1977 NHL Draft
Rod Langway in the 1977 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Rod Langway 36th overall in the 1977 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 2.
It was the third of the 27 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 185 players selected in 1977, 97 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 994.
- Overall pick
- 36
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 18
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 33–39 in the 1977 draft
- 33John TonelliL1028 GP · 836 PNYINew York Islanders
- 34Dave ParroG77 GP · 21 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 35Tom GorenceR303 GP · 111 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 36Rod LangwayD994 GP · 329 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 37Rick VaskoD31 GP · 10 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 38Doug BerryC121 GP · 43 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 39Eddy GodinR27 GP · 9 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1977 class
1st
of 1 Taiwanese players selected
12th
of 59 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rod Langway made his NHL debut on October 11, 1978, 1 year and 119 days after the draft.
994
Games
51
Goals
278
Assists
329
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1977 draft
- 10Mark NapierR767 GP · 541 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 18Norm DupontL256 GP · 140 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 36Rod LangwayD994 GP · 329 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Alain CoteL696 GP · 293 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 46Pierre LagaceDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 49Morris RobinsonD1 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 54Gordie RobertsD1097 GP · 420 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 64Rob HollandG44 GP · 11 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 90Gaetan RochetteLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 108William HimmelrightDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 124Richard SevignyG176 GP · 80 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 137Keith HendricksonDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 140Mike ReillyRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 152Barry BorrettGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 154Sid TanchakCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 160Mark HoldenG8 GP · 2 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 162Craig LaughlinR549 GP · 341 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 167Daniel PoulinD3 GP · 2 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 169Tom McDonellCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 173Cary FarelliRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 174Carey WalkerGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 176Mark WellsCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 177Stan PalmerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 179Jean BelisleGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 180Robert DalyGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 182Robert BoileauLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 183John CostelloCMTLMontréal Canadiens