1970 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1970 NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 11, 1970 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft.

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Gilbert Perreault	Centre	Buffalo Sabres	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
2	Dale Tallon	Defence	Vancouver Canucks	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
3	Reggie Leach	Right wing	Boston Bruins	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4	Rick MacLeish	Left wing	Boston Bruins	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
5	Ray Martyniuk	Goaltender	Montreal Canadiens	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
6	Chuck Lefley	Left wing	Montreal Canadiens	Canadian Nat'l Team
7	Greg Polis	Left wing	Pittsburgh Penguins	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
8	Darryl Sittler	Centre	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHA)
9	Ron Plumb	Defence	Boston Bruins	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
10	Chris Oddleifson	Centre	California Golden Seals	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
11	Norm Gratton	Right wing	New York Rangers	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
12	Serge Lajeunesse	Defence	Detroit Red Wings	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
13	Bob Stewart	Defence	Boston Bruins	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
14	Dan Maloney	Left wing	Chicago Black Hawks	London Knights (OHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
15	Butch Deadmarsh	Left wing	Buffalo Sabres	Brandon
16	Jim Hargreaves	Defence	Vancouver Canucks	Winnipeg
17	Buster Harvey	Right wing	Minnesota North Stars	Hamilton (OHA)
18	Bill Clement	Centre	Philadelphia Flyers	Ottawa (OHA)
19	Pete Laframboise	Centre	California Golden Seals	Ottawa (OHA)
20	Fred Barrett	Defence	Minnesota North Stars	Toronton (OHL)
21	John Stewart	Left wing	Pittsburgh Penguins	Flin Flon (WCHL)
22	Errol Thompson	Defence	Toronto Maple Leafs	Charlottetown
23	Murray Keogan	Centre	St. Louis Blues	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
24	Al McDonough	Right wing	Los Angeles Kings	St. Catharines (OHA)
25	Mike Murphy	Right wing	New York Rangers	Toronto (OHA)
26	Bob Guindon	Left wing	Detroit Red Wings	Montreal (OHA)
27	Dan Bouchard	Goaltender	Boston Bruins	London (OHA)
28	Michel Archambault	Left wing	Chicago Black Hawks	Drummondville (QJHL)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
29	Steve Cuddie	Defence		Buffalo Sabres	Toronto (OHA)
30	Ed Dyck	Goaltender		Vancouver Canucks	Calgary (WCHL)
31	Steve Carlyle	Defence		Montreal Canadiens	Red Deer (AJHL)
32	Bob Kelly	Centre		Philadelphia Flyers	Oshawa (OHA)
33	Randy Rota	Centre		California Golden Seals	Calgary (WCHL)
34	Dennis Patterson	Defence		Minnesota North Stars	Peterborough (OHA)
35	Larry Bignell	Defence		Pittsburgh Penguins	Edmonton (WCHL)
36	Gerry O'Flaherty	Left wing	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kitchener (OHA)
37	Ron Climie	Left wing		St. Louis Blues	Hamilton (OHA)
38	Terry Holbrook	Right wing		Los Angeles Kings	London (OHA)
39	Wendel Bennett	Right wing		New York Rangers	Weyburn (SJHL)
40	Yvon Lambert	Left wing		Detroit Red Wings	Drummondville (QMJHL)
41	Ray Brownlee	Left wing		Boston Bruins	Brandon (CWUAA)
42	Len Frig	Defence		Chicago Black Hawks	Calgary (WCHL)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
43	Randy Wyrozub	Centre	Buffalo Sabres	Edmonton (WCHL)
44	Brent Taylor	Right wing	Vancouver Canucks	Estevan (WCHL)
45	Cal Hammond	Goaltender	Montreal Canadiens	Flin Flon (WCHL)
46	Jacques Lapierre	Defence	Philadelphia Flyers	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
47	Ted McAneeley	Defence	California Golden Seals	Edmonton (WCHL)
48	Dave Cressman	Left wing	Minnesota North Stars	Kitchener (OHA)
49	Connie Forey	Left wing	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ottawa (OHA)
50	Bob Gryp	Left wing	Toronto Maple Leafs	Boston University (ECAC)
51	Gord Brooks	Right wing	St. Louis Blues	London (OHA)
52	John French	Centre	Montreal Canadiens	Toronto (OHA)
53	Andre St. Pierre	Defence	New York Rangers	Drummondville (QMJHL)
54	Tom Johnston	Right wing	Detroit Red Wings	Toronto (OHA)
55	Gord Davies	Left wing	Boston Bruins	Toronto (OHA)
56	Walt Ledingham	Centre	Chicago Black Hawks	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
57	Mike Morton	Right wing		Buffalo Sabres	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
58	Bill McFadden	Forward		Vancouver Canucks	Swift Current (WCHL)
59	Billy Smith	Goaltender		Los Angeles Kings	Cornwall (QMJHL)
60	Doug Kerslake	Right wing		Philadelphia Flyers	Edmonton (WCHL)
61	Ray Gibbs	Goaltender		California Golden Seals	Charlottetown (PEI Sr.)
62	Hank Lehvonen	Defence		Minnesota North Stars	Kitchener (OHA)
63	Steve Cardwell	Left wing		Pittsburgh Penguins	Oshawa (OHA)
64	Luc Simard	Right wing		Toronto Maple Leafs	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
65	Mike Stevens	Defence		St. Louis Blues	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
66	Rick Wilson	Defence		Montreal Canadiens	North Dakota (WCHA)
67	Gary Coalter	Right wing		New York Rangers	Hamilton (OHA)
68	Tom Mellor	Defence	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Boston College (ECAC)
69	Bob Roselle	Left wing		Boston Bruins	Sorel (GMJHL)
70	Gilles Meloche	Goaltender		Chicago Black Hawks	Verdum (QMJHL)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
71	Mike Keeler	Defence		Buffalo Sabres	Niagara Falls (OHA)
72	Dave Gilmour	Left wing		Vancouver Canucks	London (OHA)
73	Gerry Bradbury	Centre		Los Angeles Kings	London (OHA)
74	Dennis Giannini	Left wing		Philadelphia Flyers	London (OHA)
75	Doug Moyes	Right wing		California Golden Seals	Sorel (QMJHL)
76	Murray McNeil	Left wing		Minnesota North Stars	Calgary (WCHL)
77	Bob Fitchner	Centre		Pittsburgh Penguins	Brandon (WCHL)
78	Cal Booth	Left wing		Toronto Maple Leafs	Weyburn (SJHL)
79	Claude Moreau	Defence		St. Louis Blues	Montreal (OHA)
80	Robert Brown	Defence		Montreal Canadiens	Boston University (ECAC)
81	Duane Wylie	Centre	United States	New York Rangers	St. Catharines (OHA)
82	Bernie MacNeil	Left wing		Detroit Red Wings	Espanola (NOHA)
83	Murray Wing	Defence		Boston Bruins	North Dakota (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round seven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
84	Tim Regan	Goaltender	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Boston University (ECAC)
85	Jack Taggart	Defence		St. Louis Blues	Denver (WCHA)
86	Brian Carlin	Left wing		Los Angeles Kings	Calgary (WCHL)
87	Hank Nowak	Left wing		Philadelphia Flyers	Oshawa (OHA)
88	Terry Murray	Defence		California Golden Seals	Ottawa (OHA)
89	Gary Geldart	Defence		Minnesota North Stars	London (OHA)
90	Jim Pearson	Defence		Pittsburgh Penguins	St. Catharines (OHA)
91	Paul Larose	Right wing		Toronto Maple Leafs	Quebec (QMJHL)
92	Terry Marshall	Defence		St. Louis Blues	Brandon (WCHL)
93	Bob Fowler	Right wing	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Estevan (WCHL)
94	Wayne Bell	Goaltender		New York Rangers	Estevan (WCHL)
95	Ed Hays	Centre		Detroit Red Wings	Denver (WCHA)
96	Glenn Siddall	Left wing		Boston Bruins	Kitchener (OHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round eight

