1968 NHL Amateur Draft

General information

Date(s)

June 13, 1968

Location

NHL Amateur Draft
< 1967	1969 >

The 1968 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1968 NHL Entry Draft.

= NHL All-Star^[1]

= Hall of Famers

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Michel Plasse	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Drummondville Rangers (QJHL)
2	Roger Belisle	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal North Beavers (LHIQ)
3	Jim Pritchard	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
4	Garry Swain	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5	Jim Benzelock	Right Wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
6	Gary Edwards	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
7	Jim McInally	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
8	Lew Morrison	Right Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
9	John Marks	Left Wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (NCAA)
10	Brad Selwood	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
11	Steve Andrascik	Right Wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
12	Danny Schock	Left Wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1968 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 14 December 2008.}

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
13	Doug Smith	Centre	Canada	Oakland Seals	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
14	Ron Snell	Right Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regina Pats (WCHL)
15	Marc Rioux	Centre	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Verdun Maple Leafs (QJHL)
16	Curt Bennett	Left Wing	United States	St. Louis Blues	Brown Bears (NCAA)
17	Herb Boxer	Right Wing	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)
18	Fraser Rice	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Halifax Colonels (MVJHL)
19	Bruce Buchanan	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Weyburn Red Wings (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1968 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 14 December 2008.}

Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
20	Jim Trewin	Defence	Canada	Oakland Seals	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
21	Dave Simpson	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL)
22	Glen Lindsay	Goaltender	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
23	Don Grierson	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	North Bay Trappers (NOJHL)
24	Brian St. John	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Toronto Varsity Blues (CIAU)
^{Reference: "1968 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 14 December 2008.}

= NHL All-Star^[1]

= Hall of Famers

References

1 2 Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

External links

National Hockey League drafts

NHL Amateur Draft (1963–1978)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

NHL Entry Draft (1979–present)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Entry Draft broadcasters

NHL Supplemental Drafts (1986–1994)	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

NHL Expansion Drafts	1967 1970 1972 1974 1978 Dispersal 1979 1991 Expansion and Dispersal 1992 1993 1998 1999 2000

1968–69 NHL season

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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