1973 NHL Amateur Draft

Montreal, Quebec - May 15, 1973

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	100.00%	610.1	68.8%	18.8%	12.5%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 2	81.25%	241.2	75.0%	25.0%	0.0%	93.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.3%
Round 3	56.25%	157.1	68.8%	25.0%	6.3%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 4	56.25%	106.4	62.5%	37.5%	0.0%	81.3%	18.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 5	37.50%	32.1	68.8%	25.0%	6.3%	87.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.3%
Round 6	12.50%	49.3	62.5%	37.5%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 7	18.75%	25.8	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	75.0%	18.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.3%
Round 8	25.00%	40.9	81.3%	18.8%	0.0%	93.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 9	40.00%	121.5	33.3%	60.0%	6.7%	86.7%	13.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 10	0.00%	0.0	46.7%	40.0%	13.3%	93.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 11	25.00%	62.4	75.0%	25.0%	0.0%	87.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 12	0.00%	0.0	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
TOTAL¹		134.1	62.5%	30.4%	7.1%	90.5%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.8%
TO NHL²	41.67%		44.8%	37.3%	33.3%	41.5%	38.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 90.5% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 41.5% 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	8.91	10	50.0%	3247	497	1206	1703	324.7	49.7	120.6	170.3
2	Atlanta Flames	17.12	12	58.3%	3197	805	1247	2052	266.4	67.1	103.9	171.0
3	Vancouver Canucks	18.17	11	45.5%	1335	303	503	806	121.4	27.5	45.7	73.3
4	St. Louis Blues	22.90	7	57.1%	1041	84	144	228	148.7	12.0	20.6	32.6
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	23.59	12	25.0%	2022	662	882	1544	168.5	55.2	73.5	128.7
6	Boston Bruins	34.66	11	54.6%	1505	282	425	707	136.8	25.6	38.6	64.3
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	36.01	11	45.5%	2265	400	514	914	205.9	36.4	46.7	83.1
8	New York Rangers	36.13	6	33.3%	1649	640	752	1392	274.8	106.7	125.3	232.0
9	Buffalo Sabres	40.04	8	12.5%	19	0	0	0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Montreal Canadiens	40.82	16	25.0%	1789	331	413	744	111.8	20.7	25.8	46.5
11	Philadelphia Flyers	52.23	11	27.3%	408	29	116	145	37.1	2.6	10.5	13.2
12	Chicago Black Hawks	55.14	12	41.7%	1257	272	286	558	104.8	22.7	23.8	46.5
13	Minnesota North Stars	58.11	12	41.7%	572	132	280	412	47.7	11.0	23.3	34.3
14	Detroit Red Wings	60.38	15	40.0%	1111	197	238	435	74.1	13.1	15.9	29.0
15	Los Angeles Kings	62.07	5	80.0%	251	92	102	194	50.2	18.4	20.4	38.8
16	California Golden Seals	77.20	9	55.6%	860	176	193	369	95.6	19.6	21.4	41.0

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	Denis Potvin	1953	New York Islanders	D	1060	310	742	1052	1356	456
2	Tom Lysiak	1953	Atlanta Flames	F	919	292	551	843	567	-11
3	Dennis Ververgaert	1953	Vancouver Canucks	F	583	176	216	392	247	-68
4	Lanny McDonald	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	1111	500	506	1006	899	39
5	John Davidson	1953	St. Louis Blues	G	301	0	7	7	60
6	Andre Savard	1953	Boston Bruins	F	790	211	271	482	411	120
7	Blaine Stoughton	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	526	258	191	449	204	-93
8	Bob Gainey	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F	1160	239	262	501	585	201
9	Bob Dailey	1953	Vancouver Canucks	D	561	94	231	325	814	62
10	Bob Neely	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	283	39	59	98	266	-75
11	Terry Richardson	1953	Detroit Red Wings	G	20	0	1	1	6
12	Morris Titanic	1953	Buffalo Sabres	F	19	0	0	0	0	-3
13	Darcy Rota	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	F	794	256	239	495	973	9
14	Rick Middleton	1953	New York Rangers	F	1005	448	540	988	157	175
15	Ian Turnbull	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	628	123	317	440	736	23
16	Vic Mercredi	1953	Atlanta Flames	F	2	0	0	0	0	0

