The 1977 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Contents 1 Selections by round 1.1 Round one 1.2 Round two 1.3 Round three 1.4 Round four 1.5 Round five 1.6 Round six 1.7 Round seven 1.8 Round eight 1.9 Round nine 1.10 Round ten 1.11 Round eleven 1.12 Round twelve 1.13 Round thirteen 1.14 Round fourteen 1.15 Round fifteen 1.16 Round sixteen 1.17 Round seventeen 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.

= NHL All-Star [1]

= Hall of Famers

[edit] Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Dale McCourt	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
2	Barry Beck	Defence	Canada	Colorado Rockies	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	Robert Picard	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
4	Jere Gillis	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
5	Mike Crombeen	Right wing	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
6	Doug Wilson	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7	Brad Maxwell	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
8	Lucien DeBlois	Right wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Sorel Éperviers (QMJHL)
9	Scott Campbell	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	London Knights (OHA)
10	Mark Napier	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
11	John Anderson	Right wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
12	Trevor Johansen	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
13	Ron Duguay	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
14	Ric Seiling	Right wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
15	Mike Bossy	Right wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Laval National (QMJHL)
16	Dwight Foster	Right wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
17	Kevin McCarthy	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
18	Norm Dupont	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77main.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Jean Savard	Centre	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
20	Miles Zaharko	Defence	Canada	Atlanta Flames	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
21	Mark Lofthouse	Right wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
22	Jeff Bandura	Defence	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
23	Daniel Chicoine	Right wing	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
24	Bob Gladney	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
25	Dave Semenko	Left wing	Canada	Minnesota	Brandon (WCHL)
26	Mike Keating	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
27	Neil Labatte	Defence	Canada	St. Louis	Toronto (OMJHL)
28	Red Laurence	Centre	Canada	Atlanta	Kitchener (OMJHL)
29	Rocky Saganiuk	Right wing	Canada	Toronto	Lethbridge (WCHL)
30	Jim Hamilton	Right wing	Canada	Pittsburgh	London (OMJHL)
31	Brian Hill	Right wing	Canada	Atlanta	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
32	Ron Areshenkoff	Centre	Canada	Buffalo	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
33	John Tonelli	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Houston (WHA)
34	Dave Parro	Goaltender	Canada	Boston	Saskatoon (WCHL)
35	Tom Gorence	Right wing	United States	Philadelphia	Minnesota (WCHA)
36	Rod Langway	Defence	United States	Montreal	New Hampshire (ECAC)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd2.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
37	Rick Vasko	Defence	Canada	Detroit	Peterborough (OMJHL)
38	Doug Berry	Centre	Canada	Colorado	Denver (WCHA)
39	Eddy Godin	Right wing	Canada	Washington	Quebec (QMJHL)
40	Glen Hanlon	Goaltender	Canada	Vancouver	Brandon (WCHL)
41	Reg Kerr	Left wing	Canada	Cleveland	Kamloops (WCHL)
42	Guy Lash	Right wing	Canada	Cleveland	Winnipeg (WCHL)
43	Alain Cote	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
44	Steve Baker	Goaltender	United States	New York Rangers	Union (ECAC D-II)
45	Tom Roulston	Centre	Canada	St. Louis	Winnipeg (WCHL)
46	Pierre Lagace	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	Quebec (QMJHL)
47	Randy Pierce	Right wing	Canada	Colorado	Sudbury (OMJHL)
48	Kim Davis	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh	Flin Flon (WCHL)
49	Moe Robinson	Defence	Canada	Montreal	Kingston (OMJHL)
50	Hector Marini	Right wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Sudbury (OMJHL)
51	Bruce Andres	Right wing	Canada	New York Islanders	New Westminster (WCHL)
52	Mike Forbes	Defence	Canada	Boston	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
53	Dave Hoyda	Left wing	Canada	Philadelphia	Portland (WCHL)
54	Gordie Roberts	Defence	United States	Montreal	New England (WHA)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd3.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
55	John Hilworth	Defence	Canada	Detroit	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
56	Dave Morrow	Defence	Canada	Vancouver	Calgary (WCHL)
57	Nelson Burton	Left wing	Canada	Washington	Quebec (QMJHL)
58	Murray Bannerman	Goaltender	Canada	Vancouver	Victoria (WCHL)
59	John Baby	Defence	Canada	Cleveland	Sudbury (OMJHL)
60	Randy Ireland	Goaltender	Canada	Chicago	Portland (WCHL)
