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1979 NHL Draft

Mark Reeds in the 1979 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Mark Reeds 86th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 5.

It was the third of the 4 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 365 games put him 53rd in the class.

Overall pick
86
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 2
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 83–89 in the 1979 draft

  1. 83Anton StastnyL650 GP · 636 PQUE
  2. 84Maxwell KostovichREDM
  3. 85Gary DillonC13 GP · 2 PCLR
  4. 86Mark ReedsR365 GP · 159 PSTL
  5. 87Joe PatersonL291 GP · 56 PDET
  6. 88Tim TookeyC106 GP · 58 PWSH
  7. 89Dirk GrahamR772 GP · 489 PVAN

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

86th
of 126 players selected
53rd
of 75 forwards 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

Mark Reeds made his NHL debut on March 9, 1982, 2 years and 212 days after the draft.

365
Games
45
Goals
114
Assists
159
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 2Perry TurnbullC608 GP · 351 PSTL
  2. 65Bob CrawfordR246 GP · 142 PSTL
  3. 86Mark ReedsR365 GP · 159 PSTL
  4. 107Gilles LeducDSTL