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
97	Doug Rombough	Centre	Buffalo Sabres	Saint Catharines (OHA)
98	Brian Chinnick	Centre	Los Angeles Kings	Peterborough (OHA)
99	Gary Cunningham	Defence	Philadelphia Flyers	Saint Catharines (OHA)
100	Alan Henry	Defence	California Golden Seals	North Dakota (WCHA)
101	Mickey Donaldson	Left wing	Minnesota North Stars	Peterborough (OHA)
102	Cam Newton	Goaltender	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kitchener (OHA)
103	Ron Low	Goaltender	Toronto Maple Leafs	Dauphin Kings (MJHL)
104	Dave Tataryn	Goaltender	St. Louis Blues	Niagara Falls (OHA)
105	Ric Jordan	Defence	Montreal Canadiens	Boston University (ECAC)
106	Pierre Brind'Amour	Left wing	New York Rangers	Montreal (OHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
107	Luc Nadeau	Centre	Buffalo Sabres	Drummondville (WMJHL)
108	Bob Winograd	Defence	St. Louis Blues	Colorado College (WCHA)
109	Jean Daigle	Left wing	Philadelphia Flyers	Sorel (QMJHL)
110	Ron Lemieux	Defence	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dauphin Kings (MJHL)
111	Mike Lampman	Left wing	St. Louis Blues	Denver (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
112	Jeff Rotsch	Defence	United States	St. Louis Blues	Wisconsin (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
113	Al Calver	Defence		St. Louis Blues	Kitchener (OHA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round twelve

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
114	Jerry McDonald	Defence		St. Louis Blues	St. Francis Xavier (AUAA)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

Round thirteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
115	Gerald Haines			St. Louis Blues	Kenora Muskies (MJHL)
^{Reference: 1970 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.}

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