61	Kevin McCloskey	Defence	United States	Minnesota	Calgary (WCHL)
62	Mario Marois	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Quebec (QMJHL)
63	Tony Currie	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis	Portland (WCHL)
64	Rob Holland	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	Montreal (QMJHL)
65	Dan Eastman	Right wing	Canada	Toronto	London (OMJHL)
66	Mark Johnson	Centre	United States	Pittsburgh	Wisconsin (WCHA)
67	Yves Guillemette	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
68	Bill Stewart	Defence	Canada	Buffalo	Niagara Falls (OMJHL)
69	Steve Stoyanovich	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	RPI (ECAC)
70	Brian McGregor	Right wing	Canada	Boston	Saskatoon (WCHL)
71	Rene Hamelin	Left wing	Canada	Philadelphia	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
72	Jim Craig	Goaltender	United States	Atlanta	Boston University (ECAC)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd4.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
73	Jim Korn	Defence	United States	Detroit	Providence (ECAC)
74	Mike Dwyer	Left wing	Canada	Colorado	Niagara Falls (OMJHL)
75	Denis Turcotte	Centre	Canada	Washington	Quebec (QMJHL)
76	Steve Hazlett	Centre	Canada	Vancouver	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
77	Owen Lloyd	Defence	Canada	Cleveland	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
78	Gary Platt	Defence	Canada	Chicago	Sorel (QMJHL)
79	Bob Parent	Defence	United Kingdom	Minnesota	Kingston (OMJHL)
80	Benoit Gosselin	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
81	Bruce Hamilton	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis	Saskatoon (WCHL)
82	Curt Christofferson	Defence	United States	Atlanta	Colorado College (WCHA)
83	John Wilson	Left wing	Canada	Toronto	Windsor (OMJHL)
84	Julian Baretta	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles	Wisconsin (WCHA)
85	Warren Holmes	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles	Ottawa (OMJHL)
86	Rich Sirois	Goaltender	Canada	Buffalo	Laval (QMJHL)
87	Markus Mattsson	Goaltender	Finland	New York Islanders	Tampere Ilves (Finland)
88	Doug Butler	Defence	Canada	Boston	Saint Louis (CCHA)
89	Dan Clark	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia	Kamloops (WCHL)
90	Gaetan Rochette	Left wing	Canada	Montreal	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd5.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
91	Jim Baxter	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit	Union (ECAC D-II)
92	Dan Lempe	Centre	United States	Colorado	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
93	Perry Schnarr	Right wing	Canada	Washington	Denver (WCHA)
94	Brian Drumm	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver	Peterborough (OMJHL)
95	Jeff Allan	Defence	Canada	Cleveland	Hull (QMJHL)
96	Jack O'Callahan	Defence	United States	Chicago	Boston University (ECAC)
97	Jamie Gallimore	Right wing	Canada	Minnesota	Kamloops (WCHL)
98	John Bethel	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Boston University (ECAC)
99	Gary McMonagle	Centre	Canada	St. Louis	Peterborough (OMJHL)
100	Bernard Harbec	Centre	Canada	Atlanta	Laval (QMJHL)
101	Roy Sommer	Left wing	United States	Toronto	Calgary (WCHL)
102	Greg Millen	Goaltender	Canada	Pittsburgh	Peterborough (OMJHL)
103	Randy Rudnyk	Right wing	Canada	Los Angeles	New Westminster (WCHL)
104	Wayne Ramsey	Defence	Canada	Buffalo	Brandon (WCHL)
105	Steve Letzgus	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
106	Keith Johnson	Defence	Canada	Boston	Saskatoon (WCHL)
107	Alain Chaput	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia	Sorel (QMJHL)
108	Bill Himmelright	Defence	United States	Montreal	North Dakota (WCHA)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd6.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round seven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
109	Randy Wilson	Left wing	United States	Detroit	Providence (ECAC)
110	Rick Doyle	Left wing	Canada	Colorado	London (OMJHL)
111	Rollie Boutin	Goaltender	Canada	Washington	Lethbridge (WCHL)
112	Ray Creasy	Centre	Canada	Vancouver	New Westminster (WCHL)
113	Mark Toffolo	Defence	United States	Cleveland	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
114	Floyd Lahache	Defence	Canada	Chicago	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
115	Jean-Pierre Sanvido	Goaltender	Canada	Minnesota	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
116	Bob Sullivan	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
117	Matti Forss	Centre	Finland	St. Louis	Rauma (Finland)
118	Bob Gould	Right wing	Canada	Atlanta	New Hampshire (ECAC)
119	Lynn Jorgenson	Left wing	Canada	Toronto	Toronto (OMJHL)
120	Bob Suter	Defence	United States	Los Angeles	Wisconsin (WCHA)
121	Harald Luckner	Centre	Sweden	New York Islanders	Karlstad (Sweden)
122	Ralph Cox	Right wing	United States	Boston	New Hampshire (ECAC)
123	Richard Dalpe	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
124	Richard Sevigny	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd7.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round eight

