1975 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1975 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec.

Selections by round[]

Below are listed the selections in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

Round one[]

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Mel Bridgman	Centre	Philadelphia Flyers	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
2	Barry Dean	Left wing	Kansas City Scouts	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3	Ralph Klassen	Forward	California Golden Seals	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4	Bryan Maxwell	Defence	Minnesota North Stars	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
5	Rick Lapointe	Defence	Detroit Red Wings	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6	Don Ashby	Centre	Toronto Maple Leafs	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
7	Greg Vaydik	Forward	Chicago Black Hawks	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
8	Richard Mulhern	Defence	Atlanta Flames	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
9	Robin Sadler	Defence	Montreal Canadiens	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
10	Rick Blight	Right wing	Vancouver Canucks	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
11	Pat Price	Defence	New York Islanders	Vancouver Blazers (WHA)
12	Wayne Dillon	Centre	New York Rangers	Toronto Toros (WHA)
13	Gord Laxton	Goaltender	Pittsburgh Penguins	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
14	Doug Halward	Defence	Boston Bruins	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
15	Pierre Mondou	Forward	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
16	Tim Young	Forward	Los Angeles Kings	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
17	Bob Sauve	Goaltender	Buffalo Sabres	Laval National (QMJHL)
18	Alex Forsyth	Forward	Washington Capitals	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round two[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Peter Scamurra	Defence	United States	Washington	Peterborough (OMJHL)
20	Don Cairns	Left wing		Kansas City	Victoria (WCHL)
21	Dennis Maruk	Centre		California	London (OMJHL)
22	Brian Engblom	Defence		Montreal	Wisconsin (WCHA)
23	Jerry Rollins	Defence		Detroit	Winnipeg (WCHL)
24	Doug Jarvis	Centre		Toronto	Peterborough (OMJHL)
25	Danny Arndt	Left wing		Chicago	Saskatoon (WCHL)
26	Rick Bowness	Right wing		Atlanta	Montreal (QMJHL)
27	Ed Staniowski	Goaltender		St. Louis	Regina (WCHL)
28	Brad Gassoff	Left wing		Vancouver	Kamloops (WCHL)
29	Dave Salvian	Left wing		New York Islanders	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
30	Doug Soetaert	Goaltender		New York Rangers	Edmonton (WCHL)
31	Russ Anderson	Defence	United States	Pittsburgh	Minnesota (WCHA)
32	Barry Smith	Centre		Boston	New Westminster (WCHL)
33	Terry Bucyk	Right wing		Los Angeles	Lethbridge (WCHL)
34	Kelly Greenbank	Right wing		Montreal	Winnipeg (WCHL)
35	Ken Breitenbach	Defence		Buffalo	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
36	Jamie Masters	Defence		St. Louis	Ottawa (OMJHL)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round three[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
37	Al Cameron	Defence		Detroit	New Westminster (WCHL)
38	Neil Lyseng	Right wing		Kansas City	Kamloops (WCHL)
39	John Tweedle	Centre		California	Lake Superior (CCHA)
40	Paul Harrison	Goaltender		Minnesota	Oshawa (OMJHL)
41	Alex Pirus	Right wing		Minnesota	Notre Dame (WCHA)
42	Bruce Boudreau	Centre		Toronto	Toronto (OMJHL)
43	Mike O'Connell	Defence	United States	Chicago	Kingston (OMJHL)
44	Terry Martin	Left wing		Buffalo	London (OMJHL)
45	Blair Davidson	Defence		Detroit	Flin Flon (WCHL)
46	Normand LaPointe	Goaltender		Vancouver	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
47	Joe Fortunato	Left wing	Italy	New York Islanders	Kitchener (OMJHL)
48	Greg Hickey	Left wing		New York Rangers	Hamilton (OMJHL)
49	Paul Baxter	Defence		Pittsburgh	Cleveland (WHA)
50	Clark Hamilton	Left wing		Detroit	Notre Dame (WCHA)
51	Paul Woods	Centre		Montreal	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
52	Pat Hughes	Right wing		Montreal	Michigan (WCHA)
