1976 NHL Amateur Draft

General information

Date(s)

June 1, 1976

Location

NHL Amateur Draft
< 1975	1977 >

The 1976 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec on June 1, 1976. It is notable as featuring one of the weakest first rounds in draft history, as only two players (Rick Green and Bernie Federko) played more than 450 career NHL games. In 2002, Federko was elected into the Hockey Hall-of-Fame after playing fourteen seasons (1976–1990), with 13 of those with the St. Louis Blues. 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 on July 15 of that year.

Selections by round

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

= NHL All-Star^[1]

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

= Hall of Famers

Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Rick Green	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	London Knights (OHA)
2	Blair Chapman	Right Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3	Glen Sharpley	Centre	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
4	Fred Williams	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5	Bjorn Johansson	Defence	Sweden	California Golden Seals	Örebro IK (Sweden)
6	Don Murdoch	Right Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	Bernie Federko	Forward	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
8	David Shand	Defence	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	Real Cloutier	Forward	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)
10	Harold Phillipoff	Left Wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
11	Paul Gardner	Centre	Canada	Kansas City Scouts	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
12	Peter Lee	Right Wing	United Kingdom Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
13	Rod Schutt	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
14	Alex McKendry	Forward	Canada	New York Islanders	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
15	Greg Carroll	Centre	Canada	Washington Capitals	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
16	Clayton Pachal	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
17	Mark Suzor	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
18	Bruce Baker	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Greg Malone	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
20	Brian Sutter	Left Wing	Canada	St. Louis	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
21	Steve Clippingdale	Left Wing	Canada	Los Angeles	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
22	Reed Larson	Defence	United States	Detroit	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
23	Vern Stenlund	Centre	Canada	California	London Knights (OMJHL)
24	Dave Farrish	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
25	John Smrke	Left Wing	Canada	St. Louis	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
26	Bob Manno	Defence	Canada	Vancouver	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
27	Jeff McDill	Right Wing	Canada	Chicago	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
28	Bobby Simpson	Left Wing	Canada	Atlanta	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
29	Peter Marsh	Right Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
30	Randy Carlyle	Defence	Canada	Toronto	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
31	Jim Roberts	Left Wing	Canada	Minnesota	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
32	Mike Kaszycki	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
33	Joe Kowal	Left Wing	Canada	Buffalo	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
34	Lorry Gloeckner	Defence	Canada	Boston	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
35	Drew Callander	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia	Regina Pats (WCHL)
36	Barry Melrose	Defence	Canada	Montreal	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
37	Tom Rowe	Right Wing	United States	Washington	London Knights (OMJHL)
38	Mike Kitchen	Defence	Canada	Kansas City	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
39	Don Jackson	Defence	United States	Minnesota	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
40	Fred Berry	Centre	Canada	Detroit	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
41	Mike Fidler	Left Wing	United States	California	Boston University (ECAC)
42	Mike McEwen	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
43	Jim Kirkpatrick	Defence	Canada	St. Louis	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
44	Rob Flockhart	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
45	Thomas Gradin	Centre	Sweden	Chicago	Ornskoldsvik (Sweden)
46	Rick Hodgson	Defence	Canada	Atlanta	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
47	Morris Lukowich	Left Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
48	Alain Belanger	Right Wing	Canada	Toronto	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
49	Don Moores	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
50	Garth MacGuigan	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
51	Ron Zanussi	Right Wing	Canada	Minnesota	London Knights (OMJHL)
52	Gary McFadyen	Right Wing	Canada	Toronto	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
53	Craig Hanmer	Defence	United States	Philadelphia	Mohawk Valley Comets (NAJHL)
54	Bill Baker	Defence	United States	Montreal	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
55	Al Glendinnin	Defence	Canada	Washington	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
56	Mike Liut	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
57	Mike Fedorko	Defence	Canada	Minnesota	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
58	Kevin Schamehorn	Right Wing	Canada	Detroit	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
59	Warren Young	Centre	Canada	California	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
60	Claude Periard	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
61	Paul Skidmore	Goaltender	United States	St. Louis	Boston College (ECAC)
62	Elmer Ray	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
63	Dave Debol	Centre	United States	Chicago	University of Michigan (WCHA)
64	Kent Nilsson	Right Wing	Sweden	Atlanta	Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)
65	Greg Redquest	Goaltender	Canada	Pittsburgh	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
66	Tim Williams	Defence	Canada	Toronto	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
67	Bob Mears	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
68	Ken Morrow	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
69	Rocky Maze	Left Wing	Canada	Buffalo	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
70	Bob Miller	Centre	United States	Boston	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
71	Dave Hynek	Left Wing	Canada	Philadelphia	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
72	Ed Clarey	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
73	Doug Patey	Right Wing	Canada	Washington	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
74	Rick McIntyre	Left Wing	Canada	Kansas City	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
75	Phil Verchota	Left Wing	United States	Minnesota	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
76	Dwight Schofield	Defence	United States	Detroit	London Knights (OMJHL)
77	Darcy Regier	Defence	Canada	California	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
78	Doug Caines	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
79	Cal Sandbeck	Defence	United States	California	University of Denver (WCHA)
80	Rick Durston	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
81	Terry McDonald	Centre	Canada	Chicago	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
82	Mark Earp	Goaltender	Canada	Atlanta	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
83	Brendan Lowe	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
84	Greg Hotham	Defence	Canada	Toronto	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
85	Rob Palmer	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles	University of Michigan (WCHA)
86	Mike Hordy	Defence	Canada	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
87	Ron Roscoe	Defence	Canada	Buffalo	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
88	Peter Vandemark	Left Wing	Canada	Boston	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
89	Robin Lan	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia	Cornell University (ECAC)
90	Maurice Barrette	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
91	Jim Bedard	Goaltender	Canada	Washington	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
92	Larry Skinner	Centre	Canada	Kansas City	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
93	Dave Delich	Centre	United States	Minnesota	Colorado College (WCHA)
94	Tony Horvath	Defence	Canada	Detroit	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
95	Jouni Rinne	Right Wing	Finland	California	Rauma (Finland)
96	Barry Scully	Right Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
97	Nels Goddard	Defence	Canada	St. Louis	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
98	Rob Tudor	Right Wing	Canada	Vancouver	Regina Pats (WCHL)
99	John Peterson	Goaltender	Canada	Chicago	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
100	Don Wilson	Defence	Canada	Washington	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL)
101	Vic Sirko	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
102	Dan Djakalovi	Centre	Canada	Toronto	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
103	Larry McRae	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
104	Yvon Vautour	Right Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Laval National (QMJHL)
105	Don Lemieux	Defence	Canada	Buffalo	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
106	Ted Olson	Left Wing	Canada	Boston	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
107	Paul Klasinski	Left Wing	United States	Philadelphia	St. Paul Vulcans (MWJHL)
108	Pierre Brassard	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round seven

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

Round eight

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

Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
124	Dave Dornseif	Defence	United States	St. Louis	Providence College (ECAC)
125	Bruce Horsch	Goaltender	United States	Montreal	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
126	Brad Wilson	Centre	United States	St. Louis	Providence College (ECAC)
127	John Tavella	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
128	Dan Hoene	Right Wing	United States	St. Louis	University of Michigan (WCHA)
129	Mark Davidson	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 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	Canada	Montreal	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1976 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 23 December 2008.}

Round thirteen

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