1979 NHL Entry Draft Picks

The top 3 overall picks in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft were Rob Ramage by Colorado Rockies, Perry Turnbull by St. Louis Blues, and Mike Foligno by Detroit Red Wings.

Explore all 126 picks across 6 rounds by sorting tables for any of the columns. Stats include NHL & Junior games played, goals, assists, and PIM.

Round 1

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
1	Colorado Rockies	Rob Ramage	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	WHA	Birmingham Bulls	1044	139	425	564	2226
2	St. Louis Blues	Perry Turnbull	C	L	70	75	43	118	191	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks	608	188	163	351	1247
3	Detroit Red Wings	Mike Foligno	RW	R	68	65	85	150	98	OHA	Sudbury Wolves	1018	355	372	727	2047
4	Washington Capitals	Mike Gartner	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	WHA	Cincinnati Stingers	1432	708	627	1335	1159
5	Vancouver Canucks	Rick Vaive	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	WHA	Birmingham Bulls	876	441	347	788	1445
6	Minnesota North Stars	Craig Hartsburg	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	570	98	315	413	815
7	Chicago Blackhawks	Keith Brown	D	R	70	11	85	96	75	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks	876	68	274	342	916
8	Boston Bruins	Ray Bourque	D	L	63	22	71	93	44	QMJHL	Verdun Black Hawks	1612	410	1169	1579	1141
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	Laurie Boschman	C	L	65	66	83	149	215	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	1009	229	348	577	2263
10	Minnesota North Stars	Tom McCarthy	LW	L	63	69	75	144	98	OHA	Oshawa Generals	460	178	221	399	330
11	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Ramsey	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Minnesota	1070	79	266	345	1012
12	Atlanta Flames	Paul Reinhart	D	L	66	51	78	129	57	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	648	133	426	559	277
13	New York Rangers	Doug Sulliman	LW	L	68	38	77	115	88	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	631	160	168	328	175
14	Philadelphia Flyers	Brian Propp	LW	L	71	94	100	194	127	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	1016	425	579	1004	825
15	Boston Bruins	Brad McCrimmon	D	L	66	24	74	98	139	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	1222	81	322	403	1416
16	Los Angeles Kings	Jay Wells	D	L	48	6	21	27	100	OHA	Kingston Canadians	1098	47	216	263	2359
17	New York Islanders	Duane Sutter	RW	R	71	50	75	125	212	WHL	Lethbridge Broncos	731	139	203	342	1333
18	Hartford Whalers	Ray Allison	RW	R	62	60	93	153	191	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	238	64	93	157	223
19	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Jimmy Mann	RW	R	65	35	47	82	260	QMJHL	Sherbrooke Beavers	293	10	20	30	895
20	Quebec Nordiques	Michel Goulet	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	WHA	Birmingham Bulls	1089	548	605	1153	825
21	Edmonton Oilers	Kevin Lowe	D	L	68	26	60	86	120	QMJHL	Quebec Remparts	1254	84	347	431	1498

Total players drafted in Round 1 per nation:

