Which team selected Mario Lemieux first overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft?

The Pittsburgh Penguins selected Mario Lemieux first overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

The draft took place on June 9, 1984, at the Montreal Forum. Lemieux, a center from the Laval Voisins of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, became Pittsburgh’s first pick and the draft’s top selection. His arrival immediately gave the struggling Penguins a generational star around whom to build.

Lemieux won the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 1985 and later became one of the league’s greatest players. He won two Stanley Cups as a player, six Art Ross Trophies and three Hart Memorial Trophies. In 1999, he became the Penguins’ owner and helped keep the franchise in Pittsburgh.

The 1984 draft is remembered for unusual depth. Patrick Roy went in the third round, Brett Hull in the sixth and Luc Robitaille in the ninth. The correct team is Pittsburgh; New Jersey selected Kirk Muller second overall, while Los Angeles did not pick until sixth.