1972 NHL Amateur Draft

Montreal, Quebec - June 8, 1972

Summary statistics

POSITION SPLITNATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUNDTO NHLGPFWDDEFGOA..CAUSSERUFIOTH
Round 193.75%616.175.0%18.8%6.3%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 281.25%225.462.5%37.5%0.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 356.25%236.843.8%43.8%12.5%87.5%6.3%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 450.00%93.462.5%31.3%6.3%93.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 537.50%27.350.0%31.3%18.8%81.3%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 618.75%60.868.8%6.3%25.0%81.3%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 731.25%26.150.0%31.3%18.8%87.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%
Round 818.75%5.150.0%43.8%6.3%93.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 920.00%50.660.0%33.3%6.7%93.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 1025.00%90.462.5%25.0%12.5%87.5%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Round 110.00%0.0100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
TOTAL1145.658.6%30.3%11.2%90.1%7.9%0.7%0.0%0.0%1.3%
TO NHL244.08%41.6%52.2%35.3%43.8%33.3%100.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%
1) Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 90.1% of all drafted players were Canadian).
2) Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 43.8% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

OVERALLPER DRAFT PICK
RkTEAMWAPP1PICKSTO NHLGPGAPGPGAP
1New York Islanders11.631450.0%34666538821535247.646.663.0109.6
2Atlanta Flames15.061040.0%1014200306506101.420.030.650.6
3Montreal Canadiens18.211346.2%25536168821498196.447.467.8115.2
4Vancouver Canucks18.46988.9%1194329383712132.736.642.679.1
5Buffalo Sabres19.22666.7%20874307281158347.871.7121.3193.0
6Philadelphia Flyers32.00955.6%299377111591930332.685.7128.8214.4
7New York Rangers33.231127.3%90725838264082.523.534.758.2
8St. Louis Blues35.76728.6%1473217360577210.431.051.482.4
9Toronto Maple Leafs44.621030.0%1580331522853158.033.152.285.3
10Los Angeles Kings44.90633.3%1021115183298170.219.230.549.7
11Chicago Black Hawks45.45955.6%1262114352466140.212.739.151.8
12Boston Bruins47.10825.0%20930487826.13.86.09.8
13California Golden Seals50.66977.8%908175271446100.919.430.149.6
14Pittsburgh Penguins57.101050.0%132382208290132.38.220.829.0
15Minnesota North Stars59.911225.0%9837108.20.30.60.8
16Detroit Red Wings66.33911.1%49913225.41.01.42.4
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.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
1CABilly Harris1952New York IslandersF897231327558394-19
2CAJacques Richard1952Atlanta FlamesF556160187347307-77
3CADon Lever1952Vancouver CanucksF1020313367680593-248
4CASteve Shutt1952Montreal CanadiensF930424393817410394
5CAJim Schoenfeld1952Buffalo SabresD719512042551132236
6CAMichel Larocque1952Montreal CanadiensG3120181818
7CABill Barber1952Philadelphia FlyersF903420463883623312
8CADave Gardner1952Montreal CanadiensF3507511519041-62
9CAWayne Merrick1952St. Louis BluesF77419126545630323
10CAAl Blanchard1952New York RangersF
11CAGeorge Ferguson1952Toronto Maple LeafsF797160238398431-46
12CAJerry Byers1952Minnesota North StarsF4334715-12
13CAPhil Russell1952Chicago Black HawksD101699325424203847
14CAJohn Van Boxmeer1952Montreal CanadiensD5888427435846527
15CABob MacMillan1952New York RangersF752228349577260-1
16CAMike Bloom1952Boston BruinsF201304777215-82

