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1979 NHL Draft

Mark Hardy in the 1979 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Mark Hardy 30th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 2.

It was the third 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. His 915 games put him 21st in the class.

Overall pick
30
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 9
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 27–33 in the 1979 draft

  1. 27Gaston GingrasD476 GP · 235 PMTL
  2. 28Tim TrimperL190 GP · 66 PCHI
  3. 29Dean HopkinsR223 GP · 74 PLAK
  4. 30Mark HardyD915 GP · 368 PLAK
  5. 31Paul MarshallL95 GP · 33 PPIT
  6. 32Lindy RuffL691 GP · 300 PBUF
  7. 33Pat RigginG350 GP · 153 WAFM

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

1st
of 1 Swiss players selected
14th
of 40 defensemen selected

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

Every pick from Switzerland in the 1979 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mark Hardy made his NHL debut on October 10, 1979, 62 days after the draft.

915
Games
62
Goals
306
Assists
368
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