1972 NHL Amateur Draft

Montreal, Quebec - June 8, 1972

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	93.75%	616.1	75.0%	18.8%	6.3%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 2	81.25%	225.4	62.5%	37.5%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 3	56.25%	236.8	43.8%	43.8%	12.5%	87.5%	6.3%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 4	50.00%	93.4	62.5%	31.3%	6.3%	93.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 5	37.50%	27.3	50.0%	31.3%	18.8%	81.3%	18.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 6	18.75%	60.8	68.8%	6.3%	25.0%	81.3%	18.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 7	31.25%	26.1	50.0%	31.3%	18.8%	87.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%
Round 8	18.75%	5.1	50.0%	43.8%	6.3%	93.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 9	20.00%	50.6	60.0%	33.3%	6.7%	93.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 10	25.00%	90.4	62.5%	25.0%	12.5%	87.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 11	0.00%	0.0	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL¹		145.6	58.6%	30.3%	11.2%	90.1%	7.9%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%
TO NHL²	44.08%		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

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
Rk	TEAM	WAPP¹	PICKS	TO NHL	GP	G	A	P	GP	G	A	P
1	New York Islanders	11.63	14	50.0%	3466	653	882	1535	247.6	46.6	63.0	109.6
2	Atlanta Flames	15.06	10	40.0%	1014	200	306	506	101.4	20.0	30.6	50.6
3	Montreal Canadiens	18.21	13	46.2%	2553	616	882	1498	196.4	47.4	67.8	115.2
4	Vancouver Canucks	18.46	9	88.9%	1194	329	383	712	132.7	36.6	42.6	79.1
5	Buffalo Sabres	19.22	6	66.7%	2087	430	728	1158	347.8	71.7	121.3	193.0
6	Philadelphia Flyers	32.00	9	55.6%	2993	771	1159	1930	332.6	85.7	128.8	214.4
7	New York Rangers	33.23	11	27.3%	907	258	382	640	82.5	23.5	34.7	58.2
8	St. Louis Blues	35.76	7	28.6%	1473	217	360	577	210.4	31.0	51.4	82.4
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	44.62	10	30.0%	1580	331	522	853	158.0	33.1	52.2	85.3
10	Los Angeles Kings	44.90	6	33.3%	1021	115	183	298	170.2	19.2	30.5	49.7
11	Chicago Black Hawks	45.45	9	55.6%	1262	114	352	466	140.2	12.7	39.1	51.8
12	Boston Bruins	47.10	8	25.0%	209	30	48	78	26.1	3.8	6.0	9.8
13	California Golden Seals	50.66	9	77.8%	908	175	271	446	100.9	19.4	30.1	49.6
14	Pittsburgh Penguins	57.10	10	50.0%	1323	82	208	290	132.3	8.2	20.8	29.0
15	Minnesota North Stars	59.91	12	25.0%	98	3	7	10	8.2	0.3	0.6	0.8
16	Detroit Red Wings	66.33	9	11.1%	49	9	13	22	5.4	1.0	1.4	2.4

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	Billy Harris	1952	New York Islanders	F	897	231	327	558	394	-19
2	Jacques Richard	1952	Atlanta Flames	F	556	160	187	347	307	-77
3	Don Lever	1952	Vancouver Canucks	F	1020	313	367	680	593	-248
4	Steve Shutt	1952	Montreal Canadiens	F	930	424	393	817	410	394
5	Jim Schoenfeld	1952	Buffalo Sabres	D	719	51	204	255	1132	236
6	Michel Larocque	1952	Montreal Canadiens	G	312	0	18	18	18
7	Bill Barber	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	F	903	420	463	883	623	312
8	Dave Gardner	1952	Montreal Canadiens	F	350	75	115	190	41	-62
9	Wayne Merrick	1952	St. Louis Blues	F	774	191	265	456	303	23
10	Al Blanchard	1952	New York Rangers	F
11	George Ferguson	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	797	160	238	398	431	-46
12	Jerry Byers	1952	Minnesota North Stars	F	43	3	4	7	15	-12
13	Phil Russell	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	D	1016	99	325	424	2038	47
14	John Van Boxmeer	1952	Montreal Canadiens	D	588	84	274	358	465	27
15	Bob MacMillan	1952	New York Rangers	F	752	228	349	577	260	-1
16	Mike Bloom	1952	Boston Bruins	F	201	30	47	77	215	-82

