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1979 NHL Draft

Errol Rausse in the 1979 NHL Draft

Washington Capitals selected Errol Rausse 24th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 5 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 31 games put him 84th in the class.

Overall pick
24
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 3
Drafting team
WSHWashington Capitals
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 21–27 in the 1979 draft

  1. 21Kevin LoweD1254 GP · 431 PEDM
  2. 22Blake WesleyD298 GP · 64 PPHI
  3. 23Michael PerovichDAFM
  4. 24Errol RausseL31 GP · 10 PWSH
  5. 25Tomas JonssonD552 GP · 344 PNYI
  6. 26Brent AshtonL998 GP · 629 PVAN
  7. 27Gaston GingrasD476 GP · 235 PMTL

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

24th
of 126 players selected
13th
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

Errol Rausse made his NHL debut on October 11, 1979, 63 days after the draft.

31
Games
7
Goals
3
Assists
10
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Washington Capitals picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 4Mike GartnerR1432 GP · 1335 PWSH
  2. 24Errol RausseL31 GP · 10 PWSH
  3. 67Harvie PoczaL3 GP · 0 PWSH
  4. 88Tim TookeyC106 GP · 58 PWSH
  5. 109Greg ThebergeD153 GP · 78 PWSH