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1977 NHL Draft

Alain Cote in the 1977 NHL Draft

Montréal Canadiens selected Alain Cote 43rd overall in the 1977 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 3.

It was the fourth 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. His 696 games put him 14th in the class.

Overall pick
43
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 7
Drafting team
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 40–46 in the 1977 draft

  1. 40Glen HanlonG476 GP · 167 WVAN
  2. 41Reg KerrC263 GP · 160 PCLE
  3. 42Guy LashRCLE
  4. 43Alain CoteL696 GP · 293 PMTL
  5. 44Steve BakerG57 GP · 20 WNYR
  6. 45Tom RoulstonC195 GP · 96 PSTL
  7. 46Pierre LagaceDMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1977 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1977 class

43rd
of 185 players selected
28th
of 102 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Dale McCourtC532 GP · 478 PDET
  2. 2Barry BeckD615 GP · 355 PCLR
  3. 3Robert PicardD899 GP · 423 PWSH
  4. 4Jere GillisL386 GP · 173 PVAN
  5. 5Mike CrombeenR475 GP · 123 PCLE
  6. 6Doug WilsonD1024 GP · 827 PCHI
  7. 7Brad MaxwellD613 GP · 368 PMNS
  8. 8Lucien DeBloisC993 GP · 525 PNYR
  9. 9Scott CampbellD80 GP · 25 PSTL
  10. 10Mark NapierR767 GP · 541 PMTL

+ 175 more

The 1977 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alain Cote made his NHL debut on October 18, 1979, 2 years and 126 days after the draft.

696
Games
103
Goals
190
Assists
293
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1977 draft

  1. 10Mark NapierR767 GP · 541 PMTL
  2. 18Norm DupontL256 GP · 140 PMTL
  3. 36Rod LangwayD994 GP · 329 PMTL
  4. 43Alain CoteL696 GP · 293 PMTL
  5. 46Pierre LagaceDMTL
  6. 49Morris RobinsonD1 GP · 0 PMTL
  7. 54Gordie RobertsD1097 GP · 420 PMTL
  8. 64Rob HollandG44 GP · 11 WMTL
  9. 90Gaetan RochetteLMTL
  10. 108William HimmelrightDMTL
  11. 124Richard SevignyG176 GP · 80 WMTL
  12. 137Keith HendricksonDMTL
  13. 140Mike ReillyRMTL
  14. 152Barry BorrettGMTL
  15. 154Sid TanchakCMTL
  16. 160Mark HoldenG8 GP · 2 WMTL
  17. 162Craig LaughlinR549 GP · 341 PMTL
  18. 167Daniel PoulinD3 GP · 2 PMTL
  19. 169Tom McDonellCMTL
  20. 173Cary FarelliRMTL
  21. 174Carey WalkerGMTL
  22. 176Mark WellsCMTL
  23. 177Stan PalmerDMTL
  24. 179Jean BelisleGMTL
  25. 180Robert DalyGMTL
  26. 182Robert BoileauLMTL
  27. 183John CostelloCMTL