1976 NHL Amateur Draft Information & 1976 NHL Amateur Draft Links at HealthHaven.com

The 1976 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. It is 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 less than two months after this draft.

[edit] Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft.

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

[edit] 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	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	Orebro IK
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	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
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	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
12	Peter Lee	Right wing	England	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
13	Rod Schutt	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
14	Alex McKendry	Forward	Canada	New York Islanders	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
15	Greg Carroll	Centre	Canada	Washington Capitals	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
16	Clayton Pachal	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
17	Mark Suzor	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
18	Bruce Baker	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76main.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Greg Malone	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh	Oshawa (OMJHL)
20	Brian Sutter	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis	Lethbridge (WCHL)
21	Steve Clippingdale	Left wing	Canada	Los Angeles	New Westminster (WCHL)
22	Reed Larson	Defence	United States	Detroit	Minnesota (WCHA)
23	Vern Stenlund	Centre	Canada	California	London (OMJHL)
24	Dave Farrish	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Sudbury (OMJHL)
25	John Smrke	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis	Toronto (OMJHL)
26	Bob Manno	Defence	Canada	Vancouver	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
27	Jeff McDill	Right wing	Canada	Chicago	Victoria (WCHL)
28	Bobby Simpson	Left wing	Canada	Atlanta	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
29	Peter Marsh	Right wing	Canada	Pittsburgh	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
30	Randy Carlyle	Defence	Canada	Toronto	Sudbury (OMJHL)
31	Jim Roberts	Left wing	Canada	Minnesota	Ottawa (OMJHL)
32	Mike Kaszycki	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
33	Joe Kowal	Left wing	Canada	Buffalo	Hamilton (OMJHL)
34	Lorry Gloeckner	Defence	Canada	Boston	Victoria (WCHL)
35	Drew Callander	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia	Regina (WCHL)
36	Barry Melrose	Defence	Canada	Montreal	Kamloops (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd2.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
37	Tom Rowe	Right wing	United States	Washington	London (OMJHL)
38	Mike Kitchen	Defence	Canada	Kansas City	Toronto (OMJHL)
39	Don Jackson	Defence	United States	Minnesota	Notre Dame (WCHA)
40	Fred Berry	Centre	Canada	Detroit	New Westminster (WCHL)
41	Mike Fidler	Left wing	United States	California	Boston University (ECAC)
42	Mike McEwen	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto (OMJHL)
43	Jim Kirkpatrick	Defence	Canada	St. Louis	Toronto (OMJHL)
44	Rob Flockhart	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver	Kamloops (WCHL)
45	Thomas Gradin	Centre	Sweden	Chicago	Ornskoldsvik (Sweden)
46	Rick Hodgson	Defence	Canada	Atlanta	Calgary (WCHL)
47	Morris Lukowich	Left wing	Canada	Pittsburgh	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
48	Alain Belanger	Right wing	Canada	Toronto	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
49	Don Moores	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles	Kamloops (WCHL)
50	Garth MacGuigan	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Montreal (QMJHL)
51	Ron Zanussi	Right wing	Canada	Minnesota	London (OMJHL)
52	Gary McFadyen	Right wing	Canada	Toronto	Hull (QMJHL)
53	Craig Hanmer	Defence	United States	Philadelphia	Mohawk Valley (NAHL)
54	Bill Baker	Defence	United States	Montreal	Minnesota (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd3.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
55	Al Glendinnin	Defence	Canada	Washington	Calgary (WCHL)
56	Mike Liut	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis	Bowling Green (CCHA)
57	Mike Fedorko	Defence	Canada	Minnesota	Hamilton (OMJHL)
58	Kevin Schamehorn	Right wing	Canada	Detroit	New Westminster (WCHL)
59	Warren Young	Centre	Canada	California	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
60	Claude Periard	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
61	Paul Skidmore	Goaltender	United States	St. Louis	Boston College (ECAC)
62	Elmer Ray	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver	Calgary (WCHL)
63	Dave Debol	Centre	United States	Chicago	Michigan (WCHA)
64	Kent Nilsson	Right wing	Sweden	Atlanta	Stockholm (Sweden)
65	Greg Redquest	Goaltender	Canada	Pittsburgh	Oshawa (OMJHL)
66	Tim Williams	Defence	Canada	Toronto	Victoria (WCHL)
67	Bob Mears	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles	Kingston (OMJHL)
68	Ken Morrow	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Bowling Green (CCHA)
69	Rocky Maze	Left wing	Canada	Buffalo	Edmonton (WCHL)
70	Bob Miller	Centre	United States	Boston	Ottawa (OMJHL)
71	Dave Hynek	Left wing	Canada	Philadelphia	Kingston (OMJHL)
72	Ed Clarey	Right wing	Canada	Montreal	Cornwall (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd4.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
73	Doug Patey	Right wing	Canada	Washington	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
74	Rick McIntyre	Left wing	Canada	Kansas City	Oshawa (OMJHL)
75	Phil Verchota	Left wing	United States	Minnesota	Minnesota (WCHA)
76	Dwight Schofield	Defence	United States	Detroit	London (OMJHL)
77	Darcy Regier	Defence	Canada	California	Lethbridge (WCHL)
78	Doug Caines	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
79	Cal Sandbeck	Defence	United States	California	Denver (WCHA)
80	Rick Durston	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver	Victoria (WCHL)
81	Terry McDonald	Centre	Canada	Chicago	Edmonton (WCHL)
82	Mark Earp	Goaltender	Canada	Atlanta	Kamloops (WCHL)
83	Brendan Lowe	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
84	Greg Hotham	Defence	Canada	Toronto	Kingston (OMJHL)
85	Rob Palmer	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles	Michigan (WCHA)
86	Mike Hordy	Defence	Canada	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
87	Ron Roscoe	Defence	Canada	Buffalo	Hamilton (OMJHL)
88	Peter Vandemark	Left wing	Canada	Boston	Oshawa (OMJHL)
89	Robin Lan	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia	Cornell (ECAC)
90	Maurice Barrette	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	Quebec (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd5.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
91	Jim Bedard	Goaltender	Canada	Washington	Sudbury (OMJHL)
92	Larry Skinner	Centre	Canada	Kansas City	Ottawa (OMJHL)
93	Dave Delich	Centre	United States	Minnesota	Colorado College (WCHA)
94	Tony Horvath	Defence	Canada	Detroit	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
95	Jouni Rinne	Right wing	Finland	California	Rauma (Finland)
96	Barry Scully	Right wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Kingston (OMJHL)
97	Nels Goddard	Defence	Canada	St. Louis	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
98	Rob Tudor	Right wing	Canada	Vancouver	Regina (WCHL)
99	John Peterson	Goaltender	Canada	Chicago	Notre Dame (WCHA)
100	Don Wilson	Defence	Canada	Washington	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
101	Vic Sirko	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh	Oshawa (OMJHL)
102	Dan Djakalovi	Centre	Canada	Toronto	Kitchener (OMJHL)
103	Larry McRae	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles	Windsor (OMJHL)
104	Yvon Vautour	Right wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Laval (QMJHL)
105	Don Lemieux	Defence	Canada	Buffalo	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
106	Ted Olson	Left wing	Canada	Boston	Calgary (WCHL)
107	Paul Klasinski	Left wing	United States	Philadelphia	St. Paul (MWJHL)
108	Pierre Brassard	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	Cornwall (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd6.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round seven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
109	Dale Rideout	Goaltender	Canada	Washington	Flin Flon (WCHL)
110	Jeff Barr	Defence	United States	Minnesota	Michigan State (WCHA)
111	Fern LeBlanc	Centre	Canada	Detroit	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
112	Remi Levesque	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Qubec (QMJHL)
113	Mike Eaves	Centre	United States	St. Louis	Wisconsin (WCHA)
114	Brad Rhiness	Centre	Canada	Vancouver	Kingston (OMJHL)
115	John Rothstein	Right wing	United States	Chicago	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
116	Charlie Skjodt	Centre	Canada	Toronto	Windsor (OMJHL)
117	Ray Kurpis	Right wing	United States	Philadelphia	Austin (MWJHL)
118	Rich Gosselin	Centre	Canada	Montreal	Flin Flon (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd7.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round eight