53	Gary McAdam	Right wing		Buffalo	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
54	Bob Ritchie	Left wing		Philadelphia	Sorel (QMJHL)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round four[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
55	Blair Mackasey	Defence		Washington	Montreal (QMJHL)
56	Ron Delorme	Centre		Kansas City	Lethbridge (WCHL)
57	Greg Smith	Defence		California	Colorado College (WCHA)
58	Steve Jensen	Left wing	United States	Minnesota	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
59	Mike Wirachowsky	Defence		Detroit	Regina (WCHL)
60	Rick Adduono	Centre		Boston	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
61	Pierre Giroux	Centre		Chicago	Hull (QMJHL)
62	Dale Ross	Centre		Atlanta	Ottawa (OMJHL)
63	Rick Bourbonnais	Right wing		St. Louis	Ottawa (OMJHL)
64	Glen Richardson	Left wing		Vancouver	Hamilton (OMJHL)
65	Andre Lepage	Goaltender		New York Islanders	Montreal (QMJHL)
66	Bill Cheropita	Goaltender		New York Rangers	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
67	Stu Younger	Left wing		Pittsburgh	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
68	Denis Daigle	Left wing		Boston	Montreal (QMJHL)
69	Andre Leduc	Defence		Los Angeles	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
70	Dave Gorman	Right wing		Montreal	Phoenix (WHA)
71	Greg Neeld	Right wing		Buffalo	Calgary (WCHL)
72	Rick St. Croix	Goaltender		Philadelphia	Oshawa (OMJHL)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round five[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
73	Craig Crawford	Right wing		Washington	Toronto (OMJHL)
74	Terry McDonald	Defence		Kansas City	Kamloops (WCHL)
75	Doug Young	Defence		California	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
76	Dave Norris	Left wing		Minnesota	Hamilton (OMJHL)
77	Mike Wong	Centre	United States	Detroit	Montreal (QMJHL)
78	Ted Long	Defence		Toronto	Hamilton (OMJHL)
79	Bob Hoffmeyer	Defence		Chicago	Saskatoon (WCHL)
80	Willi Plett	Right wing	Paraguay	Atlanta	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
81	Jim Gustafson	Centre		St. Louis	Victoria (WCHL)
82	Doug Murray	Left wing		Vancouver	Brandon (WCHL)
83	Denny McLean	Left wing		New York Islanders	Calgary (WCHL)
84	Larry Huras	Defence		New York Rangers	Kitchener (OMJHL)
85	Kim Clackson	Defence		Pittsburgh	Victoria (WCHL)
86	Stan Jonathan	Left wing		Boston	Peterborough (OMJHL)
87	Dave Miglia	Defence		Los Angeles	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
88	Jim Turkiewicz	Defence		Montreal	Toronto (WHA)
89	Don Edwards	Goaltender		Buffalo	Kitchener (OMJHL)
90	Gary Morrison	Right wing	United States	Philadelphia	Michigan (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round six[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
91	Roger Swanson	Goaltender		Washington	Flin Flon (WCHL)
92	Eric Sanderson	Left wing		Kansas City	Victoria (WCHL)
93	Larry Hendrick	Goaltender		California	Calgary (WCHL)
94	Greg Clause	Right wing		Minnesota	Hamilton (OMJHL)
95	Mike Harazny	Defence		Detroit	Regina (WCHL)
96	Kevin Campbell	Defence		Toronto	St. Lawrence (ECAC)
97	Tom Ulseth	Right wing	United States	Chicago	Wisconsin (WCHA)
98	Paul Heaver	Defence	United Kingdom	Atlanta	Oshawa (OMJHL)
99	Jack Brownschidle	Defence	United States	St. Louis	Notre Dame (WCHA)
100	Bob Watson	Right wing		Vancouver	Flin Flon (WCHL)
101	Mike Sleep	Right wing		New York Islanders	New Westminster (WCHL)
102	Randy Koch	Left wing	United States	New York Rangers	Vermont (ECAC)
103	Peter Morris	Left wing		Pittsburgh	Victoria (WCHL)
104	Matti Hagman	Centre	Finland	Boston	HIFK (SM-sarja)
105	Bob Russell	Centre		Los Angeles	Sudbury (OMJHL)
106	Michel Lachance	Defence		Montreal	Montreal (QMJHL)
107	Jim Minor	Left wing		Buffalo	Regina (WCHL)
108	Paul Holmgren	Right wing	United States	Philadelphia	Minnesota (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round seven[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
109	Clark Jantzie	Left wing		Washington	Alberta (CWUAA)
110	Bill Oleschuk	Goaltender		Kansas City	Saskatoon (WCHL)
111	Rick Shinske	Centre		California	New Westminster (WCHL)
112	Francois Robert	Defence		Minnesota	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
