1979 NHL Entry Draft
Montreal, Quebec - August 9, 1979
Summary statistics
POSITION SPLIT | NATIONALITY SPLIT | ||||||||||
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ROUND | TO NHL | GP | FWD | DEF | GOA.. | ||||||
Round 1 | 100.00% | 895.0 | 57.1% | 42.9% | 0.0% | 95.2% | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Round 2 | 95.00% | 445.8 | 55.0% | 35.0% | 10.0% | 75.0% | 10.0% | 15.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Round 3 | 90.91% | 405.1 | 54.5% | 27.3% | 18.2% | 86.4% | 13.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Round 4 | 76.19% | 280.5 | 76.2% | 19.0% | 4.8% | 90.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.5% |
Round 5 | 80.95% | 183.2 | 66.7% | 23.8% | 9.5% | 81.0% | 4.8% | 9.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.8% |
Round 6 | 45.00% | 148.3 | 45.0% | 45.0% | 10.0% | 85.0% | 15.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
TOTAL1 | 394.6 | 59.2% | 32.0% | 8.8% | 85.6% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.4% | |
TO NHL2 | 81.60% | 85.1% | 72.5% | 90.9% | 79.4% | 90.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
1) Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 85.6% of all drafted players were Canadian).
2) Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 79.4% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).
2) Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 79.4% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).
Summary statistics on team draft performance
OVERALL | PER DRAFT PICK | |||||||||||
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Rk | TEAM | WAPP1 | PICKS | TO NHL | GP | G | A | P | GP | G | A | P |
1 | Colorado Rockies | 3.86 | 4 | 100.0% | 1081 | 141 | 432 | 573 | 270.3 | 35.3 | 108.0 | 143.3 |
2 | St. Louis Blues | 7.46 | 4 | 75.0% | 1219 | 304 | 348 | 652 | 304.8 | 76.0 | 87.0 | 163.0 |
3 | Detroit Red Wings | 14.52 | 6 | 66.7% | 2305 | 790 | 849 | 1639 | 384.2 | 131.7 | 141.5 | 273.2 |
4 | Washington Capitals | 15.28 | 5 | 100.0% | 1725 | 752 | 729 | 1481 | 345.0 | 150.4 | 145.8 | 296.2 |
5 | Minnesota North Stars | 18.38 | 6 | 83.3% | 2207 | 571 | 1185 | 1756 | 367.8 | 95.2 | 197.5 | 292.7 |
6 | Vancouver Canucks | 20.35 | 6 | 66.7% | 2658 | 944 | 962 | 1906 | 443.0 | 157.3 | 160.3 | 317.7 |
7 | Chicago Black Hawks | 25.73 | 6 | 66.7% | 2360 | 276 | 784 | 1060 | 393.3 | 46.0 | 130.7 | 176.7 |
8 | Boston Bruins | 26.10 | 7 | 100.0% | 4934 | 973 | 2160 | 3133 | 704.9 | 139.0 | 308.6 | 447.6 |
9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 30.46 | 5 | 100.0% | 1216 | 256 | 381 | 637 | 243.2 | 51.2 | 76.2 | 127.4 |
10 | Atlanta Flames | 33.67 | 7 | 57.1% | 2524 | 356 | 773 | 1129 | 360.6 | 50.9 | 110.4 | 161.3 |
11 | Philadelphia Flyers | 35.91 | 7 | 100.0% | 2089 | 533 | 790 | 1323 | 298.4 | 76.1 | 112.9 | 189.0 |
12 | New York Rangers | 36.16 | 5 | 60.0% | 1602 | 240 | 295 | 535 | 320.4 | 48.0 | 59.0 | 107.0 |
13 | Buffalo Sabres | 36.48 | 7 | 85.7% | 3073 | 500 | 826 | 1326 | 439.0 | 71.4 | 118.0 | 189.4 |
14 | Los Angeles Kings | 38.02 | 7 | 85.7% | 2687 | 186 | 646 | 832 | 383.9 | 26.6 | 92.3 | 118.9 |
15 | New York Islanders | 40.54 | 7 | 57.1% | 1896 | 254 | 528 | 782 | 270.9 | 36.3 | 75.4 | 111.7 |
