1978 NHL Draft
Bjorn Skaare in the 1978 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Bjorn Skaare 62nd overall in the 1978 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 4.
It was the sixth 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 one game puts him 93rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 62
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 9
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 59–65 in the 1978 draft
- 59Dave SilkR249 GP · 113 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 60Andre DoreD257 GP · 95 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 61Shane PearsallLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 62Bjorn SkaareC1 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 63Brian YoungD8 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 64Jim MacraeLAFMAtlanta Flames
- 65Robert ParentG3 GP · 0 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1978 class
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
Bjorn Skaare made his NHL debut on November 29, 1978, 167 days after the draft.
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