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1979 NHL Draft

Anton Stastny in the 1979 NHL Draft

Quebec Nordiques selected Anton Stastny 83rd overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 4.

It was the fourth of the 6 picks Quebec Nordiques made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 650 games put him 34th in the class.

Overall pick
83
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 20
Drafting team
QUEQuebec Nordiques
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

Philadelphia Flyers had already picked him in 1978, 198th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 80–86 in the 1979 draft

  1. 80Tim LockridgeDNYI
  2. 81Ray NeufeldR595 GP · 357 PHFD
  3. 82Pat DaleyL12 GP · 1 PWIN
  4. 83Anton StastnyL650 GP · 636 PQUE
  5. 84Maxwell KostovichREDM
  6. 85Gary DillonC13 GP · 2 PCLR
  7. 86Mark ReedsR365 GP · 159 PSTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1979 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1979 class

1st
of 1 Slovaks selected
50th
of 75 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

Every pick from Slovakia in the 1979 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Anton Stastny made his NHL debut on October 9, 1980, 1 year and 61 days after the draft.

650
Games
252
Goals
384
Assists
636
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Quebec Nordiques picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 20Michel GouletL1089 GP · 1153 PQUE
  2. 41Dale HunterC1407 GP · 1020 PQUE
  3. 62Lee NorwoodD503 GP · 211 PQUE
  4. 83Anton StastnyL650 GP · 636 PQUE
  5. 104Pierre LacroixD274 GP · 132 PQUE
  6. 125Scott McGeownDQUE