Round 2

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
17CALorne Henning1952New York IslandersF5437311118410221
18CADwight Bialowas1952Atlanta FlamesD16411465746-20
19CABryan McSheffrey1952Vancouver CanucksF901372044-45
20CADon Kozak1952Los Angeles KingsF4379686182480-39
21CALarry Sacharuk1952New York RangersD15129336242-25
22CATom Cassidy1952California Golden SealsF2634715-4
23CATom Bladon1952Philadelphia FlyersD61073197270392134
24CAJack Lynch1952Pittsburgh PenguinsD38224106130336-196
25CALarry Carriere1952Buffalo SabresD36616749046212
26CAPierre Guite1952Detroit Red WingsF
27CARandy Osburn1952Toronto Maple LeafsF270220-5
28CAStan Weir1952California Golden SealsF642139207346183-83
29CABrian Ogilvie1952Chicago Black HawksF9015213629-23
30CABernie Lukowich1952Pittsburgh PenguinsF79131528340
31CARene Villemure1952New York RangersF
32CAWayne Elder1952Boston BruinsD

Round 3

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
33CABobby Nystrom1952New York IslandersF9002352785131248110
34CAJean Lemieux1952Atlanta FlamesD20423638639-46
35CAPaul Raymer1952Vancouver CanucksF
36CADave Hutchison1952Los Angeles KingsD5841997116155064
37CAJim McMasters1952Buffalo SabresD
38CAPaul Shakes1952California Golden SealsD2104412-13
39CAJim Watson1952Philadelphia FlyersD61338148186492295
40CADenis Herron1952Pittsburgh PenguinsG46209989
41CAJean Hamel1952St. Louis BluesD6992695121766-80
42CABob Krieger1952Detroit Red WingsF
43CADenis Deslauriers1952Toronto Maple LeafsD
44CATerry Ryan1952Minnesota North StarsF
45CAMike Veisor1952Chicago Black HawksG1390332
46CAEd Gilbert1952Montreal CanadiensF16621315222-78
47CAGerry Teeple1952New York RangersF
48CAMichel Boudreau1952Boston BruinsF

Round 4

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
49CARon Smith1952New York IslandersD1111214-7
50CADon Martineau1952Atlanta FlamesF906101663-16
51CARon Homenuke1952Vancouver CanucksF10000-3
52CAJohn Dobie1952Los Angeles KingsD
53CARychard Campeau1952Buffalo SabresD
54CAClaude St. Sauveur1952California Golden SealsF7924244823-7
55CAAl MacAdam1952Philadelphia FlyersF864240351591509-44
56CARon Lalonde1952Pittsburgh PenguinsF3974578123106-104
57CAMurray Myers1952St. Louis BluesF
58CADanny Gruen1952Detroit Red WingsF499132219-6
59CABrian Bowles1952Toronto Maple LeafsD
60CATom Thomson1952Minnesota North StarsD
61CATom Peluso1952Chicago Black HawksF
62CADave Elenbaas1952Montreal CanadiensG
63CADoug Horbul1952New York RangersF41012-3
64CALes Jackson1952Boston BruinsF

Round 5

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
65CARichard Grenier1952New York IslandersF101122-2
66CABill Nyrop1952Montreal CanadiensD207125163101133
67CALarry Bolonchuk1952Vancouver CanucksD74391297-43
68CABernie Germain1952Los Angeles KingsG
69CAGilles Gratton1952Buffalo SabresG4700015
70CATim Jacobs1952California Golden SealsD460101035-3
71CADaryl Fedorak1952Philadelphia FlyersG
72CABrian Walker1952Pittsburgh PenguinsF
73CADave Johnson1952St. Louis BluesF
74CADennis Johnson1952Detroit Red WingsF
75CAMichel Plante1952Toronto Maple LeafsF
76CAChris Ahrens1952Minnesota North StarsD5203384-26
77CARejean Giroux1952Chicago Black HawksF
78CAJohn Martin1952Atlanta FlamesF
79CAMarty Gateman1952New York RangersD
80CABrian Coates1952Boston BruinsF

