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1979 NHL Draft

Pelle Lindbergh in the 1979 NHL Draft

Philadelphia Flyers selected Pelle Lindbergh 35th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 2.

He was the second of the 5 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 7 picks Philadelphia Flyers made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 157 games put him 70th in the class.

Overall pick
35
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 14
Drafting team
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 32–38 in the 1979 draft

  1. 32Lindy RuffL691 GP · 300 PBUF
  2. 33Pat RigginG350 GP · 153 WAFM
  3. 34Ed HospodarD450 GP · 68 PNYR
  4. 35Pelle LindberghG157 GP · 87 WPHI
  5. 36Douglas MorrisonR23 GP · 10 PBOS
  6. 37Mats NäslundL651 GP · 634 PMTL
  7. 38Billy CarrollC322 GP · 84 PNYI

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

2nd
of 5 Swedes selected
2nd
of 11 goaltenders selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 25Tomas JonssonD552 GP · 344 PNYI
  2. 35Pelle LindberghG157 GP · 87 WPHI
  3. 37Mats NäslundL651 GP · 634 PMTL
  4. 98Thomas ErikssonD208 GP · 98 PPHI
  5. 103Thomas SteenC950 GP · 817 PWIN
Every Swede in the 1979 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Pelle Lindbergh made his NHL debut on November 1, 1981, 2 years and 84 days after the draft.

157
Games
87
Wins
7
Shutouts
.887
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Philadelphia Flyers picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 14Brian ProppL1016 GP · 1004 PPHI
  2. 22Blake WesleyD298 GP · 64 PPHI
  3. 35Pelle LindberghG157 GP · 87 WPHI
  4. 56Lindsay CarsonC373 GP · 146 PPHI
  5. 77Don GillenR35 GP · 6 PPHI
  6. 98Thomas ErikssonD208 GP · 98 PPHI
  7. 119Gord WilliamsC2 GP · 0 PPHI