petr Pavlas	D	Trencin Dukla [Slovak]
9	184	NY Islanders	Jeff Blumer		St. Thomas College [NCAA]
9	185	Detroit	Jody Praznik	D	Colorado College [NCAA]
9	186	Boston	Jon Rohloff	D	Grand Rapids H.S. (Minn.)
9	187	Edmonton	Tom Cole	G	Woburn H.S. (Mass.)
9	188	Mtl. Canadiens	Harijs Vitolinsh	C	Dynamo Riga [Latvia]
9	189	Calgary	Brett Petersen		St. Paul Vulcans [USHL]
Round 10
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
10	190	Minnesota	Ari Matilainen		Assat Pori [FNL]
10	191	Vancouver	Paul Constantin	L	Burlington Jr. B (Ont.)
10	192	Washington	Mark Sorensen	D	U. of Michigan [NCAA]
10	193	Pittsburgh	Don Pancoe	D	Hamilton Steelhawks [OHL]
10	194	NY Rangers	Paul Cain	C	Cornwall Royals [OHL]
10	195	Toronto	David Sacco	C	Medford H.S. (Mass.)
10	196	Los Angeles	Brad Hyatt	D	Windsor Compuware Spitfires [OHL]
10	197	Chicago	Daniel Maurice		Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL]
10	198	St. Louis	Bret Hedican	D	North St. Paul Jr. A (Minn.)
10	199	Winnipeg	Pavel Kostitshkin	R	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
10	200	Hartford	Wayde Bucsis	L	Prince Albert Raiders [WHL]
10	201	New Jersey	Bob Woods	D	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
10	202	NY Rangers	Eric Fenton	R	N. Yarmouth Academy (Maine)
10	203	Philadelphia	Jeff Dandreta		Cushing Academy [Mass H.S.]
10	204	Washington	Claudio Scremin	D	U. of Maine [NCAA]
10	205	NY Islanders	Jeffery Kampersal	D	St. John's Prep [Mass H.S.]
10	206	Detroit	Glen Goodall	C	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
10	207	New Jersey	Alexander Semak	C	Moscow Dynamo [Russia]
10	208	Edmonton	Vladimir Zubkov	D	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
10	209	Mtl. Canadiens	Yuri Krivokhija	D	Minsk Dynamo [Rus-1]
10	210	Calgary	Guy Darveau	D	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]
Round 11
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
11	211	Minnesota	Grant Bischoff	F	U. of Minnesota [NCAA]
11	212	Vancouver	Chris Wolanin	D	U. of Illinois-Chicago [NCAA]
11	213	Quebec	Alexei Gusarov	D	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
11	214	Pittsburgh	Cory Laylin	D	St. Cloud Apollo H.S. (Minn.)
11	215	NY Rangers	Peter Fiorentino	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]
11	216	Toronto	Mike Gregorio	G	Cushing Academy [Mass H.S.]
11	217	Los Angeles	Doug Laprade	R	Lake Superior State University [NCAA]
11	218	Chicago	Dirk Tenzer		St. Paul's H.S. (N.H.)
11	219	St. Louis	Heath DeBoer		Spring Lake Park H.S. (Minn.)
11	220	Winnipeg	Kevin Heise		Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL]
11	221	Hartford	Rob White		St. Lawrence University [NCAA]
11	222	New Jersey	Chuck Hughes	G	Catholic Memorial H.S. (Mass.)
11	223	Buffalo	Tom Nieman		Choate Academy (Conn.)
11	224	Philadelphia	Scott Billey		Madison Capitols [USHL]
11	225	Washington	Chris Venkus	W	Western Michigan University [NCAA]
11	226	NY Islanders	Phil Neururer		Osseo H.S. (Minn.)
11	227	Detroit	Darren Colbourne	R	Cornwall Royals [OHL]
11	228	Boston	Eric Reisman	D	Ohio State University [NCAA]
11	229	Edmonton	Darin MacDonald		Boston University [NCAA]
11	230	Mtl. Canadiens	Kevin Dahl	D	Bowling Green State University [NCAA]
11	231	Calgary	Dave Tretowicz		Clarkson University [NCAA]
Round 12
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From
12	232	Minnesota	Trent Andison		Cornell University [NCAA]
12	233	Vancouver	Stefan Nilsson	C	Troja (Sweden)
12	234	Quebec	Claude Lapointe	C	Laval Titan [QMJHL]
12	235	Pittsburgh	Darren Stolk	D	Lethbridge Broncos [WHL]
12	236	NY Rangers	Keith Slifstein		Choate Academy (Conn.)
12	237	Toronto	Peter DeBoer	C	Windsor Compuware Spitfires [OHL]
12	238	Los Angeles	Joe Flanagan	C	Canterbury H.S. (Conn.)
12	239	Chicago	Andreas Lupzig	F	Landshut EV [Germ]
12	240	St. Louis	Mike Francis	G	Harvard University [NCAA]
12	241	Winnipeg	Kyle Galloway	D	U. of Manitoba [CWUAA]
12	242	Hartford	Dan Slatalla		Deerfield Academy [Mass H.S.]
12	243	New Jersey	Michael Pohl	F	Rosenheim SB [1.GBun]
12	244	Buffalo	Bobby Wallwork	L	Miami University (Ohio) [NCAA]
12	245	Philadelphia	Dragomir Kadlec	D	Dukla Jihlava [Czech]
12	246	Washington	Ron Pascucci	D	Belmont Hill H.S. (Mass.)
12	247	NY Islanders	Joe Capprini	G	Babson College [NCAA]
12	248	Detroit	Don Stone	C	U. of Michigan [NCAA]
12	249	Boston	Doug Jones	D	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
12	250	Edmonton	Tim Tisdale	C	Swift Current Broncos [WHL]
12	251	Mtl. Canadiens	David Kunda	D	U. of Guelph [CIAU]
12	252	Calgary	Sergei Pryakhin	R	Krylja Sovetov [Russia]

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