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
17	Glenn Goldup	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F	291	52	67	119	303	-20
18	Blake Dunlop	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F	550	130	274	404	172	-13
19	Paulin Bordeleau	1953	Vancouver Canucks	F	183	33	56	89	47	-9
20	Larry Goodenough	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	D	242	22	77	99	179	37
21	Eric Vail	1953	Atlanta Flames	F	591	216	260	476	281	37
22	Pete Marrin	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F
23	Wayne Bianchin	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	276	68	41	109	137	-42
24	George Pesut	1953	St. Louis Blues	D	92	3	22	25	130	-23
25	John Rogers	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F	14	2	4	6	0	0
26	Brent Leavins	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	F
27	Colin Campbell	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	636	25	103	128	1295	-23
28	Jean Landry	1953	Buffalo Sabres	D
29	Reg Thomas	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	F	39	9	7	16	6	-5
30	Pat Hickey	1953	New York Rangers	F	644	192	212	404	351	-91
31	Jimmy Jones	1953	Boston Bruins	F	148	13	18	31	68	3
32	Ron Andruff	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F	153	19	36	55	54	-38

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
33	Dave Lewis	1953	New York Islanders	D	1008	36	187	223	955	91
34	Jeff Jacques	1953	California Golden Seals	F
35	Paul Sheard	1953	Vancouver Canucks	F
36	Doug Gibson	1953	Boston Bruins	F	63	9	19	28	0	4
37	Ed Humphreys	1953	Montreal Canadiens	G
38	Russ Walker	1953	Los Angeles Kings	F	17	1	0	1	41	-2
39	Nelson Pyatt	1953	Detroit Red Wings	F	296	71	63	134	69	-137
40	Robert Stumpf	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	F	10	1	1	2	20	-2
41	Rick Chinnick	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F	4	0	2	2	0	0
42	Mike Clarke	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	F
43	Robbie Neale	1953	Detroit Red Wings	F
44	Andre Deschamps	1953	Buffalo Sabres	F
45	Randy Holt	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	D	395	4	37	41	1438	-74
46	John Campbell	1953	New York Rangers	F
47	Al Sims	1953	Boston Bruins	D	476	49	116	165	286	119
48	Bob Gassoff	1953	St. Louis Blues	D	245	11	47	58	866	-13

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
49	Andre St. Laurent	1953	New York Islanders	F	644	129	187	316	749	5
50	Ron Serafini	1953	California Golden Seals	D	2	0	0	0	2	-2
51	Keith Mackie	1953	Vancouver Canucks	D
52	Frank Rochon	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
53	Dean Talafous	1953	Atlanta Flames	F	497	104	154	258	163	-76
54	Jim McCrimmon	1953	Los Angeles Kings	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
55	Dennis Owchar	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	288	30	85	115	200	-78
56	Alan Hangsleben	1953	Montreal Canadiens	D	185	21	48	69	396	5
57	Tom Colley	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F	1	0	0	0	2	-3
58	Dale Cook	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	F
59	Mike Korney	1953	Detroit Red Wings	F	77	9	10	19	59	-16
60	Yvon Dupuis	1953	Buffalo Sabres	F
61	Dave Elliott	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	F
62	Brian Molvik	1953	New York Rangers	D
63	Steve Langdon	1953	Boston Bruins	F	7	0	1	1	2	-1
64	Richard Latulippe	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
65	Ron Kennedy	1953	New York Islanders	F
66	Jim Moxey	1953	California Golden Seals	F	127	22	27	49	59	-29
67	Paul O'Neil	1953	Vancouver Canucks	F	6	0	0	0	0	-3
68	Gord Titcomb	1951	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
69	John Flesch	1953	Atlanta Flames	F	124	18	23	41	117	-35
70	Dennis Abgrall	1953	Los Angeles Kings	F	13	0	2	2	4	-7
71	Guido Tenisi	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
72	Bill Laing	1953	St. Louis Blues	F
73	Lowell Ostlund	1953	Minnesota North Stars	D
74	Michel Latreille	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	D
75	Blair Stewart	1953	Detroit Red Wings	F	229	34	44	78	326	-72
76	Bob Smulders	1953	Buffalo Sabres	F
77	Dan Hinton	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	F	14	0	0	0	16	-5
78	Pierre Laganiere	1953	New York Rangers	F
79	Peter Crosbie	1953	Boston Bruins	G
80	Gerrard Gibbons	1953	Montreal Canadiens	D

