1979 NHL Entry Draft

Montreal, Quebec - August 9, 1979

Summary statistics

POSITION SPLITNATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUNDTO NHLGPFWDDEFGOA..CAUSSERUFIOTH
Round 1100.00%895.057.1%42.9%0.0%95.2%4.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 295.00%445.855.0%35.0%10.0%75.0%10.0%15.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 390.91%405.154.5%27.3%18.2%86.4%13.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 476.19%280.576.2%19.0%4.8%90.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.5%
Round 580.95%183.266.7%23.8%9.5%81.0%4.8%9.5%0.0%0.0%4.8%
Round 645.00%148.345.0%45.0%10.0%85.0%15.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
TOTAL1394.659.2%32.0%8.8%85.6%8.0%4.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%
TO NHL281.60%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

OVERALLPER DRAFT PICK
RkTEAMWAPP1PICKSTO NHLGPGAPGPGAP
1Colorado Rockies3.864100.0%1081141432573270.335.3108.0143.3
2St. Louis Blues7.46475.0%1219304348652304.876.087.0163.0
3Detroit Red Wings14.52666.7%23057908491639384.2131.7141.5273.2
4Washington Capitals15.285100.0%17257527291481345.0150.4145.8296.2
5Minnesota North Stars18.38683.3%220757111851756367.895.2197.5292.7
6Vancouver Canucks20.35666.7%26589449621906443.0157.3160.3317.7
7Chicago Black Hawks25.73666.7%23602767841060393.346.0130.7176.7
8Boston Bruins26.107100.0%493497321603133704.9139.0308.6447.6
9Toronto Maple Leafs30.465100.0%1216256381637243.251.276.2127.4
10Atlanta Flames33.67757.1%25243567731129360.650.9110.4161.3
11Philadelphia Flyers35.917100.0%20895337901323298.476.1112.9189.0
12New York Rangers36.16560.0%1602240295535320.448.059.0107.0
13Buffalo Sabres36.48785.7%30735008261326439.071.4118.0189.4
14Los Angeles Kings38.02785.7%2687186646832383.926.692.3118.9
15New York Islanders40.54757.1%1896254528782270.936.375.4111.7
16Hartford Whalers46.82683.3%1285252399651214.242.066.5108.5
17Edmonton Oilers47.90580.0%4142127621413417828.4255.2428.2683.4
18Winnipeg Jets48.396100.0%300764111571798501.2106.8192.8299.7
19Quebec Nordiques49.92683.3%3923120519473152653.8200.8324.5525.3
20Montreal Canadiens50.57887.5%303959410221616379.974.3127.8202.0
21Pittsburgh Penguins59.16580.0%35423466970.84.69.213.8
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.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
1CARob Ramage1959Colorado RockiesD10441394255642226-178
2CAPerry Turnbull1959St. Louis BluesF6081881633511247-47
3CAMike Foligno1959Detroit Red WingsF1018355372727204798
4CAMike Gartner1959Washington CapitalsF14327086271335115968
5CARick Vaive1959Vancouver CanucksF8764413477881445-79
6CACraig Hartsburg1959Minnesota North StarsD57098315413815-6
7CAKeith Brown1960Chicago Black HawksD8766827434291665
8CARay Bourque1960Boston BruinsD1612410116915791141527
9CALaurie Boschman1960Toronto Maple LeafsF10092293485772263-129
10CATom McCarthy1960Minnesota North StarsF46017822139933052
11CAMike Ramsey1960Buffalo SabresD1070792663451012203
12CAPaul Reinhart1960Atlanta FlamesD64813342655927726
13CADoug Sulliman1959New York RangersF631160168328175-142
14CABrian Propp1959Philadelphia FlyersF10164255791004825298
15CABrad McCrimmon1959Boston BruinsD1222813224031416448
16CAJay Wells1959Los Angeles KingsD1098472162632359-50
17CADuane Sutter1960New York IslandersF731139203342133325
18CARay Allison1959Hartford WhalersF238649315722350
19CAJimmy Mann1959Winnipeg JetsF293102030895-55
20CAMichel Goulet1960Quebec NordiquesF1089548605115382599
21CAKevin Lowe1959Edmonton OilersD1254843474311498260

Round 2

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
22CABlake Wesley1959Philadelphia FlyersD298184664486-35
23CAMike Perovich1959Atlanta FlamesD
24CAErrol Rausse1959Washington CapitalsF31731003
25CATomas Jonsson1960New York IslandersD5528525934448264
26CABrent Ashton1960Vancouver CanucksF998284345629637-63
27CAGaston Gingras1959Montreal CanadiensD47661174235161-5
28CATim Trimper1959Chicago Black HawksF190303666153-55
29CADean Hopkins1959Los Angeles KingsF223235174306-34
30CAMark Hardy1959Los Angeles KingsD915623063681293-97
31CAPaul Marshall1960Pittsburgh PenguinsF9515183317-18
32CALindy Ruff1960Buffalo SabresF6911051953001266-15
33CAPat Riggin1959Atlanta FlamesG35008841
34CAEd Hospodar1959New York RangersD4501751681314-45
35CAPelle Lindbergh1959Philadelphia FlyersG15705510
36CADoug Morrison1960Boston BruinsF237310153
37CAMats Näslund1959Montreal CanadiensF651251383634111119
38CABilly Carroll1959New York IslandersF3223054841134
39CAStu Smith1960Hartford WhalersD772101295-36
40CADave Christian1959Winnipeg JetsF1009340433773284-64
41CADale Hunter1960Quebec NordiquesF140732369710203565101

