1976 NHL Amateur Draft

Montreal, Quebec - June 1, 1976

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	94.44%	296.4	77.8%	22.2%	0.0%	88.9%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%
Round 2	100.00%	307.2	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%	88.9%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%
Round 3	77.78%	217.3	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%	27.8%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 4	50.00%	139.5	50.0%	27.8%	22.2%	72.2%	22.2%	5.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 5	38.89%	47.3	33.3%	55.6%	11.1%	83.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 6	22.22%	19.6	55.6%	27.8%	16.7%	83.3%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%
Round 7	20.00%	35.8	80.0%	10.0%	10.0%	60.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 8	20.00%	0.8	60.0%	20.0%	20.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%
Round 9	0.00%	0.0	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 10	0.00%	0.0	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 11	0.00%	0.0	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 12	0.00%	0.0	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 13	50.00%	415.5	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 14	100.00%	330.0	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Round 15	0.00%	0.0	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
TOTAL¹		148.2	60.7%	29.6%	9.6%	76.3%	16.3%	3.7%	0.0%	1.5%	2.2%
TO NHL²	54.81%		58.5%	52.5%	38.5%	55.3%	50.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 76.3% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 55.3% 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	Washington Capitals	7.73	9	55.6%	1451	152	358	510	161.2	16.9	39.8	56.7
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	10.84	7	71.4%	1967	544	725	1269	281.0	77.7	103.6	181.3
3	Minnesota North Stars	17.33	8	50.0%	1109	202	319	521	138.6	25.3	39.9	65.1
4	Atlanta Flames	19.34	6	83.3%	1296	344	592	936	216.0	57.3	98.7	156.0
5	Detroit Red Wings	21.12	8	87.5%	1210	237	497	734	151.3	29.6	62.1	91.8
6	California Golden Seals	21.81	7	71.4%	552	157	177	334	78.9	22.4	25.3	47.7
7	New York Rangers	22.70	6	50.0%	1466	246	523	769	244.3	41.0	87.2	128.2
8	Kansas City Scouts	28.25	4	75.0%	968	223	275	498	242.0	55.8	68.8	124.5
9	Chicago Black Hawks	32.20	7	71.4%	1096	381	609	990	156.6	54.4	87.0	141.4
10	Boston Bruins	39.37	5	60.0%	452	77	124	201	90.4	15.4	24.8	40.2
11	New York Islanders	39.93	7	85.7%	1042	88	208	296	148.9	12.6	29.7	42.3
12	Montreal Canadiens	42.64	15	33.3%	1991	318	487	805	132.7	21.2	32.5	53.7
13	St. Louis Blues	43.04	16	43.8%	3201	818	1313	2131	200.1	51.1	82.1	133.2
14	Philadelphia Flyers	46.83	7	28.6%	103	10	18	28	14.7	1.4	2.6	4.0
15	Los Angeles Kings	47.88	5	40.0%	339	10	103	113	67.8	2.0	20.6	22.6
16	Toronto Maple Leafs	58.88	7	42.9%	1294	163	574	737	184.9	23.3	82.0	105.3
17	Vancouver Canucks	59.83	7	42.9%	454	47	141	188	64.9	6.7	20.1	26.9
18	Buffalo Sabres	60.78	4	25.0%	22	0	5	5	5.5	0.0	1.3	1.3

