American players in the 1979 NHL Draft

Ten American players were picked in the 1979 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Mike Ramsey went first, at number 11 to the Buffalo Sabres. That was the second most of the 6 countries with a player picked. Eight of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 1

1 pick

Mike Ramsey (D)DefensemanNHL 1979–1996 · INACTIVE

BUF

Round 2

2 picks

Ed Hospodar (D)DefensemanNHL 1979–1987 · INACTIVE

NYR

Dave Christian (R)Right wingNHL 1979–1993 · INACTIVE

WIN

Round 3

3 picks

Neal Broten (C)CenterNHL 1980–1996 · INACTIVE

MNS

William Whelton (D)Defenseman

WIN

Lee Norwood (D)DefensemanNHL 1980–1993 · INACTIVE

QUE

Round 5

1 pick

Jim Brown (D)DefensemanNHL 1982 · INACTIVE

LAK

Round 6

3 picks

106

Bob Attwell (R)Right wingNHL 1979–1980 · INACTIVE

CLR

114

William McCreary (R)Right wingNHL 1980 · INACTIVE

TOR

121

Greg Moffett (G)Goaltender

MTL

The teams that drafted them

WINWinnipeg Jets2 picks, first at 40

BUFBuffalo SabresNo. 11

NYRNew York RangersNo. 34

MNSMinnesota North StarsNo. 42

QUEQuebec NordiquesNo. 62

LAKLos Angeles KingsNo. 92

CLRColorado RockiesNo. 106

TORToronto Maple LeafsNo. 114

MTLMontréal CanadiensNo. 121

The class in the NHL

Regular season, whole careers: skaters by points, goalies by games.

The class against the other years

Players picked each year and the year's first pick.