The 1989 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 17 at the Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. Some believe that the Detroit Red Wings' 1989 draft was the most successful ever, with 5,721 total NHL games played by the players selected.

Selections by roundEdit

Below are listed the selections in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.

Round oneEdit

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Mats Sundin	Centre	Sweden	Quebec Nordiques	Nacka HK (Sweden)
2	Dave Chyzowski	Left Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	Scott Thornton	Centre	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4	Stu Barnes	Centre	Canada	Winnipeg Jets	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5	Bill Guerin	Right Wing	United States	New Jersey Devils	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
6	Adam Bennett	Defence	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7	Doug Zmolek	Defence	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Rochester John Marshall H.S. (Minn.)
8	Jason Herter	Defence	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	U. of North Dakota (NCAA)
9	Jason Marshall	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Vernon Lakers (BCJHL)
10	Bobby Holik	Centre	Czechoslovakia	Hartford Whalers	Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
11	Mike Sillinger	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Regina Pats (WHL)
12	Rob Pearson	Right Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
13	Lindsay Vallis	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
14	Kevin Haller	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Regina Pats (WHL)
15	Jason Soules	Defence	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
16	Jamie Heward	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regina Pats (WHL)
17	Shayne Stevenson	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
18	Jason Miller	Centre	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
19	Olaf Kolzig	Goaltender	West Germany	Washington Capitals	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
20	Steven Rice	Right Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
21	Steve Bancroft	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
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Round twoEdit

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
22	Adam Foote	Defence	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
23	Travis Green	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
24	Kent Manderville	Left Wing	Canada	Calgary Flames	Notre Dame (T2)
25	Dan Ratushny	Defence	Canada	Winnipeg Jets	Cornell University (USC)
26	Jarrod Skalde	Centre	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
27	Tony Santaguida	Defence	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Guelph Platers (OHL)
28	Mike Craig	Right Wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
29	Rob Woodward	Left Wing	United States	Vancouver Canucks	Deerfield Academy (USS)
30	Patrice Brisebois	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
31	Rick Corriveau	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	London Knights (OHL)
32	Bob Boughner	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
33	Greg Johnson	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL)
34	Patrik Juhlin	Left Wing	Sweden	Philadelphia Flyers	Vasteras IK (Sweden)
35	Byron Dafoe	Goaltender	Canada	Washington Capitals	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
36	Richard Borgo	Right Wing	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
37	Paul Laus	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
38	Mike Parson	Goaltender	Canada	Boston Bruins	Guelph Platers (OHL)
39	Brent Thompson	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
40	Jason Prosofsky	Right Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
41	Steve Larouche	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
42	Ted Drury	Centre	United States	Calgary Flames	Fairfield Prep. (Conn)
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Round threeEdit

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
44	Jason Zent	Left Wing	United States	New York Islanders	Nichols (USS)
45	Rob Zamuner	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Guelph Platers (OHL)
46	Jason Cirone	Centre	Canada	Winnipeg Jets	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
47	Scott Pellerin	Left Wing	Canada	New Jersey Devils	University of Maine (NCAA)
48	Bob Kellogg	Defence	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Springfield (USJ)
49	Louie Debrusk	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	London Knights (OHL)
50	Veli-Pekka Kautonen	Defence	Finland	Calgary Flames	IFK Helsinki (Finland)
51	Pierre Sevigny	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Verdun Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
52	Blair Atcheynum	Right Wing	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
53	Nicklas Lidstrom	Defence	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Västeras IK (Sweden)
54	John Tanner	Goaltender	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
55	Denny Felsner	Left Wing	United States	St. Louis Blues	Michigan (NCAA)
56	Scott Thomas	Right Wing	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Nichols School (USHS-NY)
57	Wes Walz	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
58	John Brill	Right Wing	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Grand Rapids (USS)
59	Jim Mathieson	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Regina Pats (WHL)
60	Murray Garbutt	Centre	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
61	Jason Woolley	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Michigan State (NCAA)
62	Kris Draper	Defence	Canada	Winnipeg Jets	Canadian National team
63	Corey Lyons	Right Wing	Canada	Calgary Flames	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
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Round fourEdit

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
64	Mark Brownschidle	Defence	United States	Winnipeg Jets	Boston University (NCAA)
65	Brent Grieve	Left Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
66	Matt Martin	Defence	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Avon Old Farms (USS)
67	Jim Cummins	Right Wing	United States	New York Rangers	Michigan State (NCAA)
68	Niklas Andersson	Left Wing	Sweden	Quebec Nordiques	Vastra Frolunda IF (Sweden)
69	Allain Roy	Goaltender	Canada	Winnipeg Jets	Harvard (NCAA)
70	Robert Reichel	Centre	Czech Republic	Calgary Flames	CHZ Litvinov (Czechoslovakia)
71	Brett Hauer	Defence	United States	Vancouver Canucks	Richfield (USS)
72	Reid Simpson	Left Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
73	Jim McKenzie	Left Wing	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
74	Sergei Fedorov	Centre	Soviet Union	Detroit Red Wings	CSKA Moscow (USSR)
75	J. F. Quintin	Left Wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
76	Eric Dubois	Defence	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
77	Doug MacDonald	Centre	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	University of Wisconsin–Madison (NCAA)
78	Josef Beranek	Centre	Czech Republic	Edmonton Oilers	CHZ Litvinov (Czechoslovakia)
79	Todd Nelson	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
80	Jackson Penney	Right Wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
81	Jim Maher	Defence	United States	Los Angeles Kings	University of Illinois at Chicago (NCAA)
82	Trent Klatt	Right Wing	United States	Washington Capitals	Osseo (USS)
83	Andre Racicot	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
84	Ryan O'Leary	Centre	United States	Calgary Flames	Hermantown (USS)
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Round fiveEdit

