1966 NHL Amateur Draft

Montreal, Quebec - April 25, 1966

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	100.00%	465.3	50.0%	33.3%	16.7%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 2	33.33%	169.8	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 3	66.67%	406.2	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 4	33.33%	64.3	66.7%	16.7%	16.7%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL¹		276.4	58.3%	33.3%	8.3%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TO NHL²	58.33%		64.3%	50.0%	50.0%	58.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 100.0% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 58.3% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
Rk	TEAM	WAPP¹	PICKS	TO NHL	GP	G	A	P	GP	G	A	P
1	Boston Bruins	3.14	4	100.0%	2154	250	604	854	538.5	62.5	151.0	213.5
2	New York Rangers	5.36	4	100.0%	2623	587	1186	1773	655.8	146.8	296.5	443.3
3	Chicago Black Hawks	7.16	4	25.0%	14	0	0	0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	8.73	4	50.0%	436	28	108	136	109.0	7.0	27.0	34.0
5	Montreal Canadiens	10.17	4	50.0%	1105	151	315	466	276.3	37.8	78.8	116.5
6	Detroit Red Wings	11.52	4	25.0%	302	60	51	111	75.5	15.0	12.8	27.8

¹⁾ The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1	Barry Gibbs	1948	Boston Bruins	D	797	58	224	282	945	-115
2	Brad Park	1948	New York Rangers	D	1113	213	683	896	1429	363
3	Terry Caffery	1949	Chicago Black Hawks	F	14	0	0	0	0	-2
4	John Wright	1948	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	127	16	36	52	67	-21
5	Phil Myre	1948	Montreal Canadiens	G	439	0	10	10	99
6	Steve Atkinson	1948	Detroit Red Wings	F	302	60	51	111	104	-50

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
7	Rick Smith	1948	Boston Bruins	D	687	52	167	219	558	181
8	Joey Johnston	1949	New York Rangers	F	332	85	106	191	320	-123
9	Ron Dussiaume	1948	Chicago Black Hawks	F
10	Cam Crosby	1949	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
11	Moe St. Jacques	1948	Montreal Canadiens	F
12	Jim Whittaker	1948	Detroit Red Wings	D

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
13	Garnet Bailey	1948	Boston Bruins	F	568	107	171	278	633	-76
14	Don Luce	1948	New York Rangers	F	894	225	328	553	364	195
15	Larry Gibbons	1948	Chicago Black Hawks	D
16	Rick Ley	1948	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	309	12	72	84	528	-14
17	Jude Drouin	1948	Montreal Canadiens	F	666	151	305	456	346	8
18	Lee Carpenter	1949	Detroit Red Wings	D

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
19	Tom Webster	1948	Boston Bruins	F	102	33	42	75	61	-52
20	Jack Egers	1949	New York Rangers	F	284	64	69	133	154	0
21	Brian Morenz	1949	Chicago Black Hawks	F
22	Dale MacLeish	1948	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
23	Bob Pate	1948	Montreal Canadiens	D
24	Grant Cole	1949	Detroit Red Wings	G

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