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	Rick Green	1956	Washington Capitals	D	845	43	220	263	588	-88
2	Blair Chapman	1956	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	402	106	125	231	158	-44
3	Glen Sharpley	1956	Minnesota North Stars	F	389	117	161	278	199	-71
4	Fred Williams	1956	Detroit Red Wings	F	44	2	5	7	10	-17
5	Bj�rn Johansson	1956	California Golden Seals	D	15	1	1	2	10	-13
6	Don Murdoch	1956	New York Rangers	F	320	121	117	238	155	-35
7	Bernie Federko	1956	St. Louis Blues	F	1000	369	761	1130	487	-131
8	Dave Shand	1956	Atlanta Flames	D	421	19	84	103	544	81
9	Real Cloutier	1956	Chicago Black Hawks	F	318	146	198	344	119	16
10	Harold Phillipoff	1956	Atlanta Flames	F	141	26	57	83	267	25
11	Paul Gardner	1956	Kansas City Scouts	F	447	201	201	402	207	-120
12	Peter Lee	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F	431	114	131	245	257	-55
13	Rod Schutt	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F	286	77	92	169	177	-31
14	Alex McKendry	1956	New York Islanders	F	46	3	6	9	21	-7
15	Greg Carroll	1956	Washington Capitals	F	131	20	34	54	44	-13
16	Clayton Pachal	1956	Boston Bruins	F	35	2	3	5	95	-12
17	Mark Suzor	1956	Philadelphia Flyers	D	64	4	16	20	60	-33
18	Bruce Baker	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
19	Greg Malone	1956	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	704	191	310	501	661	-105
20	Brian Sutter	1956	St. Louis Blues	F	779	303	333	636	1786	-66
21	Steve Clippingdale	1956	Los Angeles Kings	F	19	1	2	3	9	3
22	Reed Larson	1956	Detroit Red Wings	D	904	222	463	685	1388	-128
23	Vern Stenlund	1956	California Golden Seals	F	4	0	0	0	0	-3
24	Dave Farrish	1956	New York Rangers	D	430	17	110	127	440	-46
25	John Smrke	1956	St. Louis Blues	F	103	11	17	28	33	-28
26	Bob Manno	1956	Vancouver Canucks	D	371	41	132	173	274	-37
27	Jeff McDill	1956	Chicago Black Hawks	F	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	Bobby Simpson	1956	Atlanta Flames	F	175	35	29	64	98	-4
29	Peter Marsh	1956	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	278	48	71	119	224	-71
30	Randy Carlyle	1956	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	1055	148	499	647	1400	-137
31	Jim Roberts	1956	Minnesota North Stars	F	106	17	23	40	33	-30
32	Mike Kaszycki	1956	New York Islanders	F	226	42	80	122	108	16
33	Joe Kowal	1956	Buffalo Sabres	F	22	0	5	5	13	3
34	Lorry Gloeckner	1956	Boston Bruins	D	13	0	2	2	6	-7
35	Drew Callander	1956	Philadelphia Flyers	F	39	6	2	8	7	-11
36	Barry Melrose	1956	Montreal Canadiens	D	300	10	23	33	728	-119

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
37	Tom Rowe	1956	Washington Capitals	F	357	85	100	185	615	-79
38	Mike Kitchen	1956	Kansas City Scouts	D	474	12	62	74	370	-139
39	Don Jackson	1956	Minnesota North Stars	D	315	16	52	68	640	78
40	Fred Berry	1956	Detroit Red Wings	F	3	0	0	0	0	-3
41	Mike Fidler	1956	California Golden Seals	F	271	84	97	181	124	-51
42	Mike McEwen	1956	New York Rangers	D	716	108	296	404	460	-37
43	Jim Kirkpatrick	1956	St. Louis Blues	D
44	Rob Flockhart	1956	Vancouver Canucks	F	55	2	5	7	14	-22
45	Thomas Gradin	1956	Chicago Black Hawks	F	677	209	384	593	298	-33
46	Rick Hodgson	1956	Atlanta Flames	F	6	0	0	0	6	-5
47	Morris Lukowich	1956	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	582	199	219	418	584	-103
48	Alain Belanger	1956	Toronto Maple Leafs	F	9	0	1	1	6	0
49	Don Moores	1956	Los Angeles Kings	F
50	Garth MacGuigan	1956	New York Islanders	F	5	0	1	1	2	1
51	Ron Zanussi	1956	Minnesota North Stars	F	299	52	83	135	373	-21
52	Gary McFayden	1956	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
53	Craig Hamner	1956	Philadelphia Flyers	D
54	Bill Baker	1956	Montreal Canadiens	D	143	7	25	32	175	-29