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
119	Al Dumba	Right wing	Canada	Washington	Regina (WCHL)
120	Claude Legris	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit	Sorel (QMJHL)
121	Jacques Soguel	Centre	Switzerland	St. Louis	Davos (Switzerland)
122	Stu Ostlund	Centre	Canada	Vancouver	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
123	John Gregory	Defence	Canada	Montreal	Wisconsin (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd8.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
124	Dave Dornseif	Defence	United States	St. Louis	Providence (ECAC)
125	Bruce Horsch	Goaltender	United States	Montreal	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd9.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
126	Brad Wilson	Centre	United States	St. Louis	Providence (ECAC)
127	John Tavella	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd10.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
128	Dan Hoene	Right wing	United States	St. Louis	Michigan (WCHA)
129	Mark Davidson	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	Flin Flon (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd11.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round twelve

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
130	Goran Lindblom	Defence	Sweden	St. Louis	Skelleftea (Sweden)
131	Bill Wells	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	Cornwall (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd12.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round thirteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
132	Jim Bales	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis	Denver (WCHA)
133	Ron Wilson	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd13.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round fourteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
134	Anders Hakansson	Left wing	Sweden	St. Louis	Solna (Sweden)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd14.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

[edit] Round fifteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
135	Juhani Wallenius	Centre	Finland	St. Louis	Rauma (Finland)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1976/76rnd15.htm. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}