1970 NHL Amateur Draft

Montreal, Quebec - June 11, 1970

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	92.86%	564.1	71.4%	21.4%	7.1%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 2	85.71%	320.3	78.6%	14.3%	7.1%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 3	64.29%	195.1	57.1%	35.7%	7.1%	92.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 4	50.00%	36.1	71.4%	21.4%	7.1%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 5	50.00%	130.2	50.0%	28.6%	21.4%	92.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 6	30.77%	7.5	69.2%	30.8%	0.0%	92.3%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 7	30.77%	37.8	46.2%	38.5%	15.4%	84.6%	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 8	40.00%	55.0	40.0%	30.0%	30.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 9	0.00%	0.0	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 10	100.00%	96.0	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 11	0.00%	0.0	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 12	0.00%	0.0	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 13	0.00%	0.0	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 14	0.00%	0.0	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL¹		162.4	60.0%	29.6%	10.4%	93.9%	6.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TO NHL²	53.04%		56.5%	44.1%	58.3%	52.8%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 93.9% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 52.8% 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	Buffalo Sabres	7.58	9	44.4%	1578	556	856	1412	175.3	61.8	95.1	156.9
2	Vancouver Canucks	9.24	6	50.0%	757	99	245	344	126.2	16.5	40.8	57.3
3	Boston Bruins	11.26	10	60.0%	3038	760	829	1589	303.8	76.0	82.9	158.9
4	Montreal Canadiens	18.43	9	22.2%	646	134	190	324	71.8	14.9	21.1	36.0
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	29.92	8	62.5%	2589	802	938	1740	323.6	100.3	117.3	217.5
6	Chicago Black Hawks	30.66	5	100.0%	1854	205	334	539	370.8	41.0	66.8	107.8
7	California Golden Seals	31.34	8	62.5%	1424	178	396	574	178.0	22.3	49.5	71.8
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	32.16	10	70.0%	1044	253	264	517	104.4	25.3	26.4	51.7
9	Detroit Red Wings	34.53	7	71.4%	822	209	282	491	117.4	29.9	40.3	70.1
10	New York Rangers	35.91	8	50.0%	1080	282	370	652	135.0	35.3	46.3	81.5
11	Minnesota North Stars	38.19	8	62.5%	976	37	153	190	122.0	4.6	19.1	23.8
12	Philadelphia Flyers	47.20	8	37.5%	1736	328	445	773	217.0	41.0	55.6	96.6
13	Los Angeles Kings	49.81	6	66.7%	964	78	106	184	160.7	13.0	17.7	30.7
14	St. Louis Blues	67.97	13	23.1%	168	24	38	62	12.9	1.8	2.9	4.8

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	Gilbert Perreault	1950	Buffalo Sabres	F	1191	512	814	1326	500	41
2	Dale Tallon	1950	Vancouver Canucks	D	642	98	238	336	568	-113
3	Reggie Leach	1950	Boston Bruins	F	934	381	285	666	387	127
4	Rick MacLeish	1950	Boston Bruins	F	846	349	410	759	434	154
5	Ray Martyniuk	1950	Montreal Canadiens	G
6	Chuck Lefley	1950	Montreal Canadiens	F	407	128	164	292	137	53
7	Greg Polis	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	615	174	169	343	391	-82
8	Darryl Sittler	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	1096	484	637	1121	948	57
9	Ron Plumb	1950	Boston Bruins	D	26	3	4	7	14	10
10	Chris Oddleifson	1950	California Golden Seals	F	524	95	191	286	464	-17
11	Norm Gratton	1950	New York Rangers	F	201	39	45	84	64	-29
12	Serge Lajeunesse	1950	Detroit Red Wings	F	103	1	4	5	103	-43
13	Bob Stewart	1950	Boston Bruins	D	575	27	101	128	809	-257
14	Dan Maloney	1950	Chicago Black Hawks	F	737	192	259	451	1489	47

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
15	Butch Deadmarsh	1950	Buffalo Sabres	F	137	12	5	17	155	-23
16	Jim Hargreaves	1950	Vancouver Canucks	D	66	1	7	8	105	-34
17	Fred Harvey	1950	Minnesota North Stars	F
18	Bill Clement	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	F	719	148	208	356	383	-21
19	Pete Laframboise	1950	California Golden Seals	F	227	33	55	88	70	-89
20	Fred Barrett	1950	Minnesota North Stars	D	745	25	123	148	671	-107
21	John Stewart	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	258	58	60	118	158	-64
22	Errol Thompson	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	599	208	185	393	184	-15
23	Murray Keogan	1950	St. Louis Blues	F
24	Al McDonough	1950	Los Angeles Kings	F	237	73	88	161	73	3
25	Mike Murphy	1950	New York Rangers	F	831	238	318	556	514	5
26	Bob Guindon	1950	Detroit Red Wings	F	6	0	1	1	0	2
27	Dan Bouchard	1950	Boston Bruins	G	656	0	28	28	255
28	Michel Archambault	1950	Chicago Black Hawks	F	3	0	0	0	0	-3