16 | Hartford Whalers | 46.82 | 6 | 83.3% | 1285 | 252 | 399 | 651 | 214.2 | 42.0 | 66.5 | 108.5 |
17 | Edmonton Oilers | 47.90 | 5 | 80.0% | 4142 | 1276 | 2141 | 3417 | 828.4 | 255.2 | 428.2 | 683.4 |
18 | Winnipeg Jets | 48.39 | 6 | 100.0% | 3007 | 641 | 1157 | 1798 | 501.2 | 106.8 | 192.8 | 299.7 |
19 | Quebec Nordiques | 49.92 | 6 | 83.3% | 3923 | 1205 | 1947 | 3152 | 653.8 | 200.8 | 324.5 | 525.3 |
20 | Montreal Canadiens | 50.57 | 8 | 87.5% | 3039 | 594 | 1022 | 1616 | 379.9 | 74.3 | 127.8 | 202.0 |
21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 59.16 | 5 | 80.0% | 354 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 70.8 | 4.6 | 9.2 | 13.8 |
1) The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.
Round 1
No. | Name | Born | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | |
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1 | Rob Ramage | 1959 | Colorado Rockies | D | 1044 | 139 | 425 | 564 | 2226 | -178 | |
2 | Perry Turnbull | 1959 | St. Louis Blues | F | 608 | 188 | 163 | 351 | 1247 | -47 | |
3 | Mike Foligno | 1959 | Detroit Red Wings | F | 1018 | 355 | 372 | 727 | 2047 | 98 | |
4 | Mike Gartner | 1959 | Washington Capitals | F | 1432 | 708 | 627 | 1335 | 1159 | 68 | |
5 | Rick Vaive | 1959 | Vancouver Canucks | F | 876 | 441 | 347 | 788 | 1445 | -79 | |
6 | Craig Hartsburg | 1959 | Minnesota North Stars | D | 570 | 98 | 315 | 413 | 815 | -6 | |
7 | Keith Brown | 1960 | Chicago Black Hawks | D | 876 | 68 | 274 | 342 | 916 | 65 | |
8 | Ray Bourque | 1960 | Boston Bruins | D | 1612 | 410 | 1169 | 1579 | 1141 | 527 | |
9 | Laurie Boschman | 1960 | Toronto Maple Leafs | F | 1009 | 229 | 348 | 577 | 2263 | -129 | |
10 | Tom McCarthy | 1960 | Minnesota North Stars | F | 460 | 178 | 221 | 399 | 330 | 52 | |
11 | Mike Ramsey | 1960 | Buffalo Sabres | D | 1070 | 79 | 266 | 345 | 1012 | 203 | |
12 | Paul Reinhart | 1960 | Atlanta Flames | D | 648 | 133 | 426 | 559 | 277 | 26 | |
13 | Doug Sulliman | 1959 | New York Rangers | F | 631 | 160 | 168 | 328 | 175 | -142 | |
14 | Brian Propp | 1959 | Philadelphia Flyers | F | 1016 | 425 | 579 | 1004 | 825 | 298 | |
15 | Brad McCrimmon | 1959 | Boston Bruins | D | 1222 | 81 | 322 | 403 | 1416 | 448 | |
16 | Jay Wells | 1959 | Los Angeles Kings | D | 1098 | 47 | 216 | 263 | 2359 | -50 | |
17 | Duane Sutter | 1960 | New York Islanders | F | 731 | 139 | 203 | 342 | 1333 | 25 | |
18 | Ray Allison | 1959 | Hartford Whalers | F | 238 | 64 | 93 | 157 | 223 | 50 | |
19 | Jimmy Mann | 1959 | Winnipeg Jets | F | 293 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 895 | -55 | |
20 | Michel Goulet | 1960 | Quebec Nordiques | F | 1089 | 548 | 605 | 1153 | 825 | 99 | |
21 | Kevin Lowe | 1959 | Edmonton Oilers | D | 1254 | 84 | 347 | 431 | 1498 | 260 |
Round 2
No. | Name | Born | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | |
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22 | Blake Wesley | 1959 | Philadelphia Flyers | D | 298 | 18 | 46 | 64 | 486 | -35 | |
23 | Mike Perovich | 1959 | Atlanta Flames | D | |||||||
24 | Errol Rausse | 1959 | Washington Capitals | F | 31 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |
25 | Tomas Jonsson | 1960 | New York Islanders | D | 552 | 85 | 259 | 344 | 482 | 64 | |
