1990 NHL entry draft

1990 NHL Entry Draft
General information
Date(s)June 16, 1990
LocationBC Place
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Overview
First selectionCanada Owen Nolan
(Quebec Nordiques)
Hall of Famers
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BC Place was the venue for the 1990 NHL Entry Draft

The 1990 NHL Entry Draft was the 28th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted by the Vancouver Canucks at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 16, 1990. It is remembered as one of the deeper drafts in NHL history, with fourteen of the twenty-one first round picks going on to careers of at least 500 NHL games.[1]

Nine of the twenty-one players drafted in the first round played 1,000 NHL games in their career.

The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Jaromir Jagr, who played his last NHL game in the 2017–18 season. As of 2024, Jagr is still an active player with Rytiri Kladno of the ELH.

  1. ^ Shpigel, Ben (April 7, 2016). "1990: An N.H.L. Draft Class to Remember". The New York Times. Retrieved June 16, 2024.