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1979 NHL Draft

Ray Bourque in the 1979 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Ray Bourque 8th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft.

It was the first 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. Only one of them has played more games than his 1612, and only one has scored more points than his 1579.

Overall pick
8
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 8
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 5–11 in the 1979 draft

  1. 5Rick VaiveR876 GP · 788 PVAN
  2. 6Craig HartsburgD570 GP · 413 PMNS
  3. 7Keith BrownD876 GP · 342 PCHI
  4. 8Ray BourqueD1612 GP · 1579 PBOS
  5. 9Laurie BoschmanC1009 GP · 577 PTOR
  6. 10Tom McCarthyL460 GP · 399 PMNS
  7. 11Mike RamseyD1070 GP · 345 PBUF

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

8th
of 126 players selected
4th
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

Ray Bourque made his NHL debut on October 11, 1979, 63 days after the draft.

1612
Games
410
Goals
1169
Assists
1579
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