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1979 NHL Draft

Jay Wells in the 1979 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Jay Wells 16th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 7 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 1098.

Overall pick
16
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 16
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 13–19 in the 1979 draft

  1. 13Doug SullimanL631 GP · 328 PNYR
  2. 14Brian ProppL1016 GP · 1004 PPHI
  3. 15Brad McCrimmonD1222 GP · 403 PBOS
  4. 16Jay WellsD1098 GP · 263 PLAK
  5. 17Duane SutterR731 GP · 342 PNYI
  6. 18Ray AllisonR238 GP · 157 PHFD
  7. 19Jimmy MannR293 GP · 30 PWIN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1979 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1979 class

16th
of 126 players selected
8th
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

  1. 1Rob RamageD1044 GP · 564 PCLR
  2. 2Perry TurnbullC608 GP · 351 PSTL
  3. 3Mike FolignoR1018 GP · 727 PDET
  4. 4Mike GartnerR1432 GP · 1335 PWSH
  5. 5Rick VaiveR876 GP · 788 PVAN
  6. 6Craig HartsburgD570 GP · 413 PMNS
  7. 7Keith BrownD876 GP · 342 PCHI
  8. 8Ray BourqueD1612 GP · 1579 PBOS
  9. 9Laurie BoschmanC1009 GP · 577 PTOR
  10. 10Tom McCarthyL460 GP · 399 PMNS

+ 116 more

The 1979 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jay Wells made his NHL debut on October 13, 1979, 65 days after the draft.

1098
Games
47
Goals
216
Assists
263
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 16Jay WellsD1098 GP · 263 PLAK
  2. 29Dean HopkinsR223 GP · 74 PLAK
  3. 30Mark HardyD915 GP · 368 PLAK
  4. 50John Paul KellyL400 GP · 124 PLAK
  5. 71John GibsonC48 GP · 2 PLAK
  6. 92Jim BrownD3 GP · 1 PLAK
  7. 113Jay McFarlaneDLAK