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1978 NHL Draft

Dave Cameron in the 1978 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Dave Cameron 135th overall in the 1978 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 8.

It was the seventh of the 11 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1978, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. His 168 games put him 57th in the class.

Overall pick
135
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 15
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 132–138 in the 1978 draft

  1. 132Kevin ReinhartDTOR
  2. 133Eric StrobelCBUF
  3. 134Darre SwitzerCPHI
  4. 135Dave CameronC168 GP · 53 PNYI
  5. 136Bobby HehirCBOS
  6. 137Larry LandonL9 GP · 0 PMTL
  7. 138Brent GogolRMNS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1978 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1978 class

135th
of 234 players selected
87th
of 146 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Bobby SmithC1077 GP · 1036 PMNS
  2. 2Ryan WalterC1003 GP · 646 PWSH
  3. 3Wayne BabychR519 GP · 438 PSTL
  4. 4Bill DerlagoC555 GP · 416 PVAN
  5. 5Mike GillisL246 GP · 76 PCLR
  6. 6Behn WilsonD601 GP · 359 PPHI
  7. 7Ken LinsemanC860 GP · 807 PPHI
  8. 8Danny GeoffrionR111 GP · 52 PMTL
  9. 9Willie HuberD655 GP · 321 PDET
  10. 10Tim HigginsR706 GP · 352 PCHI

+ 224 more

The 1978 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Dave Cameron made his NHL debut on October 6, 1981, 3 years and 113 days after the draft.

168
Games
25
Goals
28
Assists
53
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 1978 draft

  1. 15Steve TambelliniC553 GP · 310 PNYI
  2. 34Randy JohnstonD4 GP · 0 PNYI
  3. 51Dwayne LowdermilkD2 GP · 1 PNYI
  4. 84Gregg HayRNYI
  5. 101Kelly DavisDNYI
  6. 118Rick PepinRNYI
  7. 135Dave CameronC168 GP · 53 PNYI
  8. 152Paul JoswiakGNYI
  9. 169Scott CameronDNYI
  10. 184Christer LowdahlCNYI
  11. 199Gunnar PerssonDNYI