Monday, July 8, 2013

1979 NHL Entry Draft: 1st Round and Beyond

Typically, in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, there will be at least a few duds that never quite catch on in the National Hockey League. This wasn’t the case in the 1979 Draft. Of the 21 players selected, the lowest career total games was 238 by Ray Allison who was selected 18th overall by the Hartford Whalers.

Eleven of the 21 players selected in the first round of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft went on to play over 1,000 regular season NHL games. The most career games played by this fine group of players is 1,612 by Ray Bourque. Bourque was selected eighth by the Boston Bruins...

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