Round 2

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
22	Philadelphia Flyers	Blake Wesley	D	L	69	10	42	52	292	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks	298	18	46	64	486
23	Atlanta Flames	Michael Perovich	D	L	62	15	58	73	170	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	-	-	-	-	-
24	Washington Capitals	Errol Rausse	LW	L	71	65	47	112	17	WHL	Seattle Breakers	31	7	3	10	0
25	New York Islanders	Tomas Jonsson	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	Sweden	-	552	85	259	344	482
26	Vancouver Canucks	Brent Ashton	LW	L	62	64	55	119	80	WHL	Saskatoon Blades	998	284	345	629	637
27	Montréal Canadiens	Gaston Gingras	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	WHA	Birmingham Bulls	476	61	174	235	161
28	Chicago Blackhawks	Tim Trimper	LW	L	66	62	46	108	97	OHA	Peterborough Petes	190	30	36	66	153
29	Los Angeles Kings	Dean Hopkins	RW	R	65	37	55	92	149	OHA	London Knights	223	23	51	74	306
30	Los Angeles Kings	Mark Hardy	D	L	67	18	52	70	117	QMJHL	Montreal Juniors	915	62	306	368	1293
31	Pittsburgh Penguins	Paul Marshall	LW	-	67	42	72	114	59	OHA	Brantford Alexanders	95	15	18	33	17
32	Buffalo Sabres	Lindy Ruff	LW	L	24	9	18	27	108	WHL	Lethbridge Broncos	691	105	195	300	1266
33	Atlanta Flames	Pat Riggin	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	350	0	8	0	41
34	New York Rangers	Ed Hospodar	D	R	45	7	16	23	131	OHA	Ottawa 67's	450	17	51	68	1314
35	Philadelphia Flyers	Pelle Lindbergh	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	Sweden	-	157	0	5	0	10
36	Boston Bruins	Douglas Morrison	RW	R	64	56	67	123	159	WHL	Lethbridge Broncos	23	7	3	10	15
37	Montréal Canadiens	Mats Naslund	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	Sweden	-	651	251	383	634	111
38	New York Islanders	Billy Carroll	C	L	63	35	50	85	38	OHA	London Knights	322	30	54	84	113
39	Hartford Whalers	Stuart Smith	D	R	64	5	35	40	172	OHA	Peterborough Petes	77	2	10	12	95
40	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Dave Christian	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of North Dakota	1009	340	433	773	284
41	Quebec Nordiques	Dale Hunter	C	L	59	42	68	110	188	OHA	Sudbury Wolves	1407	323	697	1020	3565

Total players drafted in Round 2 per nation:

Round 3

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
42	Minnesota North Stars	Neal Broten	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Minnesota	1099	289	634	923	569
43	Montréal Canadiens	Craig Levie	D	R	69	29	63	92	200	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	183	22	53	75	177
44	Montréal Canadiens	Guy Carbonneau	C	R	72	62	79	141	47	QMJHL	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	1318	260	403	663	820
45	Detroit Red Wings	Jody Gage	RW	R	58	46	43	89	40	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	68	14	15	29	26
46	Detroit Red Wings	Boris Fistric	D	L	64	15	37	52	460	WHL	New Westminster Bruins	-	-	-	-	-
47	Vancouver Canucks	Ken Ellacott	G	L	48	0	0	0	0	OHA	Peterborough Petes	12	0	0	0	0
48	Edmonton Oilers	Mark Messier	C	L	17	15	18	33	64	WHA	Cincinnati Stingers	1756	694	1193	1887	1912
49	Chicago Blackhawks	Bill Gardner	C	L	68	33	71	104	19	OHA	Peterborough Petes	380	73	115	188	68
50	Los Angeles Kings	John Paul Kelly	LW	L	70	25	22	47	207	WHL	New Westminster Bruins	400	54	70	124	366
51	Toronto Maple Leafs	Norm Aubin	C	L	70	80	69	149	84	QMJHL	Verdun Black Hawks	69	18	13	31	30
52	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bennett Wolf	D	-	65	3	21	24	327	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	30	0	1	1	133
53	Buffalo Sabres	Mark Robinson	D	L	45	6	28	34	98	WHL	Victoria Cougars	-	-	-	-	-
54	Atlanta Flames	Tim Hunter	RW	R	70	8	41	49	300	WHL	Seattle Breakers	815	62	76	138	3146
55	Buffalo Sabres	Jacques Cloutier	G	L	72	0	0	0	0	QMJHL	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	255	0	7	0	51
56	Philadelphia Flyers	Lindsay Carson	C	L	67	34	51	85	105	WHL	Billings Bighorns	373	66	80	146	525
57	Boston Bruins	Keith Crowder	RW	R	42	25	41	66	76	OHA	Peterborough Petes	662	223	271	494	1354
58	Montréal Canadiens	Rick Wamsley	G	L	24	0	0	0	0	OHA	Brantford Alexanders	407	0	9	0	52
59	New York Islanders	Roland Melanson	G	L	62	0	0	0	0	OHA	Windsor Spitfires	291	0	12	0	109
60	Hartford Whalers	Don Nachbaur	C	L	69	44	52	96	175	WHL	Billings Bighorns	223	23	46	69	465
61	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	William Whelton	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Boston University	2	0	0	0	0
62	Quebec Nordiques	Lee Norwood	D	L	61	23	38	61	171	OHA	Oshawa Generals	503	58	153	211	1099
63	Minnesota North Stars	Kevin Maxwell	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of North Dakota	66	6	15	21	61

