1978 NHL Amateur Draft Information & 1978 NHL Amateur Draft Links at HealthHaven.com

The 1978 NHL Amateur Draft occurred at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 15, 1978. It was the last draft to be called the "Amateur Draft" before the process was renamed to the NHL Entry Draft in 1979.

[edit] Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

[edit] Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Bobby Smith	Centre	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
2	Ryan Walter	Centre	Canada	Washington Capitals	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
3	Wayne Babych	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
4	Bill Derlago	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
5	Mike Gillis	Left wing	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
6	Behn Wilson	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
7	Ken Linseman	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
8	Dan Geoffrion	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
9	Willie Huber	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
10	Tim Higgins	Right wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
11	Brad Marsh	Defence	Canada	Atlanta Flames	London Knights (OMJHL)
12	Brent Peterson	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
13	Larry Playfair	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
14	Danny Lucas	Right wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
15	Steve Tambellini	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
16	Al Secord	Left wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
17	Dave Hunter	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
18	Tim Coulis	Left wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78main.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Steve Payne	Left wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
20	Paul Mulvey	Left wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
21	Joel Quenneville	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
22	Curt Fraser	Left wing	United States	Vancouver Canucks	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
23	Paul MacKinnon	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
24	Steve Christoff	Centre	United States	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
25	Mike Meeker	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
26	Don Maloney	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
27	Merlin Malinowski	Centre	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
28	Glenn Hicks	Left wing	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
29	Doug Lecuyer	Left wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
30	Dale Yakiwchuk	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
31	Al Jensen	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
32	Tony McKegney	Left wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
33	Mike Simurda	Right wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
34	Randy Johnston	Defence	Canada	New York Islanders	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
35	Graeme Nicolson	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
36	Ron Carter	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd2.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
37	Gord Salt	Right wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
38	Glen Currie	Centre	Canada	Washington Capitals	Laval National (QMJHL)
39	Steve Harrison	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
40	Stan Smyl	Right wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
41	Paul Messier	Centre	Canada	Colorado Rockies	University of Denver (WCHA)
42	Richard David	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
43	Ray Markham	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
44	Dean Turner	Defence	United States	New York Rangers	University of Michigan (WCHA)
45	Jay Johnston	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
46	Rick Paterson	Centre	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
47	Tim Bernhardt	Goaltender	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
48	Mark Kirton	Centre	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
49	Rob McClanahan	Centre	United States	Buffalo Sabres	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
50	Glen Cochrane	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
51	Dwayne Lowdermilk	Defence	Canada	New York Islanders	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
52	Brad Knelson	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
53	Doug Derkson	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red wings	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd3.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
54	Curt Giles	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
55	Bengt Gustafsson	Right wing	Sweden	Washington Capitals	Farjestads BK Karlstad (SEL)
56	Harald Luckner	Centre	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	Färjestads BK Karlstad (SEL)
57	Brad Smith	Right wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
58	Dave Watson	Left wing	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
59	Dave Silk	Right wing	United States	New York Rangers	Boston University (ECAC)
60	Andre Dore	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
61	Shane Pearsall	Left wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
62	Bjorn Skaare	Centre	Norway	Detroit Red wings	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
63	Brian Young	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
64	Jim MacRae	Left wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	London (OMJHL)
65	Bob Parent	Goaltender	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
66	Mike Gazdic	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
67	Russ Wilderman	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
68	George Buat	Right wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
69	Kevin Reeves	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd4.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
70	Roy Kerling	Left wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Cornell University (ECAC)
71	Lou Franceschetti	Left wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
72	Kevin Willison	Defence	Canada	St. Louis	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
73	Tim Thomlison	Goaltender	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
74	Rod Guimont	Right wing	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
75	Rob Garner	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
76	Mike McDougal	Right wing	United States	New York Rangers	Port Huron Flags (IHL)
77	Paul Mancini	Left wing	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
78	Ted Nolan	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
79	Mark Murphy	Left wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
80	Gord Wappel	Defence	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Regina Pats (WCHL)
81	Jordy Douglas	Left wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
82	Randy Ireland	Goaltender	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Flint Generals (IHL)
83	Brad Tamblyn	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Toronto Marlboros (OUAA)
84	Greg Hay	Left wing	United States	New York Islanders	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
85	Daryl MacLeod	Left wing	United States	Boston Bruins	Boston University (ECAC)
86	Mike Boyd	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd5.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
87	Bob Bergloff	Defence	United States	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
88	Vince Magnan	Left wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	University of Denver (WCHA)
89	Jim Nill	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
90	Gerry Minor	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Regina Pats (WCHL)
91	John Hynes	Goaltender	United States	Colorado Rockies	Harvard University (ECAC)
92	Mel Hewitt	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
93	Tom Laidlaw	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
94	Doug Keans	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
95	Sylvain Locas	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
96	Dave Feamster	Defence	United States	Chicago Black Hawks	Colorado College (WCHA)
97	Greg Meredith	Right wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Notre Dame (WCHA)
98	Normand Lefebvre	Right wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
99	Cam MacGregor	Left wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
100	Mark Taylor	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
101	Kelly Davis	Defence	Canada	New York Islanders	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
102	Jeff Brubaker	Left wing	United States	Boston Bruins	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
103	Keith Acton	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd6.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round seven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
104	Kim Spencer	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
105	Mats Hallin	Left wing	Sweden	Washington Capitals	Sodertalje SK (SEL)
106	Steve Stockman	Centre	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
107	Dave Ross	Left wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
108	Andy Clark	Defence	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
109	Paul MacLean	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
110	Dan Clark	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
111	Don Waddell	Defence	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
112	Wes George	Left wing	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
113	Dave Mancuso	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
114	Dave Hindmarch	Right wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	University of Alberta (CWUAA)
115	John Scammell	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
116	Dan Eastman	Centre	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Saginaw Gears (IHL)
117	Mike Ewanouski	Right wing	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Boston College (ECAC)
118	Richard Pepin	Left wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Laval National (QMJHL)
119	Murray Skinner	Goaltender	Canada	Boston Bruins	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
120	Jim Lawson	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Brown University (ECAC)
^{Reference:"1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd7.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round eight