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
85	Kevin Kaiser	Left Wing	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
86	Jace Reed	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Grand Rapids (USS)
87	Pat MacLeod	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
88	Aaron Miller	Defence	United States	New York Rangers	Niagara (USJ)
89	Mike Heinke	Goaltender	United States	New Jersey Devils	Avon Old Farms H.S. (Conn.)
90	Steve Young	Right Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
91	Bryan Schoen	Goaltender	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Minnetonka H.S. (Minn.)
92	Peter White	Centre	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Michigan State (NCAA)
93	Daniel Lapierriere	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	St. Lawrence University (NCAA)
94	James Black	Defence	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
95	Shawn McCosh	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
96	Keith Carney	Defence	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mount St. Charles (USS)
97	Rhys Hollyman	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Miami University (NCAA)
98	Ken Sutton	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
99	Keith O'Sullivan	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Catholic Memorial (Mass.)
100	Tom Nevers	Centre	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Edina (USS)
101	Mark Montanari	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
102	Eric Richard	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
103	Tom Newman	Goaltender	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Blaine Academy (Minn.)
104	Marc Deschamps	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Cornell University (NCAA)
105	Francis Kearney	Left Wing	United States	Calgary Flames	Hermantown (USS)
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Round sixEdit

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
106	Dan Lambert	Defence	Canada	Quebec Nordiques	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
107	Bill Pyle	Goaltender	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
108	Dave Burke	Defence	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cornell University (NCAA)
109	Dan Bylsma	Right Wing	United States	Winnipeg Jets	Bowling Green State University (NCAA)
110	David Emma	Right Wing	United States	New Jersey Devils	Boston College (NCAA)
111	Tommi Pullola	Left Wing	Finland	Chicago Blackhawks	Sport (Finland)
112	Scott Cashman	Goaltender	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Kanata (COJHL)
113	Pavel Bure	Right Wing	Soviet Union	Vancouver Canucks	CSKA Moscow (USSR)
114	David Roberts	Left Wing	United States	St. Louis Blues	Avon Old Farms (Conn.)
115	Jerome Bechard	Left Wing	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
116	Dallas Drake	Right Wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
117	Niklas Eriksson	Right Wing	Sweden	Philadelphia Flyers	Leksands IF (Sweden)
118	Joby Messier	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Michigan State (NCAA)
119	Mike Barkley	Centre	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	University of Maine (NCAA)
120	Anatoli Semenov	Centre	Soviet Union	Edmonton Oilers	HC Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
121	Mike Markovich	Defence	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	University of Denver (NCAA)
122	Steven Foster	Defence	United States	Boston Bruins	Catholic Memorial (Mass.)
123	Daniel Rydmark	Centre	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	Farjestads BK (Sweden)
124	Derek Frenette	Left Wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Ferris State University (NCAA)
125	Mike Doer	Right Wing	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Northwood Preparatory (N.Y.)
126	Mike Needham	Right Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
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Round sevenEdit

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
127	Sergei Mylnikov	Goalie	Soviet Union	Quebec Nordiques	Traktor Chelyabinsk (USSR)
128	Jon Larson	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Roseau High School (Minn.)
129	Keith Merkler	--	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Portledge High School (N.Y.)
130	Pekka Peltola	Right Wing	Finland	Winnipeg Jets	HPK (Sweden)
131	Doug Evans	Defence	United States	Winnipeg Jets	Michigan (NCAA)
132	Tracy Egeland	Right Wing	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Prince Alberta Raiders (WHL)
133	Brett Harkins	Left Wing	United States	New York Islanders	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL)
134	Jim Revenberg	Right Wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
135	Jeff Batters	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	University of Alaska Anchorage (NCAA)
136	Scott Daniels	Left Wing	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Regina Pats (WHL)
137	Scott Zygulski	Defence	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Culver Military Academy (Ind.)
138	Jack Callahan	--	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Belmont Hill High School (Mass.)
139	Greg Leahy	--	United States	New York Rangers	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
140	Davis Payne	Right Wing	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
141	Sergei Yashin	Left Wing	Soviet Union	Edmonton Oilers	Dinamo Riga (USSR)
142	Pat Schafhauser	Defence	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Hill-Murray High School (Minn.)
143	Otto Hascak	--	Czechoslovakia	Boston Bruins	HC Dukla Trencin (Czechoslovakia)
144	Chris Balthis	Right Wing	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Ohio State (NCAA)
145	Dave Lorentz	Left Wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
146	Craig Ferguson	Centre	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Yale University (NCAA)
147	Alex Nikolic	Left Wing	Canada	Calgary Flames	Cornell (NCAA)
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