1977 NHL Amateur Draft

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

Selections by round[]

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

Round one[]

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

Round two[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Jean Savard	Centre		Chicago Black Hawks	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
20	Miles Zaharko	Defence		Atlanta Flames	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
21	Mark Lofthouse	Right wing		Washington Capitals	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
22	Jeff Bandura	Defence		Vancouver Canucks	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
23	Daniel Chicoine	Right wing		Cleveland Barons	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
24	Bob Gladney	Defence		Toronto Maple Leafs	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
25	Dave Semenko	Left wing		Minnesota	Brandon (WCHL)
26	Mike Keating	Left wing		New York Rangers	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
27	Neil Labatte	Defence		St. Louis	Toronto (OMJHL)
28	Red Laurence	Centre		Atlanta	Kitchener (OMJHL)
29	Rocky Saganiuk	Right wing		Toronto	Lethbridge (WCHL)
30	Jim Hamilton	Right wing		Pittsburgh	London (OMJHL)
31	Brian Hill	Right wing		Atlanta	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
32	Ron Areshenkoff	Centre		Buffalo	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
33	John Tonelli	Centre		New York Islanders	Houston (WHA)
34	Dave Parro	Goaltender		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. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

Round three[]

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

Round four[]

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

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

Round six[]

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

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		Colorado	London (OMJHL)
111	Rollie Boutin	Goaltender		Washington	Lethbridge (WCHL)
112	Ray Creasy	Centre		Vancouver	New Westminster (WCHL)
113	Mark Toffolo	Defence	United States	Cleveland	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
114	Floyd Lahache	Defence		Chicago	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
115	Jean-Pierre Sanvido	Goaltender		Minnesota	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
116	Bob Sullivan	Left wing		New York Rangers	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
117	Matti Forss	Centre	Finland	St. Louis	Rauma (Finland)
118	Bob Gould	Right wing		Atlanta	New Hampshire (ECAC)
119	Lynn Jorgenson	Left wing		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		Philadelphia	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
124	Richard Sevigny	Goaltender		Montreal	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
^{Reference: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

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		Colorado	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
127	Brent Tremblay	Defence		Washington	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
128	Grant Eakin	Left wing		Cleveland	Lethbridge (WCHL)
129	Jeff Geiger	Defence		Chicago	Ottawa (OMJHL)
130	Greg Tebbutt	Defence		Minnesota	Regina (WCHL)
131	Lance Nethery	Centre		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		Toronto	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
135	Pete Peeters	Goaltender		Philadelphia	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
136	Clint Eccles	Left wing		Philadelphia	Kamloops (WCHL)
137	Keith Hendrickson	Defence	United States	Montreal	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
138	Mario Claude	Defence		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. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

Round nine[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
141	Kip Churchill	Centre		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		Chicago	Laval (QMJHL)
145	Keith Hanson	Defence	United States	Minnesota	Austin (MWJHL)
146	Alex Jeans	Centre		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		Toronto	St. Lawrence (ECAC)
150	Tom Bauer	Left wing	United States	Philadelphia	Providence (ECAC)
151	Michel Bauman	Left wing		Philadelphia	Hull (QMJHL)
152	Barry Borrett	Goaltender		Montreal	Cornwall (QMJHL)
153	Bruce Crowder	Right wing		Philadelphia	New Hampshire (ECAC)
154	Sid Tanchak	Centre		Montreal	Clarkson (ECAC)
^{Reference: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

Round ten[]

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

Round eleven[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
163	Rob Plumb	Left wing		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		Philadelphia	Kitchener (OMJHL)
167	Dan Poulin	Defence		Montreal	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
168	Rod McNair	Defence		Philadelphia	Ohio State (CCHA)
169	Tom McDonell	Centre		Montreal	Ottawa (OMJHL)
^{Reference: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

Round twelve[]

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

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. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

Round fourteen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	NHL team	College/junior/club team
178	Roland Cloutier	Centre	Detroit	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
179	Jean Belisle	Goaltender	Montreal	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
180	Bob Daly	Goaltender	Montreal	Ottawa (OMJHL)
^{Reference: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

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		Montreal	Boston University (ECAC)
183	John Costello	Centre	United States	Montreal	Lowell (ECAC D-II)
^{Reference: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

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. Retrieved on 26 December 2008.}

Round seventeen[]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
185	Grant Morin	Right wing		Detroit	Calgary (WCHL)
^{Reference: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 26 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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