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
125	Ray Roy	Centre	United States	Detroit	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
126	Joe Contini	Centre	Canada	Colorado	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
127	Brent Tremblay	Defence	Canada	Washington	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
128	Grant Eakin	Left wing	Canada	Cleveland	Lethbridge (WCHL)
129	Jeff Geiger	Defence	Canada	Chicago	Ottawa (OMJHL)
130	Greg Tebbutt	Defence	Canada	Minnesota	Regina (WCHL)
131	Lance Nethery	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Cornell (ECAC)
132	Raimo Hirvonen	Defence	Finland	St. Louis	Helsinki IFK (Finland)
133	Jim Bennett	Left wing	United States	Atlanta	Brown (ECAC)
134	Kevin Howe	Defence	Canada	Toronto	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
135	Pete Peeters	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
136	Clint Eccles	Left wing	Canada	Philadelphia	Kamloops (WCHL)
137	Keith Hendrickson	Defence	United States	Montreal	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
138	Mario Claude	Defence	Canada	Boston	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
139	Mike Greeder	Defence	United States	Philadelphia	St. Paul (MWJHL)
140	Mike Reilly	Right wing	United States	Montreal	Colorado College (WCHA)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd8.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
141	Kip Churchill	Centre	Canada	Detroit	Union (ECAC D-II)
142	Jack Hughes	Defence	United States	Colorado	Harvard (ECAC)
143	Don Micheletti	Left wing	United States	Washington	Minnesota (WCHA)
144	Steve Ough	Defence	Canada	Chicago	Laval (QMJHL)
145	Keith Hanson	Defence	United States	Minnesota	Austin (MWJHL)
146	Alex Jeans	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto (OUAA)
147	Bjorn Olsson	Defence	Sweden	St. Louis	Karlstad (Sweden)
148	Tim Harrer	Right wing	United States	Atlanta	Minnesota (WCHA)
149	Ray Robertson	Defence	Canada	Toronto	St. Lawrence (ECAC)
150	Tom Bauer	Left wing	United States	Philadelphia	Providence (ECAC)
151	Michel Bauman	Left wing	Canada	Philadelphia	Hull (QMJHL)
152	Barry Borrett	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	Cornwall (QMJHL)
153	Bruce Crowder	Right wing	Canada	Philadelphia	New Hampshire (ECAC)
154	Sid Tanchak	Centre	Canada	Montreal	Clarkson (ECAC)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd9.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
155	Lance Gattoni	Defence	Canada	Detroit	Toronto (OUAA)
156	Archie Henderson	Right wing	Canada	Washington	Victoria (WCHL)
157	Pete Raps	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Western Michigan (CCHA)
158	Rob Nicholson	Defence	United States	Philadelphia	St. Paul (MWJHL)
159	Dave Isherwood	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia	Winnipeg (WCHL)
160	Mark Holden	Goaltender	United States	Montreal	Brown (ECAC)
161	Steve Jones	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia	Ohio State (CCHA)
162	Craig Laughlin	Right wing	Canada	Montreal	Clarkson (ECAC)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd10.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
163	Rob Plumb	Left wing	Canada	Detroit	Kingston (OMJHL)
164	Mike Brown	Right wing	United States	New York Rangers	Western Michigan (CCHA)
165	Jim Trainor	Defence	United States	Philadelphia	Harvard (ECAC)
166	Barry Duench	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia	Kitchener (OMJHL)
167	Dan Poulin	Defence	Canada	Montreal	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
168	Rod McNair	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia	Ohio State (CCHA)
169	Tom McDonell	Centre	Canada	Montreal	Ottawa (OMJHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd11.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round twelve

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
170	Alain Belanger	Left wing	Canada	Detroit	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
171	Mark Miller	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Michigan (WCHA)
172	Mike Laycock	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia	Brown (ECAC)
173	Cary Farelli	Right wing	Canada	Montreal	Toronto (OMJHL)
174	Carey Walker	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	New Westminster (WCHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd12.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round thirteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
175	Dean Willers	Right wing	United Kingdom	Detroit	Union (ECAC D-II)
176	Mark Wells	Centre	United States	Montreal	Bowling Green (CCHA)
177	Stan Palmer	Defence	United States	Montreal	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd13.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round fourteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
178	Roland Cloutier	Centre	Canada	Detroit	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
179	Jean Belisle	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
180	Bob Daly	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	Ottawa (OMJHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd14.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round fifteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
181	Ed Hill	Right wing	United States	Detroit	Vermont (ECAC)
182	Bob Boileau	Right wing	Canada	Montreal	Boston University (ECAC)
183	John Costello	Centre	United States	Montreal	Lowell (ECAC D-II)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd15.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round sixteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
184	Val James	Left wing	United States	Detroit	Quebec (QMJHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd16.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[edit] Round seventeen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
185	Grant Morin	Right wing	Canada	Detroit	Calgary (WCHL)
Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77rnd17.htm. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

= NHL All-Star [1]

= Hall of Famers

[edit] See also

• 1977–78 NHL season
• 1977 WHA Amateur Draft
• List of NHL players

[edit] References

• 2005 NHL Official Guide & Record Book ISBN 0-920445-91-8

1. ^ ^{a b} Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

[edit] External links

• HockeyDraftCentral.com
• hockeydb.com

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