113	Jean-Luc Phaneuf	Centre		Detroit	Montreal (QMJHL)
114	Mario Rouillard	Right wing		Toronto	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
115	Ted Bulley	Left wing		Chicago	Hull (QMJHL)
116	Dale McMullin	Left wing		Atlanta	Brandon (WCHL)
117	Doug Lindskog	Left wing		St. Louis	Michigan (WCHA)
118	Brian Shmyr	Centre		Vancouver	New Westminster (WCHL)
119	Richie Hansen	Centre	United States	New York Islanders	Sudbury (OMJHL)
120	Claude Larose	Left wing		New York Rangers	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
121	Mike Will	Centre		Pittsburgh	Edmonton (WCHL)
122	Gary Carr	Goaltender		Boston	Toronto (OMJHL)
123	Dave Faulkner	Centre		Los Angeles	Regina (WCHL)
124	Tim Burke	Defence	United States	Montreal	New Hampshire (ECAC)
125	Grant Rowe	Defence		Buffalo	Ottawa (OMJHL)
126	Dana Decker	Left wing	United States	Philadelphia	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round eight[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
127	Mike Fryia	Left wing		Washington	Peterborough (OMJHL)
128	Joe Baker	Defence	United States	Kansas City	Minnesota (WCHA)
129	Doug Schoenfeld	Defence		California	Cambridge Ontario Sr.
130	Dean Magee	Left wing		Minnesota	Colorado College (WCHA)
131	Steve Carlson	Centre	United States	Detroit	Johnstown (NAHL)
132	Ron Wilson	Defence	United States	Toronto	Providence (ECAC)
133	Paul Jensen	Defence	United States	Chicago	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
134	Rick Piche	Defence		Atlanta	Brandon (WCHL)
135	Dick Lamby	Defence	United States	St. Louis	Salem State (ECAC D-II)
136	Allan Fleck	Left wing		Vancouver	New Westminster (WCHL)
137	Bob Sunderland	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Boston University (ECAC)
138	Bill Hamilton	Centre		New York Rangers	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
139	Tapio Levo	Defence	Finland	Pittsburgh	Ässät Pori (Finland) [1]
140	Bo Berglund	Left wing	Sweden	Boston	Modo AIK Örnsköldsvik (Sweden) [2]
141	Bill Reber	Right wing	United States	Los Angeles	Vermont (ECAC)
142	Craig Norwich	Defence	United States	Montreal	Wisconsin (WCHA)
143	Alec Tidey	Right wing		Buffalo	Lethbridge (WCHL)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round nine[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
144	Jim Ofrim	Centre		Washington	Alberta (CWUAA)
145	Scott Williams	Left wing		Kansas City	Flin Flon (WCHL)
146	Jim Weaver	Goaltender		California	Kingston (OMJHL)
147	Terry Angel	Right wing		Minnesota	Oshawa (OMJHL)
148	Gary Vaughan	Right wing		Detroit	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
149	Paul Evans	Left wing		Toronto	Peterborough (OMJHL)
150	Nick Sanza	Goaltender		Atlanta	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
151	David McNab	Goaltender	United States	St. Louis	Wisconsin (WCHA)
152	Bob McNeice	Defence		Vancouver	New Westminster (WCHL)
153	Dan Blair	Right wing		New York Islanders	Ottawa (OMJHL)
154	Bud Stefanski	Centre		New York Rangers	Oshawa (OMJHL)
155	Byron Shutt	Left wing		Pittsburgh	Bowling Green (CCHA)
156	Joe Rando	Defence	United States	Boston	New Hampshire (ECAC)
157	Sean Sullivan	Defence		Los Angeles	Hamilton (OMJHL)
158	Paul Clarke	Defence		Montreal	Notre Dame (WCHA)
159	Andy Whitby	Right wing		Buffalo	Oshawa (OMJHL)
160	Viktor Khatulev	Left wing	Soviet Union	Philadelphia	Riga Dynamo (USSR)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round ten[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
161	Mal Zinger	Right wing		Washington	Kamloops (WCHL)
162	Greg Agar	Right wing		California	Merritt (BCJHL)
163	Michel Blais	Defence		Minnesota	Kingston (OMJHL)
164	Jean Thibodeau	Centre		Detroit	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
165	Jean Latendresse	Defence		Toronto	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
166	Paul Crowley	Right wing		Toronto	Sudbury (OMJHL)
167	Brian O'Connell	Goaltender		Atlanta	Saint Louis (CCHA)
168	Joey Girardin	Defence		New York Islanders	Winnipeg (WCHL)
169	Daniel Beaulieu	Left wing		New York Rangers	Quebec (QMJHL)
170	Frank Salive	Goaltender		Pittsburgh	Peterborough (OMJHL)
171	Kevin Nugent	Right wing	United States	Boston	Notre Dame (WCHA)