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
81	Keith Smith	1953	New York Islanders	D
82	Willie Trognitz	1953	California Golden Seals	F
83	Jim Cowell	1953	Vancouver Canucks	F
84	Doug Marit	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
85	Ken Houston	1953	Atlanta Flames	F	570	161	167	328	624	-5
86	Blair MacDonald	1953	Los Angeles Kings	F	219	91	100	191	65	-8
87	Don Seiling	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
88	Randy Smith	1953	St. Louis Blues	F
89	David Lee	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F
90	Doug Ferguson	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	D
91	Glen Cickello	1953	Detroit Red Wings	D
92	Neil Korzack	1953	Buffalo Sabres	F
93	Garry Doerksen	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	F
94	Dwayne Pentland	1953	New York Rangers	D
95	Jean-Pierre Burgoyne	1953	Boston Bruins	D
96	Denis Patry	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
97	Don Cutts	1953	New York Islanders	G	6	0	0	0	6
98	Paul Tantardini	1953	California Golden Seals	F
99	Clay Hebenton	1953	Vancouver Canucks	G
100	Dan Follett		Toronto Maple Leafs	G
101	Tom Machowski	1953	Atlanta Flames	D
102	Roly Kimble	1953	Los Angeles Kings	G
103	Terry Ewasiuk	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
104	John Wensink	1953	St. Louis Blues	F	403	70	68	138	840	22
105	Lou Nistico	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F	3	0	0	0	6	0
106	Tom Young	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	F
107	Brian Middleton		Detroit Red Wings	D
108	Bob Young	1953	Buffalo Sabres	D
109	Wayne Dye		Chicago Black Hawks	F
110	Denis Anderson	1953	New York Islanders	D
111	Walter Johnson	1953	Boston Bruins	F
112	Michel Belisle	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
113	Mike Kennedy	1953	New York Islanders	F
114	Bruce Greig	1953	California Golden Seals	F	9	0	1	1	46	-3
115	John Senkpiel	1953	Vancouver Canucks	F
116	Les Burgess	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
117	Bob Law	1953	Atlanta Flames	F
118	Dennis Polonich	1953	Detroit Red Wings	F	390	59	82	141	1242	-77
119	Fred Comrie	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
120	Jean Tetreault	1953	St. Louis Blues	F
121	George Beveridge	1953	Minnesota North Stars	D
122	Norm Barnes	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	D	156	6	38	44	178	-10
123	George Lyle	1953	Detroit Red Wings	F	99	24	38	62	51	-2
124	Tim O'Connell	1953	Buffalo Sabres	F
125	Jim Koleff	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	F
126	Denis Desgagnes	1953	New York Islanders	F
127	Virgil Gates		Boston Bruins	D
128	Mario Desjardins	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 9

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
129	Bob Lorimer	1953	New York Islanders	D	529	22	90	112	433	30
130	Larry Patey	1953	California Golden Seals	F	717	153	163	316	631	-123
131	Peter Folco	1953	Vancouver Canucks	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1
132	Dave Pay	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
133	Bob Bilodeau	1953	Atlanta Flames	D
134	Gord Lane	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	539	19	94	113	1228	-16
135	Dennis O'Brien		Detroit Red Wings	D
136	Jim Johnston	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F
137	Dan O'Donohue	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	D
138	Tom Newman	1953	Detroit Red Wings	D
139	Raymond Bibeau	1953	Detroit Red Wings	D
140	Jack Johnson	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	D
141	Steve Alley	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	F	15	3	3	6	11	-3
142	Jim Pettie	1953	Boston Bruins	G	21	0	0	0	23
143	Bob Wright	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 10

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos
144	Lee Palmer		Toronto Maple Leafs	D
145	Doug Mahood	1953	California Golden Seals	F
146	Terry McDougall	1953	Vancouver Canucks	F
147	Bob Peace		Toronto Maple Leafs	F
148	Glen Surbey	1953	Atlanta Flames	D
149	Guy Ross	1953	Atlanta Flames	D
150	Randy Aimoe	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
151	Kevin Neville	1953	Detroit Red Wings	G
152	Sam Clegg	1953	Minnesota North Stars	G
153	Brian Dick	1953	Philadelphia Flyers	F
154	Ken Gibb		Detroit Red Wings	D
155	Mitch Brandt		Detroit Red Wings	D
156	Rick Clubbe		Chicago Black Hawks	F
157	Yvan Bouillon	1953	Boston Bruins	F
158	Alain Labrecque	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 11

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
159	Norm McLeod	1953	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
160	Angie Moretto	1953	California Golden Seals	F	5	1	2	3	2	1
161	Russ Wiechnik	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F
162	Greg Fox	1953	Atlanta Flames	D	494	14	92	106	637	-27
163	Max Hansen	1953	Minnesota North Stars	F
164	Don McLeod	1953	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
165	Gene Strate	1953	Chicago Black Hawks	D
166	Gordon Halliday	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 12

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
167		Cap Raeder	1953	Montreal Canadiens	G
168		Louis Chiasson	1953	Montreal Canadiens	F

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