26 | Brent Ashton | 1960 | Vancouver Canucks | F | 998 | 284 | 345 | 629 | 637 | -63 | |
27 | Gaston Gingras | 1959 | Montreal Canadiens | D | 476 | 61 | 174 | 235 | 161 | -5 | |
28 | Tim Trimper | 1959 | Chicago Black Hawks | F | 190 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 153 | -55 | |
29 | Dean Hopkins | 1959 | Los Angeles Kings | F | 223 | 23 | 51 | 74 | 306 | -34 | |
30 | Mark Hardy | 1959 | Los Angeles Kings | D | 915 | 62 | 306 | 368 | 1293 | -97 | |
31 | Paul Marshall | 1960 | Pittsburgh Penguins | F | 95 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 17 | -18 | |
32 | Lindy Ruff | 1960 | Buffalo Sabres | F | 691 | 105 | 195 | 300 | 1266 | -15 | |
33 | Pat Riggin | 1959 | Atlanta Flames | G | 350 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 41 | ||
34 | Ed Hospodar | 1959 | New York Rangers | D | 450 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 1314 | -45 | |
35 | Pelle Lindbergh | 1959 | Philadelphia Flyers | G | 157 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
36 | Doug Morrison | 1960 | Boston Bruins | F | 23 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 3 | |
37 | Mats Näslund | 1959 | Montreal Canadiens | F | 651 | 251 | 383 | 634 | 111 | 119 | |
38 | Billy Carroll | 1959 | New York Islanders | F | 322 | 30 | 54 | 84 | 113 | 4 | |
39 | Stu Smith | 1960 | Hartford Whalers | D | 77 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 95 | -36 | |
40 | Dave Christian | 1959 | Winnipeg Jets | F | 1009 | 340 | 433 | 773 | 284 | -64 | |
41 | Dale Hunter | 1960 | Quebec Nordiques | F | 1407 | 323 | 697 | 1020 | 3565 | 101 |
Round 3
No. | Name | Born | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | |
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42 | Neal Broten | 1959 | Minnesota North Stars | F | 1099 | 289 | 634 | 923 | 569 | 19 | |
43 | Craig Levie | 1959 | Montreal Canadiens | D | 183 | 22 | 53 | 75 | 177 | 4 | |
44 | Guy Carbonneau | 1960 | Montreal Canadiens | F | 1318 | 260 | 403 | 663 | 820 | 186 | |
45 | Jody Gage | 1959 | Detroit Red Wings | F | 68 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 26 | -17 | |
46 | Boris Fistric | 1960 | Detroit Red Wings | D | |||||||
47 | Ken Ellacott | 1959 | Vancouver Canucks | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
48 | Mark Messier | 1961 | Edmonton Oilers | F | 1756 | 694 | 1193 | 1887 | 1912 | 211 | |
49 | Bill Gardner | 1960 | Chicago Black Hawks | F | 380 | 73 | 115 | 188 | 68 | -4 | |
50 | John-Paul Kelly | 1959 | Los Angeles Kings | F | 400 | 54 | 70 | 124 | 366 | -95 | |
51 | Normand Aubin | 1960 | Toronto Maple Leafs | F | 69 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 30 | -25 | |
52 | Bennett Wolf | 1959 | Pittsburgh Penguins | D | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 133 | -3 | |
53 | Mark Robinson | 1960 | Buffalo Sabres | D | |||||||
54 | Tim Hunter | 1960 | Atlanta Flames | F | 815 | 62 | 76 | 138 | 3146 | -5 | |
55 | Jacques Cloutier | 1960 | Buffalo Sabres | G | 255 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 51 | ||
56 | Lindsay Carson | 1960 | Philadelphia Flyers | F | 373 | 66 | 80 | 146 | 525 | 5 | |
57 | Keith Crowder | 1959 | Boston Bruins | F | 662 | 223 | 271 | 494 | 1354 | 131 | |