172	Brian Petrovek	Goaltender	United States	Los Angeles	Harvard (ECAC)
173	Bob Ferriter	Centre	United States	Montreal	Boston College (ECAC)
174	Len Moher	Goaltender	United States	Buffalo	Notre Dame (WCHA)
175	Duffy Smith	Defence		Philadelphia	Bowling Green (CCHA)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round eleven[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
176	Dave Hanson	Defence	United States	Detroit	Colorado College (WCHA)
177	Earl Sargent	Right wing	United States	Minnesota	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
178	Rob Larson	Defence	United States	Detroit	Minnesota (WCHA)
179	Dan D'Alvise	Centre		Toronto	Royal York (OPJHL)
180	Jack Laine	Right wing		Toronto	Bowling Green (CCHA)
181	Joe Augustine	Defence	United States	Atlanta	Austin (MWJHL)
182	Sid Veysey	Centre		Vancouver	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
183	Geoff Green	Right wing		New York Islanders	Sudbury (OMJHL)
184	John McMorrow	Centre	United States	New York Rangers	Providence (ECAC)
185	John Glynne	Defence	United States	Pittsburgh	Vermont (ECAC)
186	Tom Goddard	Right wing	United States	Los Angeles	North Dakota (WCHA)
187	Dave Bell	Centre		Montreal	Harvard (ECAC)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round twelve[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
188	Ken Holland	Goaltender		Toronto	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
189	Bob Barnes	Defence		Toronto	Hamilton (OMJHL)
190	Gilles Cloutier	Goaltender		Minnesota	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
191	Gary Burns	Left wing	United States	Toronto	New Hampshire (ECAC)
192	Torbjorn Nilsson	Right wing	Sweden	Atlanta	Skelleftea (Sweden)
193	Jim Montgomery	Centre		Toronto	Hull (QMJHL)
194	Kari Makkonen	Right wing	Finland	New York Islanders	Pori (Finland)
195	Tom McNamara	Goaltender	United States	New York Rangers	Vermont (ECAC)
196	Lex Hudson	Defence		Pittsburgh	Denver (WCHA)
197	Mario Vien	Goaltender		Los Angeles	Cornwall (QMJHL)
198	Carl Jackson	Goaltender		Montreal	Pennsylvania (ECAC)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round thirteen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
199	Rick Martin	Right wing		Toronto	London (OMJHL)
200	Steve Roberts	Defence	United States	New York Rangers	Providence (ECAC)
201	Paul Dionne	Defence		New York Rangers	Princeton (ECAC)
202	Dan Tsubouchi	Right wing		Pittsburgh	Saint Louis (CCHA)
203	Chuck Carpenter	Centre	United States	Los Angeles	Yale (ECAC)
204	Michel Brisebois	Centre		Montreal	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round fourteen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
205	Cecil Luckern	Left wing	United States	New York Rangers	New Hampshire (ECAC)
206	Brano Stankovsky	Left wing	United States	Pittsburgh	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
207	Bob Fish	Left wing	United States	Los Angeles	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
208	Roger Bourque	Defence		Montreal	Notre Dame (WCHA)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round fifteen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
209	John Corriveau	Right wing	United States	New York Rangers	New Hampshire (ECAC)
210	Dave Taylor	Right wing		Los Angeles	Clarkson (ECAC)
211	Jim Lundquist	Defence	United States	Montreal	Brown (ECAC)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round sixteen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
212	Tom Funke	Left wing	United States	New York Rangers	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
213	Bob Shaw	Defence		Los Angeles	Clarkson (ECAC)
214	Don Madson	Centre	United States	Montreal	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round seventeen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
215	Bob Bain	Defence		Montreal	New Hampshire (ECAC)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round eighteen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
216	Gary Gill	Left wing	Atlanta	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
217	Kelly Secord	Right wing	Pittsburgh	New Westminster (WCHL)
^{Reference: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

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