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1979 NHL Draft

Frank Nigro in the 1979 NHL Draft

Toronto Maple Leafs selected Frank Nigro 93rd overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 5.

It was the fourth of the 5 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 68 games put him 78th in the class.

Overall pick
93
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 9
Drafting team
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 90–96 in the 1979 draft

  1. 90Jim DobsonR12 GP · 0 PMNS
  2. 91Gordon LovedayDCHI
  3. 92Jim BrownD3 GP · 1 PLAK
  4. 93Frank NigroC68 GP · 26 PTOR
  5. 94Nick RicciG19 GP · 7 WPIT
  6. 95Alan HaworthC524 GP · 400 PBUF
  7. 96Brad KempthorneRAFM

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

93rd
of 126 players selected
58th
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

Frank Nigro made his NHL debut on October 23, 1982, 3 years and 75 days after the draft.

68
Games
8
Goals
18
Assists
26
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 9Laurie BoschmanC1009 GP · 577 PTOR
  2. 51Norm AubinC69 GP · 31 PTOR
  3. 72Vincent TremblayG58 GP · 12 WTOR
  4. 93Frank NigroC68 GP · 26 PTOR
  5. 114William McCrearyR12 GP · 1 PTOR