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1979 NHL Draft

Mike Foligno in the 1979 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Mike Foligno 3rd overall in the 1979 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 1018 games put him 14th in the class.

Overall pick
3
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 3
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–6 in the 1979 draft

  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

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

3rd
of 126 players selected
2nd
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

Mike Foligno made his NHL debut on October 10, 1979, 62 days after the draft.

1018
Games
355
Goals
372
Assists
727
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 3Mike FolignoR1018 GP · 727 PDET
  2. 45Jody GageR68 GP · 29 PDET
  3. 46Boris FistricDDET
  4. 66John OgrodnickL928 GP · 827 PDET
  5. 87Joe PatersonL291 GP · 56 PDET
  6. 108Carmine CirellaLDET