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1980 NHL Draft

Patrik Sundström in the 1980 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Patrik Sundström 175th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 9.

He was the fourth of the 9 Swedes selected that year. It was the eighth of the 9 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 1980, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 679 games put him 27th in the class.

Overall pick
175
Round and pick
Round 9, pick 6
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 172–178 in the 1980 draft

  1. 172David MilesRDET
  2. 173Peter AnderssonD172 GP · 51 PWSH
  3. 174Lars-Gunnar PetterssonLEDM
  4. 175Patrik SundströmC679 GP · 588 PVAN
  5. 176Paul FrickerGHFD
  6. 177Brian LundbergD1 GP · 0 PPIT
  7. 178Daryl EvansR113 GP · 52 PLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1980 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1980 class

4th
of 9 Swedes selected
106th
of 121 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 138Roger HägglundD3 GP · 0 PSTL
  2. 173Peter AnderssonD172 GP · 51 PWSH
  3. 174Lars-Gunnar PetterssonLEDM
  4. 175Patrik SundströmC679 GP · 588 PVAN
  5. 180Peter LindgrenDSTL
  6. 181Håkan LoobR450 GP · 429 PCGY
  7. 186Michael ThelvénD207 GP · 100 PBOS
  8. 203Anders BackstromDNYR
  9. 207Jens OhlingLBOS
Every Swede in the 1980 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Patrik Sundström made his NHL debut on October 5, 1982, 2 years and 116 days after the draft.

679
Games
219
Goals
369
Assists
588
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1980 draft

  1. 7Rick LanzD569 GP · 286 PVAN
  2. 49Andreas SchliebenerD84 GP · 13 PVAN
  3. 70Marc CrawfordL176 GP · 50 PVAN
  4. 91Darrell MayG6 GP · 1 WVAN
  5. 112Ken BerryL55 GP · 18 PVAN
  6. 133Doug LidsterD897 GP · 343 PVAN
  7. 154John O'ConnorDVAN
  8. 175Patrik SundströmC679 GP · 588 PVAN
  9. 196Grant MartinD44 GP · 4 PVAN