Canadian draft picks in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft

Round 1

	Name	No.	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
	Rob Ramage	1	1959	Colorado Rockies	D	1044	139	425	564	2226	-178
	Perry Turnbull	2	1959	St. Louis Blues	F	608	188	163	351	1247	-47
	Mike Foligno	3	1959	Detroit Red Wings	F	1018	355	372	727	2047	98
	Mike Gartner	4	1959	Washington Capitals	F	1432	708	627	1335	1159	68
	Rick Vaive	5	1959	Vancouver Canucks	F	876	441	347	788	1445	-79
	Craig Hartsburg	6	1959	Minnesota North Stars	D	570	98	315	413	815	-6
	Keith Brown	7	1960	Chicago Blackhawks	D	876	68	274	342	916	65
	Ray Bourque	8	1960	Boston Bruins	D	1612	410	1169	1579	1141	527
	Laurie Boschman	9	1960	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	1009	229	348	577	2263	-129
	Tom McCarthy	10	1960	Minnesota North Stars	F	460	178	221	399	330	52
	Paul Reinhart	12	1960	Atlanta Flames	D	648	133	426	559	277	26
	Doug Sulliman	13	1959	New York Rangers	F	631	160	168	328	175	-142
	Brian Propp	14	1959	Philadelphia Flyers	F	1016	425	579	1004	825	298
	Brad McCrimmon	15	1959	Boston Bruins	D	1222	81	322	403	1416	448
	Jay Wells	16	1959	Los Angeles Kings	D	1098	47	216	263	2359	-50
	Duane Sutter	17	1960	New York Islanders	F	731	139	203	342	1333	25
	Ray Allison	18	1959	Hartford Whalers	F	238	64	93	157	223	50
	Jimmy Mann	19	1959	Winnipeg Jets	F	293	10	20	30	895	-55
	Michel Goulet	20	1960	Quebec Nordiques	F	1089	548	605	1153	825	99
	Kevin Lowe	21	1959	Edmonton Oilers	D	1254	84	347	431	1498	260

Round 2

	Name	No.	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
	Blake Wesley	22	1959	Philadelphia Flyers	D	298	18	46	64	486	-35
	Mike Perovich	23	1959	Atlanta Flames	D
	Errol Rausse	24	1959	Washington Capitals	F	31	7	3	10	0	3
	Brent Ashton	26	1960	Vancouver Canucks	F	998	284	345	629	637	-63
	Gaston Gingras	27	1959	Montreal Canadiens	D	476	61	174	235	161	-5
	Tim Trimper	28	1959	Chicago Blackhawks	F	190	30	36	66	153	-55
	Dean Hopkins	29	1959	Los Angeles Kings	F	223	23	51	74	306	-34
	Mark Hardy	30	1959	Los Angeles Kings	D	915	62	306	368	1293	-97
	Paul Marshall	31	1960	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	95	15	18	33	17	-18
	Lindy Ruff	32	1960	Buffalo Sabres	F	691	105	195	300	1266	-15
	Pat Riggin	33	1959	Atlanta Flames	G	350	0	8	8	41
	Doug Morrison	36	1960	Boston Bruins	F	23	7	3	10	15	3
	Billy Carroll	38	1959	New York Islanders	F	322	30	54	84	113	4
	Stu Smith	39	1960	Hartford Whalers	D	77	2	10	12	95	-36
	Dale Hunter	41	1960	Quebec Nordiques	F	1407	323	697	1020	3565	101

Round 3

	Name	No.	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
	Craig Levie	43	1959	Montreal Canadiens	D	183	22	53	75	177	4
	Guy Carbonneau	44	1960	Montreal Canadiens	F	1318	260	403	663	820	186
	Jody Gage	45	1959	Detroit Red Wings	F	68	14	15	29	26	-17
	Boris Fistric	46	1960	Detroit Red Wings	D
	Ken Ellacott	47	1959	Vancouver Canucks	G	12	0	0	0	0
	Mark Messier	48	1961	Edmonton Oilers	F	1756	694	1193	1887	1912	211
	Bill Gardner	49	1960	Chicago Blackhawks	F	380	73	115	188	68	-4
	John-Paul Kelly	50	1959	Los Angeles Kings	F	400	54	70	124	366	-95
	Normand Aubin	51	1960	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	69	18	13	31	30	-25
	Bennett Wolf	52	1959	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	30	0	1	1	133	-3
	Mark Robinson	53	1960	Buffalo Sabres	D
	Tim Hunter	54	1960	Atlanta Flames	F	815	62	76	138	3146	-5
	Jacques Cloutier	55	1960	Buffalo Sabres	G	255	0	7	7	51
	Lindsay Carson	56	1960	Philadelphia Flyers	F	373	66	80	146	525	5
	Keith Crowder	57	1959	Boston Bruins	F	662	223	271	494	1354	131
	Rick Wamsley	58	1959	Montreal Canadiens	G	407	0	9	9	52
	Rollie Melanson	59	1960	New York Islanders	G	291	0	12	12	109
	Don Nachbaur	60	1959	Hartford Whalers	F	223	23	46	69	465	-17
	Kevin Maxwell	63	1960	Minnesota North Stars	F	66	6	15	21	61	-27