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
121	Mike Cotter	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
122	Rich Sirois	Goaltender	Canada	Washington Capitals	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
123	Denis Houle	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
124	Steve O'Neill	Left wing	United States	Vancouver Canucks	Providence College (ECAC))
125	John Olver	Right wing	Canada	Colorado Rockies	University of Michigan (WCHA)
126	Jerry Price	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
127	Greg Kostenko	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Ohio State University (CCHA)
128	Rob Mierkalns	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
129	John Barrett	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
130	Sandy Ross	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Colgate University (ECAC)
131	Dave Morrison	Right wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
132	Kevin Reinhart	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
133	Eric Strobel	Centre	United States	Buffalo Sabres	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
134	Darre Switzer	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
135	Dave Cameron	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Prince Edward Island (AUAA)
136	Bobby Hehir	Centre	United States	Boston Bruins	Boston College (ECAC)
137	Larry Landon	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd8.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
138	Brent Gogol	Right wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
139	Denis Pomerleau	Right wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
140	Tony Meagher	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Boston University (ECAC)
141	Charlie Antetomaso	Defence	United States	Vancouver Canucks	Boston College (ECAC)
142	Kevin Krook	Defence	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Regina Pats (WCHL)
143	Rick Simpson	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
144	Brian McDavid	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
145	Rick Scully	Left wing	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Brown University (ECAC)
146	Jim Malazdrewicz	Left wing	Canada	Detroit Red wings	St. Boniface [MJHL]
147	Mark Locken	Goaltender	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
148	Doug Todd	Right wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	University of Michigan (WCHA)
149	Mike Waghorne	Defence	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
150	Eugene O'Sullivan	Centre	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
151	Greg Francis	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
152	Paul Joswiak	Goaltender	United States	New York Islanders	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
153	Craig MacTavish	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	University of Lowell (ECAC D-II)
154	Kevin Constantine	Goaltender	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd9.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
155	Mike Seide	Left wing	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Bloomington Junior Stars (USHL)
156	Barry Heard	Goaltender	Canada	Washington Capitals	London Knights (OMJHL)
157	Jim Lockhurst	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
158	Richard Martens	Goaltender	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
159	Jeff Jensen	Left wing	United States	Colorado Rockies	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
160	Bob Froese	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
161	Mark Rodrigues	Goaltender	United States	New York Rangers	Yale University (ECAC)
162	Brad Thiessen	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
163	Geoff Shaw	Right wing	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
164	Glenn Van	Defence	United States	Chicago Black Hawks	Colorado College (WCHA)
165	Mark Green	Centre	United States	Atlanta Flames	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
166	Laurie Cuvelier	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	St. Francis Xavier University (AUAA)
167	Rick Berard	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Mary's University (AUAA)
168	Don Lucia	Defence	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Notre Dame (WCHA)
169	Scott Cameron	Defence	Canada	New York Islanders	Notre Dame (NCWCHAAA)
170	Dan Lerg	Centre	United States	St. Louis Blues	University of Michigan (WCHA)
171	John Swan	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	McGill University (OUAA)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd10.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
172	Mark Toffolo	Defence	United States	Washington Capitals	Port Huron Flags (IHL)
173	Risto Siltanen	Defence	Finland	St. Louis Blues	Ilves (SM-l)
174	Bo Ericson	Defence	Sweden	Colorado Rockies	AIK (Allsvenskan)
175	Dan Hermansson	Left wing	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Karlskoga (Sweden)
176	Steve Weeks	Goaltender	Canada	New York Rangers	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
177	Jim Armstrong	Left wing	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Clarkson University (ECAC)
178	Carl Van Harrewyn	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red wings	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
179	Darryl Sutter	Left wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
180	Bob Sullivan	Left wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)
181	Jean-Francois Boutin	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Verdun Black Hawks (QMJHL)
182	Mark Berge	Defence	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
183	Ken Moore	Goaltender	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Clarkson University (ECAC)
184	Christer Lowdahl	Centre	Sweden	New York Islanders	Örebro (Sweden)
185	John Sullivan	Right wing	United States	St. Louis Blues	Providence College (ECAC)
186	Daniel Metivier	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd11.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round twelve

