1971 NHL Amateur Draft

Montreal, Quebec - June 10, 1971

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	92.86%	539.3	78.6%	21.4%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 2	85.71%	373.0	64.3%	21.4%	14.3%	92.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 3	42.86%	139.3	57.1%	35.7%	7.1%	85.7%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7.1%
Round 4	42.86%	112.8	50.0%	42.9%	7.1%	85.7%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7.1%
Round 5	21.43%	18.1	42.9%	42.9%	14.3%	85.7%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 6	0.00%	0.0	35.7%	57.1%	7.1%	92.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 7	35.71%	18.2	35.7%	64.3%	0.0%	85.7%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 8	25.00%	9.8	66.7%	25.0%	8.3%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 9	50.00%	24.0	75.0%	25.0%	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%
Round 10	0.00%	0.0	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL¹		145.5	53.8%	38.5%	7.7%	89.7%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%
TO NHL²	42.74%		54.0%	28.9%	33.3%	41.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 89.7% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 41.0% 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	Montreal Canadiens	8.13	12	58.3%	3643	1008	1814	2822	303.6	84.0	151.2	235.2
2	Detroit Red Wings	10.97	7	57.1%	1761	808	1120	1928	251.6	115.4	160.0	275.4
3	Vancouver Canucks	16.68	8	37.5%	1486	247	515	762	185.8	30.9	64.4	95.3
4	Buffalo Sabres	17.97	6	66.7%	2612	678	939	1617	435.3	113.0	156.5	269.5
5	St. Louis Blues	20.40	7	28.6%	672	79	142	221	96.0	11.3	20.3	31.6
6	Boston Bruins	20.49	7	57.1%	1071	209	407	616	153.0	29.9	58.1	88.0
7	Philadelphia Flyers	24.05	8	37.5%	706	129	180	309	88.3	16.1	22.5	38.6
8	Chicago Black Hawks	31.22	6	16.7%	231	33	56	89	38.5	5.5	9.3	14.8
9	Pittsburgh Penguins	39.98	6	33.3%	61	3	6	9	10.2	0.5	1.0	1.5
10	California Golden Seals	42.66	8	50.0%	485	89	121	210	60.6	11.1	15.1	26.3
11	New York Rangers	43.71	16	37.5%	1966	473	658	1131	122.9	29.6	41.1	70.7
12	Toronto Maple Leafs	44.01	10	40.0%	1117	379	417	796	111.7	37.9	41.7	79.6
13	Minnesota North Stars	55.09	9	22.2%	108	13	18	31	12.0	1.4	2.0	3.4
14	Los Angeles Kings	62.73	7	57.1%	1105	99	198	297	157.9	14.1	28.3	42.4

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	Guy Lafleur	1951	Montreal Canadiens	F	1126	560	793	1353	399	446
2	Marcel Dionne	1951	Detroit Red Wings	F	1348	731	1040	1771	600	27
3	Jocelyn Guevremont	1951	Vancouver Canucks	D	571	84	223	307	319	22
4	Gene Carr	1951	St. Louis Blues	F	465	79	136	215	365	11
5	Rick Martin	1951	Buffalo Sabres	F	685	384	317	701	477	14
6	Ron Jones	1951	Boston Bruins	D	54	1	4	5	33	-26
7	Chuck Arnason	1951	Montreal Canadiens	F	401	109	90	199	122	-73
8	Larry Wright	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	F	106	4	8	12	19	-22
9	Pierre Plante	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	F	599	125	172	297	599	-33
10	Steve Vickers	1951	New York Rangers	F	698	246	340	586	330	57
11	Murray Wilson	1951	Montreal Canadiens	F	386	94	95	189	162	74
12	Dan Spring	1951	Chicago Black Hawks	F
13	Steve Durbano	1951	New York Rangers	D	220	13	60	73	1127	-22
14	Terry O'Reilly	1951	Boston Bruins	F	891	204	402	606	2095	222

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
15	Ken Baird	1951	California Golden Seals	D	10	0	2	2	15	-10
16	Henry Boucha	1951	Detroit Red Wings	F	247	53	49	102	157	-53
17	Bobby Lalonde	1951	Vancouver Canucks	F	641	124	210	334	298	-38
18	Brian McKenzie	1951	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	6	1	1	2	4	-2
19	Craig Ramsay	1951	Buffalo Sabres	F	1070	252	420	672	201	324
20	Larry Robinson	1951	Montreal Canadiens	D	1384	208	750	958	793	722
21	Rod Norrish	1951	Minnesota North Stars	F	21	3	3	6	2	-5
22	Rick Kehoe	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	906	371	396	767	120	-76
23	Dave Fortier	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	205	8	21	29	335	-2
24	Michel Deguise	1951	Montreal Canadiens	G
25	Terry French	1951	Montreal Canadiens	F
26	Dave Kryskow	1951	Chicago Black Hawks	F	231	33	56	89	174	-33
27	Tom Williams	1951	New York Rangers	F	397	115	138	253	73	8
28	Curt Ridley	1951	Boston Bruins	G	104	0	1	1	17

