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1977 NHL Draft

Mark Johnson in the 1977 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Mark Johnson 66th overall in the 1977 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 4.

It was the third of the 4 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 185 players selected in 1977, 97 have played in the NHL regular season. His 669 games put him 15th in the class, but only 7 have scored more points than his 508.

Overall pick
66
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 12
Drafting team
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 63–69 in the 1977 draft

  1. 63Tony CurrieR290 GP · 211 PSTL
  2. 64Rob HollandG44 GP · 11 WMTL
  3. 65Dan EastmanCTOR
  4. 66Mark JohnsonC669 GP · 508 PPIT
  5. 67Yves GuillemetteGPHI
  6. 68Bill StewartD261 GP · 71 PBUF
  7. 69Steve StoyanovichL23 GP · 8 PNYI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1977 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1977 class

66th
of 185 players selected
38th
of 102 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Dale McCourtC532 GP · 478 PDET
  2. 2Barry BeckD615 GP · 355 PCLR
  3. 3Robert PicardD899 GP · 423 PWSH
  4. 4Jere GillisL386 GP · 173 PVAN
  5. 5Mike CrombeenR475 GP · 123 PCLE
  6. 6Doug WilsonD1024 GP · 827 PCHI
  7. 7Brad MaxwellD613 GP · 368 PMNS
  8. 8Lucien DeBloisC993 GP · 525 PNYR
  9. 9Scott CampbellD80 GP · 25 PSTL
  10. 10Mark NapierR767 GP · 541 PMTL

+ 175 more

The 1977 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mark Johnson made his NHL debut on March 2, 1980, 2 years and 262 days after the draft.

669
Games
203
Goals
305
Assists
508
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1977 draft

  1. 30Jim HamiltonR95 GP · 32 PPIT
  2. 48Kim DavisC36 GP · 12 PPIT
  3. 66Mark JohnsonC669 GP · 508 PPIT
  4. 102Greg MillenG604 GP · 215 WPIT