1976 NHL Amateur Draft

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 (Green and Federko) played more than 450 career NHL games. 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 in July.

Selections by round[]

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

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

Round one[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Rick Green	Defence		Washington Capitals	London Knights (OHA)
2	Blair Chapman	Right wing		Pittsburgh Penguins	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3	Glen Sharpley	Centre		Minnesota North Stars	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
4	Fred Williams	Centre		Detroit Red Wings	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5	Bjorn Johansson	Defence	Sweden	California Golden Seals	Orebro IK
6	Don Murdoch	Right wing		New York Rangers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	Bernie Federko	Forward		St. Louis Blues	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
8	David Shand	Defence		Atlanta Flames	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
9	Real Cloutier	Forward		Chicago Black Hawks	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)
10	Harold Phillipoff	Left wing		Atlanta Flames	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
11	Paul Gardner	Centre		Kansas City Scouts	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
12	Peter Lee	Right wing	England	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
13	Rod Schutt	Left wing		Montreal Canadiens	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
14	Alex McKendry	Forward		New York Islanders	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
15	Greg Carroll	Centre		Washington Capitals	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
16	Clayton Pachal	Centre		Boston Bruins	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
17	Mark Suzor	Defence		Philadelphia Flyers	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
18	Bruce Baker	Right wing		Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
^{Reference: 1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round two[]

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

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		Kansas City	Toronto (OMJHL)
39	Don Jackson	Defence	United States	Minnesota	Notre Dame (WCHA)
40	Fred Berry	Centre		Detroit	New Westminster (WCHL)
41	Mike Fidler	Left wing	United States	California	Boston University (ECAC)
42	Mike McEwen	Defence		New York Rangers	Toronto (OMJHL)
43	Jim Kirkpatrick	Defence		St. Louis	Toronto (OMJHL)
44	Rob Flockhart	Left wing		Vancouver	Kamloops (WCHL)
45	Thomas Gradin	Centre	Sweden	Chicago	Ornskoldsvik (Sweden)
46	Rick Hodgson	Defence		Atlanta	Calgary (WCHL)
47	Morris Lukowich	Left wing		Pittsburgh	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
48	Alain Belanger	Right wing		Toronto	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
49	Don Moores	Centre		Los Angeles	Kamloops (WCHL)
50	Garth MacGuigan	Centre		New York Islanders	Montreal (QMJHL)
51	Ron Zanussi	Right wing		Minnesota	London (OMJHL)
52	Gary McFadyen	Right wing		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. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round four[]

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

Round five[]

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

Round six[]

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

Round seven[]

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

Round eight[]

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

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. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

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		Montreal	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
^{Reference: 1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

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		Montreal	Flin Flon (WCHL)
^{Reference: 1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

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		Montreal	Cornwall (QMJHL)
^{Reference: 1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

Round thirteen[]

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

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. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

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. Retrieved on 23 December 2008.}

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

References[]

↑ ^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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[All-Star_note-1] 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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