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
29	Rich Leduc	1951	California Golden Seals	F	130	28	38	66	69	-31
30	Ralph Hopiavuori	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
31	Jim Cahoon	1951	Montreal Canadiens	F
32	Joe Noris	1951	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	55	2	5	7	22	-13
33	Bill Hajt	1951	Buffalo Sabres	D	854	42	202	244	433	320
34	Vic Venasky	1951	Los Angeles Kings	F	430	61	101	162	66	-16
35	Ron Wilson	1951	Minnesota North Stars	D
36	Glen Irwin	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	D
37	Gavin Kirk	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
38	John Garrett	1951	St. Louis Blues	G	207	0	6	6	41
39	Richard Lemieux	1951	Vancouver Canucks	F	274	39	82	121	132	-98
40	Bob Peppler	1951	Chicago Black Hawks	F
41	Terry West	1951	New York Rangers	F
42	Dave Bonter	1951	Boston Bruins	F

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
43	Hartland Monahan	1951	California Golden Seals	F	334	61	80	141	163	-120
44	George Hulme	1951	Detroit Red Wings	G
45	Ed Sidebottom	1951	Montreal Canadiens	D
46	Gerry Methe	1951	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
47	Bob Richer	1951	Buffalo Sabres	F	3	0	0	0	0	0
48	Neil Komadoski	1951	Los Angeles Kings	D	502	16	76	92	632	-33
49	Mike Legge	1951	Minnesota North Stars	D
50	Ted Scharf	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	F
51	Rick Cunningham	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
52	Derek Harker	1951	St. Louis Blues	D
53	Greg Hubick	1951	Montreal Canadiens	D	77	6	9	15	10	-1
54	Clyde Simon	1951	Chicago Black Hawks	F
55	Jerry Butler	1951	New York Rangers	F	641	99	120	219	515	-64
56	Dave Hynes	1951	Boston Bruins	F	22	4	0	4	2	3

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
57	Raynald Belanger	1951	California Golden Seals	G
58	Earl Anderson	1951	Detroit Red Wings	F	109	19	19	38	22	-4
59	Mike McNiven	1951	Vancouver Canucks	F
60	Dave Murphy	1951	Pittsburgh Penguins	G
61	Steve Warr	1951	Buffalo Sabres	D
62	Gary Crosby		Los Angeles Kings	F
63	Brian McBratney	1951	Minnesota North Stars	D
64	Don McCulloch	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	D
65	Bob Sykes	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	2	0	0	0	0	-2
66	Wayne Gibbs	1951	St. Louis Blues	D
67	Mike Busniuk	1951	Montreal Canadiens	D	143	3	23	26	297	66
68	Dean Blais	1951	Chicago Black Hawks	F
69	Fraser Robertson	1951	New York Rangers	D
70	Bert Scott	1951	Boston Bruins	F

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos
71	Gerry Egers	1951	California Golden Seals	D
72	Charlie Shaw	1951	Detroit Red Wings	D
73	Tim Steeves	1951	Vancouver Canucks	D
74	Ian Williams		Pittsburgh Penguins	F
75	Pierre Duguay	1951	Buffalo Sabres	F
76	Camille Lapierre	1951	Los Angeles Kings	F
77	Allan Globensky	1951	Minnesota North Stars	D
78	Yvon Bilodeau	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	D
79	Michel Ruest	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
80	Bernie Doan	1951	St. Louis Blues	D
81	Ross Butler	1951	Montreal Canadiens	F
82	Jim Johnston	1951	Chicago Black Hawks	F
83	Wayne Wood	1951	New York Rangers	G
84	Bob MacMahon	1951	Boston Bruins	D

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
85	Al Simmons	1951	California Golden Seals	D	11	0	1	1	21	-2
86	Jim Nahrgang	1951	Detroit Red Wings	D	57	5	12	17	34	-17
87	Bill Green	1951	Vancouver Canucks	D
88	Doug Elliott	1951	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
89	Peter Harasym	1951	Los Angeles Kings	F
90	Norm Dube	1951	Los Angeles Kings	F	57	8	10	18	54	-12
91	Bruce Abbey	1951	Minnesota North Stars	D
92	Bobby Gerrard	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	F
93	Dale Smedsmo	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	4	0	0	0	0	0
94	Dave Smith	1951	St. Louis Blues	D
95	Pete Sullivan	1951	Montreal Canadiens	F	126	28	54	82	40	-62
96	Doug Keeler	1951	New York Rangers	D
97	Jean-Denis Royal	1951	New York Rangers	D
98	Steve Johnson	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	D

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
99	Angus Beck	1951	California Golden Seals	F
100	Bob Boyd	1951	Detroit Red Wings	D
101	Norm Cherrey	1951	Vancouver Canucks	F
102	Bob Murphy	1951	Vancouver Canucks	F
103	Lorne Stamler	1951	Los Angeles Kings	F	116	14	11	25	16	-36
104	Rod Lyons	1951	California Golden Seals	F
105	Russ Friesen	1951	Minnesota North Stars	F
106	Jerome Mrazek	1951	Philadelphia Flyers	G	1	0	0	0	0
107	Bob Burns	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
108	Jim Collins	1951	St. Louis Blues	F
109	Gene Sobchuk	1951	New York Rangers	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
110	Jim Ivison	1951	New York Rangers	D

Round 9

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
111	Andre Peloffy	1951	New York Rangers	F	9	0	0	0	0	-8
112	Elston Evoy		New York Rangers	F
113	Mike Antonovich	1951	Minnesota North Stars	F	87	10	15	25	37	-27
114	Gerald Lecompte	1951	New York Rangers	D

Round 10

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos
115	Wayne Forsey	1951	New York Rangers	F
116	Bill Forrest		New York Rangers	D
117	Rich Coutu	1951	Minnesota North Stars	G

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