Round 6

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
81CADerek Black1952New York IslandersF
82CAFrank Blum1952Atlanta FlamesG
83CADave McLelland1952Vancouver CanucksG20000
84CAMike Usitalo1952Los Angeles KingsF
85CAPeter McNab1952Buffalo SabresF955363450813179128
86CAJacques Lefebvre1952California Golden SealsG
87CADavid HastingPhiladelphia FlyersG
88CAJeff Ablett1952Pittsburgh PenguinsF
89CATom Simpson1952St. Louis BluesF
90CABill Miller1952Detroit Red WingsD
91CADave Shardlow1952Toronto Maple LeafsF
92CASteve West1952Minnesota North StarsF
93CARob Palmer1952Chicago Black HawksF1603322
94CAD'Arcy Ryan1952Montreal CanadiensF
95CAKen Ireland1952New York RangersF
96CAPeter Gaw1952Boston BruinsF

Round 7

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
97CARichard Brodeur1952New York IslandersG38508826
98CAScott Smith1952Atlanta FlamesF
99CADanny Gloor1952Vancouver CanucksF20000-2
100CAGlen Toner1952Los Angeles KingsF
101CADon McLaughlin1952New York IslandersF
102CAMike Amodeo1952California Golden SealsD190002-15
103CASerge Beaudoin1952Philadelphia FlyersD30000-1
104CAD'Arcy Keating1952Pittsburgh PenguinsF
105CABrian Coughlin1952St. Louis BluesD
106CAGlen Seperich1952Detroit Red WingsG
107CAMonte MironToronto Maple LeafsD
108CAChris Meloff1952Minnesota North StarsD
109CATerry Smith1952Chicago Black HawksF
110CAYves Archambault1952Montreal CanadiensG
111CAJeff Hunt1952New York RangersF
112CAGordie Clark1952Boston BruinsF80110-5

Round 8

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
113CADerek Kuntz1952New York IslandersF
114CADave Murphy1952Atlanta FlamesF
115CADennis McCord1952Vancouver CanucksD300060
116CAScott MacPhail1952Minnesota North StarsF
117CARene Levasseur1952New York IslandersD
118CABrent Meeke1952California Golden SealsD75922318-25
119CAPat Russell1952Philadelphia FlyersF
120CAYves Bergeron1952Pittsburgh PenguinsF30000-3
121CAGary Winchester1952St. Louis BluesF
122CAMichael Ford1952Detroit Red WingsD
123CAPeter Williams1952Toronto Maple LeafsF
124CABob Lundeen1952Minnesota North StarsD
125CABilly Reay1952Chicago Black HawksF
126CAGraham Parsons1952Montreal CanadiensG
127CAYvon Blais1952New York RangersD
128CARoy Carmichael1952Boston BruinsD

Round 9

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
129CAYvan Rolando1952New York IslandersF
130CAPierre Roy1952Atlanta FlamesD
131CASteve Stone1952Vancouver CanucksF20000-2
132CAJean Lamarre1952Atlanta FlamesF
133CABill Ennos1952New York IslandersF
134CADenis Meloche1952California Golden SealsF
135CARaynald Boutin1952Philadelphia FlyersG
136CAJay Babcock1952Pittsburgh PenguinsF
137CAPierre Archambault1952New York RangersD
138CAGeorge Kuzmicz1952Detroit Red WingsD
139CAPat Boutette1952Toronto Maple LeafsF7561712824531354-111
140CAGlen Mikkelson1952Minnesota North StarsF
141CAGary Donaldson1952Chicago Black HawksD100001
142CAEddie Bumbacco1952Montreal CanadiensF
143CAGarry Schofield1952Toronto Maple LeafsD

Round 10

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
144CAGarry Howatt1952New York IslandersF720112156268183640
145CASteve Lyon1952Minnesota North StarsD300020
146CARene Lambert1952New York IslandersF
147CAJuri Kudrasovs1952Minnesota North StarsF
148CAMarcel Comeau1952Minnesota North StarsF
149CADon Atchison1943Pittsburgh PenguinsG
150CADave Arundel1952Detroit Red WingsD
151CAFrederick RiggallMontreal CanadiensF

Round 11

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
152CARon LeBlanc1949Montreal CanadiensF

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