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
29	Steve Cuddie	1950	Buffalo Sabres	D
30	Ed Dyck	1950	Vancouver Canucks	G	49	0	0	0	0
31	Steve Carlyle	1950	Montreal Canadiens	D
32	Bob Kelly	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	F	837	154	208	362	1454	109
33	Randy Rota	1950	California Golden Seals	F	212	38	39	77	60	-83
34	Dennis Patterson	1950	Minnesota North Stars	D	138	6	22	28	67	-85
35	Larry Bignell	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	20	0	3	3	2	-3
36	Gerry O'Flaherty	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	438	99	95	194	168	-32
37	Ron Climie	1950	St. Louis Blues	F
38	Terry Holbrook	1950	Los Angeles Kings	F	43	3	6	9	4	-7
39	Wendell Bennett	1950	New York Rangers	F
40	Yvon Lambert	1950	Detroit Red Wings	F	683	206	273	479	340	142
41	Ray Brownlee	1950	Boston Bruins	F
42	Len Frig	1950	Chicago Black Hawks	D	311	13	51	64	479	-65

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
43	Randy Wyrozub	1950	Buffalo Sabres	F	100	8	10	18	10	-13
44	Brent Taylor	1950	Vancouver Canucks	F
45	Cal Hammond	1950	Montreal Canadiens	G
46	Jacques Lapierre	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	D
47	Ted McAneeley	1950	California Golden Seals	D	158	8	35	43	141	-64
48	Dave Cressman	1950	Minnesota North Stars	F	85	6	8	14	37	-2
49	Connie Forey	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	4	0	0	0	2	-1
50	Bob Gryp	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	74	11	13	24	33	-44
51	Gord Brooks	1950	St. Louis Blues	F	70	7	18	25	37	-19
52	John French	1950	Montreal Canadiens	F
53	Andre St. Pierre	1950	New York Rangers	D
54	Tom Johnston	1950	Detroit Red Wings	F
55	Gord Davies		Boston Bruins	F
56	Walt Ledingham	1950	Chicago Black Hawks	F	15	0	2	2	4	-4

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
57	Mike Morton	1950	Buffalo Sabres	F
58	Bill McFadden	1950	Vancouver Canucks	F
59	Billy Smith	1950	Los Angeles Kings	G	679	1	12	13	475
60	Doug Kerslake	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	F
61	Ray Gibbs	1950	California Golden Seals	G
62	Hank Lehvonen	1950	Minnesota North Stars	D	4	0	0	0	0	4
63	Steve Cardwell	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	53	9	11	20	35	-6
64	Luc Simard	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
65	Michael Stevens	1950	St. Louis Blues	D
66	Rick Wilson	1950	Montreal Canadiens	D	239	6	26	32	165	-10
67	Gary Coalter	1950	New York Rangers	F	34	2	4	6	2	-12
68	Tom Mellor	1950	Detroit Red Wings	D	26	2	4	6	25	-9
69	Bob Roselle	1950	Boston Bruins	F
70	Gilles Meloche	1950	Chicago Black Hawks	G	788	0	22	22	109

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
71	Mike Keeler	1950	Buffalo Sabres	D
72	Dave Gilmour	1950	Vancouver Canucks	F
73	Gerry Bradbury	1950	Los Angeles Kings	F
74	Dennis Giannini	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	F
75	Doug Moyes	1950	California Golden Seals	F
76	Murray McNeil	1950	Minnesota North Stars	F
77	Bob Fitchner	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	78	12	20	32	59	-25
78	Cal Booth	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
79	Claude Moreau	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
80	Bob Brown	1950	Montreal Canadiens	D
81	Duane Wylie	1950	New York Rangers	F	14	3	3	6	2	-5
82	Bernie MacNeil	1950	Detroit Red Wings	F	4	0	0	0	0	1
83	Murray Wing	1950	Boston Bruins	D	1	0	1	1	0	-2

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
84	Tim Regan	1949	Buffalo Sabres	G
85	Jack Taggart	1950	St. Louis Blues	D
86	Brian Carlin	1950	Los Angeles Kings	F	5	1	0	1	0	0
87	Hank Nowak	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	F	180	26	29	55	161	-37
88	Terry Murray	1950	California Golden Seals	D	303	4	76	80	199	-20
89	Gary Geldart	1950	Minnesota North Stars	D	4	0	0	0	5	-3
90	Jim Pearson	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
91	Paul Larose	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
92	Terry Marshall	1950	St. Louis Blues	D
93	Bob Fowler	1950	Montreal Canadiens	F
94	Mervin Bell	1950	New York Rangers	G
95	Ed Hays	1950	Detroit Red Wings	F
96	Glenn Siddall	1950	Boston Bruins	F

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
97	Doug Rombough	1950	Buffalo Sabres	F	150	24	27	51	80	8
98	Brian Chinnick	1950	Los Angeles Kings	F
99	Gary Cunningham	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	D
100	Alan Henry	1950	California Golden Seals	D
101	Mickey Donaldson	1950	Minnesota North Stars	F
102	Cam Newton	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	G	16	0	1	1	6
103	Ron Low	1950	Toronto Maple Leafs	G	382	0	8	8	45
104	Dave Tataryn	1950	St. Louis Blues	G	2	0	0	0	0
105	Ric Jordan	1950	Montreal Canadiens	D
106	Pierre Brind'Amour	1950	New York Rangers	F

Round 9

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos
107	Luc Nadeau	1950	Buffalo Sabres	F
108	Bob Winograd	1950	St. Louis Blues	D
109	Jean Daigle	1950	Philadelphia Flyers	F
110	Ron Lemieux	1950	Pittsburgh Penguins	D

Round 10

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
111		Mike Lampman	1950	St. Louis Blues	F	96	17	20	37	34	-15

Round 11

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
112		Jeff Rotsch	1950	St. Louis Blues	D

Round 12

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
113		Al Calver	1950	St. Louis Blues	D

Round 13

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
114		Jerry MacDonald	1950	St. Louis Blues	D

Round 14

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
115		Gerald Haines		St. Louis Blues	F

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