# List of Colorado Rockies (NHL) draft picks

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Colorado Rockies franchise. It includes every player whom the team drafted in the five drafts they took part in, from 1977 to 1981, regardless of whether they played for the team.

## Key

# Played at least one game with the Rockies  ↑ Spent entire NHL career with the Rockies
General terms and abbreviations :
| Term or abbreviation | Definition |
| Draft | The year that the player was selected |
| Round | The round of the draft in which the player was selected |
| Pick | The overall position in the draft at which the player was selected |
Position abbreviations :
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| G | Goaltender |
| D | Defense |
| LW | Left wing |
| C | Center |
| RW | Right wing |
| F | Forward |
Abbreviations for statistical columns :
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| Pos | Position |
| GP | Games played |
| G | Goals |
| A | Assists |
| Pts | Points |
| PIM | Penalties in minutes |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| GAA | Goals against average |
| — | Does not apply |

## Draft picks

| Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | W | L | T | GAA |
| 1977 | 1 | 2 | Barry Beck# | Canada | D | 615 | 104 | 251 | 355 | 1016 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 3 | 38 | Doug Berry↑ | Canada | C | 121 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 24 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 3 | 47 | Randy Pierce# | Canada | RW | 277 | 62 | 76 | 138 | 223 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 5 | 74 | Mike Dwyer# | Canada | LW | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 6 | 92 | Dan Lempe | United States | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 110 | Rick Doyle | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 126 | Joe Contini# | Canada | C | 68 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 34 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 142 | Jack Hughes↑ | United States | D | 46 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 104 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 1 | 5 | Mike Gillis# | Canada | LW | 246 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 186 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 2 | 27 | Merlin Malinowski# | Canada | F | 282 | 54 | 111 | 165 | 121 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 3 | 41 | Paul Messier↑ | Canada | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 4 | 58 | Dave Watson↑ | Canada | F | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 5 | 73 | Tim Thomlison | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 5 | 74 | Rod Guimont | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 91 | John Hynes | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 108 | Andy Clark | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 8 | 125 | John Olver | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 142 | Kevin Krook↑ | Canada | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 159 | Jeff Jensen | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 11 | 174 | Bo Ericson | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 190 | Jari Viitala | Finland | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 13 | 204 | Ulf Zetterstrom | Sweden | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 1 | 1 | Rob Ramage# | Canada | D | 1044 | 139 | 425 | 564 | 2224 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 4 | 64 | Steve Peters↑ | Canada | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 5 | 85 | Gary Dillon↑ | Canada | C | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 106 | Bob Attwell↑ | United States | RW | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 1 | 19 | Paul Gagne# | Canada | F | 390 | 110 | 102 | 212 | 127 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 2 | 22 | Joe Ward↑ | United States | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 4 | 64 | Rick LaFerriere↑ | Canada | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| 1980 | 5 | 85 | Ed Cooper↑ | Canada | LW | 49 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 46 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 6 | 106 | Aaron Broten# | United States | F | 748 | 186 | 329 | 515 | 441 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 6 | 127 | Dan Fascinato | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 8 | 148 | Andre Hidi | Canada | F | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 8 | 169 | Shawn MacKenzie | Canada | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.92 |
| 1980 | 10 | 190 | Bob Jansch | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 1 | 5 | Joe Cirella# | Canada | D | 828 | 64 | 211 | 275 | 1448 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 2 | 26 | Rich Chernomaz# | Canada | RW | 51 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 3 | 48 | Uli Hiemer | Germany | D | 143 | 19 | 54 | 73 | 176 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 4 | 66 | Gus Greco | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 87 | Doug Speck | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 6 | 108 | Bruce Driver | Canada | D | 922 | 96 | 390 | 486 | 670 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 129 | Jeff Larmer# | Canada | LW | 158 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 57 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 8 | 150 | Tony Arima | Finland | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 9 | 171 | Tim Army | United States | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 10 | 192 | John Johannson | United States | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |