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1979 NHL Draft

Jimmy Mann in the 1979 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Jimmy Mann 19th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 293 games put him 57th in the class.

Overall pick
19
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 19
Drafting team
WINWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 16–22 in the 1979 draft

  1. 16Jay WellsD1098 GP · 263 PLAK
  2. 17Duane SutterR731 GP · 342 PNYI
  3. 18Ray AllisonR238 GP · 157 PHFD
  4. 19Jimmy MannR293 GP · 30 PWIN
  5. 20Michel GouletL1089 GP · 1153 PQUE
  6. 21Kevin LoweD1254 GP · 431 PEDM
  7. 22Blake WesleyD298 GP · 64 PPHI

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

19th
of 126 players selected
11th
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

Jimmy Mann made his NHL debut on October 10, 1979, 62 days after the draft.

293
Games
10
Goals
20
Assists
30
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 19Jimmy MannR293 GP · 30 PWIN
  2. 40Dave ChristianR1009 GP · 773 PWIN
  3. 61William WheltonD2 GP · 0 PWIN
  4. 82Pat DaleyL12 GP · 1 PWIN
  5. 103Thomas SteenC950 GP · 817 PWIN
  6. 124Tim WattersD741 GP · 177 PWIN