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
17	Lorne Henning	1952	New York Islanders	F	543	73	111	184	102	21
18	Dwight Bialowas	1952	Atlanta Flames	D	164	11	46	57	46	-20
19	Bryan McSheffrey	1952	Vancouver Canucks	F	90	13	7	20	44	-45
20	Don Kozak	1952	Los Angeles Kings	F	437	96	86	182	480	-39
21	Larry Sacharuk	1952	New York Rangers	D	151	29	33	62	42	-25
22	Tom Cassidy	1952	California Golden Seals	F	26	3	4	7	15	-4
23	Tom Bladon	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	D	610	73	197	270	392	134
24	Jack Lynch	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	382	24	106	130	336	-196
25	Larry Carriere	1952	Buffalo Sabres	D	366	16	74	90	462	12
26	Pierre Guite	1952	Detroit Red Wings	F
27	Randy Osburn	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	27	0	2	2	0	-5
28	Stan Weir	1952	California Golden Seals	F	642	139	207	346	183	-83
29	Brian Ogilvie	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	F	90	15	21	36	29	-23
30	Bernie Lukowich	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	79	13	15	28	34	0
31	Rene Villemure	1952	New York Rangers	F
32	Wayne Elder	1952	Boston Bruins	D

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
33	Bobby Nystrom	1952	New York Islanders	F	900	235	278	513	1248	110
34	Jean Lemieux	1952	Atlanta Flames	D	204	23	63	86	39	-46
35	Paul Raymer	1952	Vancouver Canucks	F
36	Dave Hutchison	1952	Los Angeles Kings	D	584	19	97	116	1550	64
37	Jim McMasters	1952	Buffalo Sabres	D
38	Paul Shakes	1952	California Golden Seals	D	21	0	4	4	12	-13
39	Jim Watson	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	D	613	38	148	186	492	295
40	Denis Herron	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	G	462	0	9	9	89
41	Jean Hamel	1952	St. Louis Blues	D	699	26	95	121	766	-80
42	Bob Krieger	1952	Detroit Red Wings	F
43	Denis Deslauriers	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
44	Terry Ryan	1952	Minnesota North Stars	F
45	Mike Veisor	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	G	139	0	3	3	2
46	Ed Gilbert	1952	Montreal Canadiens	F	166	21	31	52	22	-78
47	Gerry Teeple	1952	New York Rangers	F
48	Michel Boudreau	1952	Boston Bruins	F

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
49	Ron Smith	1952	New York Islanders	D	11	1	1	2	14	-7
50	Don Martineau	1952	Atlanta Flames	F	90	6	10	16	63	-16
51	Ron Homenuke	1952	Vancouver Canucks	F	1	0	0	0	0	-3
52	John Dobie	1952	Los Angeles Kings	D
53	Rychard Campeau	1952	Buffalo Sabres	D
54	Claude St. Sauveur	1952	California Golden Seals	F	79	24	24	48	23	-7
55	Al MacAdam	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	F	864	240	351	591	509	-44
56	Ron Lalonde	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	397	45	78	123	106	-104
57	Murray Myers	1952	St. Louis Blues	F
58	Danny Gruen	1952	Detroit Red Wings	F	49	9	13	22	19	-6
59	Brian Bowles	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
60	Tom Thomson	1952	Minnesota North Stars	D
61	Tom Peluso	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	F
62	Dave Elenbaas	1952	Montreal Canadiens	G
63	Doug Horbul	1952	New York Rangers	F	4	1	0	1	2	-3
64	Les Jackson	1952	Boston Bruins	F

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
65	Richard Grenier	1952	New York Islanders	F	10	1	1	2	2	-2
66	Bill Nyrop	1952	Montreal Canadiens	D	207	12	51	63	101	133
67	Larry Bolonchuk	1952	Vancouver Canucks	D	74	3	9	12	97	-43
68	Bernie Germain	1952	Los Angeles Kings	G
69	Gilles Gratton	1952	Buffalo Sabres	G	47	0	0	0	15
70	Tim Jacobs	1952	California Golden Seals	D	46	0	10	10	35	-3
71	Daryl Fedorak	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	G
72	Brian Walker	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
73	Dave Johnson	1952	St. Louis Blues	F
74	Dennis Johnson	1952	Detroit Red Wings	F
75	Michel Plante	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
76	Chris Ahrens	1952	Minnesota North Stars	D	52	0	3	3	84	-26
77	Rejean Giroux	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	F
78	John Martin	1952	Atlanta Flames	F
79	Marty Gateman	1952	New York Rangers	D
80	Brian Coates	1952	Boston Bruins	F

