1984 NHL Entry Draft
Pick # Player Position Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
22 Greg Smyth Defence Canada Philadelphia Flyers London Knights ( OHL )
23 Craig Billington Goaltender Canada New Jersey Devils Belleville Bulls ( OHL )
24 Brian Wilks Centre Canada Los Angeles Kings Kitchener Rangers ( OHL )
25 Todd Gill Defence Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Windsor Spitfires ( OHL )
26 Brian Benning Defence Canada St. Louis Blues Portland Winter Hawks ( WHL )
27 Scott Mellanby Right Wing Canada Philadelphia Flyers Henry Carr Crusaders ( MetJHL )
28 Doug Houda Defence Canada Detroit Red Wings Calgary Wranglers ( WHL )
29 Stephane Richer Centre Canada Montreal Canadiens Granby Bisons ( QMJHL )
30 Peter Douris Centre Canada Winnipeg Jets University of New Hampshire ( ECAC )
31 Jeff Rohlicek Left Wing United States Vancouver Canucks Portland Winter Hawks ( WHL )
32 Tony Hrkac Centre Canada St. Louis Blues Orillia Travelways ( OJHL )
33 Ken Sabourin Defence Canada Calgary Flames Sault Ste . Marie Greyhounds ( OHL )
34 Steve Leach Right Wing United States Washington Capitals Matignon High School ( USHS-MA )
35 Raimo Helminen Centre Finland New York Rangers Ilves ( Finland )
36 Jeff Brown Defence Canada Quebec Nordiques Sudbury Wolves ( OHL )
37 Jeff Chychrun Defence Canada Philadelphia Flyers Kingston Canadians ( OHL )
38 Paul Ranheim Left Wing United States Calgary Flames Edina High School ( USHS-MN )
39 Doug Trapp Left Wing Canada Buffalo Sabres Regina Pats ( WHL )
40 Ray Podloski Centre Canada Boston Bruins Portland Winter Hawks ( WHL )
41 Bruce Melanson Right Wing Canada New York Islanders Oshawa Generals ( OHL )
Selections by round -- Round two
The 1984 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 9, 1984, at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. The 1984 Entry Draft is noted for the unusually high number of future Hall of Famers picked, particularly in lower rounds. In addition to Mario Lemieux being taken first overall, Patrick Roy was chosen in the third round, Brett Hull in the sixth, and Luc Robitaille in the ninth. In addition, Lemieux, Gary Suter and Robitaille would all go on to win the Calder Memorial Trophy, Lemieux in 1985, Suter in 1986, and Robitaille in 1987, making this a rare draft in which multiple Rookie of the Year winners were produced. The surprise at the time of the draft was Montreal's selection of Petr Svoboda at fifth-overall. As a player trained behind the Iron Curtain, very few people expected him to be available for selection in the draft, let alone be actually attending the draft and coming to the podium when his name was announced, as he had only recently defected to West Germany following the 1984 WJHC (only Serge Savard, the then-GM of the Canadiens, had been aware of Svoboda's defection). In addition to Svoboda, of note is that Tom Glavine, playing centre in high school, who later became a star Major League Baseball pitcher with more than 300 career wins, as well as a 2014 inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame was chosen in the fourth round (69th overall) by the Los Angeles Kings, ahead of notable players such as future Hall of Famers Brett Hull (117th overall), and Luc Robitaille (171st overall).