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1979 NHL Draft

Larry Melnyk in the 1979 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Larry Melnyk 78th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 4.

It was the fifth of the 7 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 432 games put him 48th in the class.

Overall pick
78
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 15
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 75–81 in the 1979 draft

  1. 75Jim PeplinskiL711 GP · 424 PAFM
  2. 76Pat ConacherL521 GP · 139 PNYR
  3. 77Don GillenR35 GP · 6 PPHI
  4. 78Larry MelnykD432 GP · 74 PBOS
  5. 79David OrleskiD2 GP · 0 PMTL
  6. 80Tim LockridgeDNYI
  7. 81Ray NeufeldR595 GP · 357 PHFD

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

78th
of 126 players selected
24th
of 40 defensemen 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

Larry Melnyk made his NHL debut on October 12, 1980, 1 year and 64 days after the draft.

432
Games
11
Goals
63
Assists
74
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 8Ray BourqueD1612 GP · 1579 PBOS
  2. 15Brad McCrimmonD1222 GP · 403 PBOS
  3. 36Douglas MorrisonR23 GP · 10 PBOS
  4. 57Keith CrowderR662 GP · 494 PBOS
  5. 78Larry MelnykD432 GP · 74 PBOS
  6. 99Marco BaronG86 GP · 34 WBOS
  7. 120Mike KrushelnyskiC897 GP · 569 PBOS