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1979 NHL Draft

Doug Sulliman in the 1979 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Doug Sulliman 13th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 5 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 631 games put him 36th in the class.

Overall pick
13
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 13
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 10–16 in the 1979 draft

  1. 10Tom McCarthyL460 GP · 399 PMNS
  2. 11Mike RamseyD1070 GP · 345 PBUF
  3. 12Paul ReinhartD648 GP · 559 PAFM
  4. 13Doug SullimanL631 GP · 328 PNYR
  5. 14Brian ProppL1016 GP · 1004 PPHI
  6. 15Brad McCrimmonD1222 GP · 403 PBOS
  7. 16Jay WellsD1098 GP · 263 PLAK

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

13th
of 126 players selected
7th
of 75 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Rob RamageD1044 GP · 564 PCLR
  2. 2Perry TurnbullC608 GP · 351 PSTL
  3. 3Mike FolignoR1018 GP · 727 PDET
  4. 4Mike GartnerR1432 GP · 1335 PWSH
  5. 5Rick VaiveR876 GP · 788 PVAN
  6. 6Craig HartsburgD570 GP · 413 PMNS
  7. 7Keith BrownD876 GP · 342 PCHI
  8. 8Ray BourqueD1612 GP · 1579 PBOS
  9. 9Laurie BoschmanC1009 GP · 577 PTOR
  10. 10Tom McCarthyL460 GP · 399 PMNS

+ 116 more

The 1979 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Doug Sulliman made his NHL debut on October 10, 1979, 62 days after the draft.

631
Games
160
Goals
168
Assists
328
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 13Doug SullimanL631 GP · 328 PNYR
  2. 34Ed HospodarD450 GP · 68 PNYR
  3. 76Pat ConacherL521 GP · 139 PNYR
  4. 97Daniel MakuchRNYR
  5. 118Stanley AdamsCNYR