1979 NHL Entry Draft
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Round 2
No.TeamPlayerPos.Last teamLeagueNationality
22.PhiladelphiaBlake Wesley DPortlandWHLCanada
23.AtlantaMike Perovich DBrandonWHLCanada
24.WashingtonErrol Rausse LWSeattleWHLCanada
25.N.Y. IslandersTomas Jonsson DOrnskoldsvikElitserienSweden
26.VancouverBrent Ashton LWSaskatoonWHLCanada
27.MontrealGaston Gingras DBirminghamWHACanada
28.ChicagoTim Trimper LWPeterboroughOMJHLCanada
29.Los AngelesDean Hopkins RWLondonOMJHLCanada
30.Los AngelesMark Hardy DMontrealQMJHLCanada
31.PittsburghPaul Marshall LWBrantfordOMJHLCanada
32.BuffaloLindy Ruff DLethbridgeWHLCanada
33.AtlantaPat Riggin GBirminghamWHACanada
34.N.Y. RangersEd Hospodar DOttawaOMJHLUSA
35.PhiladelphiaPelle Lindbergh GSolnaElitserienSweden
36.BostonDoug Morrison RWLethbridgeWHLCanada
37.MontrealMats Naslund LWGavleElitserienSweden
38.N.Y. IslandersBilly Carroll CLondonOMJHLCanada
39.HartfordStuart Smith DPeterboroughOMJHLCanada
40.WinnipegDave Christian CNorth DakotaWCHAUSA
41.QuebecDale Hunter CSudburyOMJHLCanada
42.MinnesotaNeal Broten CMinnesotaWCHAUSA
SNAPSHOT '79
Total Selected: 126
Forwards: 74
Defense: 41
Goaltenders: 11
Major Junior: 97
College Players: 15
Canadian: 110
American: 10
U.S.-Born: 10
European: 6
Reached NHL: 103
Won Stanley Cup: 23
Hall of Fame: 5
All-Star Game: 23
Year-end All-Star: 10
Olympians: 15
Picks Traded: 17