1971 NHL Amateur Draft

General information

Date(s)

June 10, 1971

Location

NHL Amateur Draft
< 1970	1972 >

The 1971 NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 10, 1971 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft.

= NHL All-Star^[1]

= NHL All-Star^[1] and NHL All-Star Team

= Hall of Famers

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Guy Lafleur	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
2	Marcel Dionne	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
3	Jocelyn Guevremont	Defence	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
4	Gene Carr	Centre	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
5	Rick Martin	Left Wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
6	Ron Jones	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
7	Chuck Arnason	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
8	Larry Wright	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Regina Pats (WCHL)
9	Pierre Plante	Right Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
10	Steve Vickers	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
11	Murray Wilson	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
12	Dan Spring	Centre	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
13	Steve Durbano	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
14	Terry O'Reilly	Right Wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
15	Ken Baird	Defence	Canada	California Golden Seals	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
16	Henry Boucha	Centre	United States	Detroit Red Wings	US National Development Team
17	Bobby Lalonde	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
18	Brian McKenzie	Left Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	St Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
19	Craig Ramsay	Left Wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
20	Larry Robinson	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
21	Rod Norrish	Left Wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Regina Pats (WCHL)
22	Rick Kehoe	Right Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
23	Dave Fortier	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	St Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
24	Michel DeGuise	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
25	Terry French	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
26	Dave Kryskow	Left Wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
27	Tom Williams	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
28	Curt Ridley	Goaltender	Canada	Boston Bruins	Portage Terriers (MJHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
29	Rich Leduc	Centre	Canada	California Golden Seals	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
30	Ralph Hopiavuori	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
31	Jim Cahoon	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
32	Joe Noris	Defence	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
33	Bill Hajt	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
34	Vic Venasky	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	University of Denver (WCHA)
35	Ron Wilson	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
36	Glen Irwin	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
37	Gavin Kirk	Centre	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
38	John Garrett	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
39	Richard Lemieux	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
40	Bob Peppler	Left Wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	St Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
41	Terry West	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	London Knights (OHA)
42	Dave Bonter	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
43	Hartland Monahan	Right Wing	Canada	California Golden Seals	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
44	George Hulme	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	St Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
45	Ed Sidebottom	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
46	Gerry Methe	Left Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
47	Bob Richer	Centre	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
48	Neil Komadoski	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
49	Mike Legge	Left Wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
50	Ted Scharf	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
51	Rick Cunningham	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
52	Derek Harker	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
53	Greg Hubick	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
54	Clyde Simon	Right Wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	St Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
55	Jerry Butler	Right Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
56	Dave Hynes	Left Wing	United States	Boston Bruins	Harvard University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
57	Ray Belanger	Goaltender	Canada	California Golden Seals	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
58	Earl Anderson	Right Wing	United States	Detroit Red Wings	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
59	Mike McNiven	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Halifax Jr. Canadians (NSJHL)
60	Dave Murphy	Goaltender	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
61	Steve Warr	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Clarkson University (ECAC)
62	Gary Crosby	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
63	Brian McBratney	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	St Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
64	Don McCullouch	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
65	Bob Sykes	Left Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Sudbury Wolves (NOHA)
66	Wayne Gibbs	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
67	Mike Busniuk	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	University of Denver (WCHA)
68	Dean Blais	Left Wing	United States	Chicago Black Hawks	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
69	Fraser Robertson	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Lethbridge Sugar Kings (AJHL)
70	Bert Scott	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
71	Gerry Egers	Defence	Canada	California Golden Seals	Sudbury Wolves (NOHA)
72	Charlie Shaw	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
73	Tim Steeves	Defence	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Charlottetown Royals (NBSHL)
74	Ian Williams	Right Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
75	Pierre Duguay	Centre	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
76	Camille LaPierre	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
77	Alan Globensky	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
78	Yvon Bilodeau	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
79	Mike Ruest	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
80	Bernie Doan	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
81	Ross Butler	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
82	Jim Johnston	Centre	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
83	Wayne Wood	Goaltender	Canada	New York Rangers	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
84	Bob McMahon	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	St Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round seven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
85	Al Simmons	Defence	Canada	California Golden Seals	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
86	Jim Nahrgang	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
87	Bill Green	Defence	United States	Vancouver Canucks	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
88	Doug Elliott	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Harvard University (ECAC)
89	Peter Harasym	Left Wing	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Clarkson University (ECAC)
90	Norm Dube	Left Wing	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
91	Bruce Abbey	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
92	Bobby Gerard	Right Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Regina Pats (WCHL)
93	Dale Smedsmo	Left Wing	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Bemidji State University (WCHA)
94	Dave Smith	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Regina Pats (WCHL)
95	Peter Sullivan	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
96	Doug Keeler	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
97	Jean-Denis Royal	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Saint-Jérôme Alouettes (QMJHL)
98	Steve Johnson	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Verdun Maple Leafs (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round eight

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
99	Angus Beck	Centre	Canada	California Golden Seals	Charlottetown Royals (NBSHL)
100	Bob Boyd	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Michigan State University (WCHA)
101	Norm Cherrey	Right Wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
102	Bob Murphy	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
103	Lorne Stamler	Left Wing	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
104	Rod Lyons	Left Wing	Canada	California Golden Seals	Halifax Colonels (NSJHL)
105	Russ Friesen	Centre	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
106	Jerome Mrazek	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
107	Bob Burns	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Royal Military College (CIAU)
108	Jim Collins	Left Wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
109	Gene Sobchuk	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Regina Pats (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
110	Jim Ivison	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
111	Andre Peloffy	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Rosemont National (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
112	Elston Evoy	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Sault St. Marie Greyhounds (NOHA)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round twelve

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
113	Mike Antonovich	Centre	United States	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
114	Gerry Lecomte	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round thirteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
115	Wayne Forsey	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round fourteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
116	Bill Forrest	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}

Round fifteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
117	Rich Coutu	Goaltender	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Rosemont National (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1971 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 15 December 2008.}