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1979 NHL Draft

Ray Allison in the 1979 NHL Draft

Hartford Whalers selected Ray Allison 18th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 6 picks Hartford Whalers made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 238 games put him 63rd in the class.

Overall pick
18
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 18
Drafting team
HFDHartford Whalers
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 15–21 in the 1979 draft

  1. 15Brad McCrimmonD1222 GP · 403 PBOS
  2. 16Jay WellsD1098 GP · 263 PLAK
  3. 17Duane SutterR731 GP · 342 PNYI
  4. 18Ray AllisonR238 GP · 157 PHFD
  5. 19Jimmy MannR293 GP · 30 PWIN
  6. 20Michel GouletL1089 GP · 1153 PQUE
  7. 21Kevin LoweD1254 GP · 431 PEDM

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

18th
of 126 players selected
10th
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

Ray Allison made his NHL debut on October 11, 1979, 63 days after the draft.

238
Games
64
Goals
93
Assists
157
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Hartford Whalers picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 18Ray AllisonR238 GP · 157 PHFD
  2. 39Stuart SmithD77 GP · 12 PHFD
  3. 60Don NachbaurC223 GP · 69 PHFD
  4. 81Ray NeufeldR595 GP · 357 PHFD
  5. 102Mark RenaudD152 GP · 56 PHFD
  6. 123David McDonaldLHFD