Ladislav Svozil was the first Czechoslovakian player drafted in the history of the NHL Draft. The Red Wings selected Svozil in the 12th round.^[2] Bernhardt Engelbrecht was the first German player drafted in the history of the NHL Draft. The Flames selected him in the 12th round.^[2]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
187	Paul Hogan	Left wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Regina Pats (WCHL)
188	Serge Menard	Right wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
189	Steve Barger	Right wing	United States	Washington Capitals	Boston College (ECAC)
190	Jari Viitala	Centre	Finland	Colorado Rockies	Ilves (SM-liiga)
191	Don Boyd	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
192	Pierre Daigneault	Left wing	Canada	New York Rangers	St. Laurent College (CIAU)
193	Claude Larochelle	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
194	Ladislav Svozil	Left wing	Czechoslovakia	Detroit Red wings	HC Vitkovice (Czechoslovakia)
195	Jim Olson	Centre	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
196	Bernhard Englbrecht	Goaltender	West Germany	Atlanta Flames	Landshut EV (Germany)
197	Paul Stasiuk	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Providence College (ECAC)
198	Anton Stastny	Left wing	Czechoslovakia	Philadelphia Flyers	Bratislava (Slovakia)
199	Gunnar Persson	Defence	Sweden	New York Islanders	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
200	Gerd Truntschka	Centre	West Germany	St. Louis Blues	Cologne (West Germany)
201	Viacheslav Fetisov	Defence	Soviet Union	Montreal Canadiens	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd12.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round thirteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
202	Rod Pacholzuk	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	University of Michigan (WCHA)
203	Viktor Shkurdyuk	Right wing	Soviet Union	St. Louis Blues	Leningrad (USSR)
204	Ulf Zetterstrom	Left wing	Sweden	Colorado Rockies	Kiruna (Sweden)
205	Carl Bloomberg	Goaltender	United States	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis University (CCHA)
206	Chris McLaughlin	Defence	United States	New York Rangers	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
207	Terry Kitching	Left wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis (CCHA)
208	Tom Bailey	Right wing	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
209	Brian O'Connor	Defence	United States	St. Louis Blues	Boston University (ECAC)
210	Brian Crombeen	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
211	Mike Pidgeon	Centre	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
212	Jeff Mars	Right wing	United States	Montreal Canadiens	University of Michigan (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd13.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round fourteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
213	Wes Jarvis	Centre	Canada	Washington Capitals	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
214	John Cochrane	Right wing	United States	St. Louis Blues	Harvard University (ECAC)
215	Ray Irwin	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
216	Joe Casey	Defence	United States	St. Louis Blues	Boston College (ECAC)
217	Todd Johnson	Centre	United States	New York Rangers	Boston University (ECAC)
218	Jim Farrell	Centre	United States	St. Louis Blues	Princeton University (ECAC)
219	Larry Lozinski	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
220	Frank Johnson	Defence	United States	St. Louis Blues	Providence College (ECAC)
221	Blair Wheeler	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Yale University (ECAC)
222	Greg Tignanelli	Left wing	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd14.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round fifteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
223	Dan McCarthy	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHA)
224	Randy Betty	Left wing	Canada	Detroit Red wings	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
225	George Goulakos	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd15.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round sixteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
226	Brian Crawley	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red wings	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
227	Ken Moodie	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Colgate University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd16.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round seventeen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
228	Doug Feasby	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red wings	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
229	Serge Leblanc	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	University of Vermont (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd17.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round eighteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
230	Bob Magnuson	Centre	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Merrimack College (ECAC D-II)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd18.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round nineteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
231	Chris Nilan	Right wing	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Northeastern University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd19.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round twenty

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
232	Rick Wilson	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd20.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round twenty one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
233	Louis Sleigher	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd21.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

[edit] Round twenty two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
234	Douglas Robb	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1978 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1978/78rnd22.htm. Retrieved 11 January 2009.}