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1977 NHL Draft

Gordie Roberts in the 1977 NHL Draft

Montréal Canadiens selected Gordie Roberts 54th overall in the 1977 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 3.

It was the seventh of the 27 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 185 players selected in 1977, 97 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1097.

Overall pick
54
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 18
Drafting team
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 51–57 in the 1977 draft

  1. 51Bruce AndresRNYI
  2. 52Mike ForbesD50 GP · 12 PBOS
  3. 53Dave HoydaL132 GP · 23 PPHI
  4. 54Gordie RobertsD1097 GP · 420 PMTL
  5. 55John HilworthD57 GP · 2 PDET
  6. 56Dave MorrowDVAN
  7. 57Nelson BurtonL8 GP · 1 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1977 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1977 class

54th
of 185 players selected
17th
of 59 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Dale McCourtC532 GP · 478 PDET
  2. 2Barry BeckD615 GP · 355 PCLR
  3. 3Robert PicardD899 GP · 423 PWSH
  4. 4Jere GillisL386 GP · 173 PVAN
  5. 5Mike CrombeenR475 GP · 123 PCLE
  6. 6Doug WilsonD1024 GP · 827 PCHI
  7. 7Brad MaxwellD613 GP · 368 PMNS
  8. 8Lucien DeBloisC993 GP · 525 PNYR
  9. 9Scott CampbellD80 GP · 25 PSTL
  10. 10Mark NapierR767 GP · 541 PMTL

+ 175 more

The 1977 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Gordie Roberts made his NHL debut on October 11, 1979, 2 years and 119 days after the draft.

1097
Games
61
Goals
359
Assists
420
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1977 draft

  1. 10Mark NapierR767 GP · 541 PMTL
  2. 18Norm DupontL256 GP · 140 PMTL
  3. 36Rod LangwayD994 GP · 329 PMTL
  4. 43Alain CoteL696 GP · 293 PMTL
  5. 46Pierre LagaceDMTL
  6. 49Morris RobinsonD1 GP · 0 PMTL
  7. 54Gordie RobertsD1097 GP · 420 PMTL
  8. 64Rob HollandG44 GP · 11 WMTL
  9. 90Gaetan RochetteLMTL
  10. 108William HimmelrightDMTL
  11. 124Richard SevignyG176 GP · 80 WMTL
  12. 137Keith HendricksonDMTL
  13. 140Mike ReillyRMTL
  14. 152Barry BorrettGMTL
  15. 154Sid TanchakCMTL
  16. 160Mark HoldenG8 GP · 2 WMTL
  17. 162Craig LaughlinR549 GP · 341 PMTL
  18. 167Daniel PoulinD3 GP · 2 PMTL
  19. 169Tom McDonellCMTL
  20. 173Cary FarelliRMTL
  21. 174Carey WalkerGMTL
  22. 176Mark WellsCMTL
  23. 177Stan PalmerDMTL
  24. 179Jean BelisleGMTL
  25. 180Robert DalyGMTL
  26. 182Robert BoileauLMTL
  27. 183John CostelloCMTL