58 | Rick Wamsley | 1959 | Montreal Canadiens | G | 407 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 52 | ||
59 | Rollie Melanson | 1960 | New York Islanders | G | 291 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 109 | ||
60 | Don Nachbaur | 1959 | Hartford Whalers | F | 223 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 465 | -17 | |
61 | Bill Whelton | 1959 | Winnipeg Jets | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
62 | Lee Norwood | 1960 | Quebec Nordiques | D | 503 | 58 | 153 | 211 | 1099 | 23 | |
63 | Kevin Maxwell | 1960 | Minnesota North Stars | F | 66 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 61 | -27 |
Round 4
No. | Name | Born | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | |
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64 | Steve Peters | 1960 | Colorado Rockies | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
65 | Bob Crawford | 1959 | St. Louis Blues | F | 246 | 71 | 71 | 142 | 72 | -34 | |
66 | John Ogrodnick | 1959 | Detroit Red Wings | F | 928 | 402 | 425 | 827 | 260 | -63 | |
67 | Harvie Pocza | 1959 | Washington Capitals | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | |
68 | Art Rutland | 1960 | Vancouver Canucks | F | |||||||
69 | Glenn Anderson | 1960 | Edmonton Oilers | F | 1129 | 498 | 601 | 1099 | 1120 | 201 | |
70 | Louis Begin | 1960 | Chicago Black Hawks | F | |||||||
71 | John Gibson | 1959 | Los Angeles Kings | D | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 120 | -12 | |
72 | Vince Tremblay | 1959 | Toronto Maple Leafs | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
73 | Brian Cross | 1959 | Pittsburgh Penguins | D | |||||||
74 | Gilles Hamel | 1960 | Buffalo Sabres | F | 519 | 127 | 147 | 274 | 276 | -43 | |
75 | Jim Peplinski | 1960 | Atlanta Flames | F | 711 | 161 | 263 | 424 | 1467 | 52 | |
76 | Pat Conacher | 1959 | New York Rangers | F | 521 | 63 | 76 | 139 | 235 | -37 | |
77 | Don Gillen | 1960 | Philadelphia Flyers | F | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -10 | |
78 | Larry Melnyk | 1960 | Boston Bruins | D | 432 | 11 | 63 | 74 | 686 | -34 | |
79 | Dave Orleski | 1959 | Montreal Canadiens | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
80 | Tim Lockridge | 1959 | New York Islanders | D | |||||||
81 | Ray Neufeld | 1959 | Hartford Whalers | F | 595 | 157 | 200 | 357 | 816 | -167 | |
82 | Patrick Daley | 1959 | Winnipeg Jets | F | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | -5 | |
83 | Anton Stastny | 1959 | Quebec Nordiques | F | 650 | 252 | 384 | 636 | 150 | 11 | |
84 | Max Kostovich | 1959 | Edmonton Oilers | F |
Round 5
No. | Name | Born | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | |
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85 | Gary Dillon | 1959 | Colorado Rockies | F | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | -6 | |
86 | Mark Reeds | 1960 | St. Louis Blues | F | 365 | 45 | 114 | 159 | 135 | -5 | |
87 | Joe Paterson | 1960 | Detroit Red Wings | F | 291 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 831 | -36 | |
88 | Tim Tookey | 1960 | Washington Capitals | F | 106 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 71 | -20 | |
