1979 NHL Draft
Gaston Gingras in the 1979 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Gaston Gingras 27th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 2.
It was the first of the 8 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 476 games put him 45th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 27
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 6
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 24–30 in the 1979 draft
- 24Errol RausseL31 GP · 10 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 25Tomas JonssonD552 GP · 344 PNYINew York Islanders
- 26Brent AshtonL998 GP · 629 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 27Gaston GingrasD476 GP · 235 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 28Tim TrimperL190 GP · 66 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 29Dean HopkinsR223 GP · 74 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 30Mark HardyD915 GP · 368 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1979 class
27th
of 126 players selected
13th
of 40 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rob RamageD1044 GP · 564 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 2Perry TurnbullC608 GP · 351 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 3Mike FolignoR1018 GP · 727 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 4Mike GartnerR1432 GP · 1335 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Rick VaiveR876 GP · 788 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 6Craig HartsburgD570 GP · 413 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 7Keith BrownD876 GP · 342 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Ray BourqueD1612 GP · 1579 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Laurie BoschmanC1009 GP · 577 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 10Tom McCarthyL460 GP · 399 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
+ 116 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Gaston Gingras made his NHL debut on October 20, 1979, 72 days after the draft.
476
Games
61
Goals
174
Assists
235
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1979 draft
- 27Gaston GingrasD476 GP · 235 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 37Mats NäslundL651 GP · 634 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Craig LevieD183 GP · 75 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 44Guy CarbonneauC1318 GP · 663 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 58Rick WamsleyG407 GP · 204 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 79David OrleskiD2 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100Yvan JolyR2 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 121Greg MoffettGMTLMontréal Canadiens