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1980 NHL Draft

Roger Hägglund in the 1980 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Roger Hägglund 138th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 7.

He was the first of the 9 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 1980, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 120th in the class.

Overall pick
138
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 11
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 135–141 in the 1980 draft

  1. 135Mike LauenR4 GP · 1 PWIN
  2. 136Mike O'ConnorDLAK
  3. 137Russ AdamC8 GP · 3 PTOR
  4. 138Roger HägglundD3 GP · 0 PSTL
  5. 139David NewsomLCGY
  6. 140Robert ScurfieldCNYR
  7. 141Sean SimpsonCCHI

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

1st
of 9 Swedes selected
47th
of 72 defensemen 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

Roger Hägglund made his NHL debut on November 13, 1984, 4 years and 155 days after the draft.

3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1980 draft

  1. 12Rik WilsonD251 GP · 90 PSTL
  2. 54Jim PaveseD328 GP · 57 PSTL
  3. 75Bob BrookeR447 GP · 166 PSTL
  4. 96Alain LemieuxC119 GP · 72 PSTL
  5. 117Perry AndersonL400 GP · 109 PSTL
  6. 138Roger HägglundD3 GP · 0 PSTL
  7. 159James RabbittLSTL
  8. 180Peter LindgrenDSTL
  9. 201John SmythDSTL