1979 NHL Entry Draft
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Round 3
No.TeamPlayerPos.Last teamLeagueNationality
43.MontrealCraig Levie DEdmontonWHLCanada
44.MontrealGuy Carbonneau CChicoutimiQMJHLCanada
45.DetroitJody Gage RWKitchenerOMJHLCanada
46.DetroitBoris Fistric DNew WestminsterWHLCanada
47.VancouverKen Ellacott GPeterboroughOMJHLCanada
48.EdmontonMark Messier LWCincinnatiWHACanada
49.ChicagoBill Gardner CPeterboroughOMJHLCanada
50.Los AngelesJohn Paul Kelly LWNew WestminsterWHLCanada
51.TorontoNorm Aubin CVerdunQMJHLCanada
52.PittsburghBennett Wolf DKitchenerOMJHLCanada
53.BuffaloMark Robinson DVictoriaWHLCanada
54.AtlantaTim Hunter DSeattleWHLCanada
55.BuffaloJacques Cloutier GTrois-RivieresQMJHLCanada
56.PhiladelphiaLindsay Carson LWBillingsWHLCanada
57.BostonKeith Crowder RWPeterboroughOMJHLCanada
58.MontrealRick Wamsley GBrantfordOMJHLCanada
59.N.Y. IslandersRoland MelansonGWindsorOMJHLCanada
60.HartfordDon Nachbaur CBillingsWHLCanada
61.WinnipegBill Whelton DBoston UniversityECAC USA
62.QuebecLee Norwood DOshawaOMJHL USA
63.MinnesotaKevin Maxwell CNorth DakotaWCHACanada
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