1979 Draft Choices Round 3 - Detroit Red Wings

1979 Draft Choices Round 3

Year:	Team:	Position:	Round:

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Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	7	48	EDM	Mark Messier	C	CAN	6' 2"	211	WHA	Cincinnati Stingers
3	13	54	AFM	Tim Hunter	R	CAN	6' 2"	200	WHL	Seattle Breakers
3	21	62	QUE	Lee Norwood	D	USA	6' 1"	198	OHA	Oshawa Generals
3	4	45	DET	Joseph Gage	R	CAN	6' 0"	190	OHA	Kitchener Rangers
3	3	44	MTL	Guy Carbonneau	C	CAN	5' 11"	186	QMJHL	Chicoutimi Sagueneens
3	17	58	MTL	Richard Wamsley	G	CAN	5' 11"	185	OHA	Brantford Alexanders
3	18	59	NYI	Roland Melanson	G	CAN	5' 10"	185	OHA	Windsor Spitfires
3	1	42	MNS	Neal Broten	C	USA	5' 10"	175	NCAA	U. of Minnesota
3	14	55	BUF	Jacques Cloutier	G	CAN	5' 7"	168	QMJHL	Trois Rivieres Draveurs
3	2	43	MTL	Craig Levie	D	CAN			WHL	Edmonton Oil Kings
3	5	46	DET	Boris Fistric	D	CAN			WHL	New Westminster Bruins
3	6	47	VAN	Ken Ellacott	G	CAN			OHA	Peterborough Petes
3	8	49	CHI	William Gardner	C	CAN			OHA	Peterborough Petes
3	9	50	LAK	John Kelly	L	CAN			WHL	New Westminster Bruins
3	10	51	TOR	Normand Aubin	C	CAN			QMJHL	Verdun Black Hawks
3	11	52	PIT	Bennett Wolf	D	CAN			OHA	Kitchener Rangers
3	12	53	BUF	Mark Robinson	D	CAN			WHL	Victoria Cougars
3	15	56	PHI	Lindsay Carson	C	CAN			WHL	Billings Bighorns
3	16	57	BOS	Keith Crowder	R	CAN			OHA	Peterborough Petes
3	19	60	HFD	Donald Nachbaur	C	CAN			WHL	Billings Bighorns
3	20	61	WIN	William Whelton	D	USA			NCAA	Boston University
3	22	63	MNS	Kevin Maxwell	C	CAN			NCAA	U. of North Dakota

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