Round 4

	Name	No.	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
	Steve Peters	64	1960	Colorado Rockies	F	2	0	1	1	0	1
	Bob Crawford	65	1959	St. Louis Blues	F	246	71	71	142	72	-34
	John Ogrodnick	66	1959	Detroit Red Wings	F	928	402	425	827	260	-63
	Harvie Pocza	67	1959	Washington Capitals	F	3	0	0	0	2	-2
	Art Rutland	68	1960	Vancouver Canucks	F
	Glenn Anderson	69	1960	Edmonton Oilers	F	1129	498	601	1099	1120	201
	Louis Begin	70	1960	Chicago Blackhawks	F
	John Gibson	71	1959	Los Angeles Kings	D	48	0	2	2	120	-12
	Vince Tremblay	72	1959	Toronto Maple Leafs	G	58	0	2	2	4
	Brian Cross	73	1959	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
	Gilles Hamel	74	1960	Buffalo Sabres	F	519	127	147	274	276	-43
	Jim Peplinski	75	1960	Atlanta Flames	F	711	161	263	424	1467	52
	Pat Conacher	76	1959	New York Rangers	F	521	63	76	139	235	-37
	Don Gillen	77	1960	Philadelphia Flyers	F	35	2	4	6	22	-10
	Larry Melnyk	78	1960	Boston Bruins	D	432	11	63	74	686	-34
	Dave Orleski	79	1959	Montreal Canadiens	F	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Tim Lockridge	80	1959	New York Islanders	D
	Ray Neufeld	81	1959	Hartford Whalers	F	595	157	200	357	816	-167
	Max Kostovich	84	1959	Edmonton Oilers	F

Round 5

	Name	No.	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
	Gary Dillon	85	1959	Colorado Rockies	F	13	1	1	2	29	-6
	Mark Reeds	86	1960	St. Louis Blues	F	365	45	114	159	135	-5
	Joe Paterson	87	1960	Detroit Red Wings	F	291	19	37	56	831	-36
	Tim Tookey	88	1960	Washington Capitals	F	106	22	36	58	71	-20
	Dirk Graham	89	1959	Vancouver Canucks	F	772	219	270	489	919	2
	Jim Dobson	90	1960	Minnesota North Stars	F	12	0	0	0	6	-2
	Lowell Loveday	91	1959	Chicago Blackhawks	D
	Nick Ricci	94	1959	Pittsburgh Penguins	G	19	0	0	0	2
	Alan Haworth	95	1960	Buffalo Sabres	F	524	189	211	400	425	62
	Brad Kempthorne	96	1960	Atlanta Flames	F
	Dan Makuch	97	1959	New York Rangers	F
	Marco Baron	99	1959	Boston Bruins	G	86	0	4	4	56
	Yvan Joly	100	1960	Montreal Canadiens	F	2	0	0	0	0	-1
	Glen Duncan	101	1960	New York Islanders	F
	Mark Renaud	102	1959	Hartford Whalers	D	152	6	50	56	86	-59
	Pierre Lacroix	104	1959	Quebec Nordiques	D	274	24	108	132	197	-9
	Mike Toal	105	1959	Edmonton Oilers	F	3	0	0	0	0	0

Round 6

	Name	No.	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
	Gilles Leduc	107	1960	St. Louis Blues	D
	Carmine Cirella	108	1960	Detroit Red Wings	F
	Greg Theberge	109	1959	Washington Capitals	D	153	15	63	78	73	-19
	Shane Swan	110	1960	Vancouver Canucks	D
	Brian Gualazzi	111	1959	Minnesota North Stars	F
	Doug Crossman	112	1960	Chicago Blackhawks	D	914	105	359	464	534	31
	Jay McFarlane	113	1960	Los Angeles Kings	D
	Marc Chorney	115	1959	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	210	8	27	35	209	-69
	Rick Knickle	116	1960	Buffalo Sabres	G	14	0	0	0	2
	Glenn Johnson	117	1959	Atlanta Flames	F
	Stan Adams	118	1959	New York Rangers	F
	Gord Williams	119	1960	Philadelphia Flyers	F	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Mike Krushelnyski	120	1960	Boston Bruins	F	897	241	328	569	699	179
	John Gibb	122	1959	New York Islanders	D
	Dave McDonald	123	1960	Hartford Whalers	F
	Tim Watters	124	1959	Winnipeg Jets	D	741	26	151	177	1289	42
	Scott McGeown	125	1960	Quebec Nordiques	D

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