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1978 NHL Draft

Don Waddell in the 1978 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Don Waddell 111th overall in the 1978 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 7.

It was the third of the 8 picks Los Angeles Kings 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
111
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 8
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 108–114 in the 1978 draft

  1. 108Andy ClarkDCLR
  2. 109Paul MacLeanR719 GP · 673 PSTL
  3. 110Dan ClarkD4 GP · 1 PNYR
  4. 111Don WaddellC1 GP · 0 PLAK
  5. 112Wes GeorgeLDET
  6. 113Dave MancusoDCHI
  7. 114Dave HindmarchR99 GP · 38 PAFM

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1978 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1978 class

111th
of 234 players selected
73rd
of 146 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Bobby SmithC1077 GP · 1036 PMNS
  2. 2Ryan WalterC1003 GP · 646 PWSH
  3. 3Wayne BabychR519 GP · 438 PSTL
  4. 4Bill DerlagoC555 GP · 416 PVAN
  5. 5Mike GillisL246 GP · 76 PCLR
  6. 6Behn WilsonD601 GP · 359 PPHI
  7. 7Ken LinsemanC860 GP · 807 PPHI
  8. 8Danny GeoffrionR111 GP · 52 PMTL
  9. 9Willie HuberD655 GP · 321 PDET
  10. 10Tim HigginsR706 GP · 352 PCHI

+ 224 more

The 1978 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Don Waddell made his NHL debut on January 28, 1981, 2 years and 227 days after the draft.

1
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1978 draft

  1. 77Paul ManciniLLAK
  2. 94Doug KeansG210 GP · 96 WLAK
  3. 111Don WaddellC1 GP · 0 PLAK
  4. 128Bob MierkalnsCLAK
  5. 145Rick ScullyRLAK
  6. 162Brad ThiessenCLAK
  7. 177Jim ArmstrongLLAK
  8. 193Claude LarochelleCLAK