1976 NHL Amateur Draft

1976 NHL Amateur Draft
1976 NHL Amateur Draft
General information
Date(s)	June 1, 1976
Location	NHL Offices; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Overview
First selection	Rick Green; (Washington Capitals)

The 1976 NHL Amateur Draft was the 14th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec, on June 1, 1976. It's notable as featuring one of the weakest first rounds in draft history, as only two players (Rick Green and Bernie Federko) played more than 450 career NHL games. In 2002, Federko was elected into the Hockey Hall-of-Fame after playing fourteen seasons (1976–1990), with 13 of those with the St. Louis Blues. The Cleveland Barons drafted as the California Golden Seals and the Colorado Rockies took part as the Kansas City Scouts. The two franchises would relocate to their new cities on July 15 of that year.

The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Kent Nilsson, who played his last NHL game in the 1994–95 season.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1976 NHL amateur draft.

= NHL All-Star[1]

= NHL All-Star[1] and NHL All-Star team

= Hall of famers

Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Rick Green	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	London Knights (OHA)
2	Blair Chapman	Right wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins (from Kansas City)¹	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3	Glen Sharpley	Centre	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
4	Fred Williams	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5	Bjorn Johansson	Defence	Sweden	California Golden Seals	Örebro IK (Sweden)
6	Don Murdoch	Right wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	Bernie Federko	Forward	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
8	David Shand	Defence	Canada	Atlanta Flames (from Vancouver)²	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	Real Cloutier	Forward	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)
10	Harold Phillipoff	Left wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
11	Paul Gardner	Centre	Canada	Kansas City Scouts (from Pittsburgh)³	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
12	Peter Lee	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (from Toronto)⁴	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
13	Rod Schutt	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles)⁵	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
14	Alex McKendry	Forward	Canada	New York Islanders	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
15	Greg Carroll	Centre	Canada	Washington Capitals (from Buffalo via Atlanta)⁶	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
16	Clayton Pachal	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
17	Mark Suzor	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
18	Bruce Baker	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
[2]

The Kansas City Scouts' first-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on January 9, 1976 that sent Chuck Arnason, Steve Durbano and Pittsburgh's first-round pick in 1976 to Kansas City in exchange for Ed Gilbert, Simon Nolet and this pick.
The Vancouver Canucks' first-round pick went to the Atlanta Flames as the result of a trade on January 20, 1976 that sent Curt Ridley to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.
The Pittsburgh Penguins' first-round pick went to the Kansas City Scouts as the result of a trade on January 9, 1976 that sent Ed Gilbert, Simon Nolet and Kansas City's first-round pick in 1976 to Pittsburgh in exchange for Chuck Arnason, Steve Durbano and this pick.
The Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 17, 1975 that sent Wayne Thomas to Toronto in exchange for this pick.
The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on August 22, 1972 that sent Terry Harper to Los Angeles in exchange for Los Angeles' second-round pick in 1974, third-round pick in 1975 and this pick.[3][4]
The Buffalo Sabres' first-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on January 22, 1976 that sent Bill Clement to Atlanta in exchange for Jean Lemieux, Gerry Meehan and this pick.
Atlanta previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on October 1, 1975 that sent Jacques Richard to Buffalo in exchange for Larry Carriere and this pick.

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Greg Malone	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins (from Washington)¹	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
20	Brian Sutter	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues (from Kansas City)²	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
21	Steve Clippingdale	Left wing	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from Minnesota)³	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
22	Reed Larson	Defence	United States	Detroit Red Wings	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
23	Vern Stenlund	Centre	Canada	California Golden Seals	London Knights (OMJHL)
24	Dave Farrish	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
25	John Smrke	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
26	Bob Manno	Defence	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
27	Jeff McDill	Right wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
28	Bobby Simpson	Left wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
29	Peter Marsh	Right wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
30	Randy Carlyle	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
31	Jim Roberts	Left wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars (from Los Angeles via Detroit)⁴	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
32	Mike Kaszycki	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
33	Joe Kowal	Left wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
34	Lorry Gloeckner	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
35	Drew Callander	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Regina Pats (WCHL)
36	Barry Melrose	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
[5]

The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on November 26, 1975 that sent Bob Paradise to Washington in exchange for this pick.
The Kansas City Scouts' second-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 18, 1975 that sent Denis Dupere, Craig Patrick and cash to Kansas City in exchange for Lynn Powis and this pick.
The Minnesota North Stars' second-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on August 15, 1975 that sent Tim Young to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
The Detroit Red Wings' second-round pick went to the Minnesota North Stars as the result of a trade on February 27, 1976 that sent Dennis Hextall to Detroit in exchange for Bill Hogaboam and this pick.
Detroit previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 1975 that sent Bart Crashley and Marcel Dionne to Los Angeles in exchange for Terry Harper, Dan Maloney and this pick.

Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
37	Tom Rowe	Right wing	United States	Washington Capitals	London Knights (OMJHL)
38	Mike Kitchen	Defence	Canada	Kansas City Scouts	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
39	Don Jackson	Defence	United States	Minnesota North Stars	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
40	Fred Berry	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
41	Mike Fidler	Left wing	United States	California Golden Seals	Boston University (ECAC)
42	Mike McEwen	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
43	Jim Kirkpatrick	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
44	Rob Flockhart	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
45	Thomas Gradin	Centre	Sweden	Chicago Black Hawks	Ornskoldsvik (Sweden)
46	Rick Hodgson	Defence	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
47	Morris Lukowich	Left wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
48	Alain Belanger	Right wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
49	Don Moores	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
50	Garth MacGuigan	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
51	Ron Zanussi	Right wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars (from Buffalo)¹	London Knights (OMJHL)
52	Gary McFayden	Right wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston)²	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
53	Craig Hanmer	Defence	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Mohawk Valley Comets (NAJHL)
54	Bill Baker	Defence	United States	Montreal Canadiens	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
[6]

The Buffalo Sabres' third-round pick went to the Minnesota North Stars as the result of a trade on January 27, 1975 that sent Fred Stanfield to Buffalo in exchange for Norm Gratton and this pick.[3][7]
The Boston Bruins' third-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on June 3, 1975 that sent Toronto's fourth-round pick in 1975 to Boston in exchange for this pick.

Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
55	Al Glendinning	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
56	Mike Liut	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues (from Kansas City)¹	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
57	Mike Fedorko	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
58	Kevin Schamehorn	Right wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
59	Warren Young	Centre	Canada	California Golden Seals	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
60	Claude Periard	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
61	Paul Skidmore	Goaltender	United States	St. Louis Blues	Boston College (ECAC)
62	Elmer Ray	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
63	Dave Debol	Centre	United States	Chicago Black Hawks	University of Michigan (WCHA)
64	Kent Nilsson	Right wing	Sweden	Atlanta Flames	Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)
65	Greg Redquest	Goaltender	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
66	Tim Williams	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
67	Bob Mears	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
68	Ken Morrow	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
69	Rocky Maze	Left wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
70	Bob Miller	Centre	United States	Boston Bruins	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
71	Dave Hynek	Left wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
72	Ed Clarey	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
[8]

The Kansas City Scouts' fourth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on October 29, 1974 that sent Larry Giroux to Kansas City in exchange for Chris Evans and this pick.[3][9]

Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
73	Doug Patey	Right wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
74	Rick McIntyre	Left wing	Canada	Kansas City Scouts	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
75	Phil Verchota	Left wing	United States	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
76	Dwight Schofield	Defence	United States	Detroit Red Wings	London Knights (OMJHL)
77	Darcy Regier	Defence	Canada	California Golden Seals	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
78	Doug Caines	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
79	Cal Sandbeck	Defence	United States	California Golden Seals (from St. Louis)¹	University of Denver (WCHA)
80	Rick Durston	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
81	Terry McDonald	Centre	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
82	Mark Earp	Goaltender	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
83	Brendan Lowe	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
84	Greg Hotham	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
85	Rob Palmer	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	University of Michigan (WCHA)
86	Mike Hordy	Defence	Canada	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
87	Ron Roscoe	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
88	Peter Vandemark	Left wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
89	Robin Lang	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Cornell University (ECAC)
90	Maurice Barrette	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
[10]

The St. Louis Blues' fifth-round pick went to the California Golden Seals as the result of a trade on March 9, 1976 that sent Dave Hrechkosy to St. Louis in exchange for a third-round pick in 1977 and this pick.

Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
91	Jim Bedard	Goaltender	Canada	Washington Capitals	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
92	Larry Skinner	Centre	Canada	Kansas City Scouts	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
93	Dave Delich	Centre	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Colorado College (WCHA)
94	Tony Horvath	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
95	Jouni Rinne	Right wing	Finland	California Golden Seals	Rauma (Finland)
96	Barry Scully	Right wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
97	Nels Goddard	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
98	Rob Tudor	Right wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Regina Pats (WCHL)
99	John Peterson	Goaltender	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
100	Don Wilson	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
101	Vic Sirko	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
102	Dan Djakalovic	Centre	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
103	Larry McRae	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
104	Yvon Vautour	Right wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Laval National (QMJHL)
105	Don Lemieux	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
106	Ted Olson	Left wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
107	Paul Klasinski	Left wing	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Paul Vulcans (MWJHL)
108	Pierre Brassard	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
[11]

Round seven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
109	Dale Rideout	Goaltender	Canada	Washington Capitals	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
110	Jeff Barr	Defence	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Michigan State University (WCHA)
111	Fern LeBlanc	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
112	Remi Levesque	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
113	Mike Eaves	Centre	Canada/ United States	St. Louis Blues	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
114	Brad Rhiness	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
115	John Rothstein	Right wing	United States	Chicago Black Hawks	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
116	Charlie Skjodt	Centre	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
117	Sammy Bains	Left wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Austin Mavericks (MWJHL)
118	Rich Gosselin	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
[12]

Round eight

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
119	Al Dumba	Right wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Regina Pats (WCHL)
120	Claude Legris	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
121	Jacques Soguel	Centre	Switzerland	St. Louis Blues	Davos (Switzerland)
122	Stuart Ostlund	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
123	John Gregory	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
[13]

Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
124	Dave Dornseif	Defence	United States	St. Louis Blues	Providence College (ECAC)
125	Bruce Horsch	Goaltender	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
[14]

Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
126	Brad Wilson	Centre	United States	St. Louis Blues	Providence College (ECAC)
127	John Tavella	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
[15]

Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
128	Dan Hoene	Right wing	United States	St. Louis Blues	University of Michigan (WCHA)
129	Mark Davidson	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
[16]

Round twelve

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
130	Goran Lindblom	Defence	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Skelleftea (Sweden)
131	Bill Wells	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
[17]

Round thirteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
132	Jim Bales	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues	University of Denver (WCHA)
133	Ron Wilson	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
[18]

Round fourteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
134	Anders Hakansson	Left wing	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Solna (Sweden)
[19]

Round fifteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
135	Juhani Wallenius	Centre	Finland	St. Louis Blues	Rauma (Finland)
[20]