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1980 NHL Draft

Doug Lidster in the 1980 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Doug Lidster 133rd overall in the 1980 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 7.

It was the sixth of the 9 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 1980, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 897 games put him 12th in the class.

Overall pick
133
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 6
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 130–136 in the 1980 draft

  1. 130Michael BraunDDET
  2. 131Frank PerkinsRWSH
  3. 132Andy MoogG713 GP · 372 WEDM
  4. 133Doug LidsterD897 GP · 343 PVAN
  5. 134Michael MartinDHFD
  6. 135Mike LauenR4 GP · 1 PWIN
  7. 136Mike O'ConnorDLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1980 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1980 class

133rd
of 210 players selected
44th
of 72 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Doug WickenheiserC556 GP · 277 PMTL
  2. 2Dave BabychD1195 GP · 723 PWIN
  3. 3Denis SavardC1196 GP · 1338 PCHI
  4. 4Larry MurphyD1615 GP · 1217 PLAK
  5. 5Darren VeitchD511 GP · 257 PWSH
  6. 6Paul CoffeyD1409 GP · 1531 PEDM
  7. 7Rick LanzD569 GP · 286 PVAN
  8. 8Fred ArthurD80 GP · 9 PHFD
  9. 9Mike BullardC727 GP · 674 PPIT
  10. 10Jim FoxR578 GP · 479 PLAK

+ 200 more

The 1980 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Doug Lidster made his NHL debut on February 28, 1984, 3 years and 262 days after the draft.

897
Games
75
Goals
268
Assists
343
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1980 draft

  1. 7Rick LanzD569 GP · 286 PVAN
  2. 49Andreas SchliebenerD84 GP · 13 PVAN
  3. 70Marc CrawfordL176 GP · 50 PVAN
  4. 91Darrell MayG6 GP · 1 WVAN
  5. 112Ken BerryL55 GP · 18 PVAN
  6. 133Doug LidsterD897 GP · 343 PVAN
  7. 154John O'ConnorDVAN
  8. 175Patrik SundströmC679 GP · 588 PVAN
  9. 196Grant MartinD44 GP · 4 PVAN