89 | Dirk Graham | 1959 | Vancouver Canucks | F | 772 | 219 | 270 | 489 | 919 | 2 | |
90 | Jim Dobson | 1960 | Minnesota North Stars | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | |
91 | Lowell Loveday | 1959 | Chicago Black Hawks | D | |||||||
92 | Jim Brown | 1960 | Los Angeles Kings | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | |
93 | Frank Nigro | 1960 | Toronto Maple Leafs | F | 68 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 41 | -7 | |
94 | Nick Ricci | 1959 | Pittsburgh Penguins | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
95 | Alan Haworth | 1960 | Buffalo Sabres | F | 524 | 189 | 211 | 400 | 425 | 62 | |
96 | Brad Kempthorne | 1960 | Atlanta Flames | F | |||||||
97 | Dan Makuch | 1959 | New York Rangers | F | |||||||
98 | Thomas Eriksson | 1959 | Philadelphia Flyers | D | 208 | 22 | 76 | 98 | 107 | 45 | |
99 | Marco Baron | 1959 | Boston Bruins | G | 86 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 56 | ||
100 | Yvan Joly | 1960 | Montreal Canadiens | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
101 | Glen Duncan | 1960 | New York Islanders | F | |||||||
102 | Mark Renaud | 1959 | Hartford Whalers | D | 152 | 6 | 50 | 56 | 86 | -59 | |
103 | Tom Steen | 1960 | Winnipeg Jets | F | 950 | 264 | 553 | 817 | 753 | -69 | |
104 | Pierre Lacroix | 1959 | Quebec Nordiques | D | 274 | 24 | 108 | 132 | 197 | -9 | |
105 | Mike Toal | 1959 | Edmonton Oilers | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 6
No. | Name | Born | Team | Pos | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | |
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106 | Bob Attwell | 1959 | Colorado Rockies | F | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | -4 | |
107 | Gilles Leduc | 1960 | St. Louis Blues | D | |||||||
108 | Carmine Cirella | 1960 | Detroit Red Wings | F | |||||||
109 | Greg Theberge | 1959 | Washington Capitals | D | 153 | 15 | 63 | 78 | 73 | -19 | |
110 | Shane Swan | 1960 | Vancouver Canucks | D | |||||||
111 | Brian Gualazzi | 1959 | Minnesota North Stars | F | |||||||
112 | Doug Crossman | 1960 | Chicago Black Hawks | D | 914 | 105 | 359 | 464 | 534 | 31 | |
113 | Jay McFarlane | 1960 | Los Angeles Kings | D | |||||||
114 | Bill McCreary | 1960 | Toronto Maple Leafs | F | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | |
115 | Marc Chorney | 1959 | Pittsburgh Penguins | D | 210 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 209 | -69 | |
116 | Rick Knickle | 1960 | Buffalo Sabres | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
117 | Glenn Johnson | 1959 | Atlanta Flames | F | |||||||
118 | Stan Adams | 1959 | New York Rangers | F | |||||||
119 | Gord Williams | 1960 | Philadelphia Flyers | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
120 | Mike Krushelnyski | 1960 | Boston Bruins | F | 897 | 241 | 328 | 569 | 699 | 179 | |
121 | Greg Moffett | 1959 | Montreal Canadiens | G | |||||||
122 | John Gibb | 1959 | New York Islanders | D | |||||||
123 | Dave McDonald | 1960 | Hartford Whalers | F | |||||||
124 | Tim Watters | 1959 | Winnipeg Jets | D | 741 | 26 | 151 | 177 | 1289 | 42 | |
125 | Scott McGeown | 1960 | Quebec Nordiques | D |
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