1978 NHL Draft
Willie Huber in the 1978 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Willie Huber 9th overall in the 1978 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 3 Germans selected that year. It was the first of the 19 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1978, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. His 655 games put him 20th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 9
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 9
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 6–12 in the 1978 draft
- 6Behn WilsonD601 GP · 359 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7Ken LinsemanC860 GP · 807 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Danny GeoffrionR111 GP · 52 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 9Willie HuberD655 GP · 321 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Tim HigginsR706 GP · 352 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 11Brad MarshD1086 GP · 198 PAFMAtlanta Flames
- 12Brent PetersonC620 GP · 213 PDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1978 class
1st
of 3 Germans selected
2nd
of 63 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Germans selected
- 9Willie HuberD655 GP · 321 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 196Bernhard EngelbrechtGAFMAtlanta Flames
- 200Gerd TruntschkaCSTLSt. Louis Blues
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Willie Huber made his NHL debut on October 11, 1978, 118 days after the draft.
655
Games
104
Goals
217
Assists
321
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1978 draft
- 9Willie HuberD655 GP · 321 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 12Brent PetersonC620 GP · 213 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 28Glenn HicksL108 GP · 18 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 31Al JensenG179 GP · 95 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 53Douglas DerksonCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 62Bjorn SkaareC1 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 78Ted NolanR78 GP · 22 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 95Sylvain LocasCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 112Wes GeorgeLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 129John BarrettD488 GP · 97 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 146James MalazdrewiczRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 163Geoffrey ShawRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 178Carl Van HarrewynD/FDETDetroit Red Wings
- 194Ladislav SvozilLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 208Tom BaileyFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 219Larry LozinskiG30 GP · 6 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 224Randal BettyLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 226Brian CrawleyDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 228Douglas FeasbyCDETDetroit Red Wings