Round 3

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
42CANeal Broten1959Minnesota North StarsF109928963492356919
43CACraig Levie1959Montreal CanadiensD1832253751774
44CAGuy Carbonneau1960Montreal CanadiensF1318260403663820186
45CAJody Gage1959Detroit Red WingsF6814152926-17
46CABoris Fistric1960Detroit Red WingsD
47CAKen Ellacott1959Vancouver CanucksG120000
48CAMark Messier1961Edmonton OilersF1756694119318871912211
49CABill Gardner1960Chicago Black HawksF3807311518868-4
50CAJohn-Paul Kelly1959Los Angeles KingsF4005470124366-95
51CANormand Aubin1960Toronto Maple LeafsF6918133130-25
52CABennett Wolf1959Pittsburgh PenguinsD30011133-3
53CAMark Robinson1960Buffalo SabresD
54CATim Hunter1960Atlanta FlamesF81562761383146-5
55CAJacques Cloutier1960Buffalo SabresG25507751
56CALindsay Carson1960Philadelphia FlyersF37366801465255
57CAKeith Crowder1959Boston BruinsF6622232714941354131
58CARick Wamsley1959Montreal CanadiensG40709952
59CARollie Melanson1960New York IslandersG29101212109
60CADon Nachbaur1959Hartford WhalersF223234669465-17
61CABill Whelton1959Winnipeg JetsD20000-1
62CALee Norwood1960Quebec NordiquesD50358153211109923
63CAKevin Maxwell1960Minnesota North StarsF666152161-27

Round 4

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
64CASteve Peters1960Colorado RockiesF201101
65CABob Crawford1959St. Louis BluesF246717114272-34
66CAJohn Ogrodnick1959Detroit Red WingsF928402425827260-63
67CAHarvie Pocza1959Washington CapitalsF30002-2
68CAArt Rutland1960Vancouver CanucksF
69CAGlenn Anderson1960Edmonton OilersF112949860110991120201
70CALouis Begin1960Chicago Black HawksF
71CAJohn Gibson1959Los Angeles KingsD48022120-12
72CAVince Tremblay1959Toronto Maple LeafsG580224
73CABrian Cross1959Pittsburgh PenguinsD
74CAGilles Hamel1960Buffalo SabresF519127147274276-43
75CAJim Peplinski1960Atlanta FlamesF711161263424146752
76CAPat Conacher1959New York RangersF5216376139235-37
77CADon Gillen1960Philadelphia FlyersF3524622-10
78CALarry Melnyk1960Boston BruinsD432116374686-34
79CADave Orleski1959Montreal CanadiensF200000
80CATim Lockridge1959New York IslandersD
81CARay Neufeld1959Hartford WhalersF595157200357816-167
82CAPatrick Daley1959Winnipeg JetsF1210113-5
83CAAnton Stastny1959Quebec NordiquesF65025238463615011
84CAMax Kostovich1959Edmonton OilersF

Round 5

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
85CAGary Dillon1959Colorado RockiesF1311229-6
86CAMark Reeds1960St. Louis BluesF36545114159135-5
87CAJoe Paterson1960Detroit Red WingsF291193756831-36
88CATim Tookey1960Washington CapitalsF10622365871-20
89CADirk Graham1959Vancouver CanucksF7722192704899192
90CAJim Dobson1960Minnesota North StarsF120006-2
91CALowell Loveday1959Chicago Black HawksD
92CAJim Brown1960Los Angeles KingsD30115-2
93CAFrank Nigro1960Toronto Maple LeafsF688182641-7
94CANick Ricci1959Pittsburgh PenguinsG190002
95CAAlan Haworth1960Buffalo SabresF52418921140042562
96CABrad Kempthorne1960Atlanta FlamesF
97CADan Makuch1959New York RangersF
98CAThomas Eriksson1959Philadelphia FlyersD20822769810745
99CAMarco Baron1959Boston BruinsG8604456
100CAYvan Joly1960Montreal CanadiensF20000-1
101CAGlen Duncan1960New York IslandersF
102CAMark Renaud1959Hartford WhalersD1526505686-59
103CATom Steen1960Winnipeg JetsF950264553817753-69
104CAPierre Lacroix1959Quebec NordiquesD27424108132197-9
105CAMike Toal1959Edmonton OilersF300000

Round 6

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
106CABob Attwell1959Colorado RockiesF221560-4
107CAGilles Leduc1960St. Louis BluesD
108CACarmine Cirella1960Detroit Red WingsF
109CAGreg Theberge1959Washington CapitalsD15315637873-19
110CAShane Swan1960Vancouver CanucksD
111CABrian Gualazzi1959Minnesota North StarsF
112CADoug Crossman1960Chicago Black HawksD91410535946453431
113CAJay McFarlane1960Los Angeles KingsD
114CABill McCreary1960Toronto Maple LeafsF121014-6
115CAMarc Chorney1959Pittsburgh PenguinsD21082735209-69
116CARick Knickle1960Buffalo SabresG140002
117CAGlenn Johnson1959Atlanta FlamesF
118CAStan Adams1959New York RangersF
119CAGord Williams1960Philadelphia FlyersF200020
120CAMike Krushelnyski1960Boston BruinsF897241328569699179
121CAGreg Moffett1959Montreal CanadiensG
122CAJohn Gibb1959New York IslandersD
123CADave McDonald1960Hartford WhalersF
124CATim Watters1959Winnipeg JetsD74126151177128942
125CAScott McGeown1960Quebec NordiquesD

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