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1978 NHL Draft

Ken Linseman in the 1978 NHL Draft

Philadelphia Flyers selected Ken Linseman 7th overall in the 1978 NHL Draft.

It was the second of the 19 picks Philadelphia Flyers made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1978, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 860, and only one has scored more points than his 807.

Overall pick
7
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 7
Drafting team
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 4–10 in the 1978 draft

  1. 4Bill DerlagoC555 GP · 416 PVAN
  2. 5Mike GillisL246 GP · 76 PCLR
  3. 6Behn WilsonD601 GP · 359 PPHI
  4. 7Ken LinsemanC860 GP · 807 PPHI
  5. 8Danny GeoffrionR111 GP · 52 PMTL
  6. 9Willie HuberD655 GP · 321 PDET
  7. 10Tim HigginsR706 GP · 352 PCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1978 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1978 class

7th
of 234 players selected
6th
of 146 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Bobby SmithC1077 GP · 1036 PMNS
  2. 2Ryan WalterC1003 GP · 646 PWSH
  3. 3Wayne BabychR519 GP · 438 PSTL
  4. 4Bill DerlagoC555 GP · 416 PVAN
  5. 5Mike GillisL246 GP · 76 PCLR
  6. 6Behn WilsonD601 GP · 359 PPHI
  7. 7Ken LinsemanC860 GP · 807 PPHI
  8. 8Danny GeoffrionR111 GP · 52 PMTL
  9. 9Willie HuberD655 GP · 321 PDET
  10. 10Tim HigginsR706 GP · 352 PCHI

+ 224 more

The 1978 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ken Linseman made his NHL debut on October 12, 1978, 119 days after the draft.

860
Games
256
Goals
551
Assists
807
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Philadelphia Flyers picks in the 1978 draft

  1. 6Behn WilsonD601 GP · 359 PPHI
  2. 7Ken LinsemanC860 GP · 807 PPHI
  3. 14Daniel LucasR6 GP · 1 PPHI
  4. 33Michael SimurdaRPHI
  5. 37Gordon SaltRPHI
  6. 50Glen CochraneD411 GP · 89 PPHI
  7. 67Russ WildermanCPHI
  8. 83Brad TamblynDPHI
  9. 100Mark TaylorC209 GP · 110 PPHI
  10. 117Mike EwanowskiRPHI
  11. 126Jerry PriceGPHI
  12. 134Darre SwitzerCPHI
  13. 151Greg FrancisDPHI
  14. 167Rick BerardDPHI
  15. 168Don LuciaDPHI
  16. 182Mark BergeRPHI
  17. 183Ken MooreGPHI
  18. 195Jim OlsonLPHI
  19. 198Anton StastnyL650 GP · 636 PPHI