Total players drafted in Round 3 per nation:

Round 4

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
64	Colorado Rockies	Steve Peters	C	L	64	36	56	92	70	OHA	Oshawa Generals	2	0	1	1	0
65	St. Louis Blues	Bob Crawford	RW	R	65	62	70	132	43	QMJHL	Cornwall Royals	246	71	71	142	72
66	Detroit Red Wings	John Ogrodnick	LW	L	72	48	36	84	38	WHL	New Westminster Bruins	928	402	425	827	260
67	Washington Capitals	Harvie Pocza	LW	L	72	42	55	97	151	WHL	Billings Bighorns	3	0	0	0	2
68	Vancouver Canucks	Arthur Rutland	C	L	65	59	80	139	82	OHA	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	-	-	-	-	-
69	Edmonton Oilers	Glenn Anderson	RW	L	2	0	1	1	0	NCAA	U. of Denver	1129	498	601	1099	1120
70	Chicago Blackhawks	Louis Begin	LW	L	72	46	85	131	32	QMJHL	Sherbrooke Beavers	-	-	-	-	-
71	Los Angeles Kings	John Gibson	C	L	46	15	26	41	218	OHA	Niagara Falls Flyers	48	0	2	2	120
72	Toronto Maple Leafs	Vincent Tremblay	G	L	66	0	0	0	0	QMJHL	Quebec Remparts	58	0	2	0	4
73	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brian Cross	D	-	57	23	35	58	193	OHA	Brantford Alexanders	-	-	-	-	-
74	Buffalo Sabres	Gilles Hamel	LW	L	72	56	55	111	130	QMJHL	Laval National	519	127	147	274	276
75	Atlanta Flames	Jim Peplinski	LW	R	66	23	32	55	88	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	711	161	263	424	1467
76	New York Rangers	Pat Conacher	LW	L	72	40	69	109	87	WHL	Saskatoon Blades	521	63	76	139	235
77	Philadelphia Flyers	Don Gillen	RW	R	64	21	30	51	212	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	35	2	4	6	22
78	Boston Bruins	Larry Melnyk	D	L	71	7	33	40	142	WHL	New Westminster Bruins	432	11	63	74	686
79	Montréal Canadiens	David Orleski	D	L	71	27	39	66	128	WHL	New Westminster Bruins	2	0	0	0	0
80	New York Islanders	Tim Lockridge	D	-	70	10	42	52	297	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	-	-	-	-	-
81	Hartford Whalers	Ray Neufeld	RW	R	57	54	48	102	138	WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	595	157	200	357	816
82	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Pat Daley	LW	L	67	25	50	75	139	QMJHL	Montreal Juniors	12	1	0	1	13
83	Quebec Nordiques	Anton Stastny	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	Czechoslovakia	-	650	252	384	636	150
84	Edmonton Oilers	Maxwell Kostovich	RW	L	64	29	27	56	178	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks	-	-	-	-	-

Total players drafted in Round 4 per nation:

