1979 NHL Entry Draft

Montreal, Quebec - August 9, 1979

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
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).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
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	+/-
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	+/-
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 N�slund	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	+/-
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	+/-
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	+/-
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	+/-
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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