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1979 NHL Draft

Pat Conacher in the 1979 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Pat Conacher 76th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 4.

It was the third of the 5 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 521 games put him 42nd in the class.

Overall pick
76
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 13
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 73–79 in the 1979 draft

  1. 73Brian CrossDPIT
  2. 74Gilles HamelL519 GP · 274 PBUF
  3. 75Jim PeplinskiL711 GP · 424 PAFM
  4. 76Pat ConacherL521 GP · 139 PNYR
  5. 77Don GillenR35 GP · 6 PPHI
  6. 78Larry MelnykD432 GP · 74 PBOS
  7. 79David OrleskiD2 GP · 0 PMTL

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

76th
of 126 players selected
46th
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

Pat Conacher made his NHL debut on January 4, 1980, 148 days after the draft.

521
Games
63
Goals
76
Assists
139
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 13Doug SullimanL631 GP · 328 PNYR
  2. 34Ed HospodarD450 GP · 68 PNYR
  3. 76Pat ConacherL521 GP · 139 PNYR
  4. 97Daniel MakuchRNYR
  5. 118Stanley AdamsCNYR