Round 5

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
85	Colorado Rockies	Gary Dillon	C	L	59	57	63	120	40	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	13	1	1	2	29
86	St. Louis Blues	Mark Reeds	RW	R	66	25	25	50	96	OHA	Peterborough Petes	365	45	114	159	135
87	Detroit Red Wings	Joe Paterson	LW	L	59	22	19	41	158	OHA	London Knights	291	19	37	56	831
88	Washington Capitals	Tim Tookey	C	L	56	33	47	80	55	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks	106	22	36	58	71
89	Vancouver Canucks	Dirk Graham	RW	R	71	48	60	108	252	WHL	Regina Pats	772	219	270	489	919
90	Minnesota North Stars	Jim Dobson	RW	R	71	38	39	77	143	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks	12	0	0	0	6
91	Chicago Blackhawks	Gordon Loveday	D	-	65	13	28	41	121	OHA	Kingston Canadians	-	-	-	-	-
92	Los Angeles Kings	Jim Brown	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Notre Dame	3	0	1	1	5
93	Toronto Maple Leafs	Frank Nigro	C	R	63	33	56	89	64	OHA	London Knights	68	8	18	26	41
94	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nick Ricci	G	L	52	0	0	0	0	OHA	Niagara Falls Flyers	19	0	0	0	2
95	Buffalo Sabres	Alan Haworth	C	R	70	50	70	120	63	QMJHL	Sherbrooke Beavers	524	189	211	400	425
96	Atlanta Flames	Brad Kempthorne	RW	R	56	22	31	53	89	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	-	-	-	-	-
97	New York Rangers	Daniel Makuch	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Clarkson U.	-	-	-	-	-
98	Philadelphia Flyers	Thomas Eriksson	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	Swedish Jr. Nationals	-	208	22	76	98	107
99	Boston Bruins	Marco Baron	G	L	67	0	0	0	0	QMJHL	Montreal Juniors	86	0	4	0	56
100	Montréal Canadiens	Yvan Joly	RW	R	63	53	59	112	45	OHA	Ottawa 67's	2	0	0	0	0
101	New York Islanders	Glen Duncan	RW	L	68	43	54	97	45	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	-	-	-	-	-
102	Hartford Whalers	Mark Renaud	D	L	68	10	56	66	89	OHA	Niagara Falls Flyers	152	6	50	56	86
103	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Thomas Steen	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	Sweden	-	950	264	553	817	753
104	Quebec Nordiques	Pierre Lacroix	D	L	72	37	100	137	57	QMJHL	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	274	24	108	132	197
105	Edmonton Oilers	Michael Toal	C	R	71	38	83	121	32	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks	3	0	0	0	0

Total players drafted in Round 5 per nation:

Round 6

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
106	Colorado Rockies	Bob Attwell	RW	R	68	32	61	93	39	OHA	Peterborough Petes	22	1	5	6	0
107	St. Louis Blues	Gilles Leduc	D	L	63	21	37	58	131	QMJHL	Verdun Black Hawks	-	-	-	-	-
108	Detroit Red Wings	Carmine Cirella	LW	L	60	14	18	32	119	OHA	Peterborough Petes	-	-	-	-	-
109	Washington Capitals	Greg Theberge	D	L	63	20	60	80	90	OHA	Peterborough Petes	153	15	63	78	73
110	Vancouver Canucks	Shane Swan	D	L	66	18	38	56	108	OHA	Sudbury Wolves	-	-	-	-	-
111	Minnesota North Stars	Brian Gualazzi	RW	R	68	74	60	134	42	OHA	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	-	-	-	-	-
112	Chicago Blackhawks	Doug Crossman	D	L	67	12	51	63	65	OHA	Ottawa 67's	914	105	359	464	534
113	Los Angeles Kings	Jay McFarlane	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-
114	Toronto Maple Leafs	William McCreary	RW	-	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Colgate U.	12	1	0	1	4
115	Pittsburgh Penguins	Marc Chorney	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of North Dakota	210	8	27	35	209
116	Buffalo Sabres	Rick Knickle	G	L	38	0	0	0	0	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	14	0	0	0	2
117	Atlanta Flames	Glenn Johnson	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Denver	-	-	-	-	-
118	New York Rangers	Stanley Adams	C	L	61	39	50	89	144	OHA	Niagara Falls Flyers	-	-	-	-	-
119	Philadelphia Flyers	Gord Williams	C	R	72	58	59	117	60	WHL	Lethbridge Broncos	2	0	0	0	2
120	Boston Bruins	Mike Krushelnyski	C	L	46	15	29	44	42	QMJHL	Montreal Juniors	897	241	328	569	699
121	Montréal Canadiens	Greg Moffett	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of New Hampshire	-	-	-	-	-
122	New York Islanders	John Gibb	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Bowning Green	-	-	-	-	-
123	Hartford Whalers	David McDonald	LW	L	43	19	20	39	110	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	-	-	-	-	-
124	Winnipeg Jets (1979)	Tim Watters	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Michigan Tech	741	26	151	177	1289
125	Quebec Nordiques	Scott McGeown	D	L	59	10	40	50	117	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	-	-	-	-	-
126	Edmonton Oilers	Blair Barnes	RW	R	67	42	76	118	195	OHA	Windsor Spitfires	1	0	0	0	0