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
55	Al Glendinning	1956	Washington Capitals	D
56	Mike Liut	1956	St. Louis Blues	G	663	0	13	13	22
57	Mike Fedorko	1956	Minnesota North Stars	D
58	Kevin Schamehorn	1956	Detroit Red Wings	F	10	0	0	0	17	-4
59	Warren Young	1956	California Golden Seals	F	236	72	77	149	472	-67
60	Claude Periard	1956	New York Islanders	F
61	Paul Skidmore	1956	St. Louis Blues	G	2	0	0	0	0
62	Elmer Ray	1956	Vancouver Canucks	F
63	Dave Debol	1956	Chicago Black Hawks	F	92	26	26	52	4	-17
64	Kent Nilsson	1956	Atlanta Flames	F	553	264	422	686	116	-25
65	Greg Redquest	1956	Pittsburgh Penguins	G	1	0	0	0	0
66	Tim Williams	1956	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
67	Bob Mears		Los Angeles Kings	G
68	Ken Morrow	1956	New York Islanders	D	550	17	88	105	309	142
69	Rocky Maze	1956	Buffalo Sabres	F
70	Bob Miller	1956	Boston Bruins	F	404	75	119	194	220	-16
71	Dave Hynek	1956	Philadelphia Flyers	D
72	Edward Clarey	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
73	Doug Patey	1956	Washington Capitals	F	45	4	2	6	8	-16
74	Rick McIntyre	1956	Kansas City Scouts	F
75	Phil Verchota	1956	Minnesota North Stars	F
76	Dwight Schofield	1956	Detroit Red Wings	D	211	8	22	30	628	2
77	Darcy Regier	1956	California Golden Seals	D	26	0	2	2	35	-3
78	Doug Caines	1956	New York Rangers	F
79	Cal Sandbeck	1956	California Golden Seals	D
80	Rick Durston	1956	Vancouver Canucks	F
81	Terry McDonald	1955	Chicago Black Hawks	D	8	0	1	1	6	-5
82	Mark Earp	1956	Atlanta Flames	G
83	Brendan Lowe	1956	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
84	Greg Hotham	1956	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	230	15	74	89	139	-48
85	Rob Palmer	1956	Los Angeles Kings	D	320	9	101	110	115	-6
86	Mike Hordy	1956	New York Islanders	D	11	0	0	0	7	-1
87	Ron Roscoe	1956	Buffalo Sabres	D
88	Peter Vandemark	1956	Boston Bruins	F
89	Robin Lang		Philadelphia Flyers	D
90	Maurice Barrette	1956	Montreal Canadiens	G

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
91	Jim Bedard	1956	Washington Capitals	G	73	0	2	2	10
92	Larry Skinner	1956	Kansas City Scouts	F	47	10	12	22	8	-18
93	Dave Delich	1956	Minnesota North Stars	F
94	Tony Horvath	1956	Detroit Red Wings	D
95	Jouni Rinne	1956	California Golden Seals	F
96	Barry Scully	1956	New York Rangers	F
97	Nels Goddard	1956	St. Louis Blues	D
98	Rob Tudor	1956	Vancouver Canucks	F	28	4	4	8	19	0
99	John Peterson	1956	Chicago Black Hawks	G
100	Don Wilson		Washington Capitals	D
101	Vic Sirko	1956	Pittsburgh Penguins	D
102	Dan Djakalovic	1956	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
103	Larry McRae		Los Angeles Kings	G
104	Yvon Vautour	1956	New York Islanders	F	204	26	33	59	401	-69
105	Donald Lemieux	1956	Buffalo Sabres	D
106	Ted Olson	1956	Boston Bruins	F
107	Paul Klasinski	1956	Philadelphia Flyers	F
108	Pierre Brassard	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
109	Dale Rideout	1956	Washington Capitals	G
110	Jeff Barr	1956	Minnesota North Stars	D
111	Fern Leblanc	1956	Detroit Red Wings	F	34	5	6	11	0	-4
112	Remi Levesque	1956	New York Rangers	F
113	Mike Eaves	1956	St. Louis Blues	F	324	83	143	226	80	24
114	Brad Rhiness	1956	Vancouver Canucks	F
115	John Rothstein	1956	Chicago Black Hawks	F
116	Charlie Skjodt	1956	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
117	Ray Kurpis	1956	Philadelphia Flyers	F
118	Rich Gosselin	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM
119	Al Dumba	1956	Washington Capitals	F
120	Claude Legris	1956	Detroit Red Wings	G	4	0	1	1	0
121	Jacques Soguel	1956	St. Louis Blues	F
122	Stu Ostlund	1956	Vancouver Canucks	F
123	John Gregory	1955	Montreal Canadiens	D

Round 9

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
124		Dave Dornseif	1956	St. Louis Blues	D
125		Bruce Horsch	1956	Montreal Canadiens	G

Round 10

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
126		Brad Wilson	1956	St. Louis Blues	F
127		John Tavella	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 11

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
128		Dan Hoene	1956	St. Louis Blues	F
129		Mark Davidson	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 12

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
130		G�ran Lindblom	1956	St. Louis Blues	D
131		Bill Wells	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F

Round 13

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
132		Jim Bales	1956	St. Louis Blues	G
133		Ron Wilson	1956	Montreal Canadiens	F	831	110	216	326	413	-44

Round 14

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
134		Anders H�kansson	1956	St. Louis Blues	F	330	52	46	98	141	-40

Round 15

No.		Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
135		Juhani Wallenius	1956	St. Louis Blues	F

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