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1978 NHL Draft

Risto Siltanen in the 1978 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Risto Siltanen 173rd overall in the 1978 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 11.

He was the first of the 2 Finns selected that year. It was the 13th of the 31 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1978, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. His 562 games put him 26th in the class.

Overall pick
173
Round and pick
Round 11, pick 2
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 170–176 in the 1978 draft

  1. 170Dan LergCSTL
  2. 171John SwanCMTL
  3. 172Mark ToffoloDWSH
  4. 173Risto SiltanenD562 GP · 355 PSTL
  5. 174Bo EricssonDCLR
  6. 175Dan HermanssonFSTL
  7. 176Steve WeeksG291 GP · 112 WNYR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1978 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1978 class

1st
of 2 Finns selected
50th
of 63 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 173Risto SiltanenD562 GP · 355 PSTL
  2. 190Jari ViitalaCCLR
Every pick from Finland in the 1978 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Risto Siltanen made his NHL debut on October 10, 1979, 1 year and 117 days after the draft.

562
Games
90
Goals
265
Assists
355
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1978 draft

  1. 3Wayne BabychR519 GP · 438 PSTL
  2. 39Stephen HarrisonDSTL
  3. 72Kevin WillisonDSTL
  4. 89Jim NillR524 GP · 145 PSTL
  5. 106Steve StockmanCSTL
  6. 109Paul MacLeanR719 GP · 673 PSTL
  7. 123Denis HouleLSTL
  8. 140Tony MeagherRSTL
  9. 143Rick SimpsonLSTL
  10. 157Jim LockhurstGSTL
  11. 160Bob FroeseG242 GP · 128 WSTL
  12. 170Dan LergCSTL
  13. 173Risto SiltanenD562 GP · 355 PSTL
  14. 175Dan HermanssonFSTL
  15. 181Jean BoutinLSTL
  16. 185John SullivanRSTL
  17. 188Serge MenardRSTL
  18. 191Donald BoydCSTL
  19. 197Paul StasiukLSTL
  20. 200Gerd TruntschkaCSTL
  21. 203Victor ShkurdyukCSTL
  22. 205Carl BloombergGSTL
  23. 207Terry KitchingRSTL
  24. 209Brian O'ConnorDSTL
  25. 210Brian CrombeenDSTL
  26. 211Mike PidgeonCSTL
  27. 214John CochraneRSTL
  28. 216Joe CaseyDSTL
  29. 218Jim FarrellCSTL
  30. 220Frank JohnsonDSTL
  31. 221Blair WheelerDSTL