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HOCKEY STATS
NHL

ENTRY DRAFT

1979
LNH ENTRY DRAFT
ROUND #1GPPTS
1
NJ
Rob Ramage
D
1128614
2
STL
Perry Turnbull
C
642364
3
DET
Mike Foligno
C
1075759
4
WAS
Mike Gartner
W
15541428
5
VAN
Rick Vaive
W
930831
6
DAL
Craig Hartsburg
D
631455
7
CHI
Keith Brown
D
979378
8
BOS
Raymond Bourque
D
18261759
9
TOR
Laurie Boschman
W
1066598
10
DAL
Tom McCarthy
C
528437
11
BUF
Mike Ramsey
D
1185382
12
CGY
Paul Reinhart
D
730637
13
NYR
Doug Sulliman
C
647331
14
PHI
Brian Propp
W
11761152
15
BOS
Brad McCrimmon
D
1338432
16
LA
Jay Wells
D
1212280
17
NYI
Duane Sutter
C
892400
18
CAR
Ray Allison
W
250162
19
UTA
Jimmy Mann
W
31530
20
COL
Michel Goulet
W
11811230
21
EDM
Kevin Lowe
D
1468490
ROUND #2GPPTS
22
PHI
Blake Wesley
D
31768
23
CGY
Mike Perovich
D
--
24
WAS
Errol Rausse
W
3110
25
NYI
Tomas Jonsson
D
636383
26
VAN
Brent Ashton
C
1083678
27
MON
Gaston Gingras
D
528259
28
CHI
Tim Trimper
C
19266
29
LA
Dean Hopkins
W
24180
30
LA
Mark Hardy
D
993389
31
PIT
Paul Marshall
C
9633
32
BUF
Lindy Ruff
D
743324
33
CGY
Pat Riggin
G
3758
34
NYR
Ed Hospodar
D
49473
35
PHI
Pelle Lindbergh
G
1806
36
BOS
Doug Morrison
C
2310
37
MON
Mats Naslund
W
753726
38
NYI
Bill Carroll
C
393102
39
CAR
Stuart Smith
D
7712
40
UTA
Dave Christian
W
1111830
41
COL
Dale Hunter
C
15931138
ROUND #3GPPTS
42
DAL
Neal Broten
C
12341021
43
MON
Craig Levie
D
19980
44
MON
Guy Carbonneau
C
1549756
45
DET
Jody Gage
W
6829
46
DET
Boris Fistric
W
--
47
VAN
Ken Ellacott
G
12-
48
EDM
Mark Messier
C
19922182
49
CHI
Bill Gardner
C
425199
50
LA
John-Paul Kelly
W
418126
51
TOR
Normand Aubin
C
--
52
PIT
Bennett Wolf
D
301
53
BUF
Mark Robinson
D
--
54
CGY
Tim Hunter
C
947150
55
BUF
Jacques Cloutier
G
2637
56
PHI
Lindsay Carson
W
422160
57
BOS
Keith Crowder
W
747530
58
MON
Rick Wamsley
G
4349
59
NYI
Roland Melanson
G
31412
60
CAR
Don Nachbaur
C
23471
61
UTA
Bill Whelton
D
2-
62
COL
Leonard Norwood
D
568239
63
DAL
Kevin Maxwell
C
8228
ROUND #4GPPTS
64
NJ
Steve Peters
C
21
65
STL
Robert Crawford
W
257143
66
DET
John Ogrodnick
W
969853
67
WAS
Harvie Pocza
W
3-
68
VAN
Arthur Rutland
C
--
69
EDM
Glenn Anderson
W
13541313
70
CHI
Louis Bégin
C
--
71
LA
John Gibson
D
482
72
TOR
Vincent Tremblay
G
582
73
PIT
Brian Cross
D
--
74
BUF
Gilles Hamel
W
546283
75
CGY
Jim Peplinski
C
810470
76
NYR
Pat Conacher
W
588160
77
PHI
Don Gillen
W
356
78
BOS
Larry Melnyk
D
49885
79
MON
Dave Orleski
W
2-
80
NYI
Tim Lockridge
D
--
81
CAR
Ray Neufeld
W
623371
82
UTA
Patrick Daley
W
121
83
COL
Anton Stastny
C
716688
84
EDM
Max Kostovich
W
--
ROUND #5GPPTS
85
NJ
Gary Dillon
C
132
86
STL
Mark Reeds
C
418176
87
DET
Joe Paterson
W
31363
88
WAS
Tim Tookey
C
11662
89
VAN
Dirk Graham
W
862533
90
DAL
Jim Dobson
W
12-
91
CHI
Lowell Loveday
D
--
92
LA
Jim Brown
D
31
93
TOR
Frank Nigro
C
7126
94
PIT
Nick Ricci
G
19-
95
BUF
Alan Haworth
C
566428
96
CGY
Brad Kempthorne
C
--
97
NYR
Dan Makuch
C
--
98
PHI
Thomas Eriksson
D
227101
99
BOS
Marco Baron
G
874
100
MON
Yvan Joly
W
3-
101
NYI
Glen Duncan
C
--
102
CAR
Mark Renaud
D
15256
103
UTA
Thomas Steen
C
1006861
104
COL
Pierre Lacroix
W
282133
105
EDM
Mike Toal
C
3-
ROUND #6GPPTS
106
NJ
Bob Attwell
W
226
107
STL
Gilles Leduc
C
--
108
DET
Carmine Cirella
W
--
109
WAS
Greg Theberge
D
15779
110
VAN
Shane Swan
W
--
111
DAL
Brian Gualazzi
C
--
112
CHI
Doug Crossman
D
1011515
113
LA
Jay McFarlane
D
--
114
TOR
Bill McCreary
W
121
115
PIT
Marc Chorney
D
21736
116
BUF
Rick Knickle
G
14-
117
CGY
Glenn Johnson
C
--
118
NYR
Stan Adams
C
--
119
PHI
Gordie Williams
W
2-
120
BOS
Mike Krushelnyski
C
1036641
121
MON
Greg Moffett
G
--
122
NYI
John Gibb
C
--
123
CAR
Dave McDonald
C
--
124
UTA
Tim Watters
D
823183
125
COL
Scott McGeown
W
--
126
EDM
Blair Barnes
W
1-
BY POSITION
1979 LNH ENTRY DRAFT
POSITIONQTY%
Centers8063,5
Defensemen3527,8
Goalies118,7
TOTAL126
ORIGIN
1979 LNH ENTRY DRAFT
COUNTRIESQTY
Canada107
 Ontario48 
 Quebec16 
 Alberta15 
 British Columbia9 
 Saskatchewan9 
 Manitoba6 
 New-Brunswick2 
 Newfoundland1 
 Nova Scotia1 
United States11
 Minnesota3 
 Arizona2 
 Ohio2 
 Maine1 
 Massachusetts1 
 Michigan1 
 Washington1 
Sweden5
France1
Slovakia1
Switzerland1