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
81	Derek Black	1952	New York Islanders	F
82	Frank Blum	1952	Atlanta Flames	G
83	Dave McLelland	1952	Vancouver Canucks	G	2	0	0	0	0
84	Mike Usitalo	1952	Los Angeles Kings	F
85	Peter McNab	1952	Buffalo Sabres	F	955	363	450	813	179	128
86	Jacques Lefebvre	1952	California Golden Seals	G
87	David Hasting		Philadelphia Flyers	G
88	Jeff Ablett	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
89	Tom Simpson	1952	St. Louis Blues	F
90	Bill Miller	1952	Detroit Red Wings	D
91	Dave Shardlow	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
92	Steve West	1952	Minnesota North Stars	F
93	Rob Palmer	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	F	16	0	3	3	2	2
94	D'Arcy Ryan	1952	Montreal Canadiens	F
95	Ken Ireland	1952	New York Rangers	F
96	Peter Gaw	1952	Boston Bruins	F

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
97	Richard Brodeur	1952	New York Islanders	G	385	0	8	8	26
98	Scott Smith	1952	Atlanta Flames	F
99	Danny Gloor	1952	Vancouver Canucks	F	2	0	0	0	0	-2
100	Glen Toner	1952	Los Angeles Kings	F
101	Don McLaughlin	1952	New York Islanders	F
102	Mike Amodeo	1952	California Golden Seals	D	19	0	0	0	2	-15
103	Serge Beaudoin	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1
104	D'Arcy Keating	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
105	Brian Coughlin	1952	St. Louis Blues	D
106	Glen Seperich	1952	Detroit Red Wings	G
107	Monte Miron		Toronto Maple Leafs	D
108	Chris Meloff	1952	Minnesota North Stars	D
109	Terry Smith	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	F
110	Yves Archambault	1952	Montreal Canadiens	G
111	Jeff Hunt	1952	New York Rangers	F
112	Gordie Clark	1952	Boston Bruins	F	8	0	1	1	0	-5

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
113	Derek Kuntz	1952	New York Islanders	F
114	Dave Murphy	1952	Atlanta Flames	F
115	Dennis McCord	1952	Vancouver Canucks	D	3	0	0	0	6	0
116	Scott MacPhail	1952	Minnesota North Stars	F
117	Rene Levasseur	1952	New York Islanders	D
118	Brent Meeke	1952	California Golden Seals	D	75	9	22	31	8	-25
119	Pat Russell	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	F
120	Yves Bergeron	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	3	0	0	0	0	-3
121	Gary Winchester	1952	St. Louis Blues	F
122	Michael Ford	1952	Detroit Red Wings	D
123	Peter Williams	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
124	Bob Lundeen	1952	Minnesota North Stars	D
125	Billy Reay	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	F
126	Graham Parsons	1952	Montreal Canadiens	G
127	Yvon Blais	1952	New York Rangers	D
128	Roy Carmichael	1952	Boston Bruins	D

Round 9

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
129	Yvan Rolando	1952	New York Islanders	F
130	Pierre Roy	1952	Atlanta Flames	D
131	Steve Stone	1952	Vancouver Canucks	F	2	0	0	0	0	-2
132	Jean Lamarre	1952	Atlanta Flames	F
133	Bill Ennos	1952	New York Islanders	F
134	Denis Meloche	1952	California Golden Seals	F
135	Raynald Boutin	1952	Philadelphia Flyers	G
136	Jay Babcock	1952	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
137	Pierre Archambault	1952	New York Rangers	D
138	George Kuzmicz	1952	Detroit Red Wings	D
139	Pat Boutette	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	756	171	282	453	1354	-111
140	Glen Mikkelson	1952	Minnesota North Stars	F
141	Gary Donaldson	1952	Chicago Black Hawks	D	1	0	0	0	0	1
142	Eddie Bumbacco	1952	Montreal Canadiens	F
143	Garry Schofield	1952	Toronto Maple Leafs	D

Round 10

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
144	Garry Howatt	1952	New York Islanders	F	720	112	156	268	1836	40
145	Steve Lyon	1952	Minnesota North Stars	D	3	0	0	0	2	0
146	Rene Lambert	1952	New York Islanders	F
147	Juri Kudrasovs	1952	Minnesota North Stars	F
148	Marcel Comeau	1952	Minnesota North Stars	F
149	Don Atchison	1943	Pittsburgh Penguins	G
150	Dave Arundel	1952	Detroit Red Wings	D
151	Frederick Riggall		Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 11

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
152		Ron LeBlanc	1949	Montreal Canadiens	F

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