List of New York Rangers draft picks
Draft picks
Table:
Draft

Round

Pick

Player

Nationality

Pos

RS

PO

1963

1

4

Al Osborne

Canada

RW

1963

2

10

Terry Jones

Canada

C

1963

3

15

Mike Cummins

Canada

F

1963

4

20

Cam Allison

Canada

D

1964

1

3

Bob Graham

Canada

D

1964

2

9

Tim Ecclestone

Canada

RW

692

48

1964

3

15

Gordon Lowe

Canada

D

1964

4

21

Syl Apps

Canada

C

727

23

1965

1

1

Andre Veilleux

Canada

RW

1965

2

6

George Surmay

Canada

G

1965

3

10

Michel Parizeau

Canada

LW

58

1966

1

2

Brad Park

Canada

D

1113

161

1966

2

8

Joey Johnston

Canada

LW

331

1966

3

14

Don Luce

Canada

C

894

71

1966

4

20

Jack Egers

Canada

RW

284

32

1967

1

6

Bob Dickson

Canada

LW

1967

2

15

Brian Tosh

Canada

D

1968

2

19

Barry Buchanan

Canada

D

1969

1

8

Andre Dupont

Canada

D

810

140

1969

1

12

Pierre Jarry

Canada

LW

344

5

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The 1963 NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 5 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal , Quebec . It was the first NHL Amateur Draft and consisted of 16-year-old players . The Amateur Draft was instituted by NHL President Clarence Campbell as a means of phasing out the sponsorship of amateur teams by the league 's member clubs . The NHL wanted to create what Campbell called a uniform opportunity for each team to acquire a star player . Prior to the creation of the draft NHL teams would sponsor amateur teams and players , pre-empting other NHL clubs from acquiring new , young talent , and limiting amateur players ' prospects in the NHL to the team which sponsored them . Eligibility in this draft was limited to all amateur players who would reach 17 years of age between August 1 , 1963 , and July 31 , 1964 . Under the league rules , teams were not allowed to talk to the drafted players about turning professional until they turned 18 . At that point , the teams had 72 hours to get the players signed or placed on their negotiation list . Players already on sponsorship lists were ineligible . The draft order was determined by giving the teams choice of their place in the six-team order based on a reverse order of the standings , for example , as the Boston Bruins finished last in the 1962-63 season they were given first choice of pick in the order . The final draft order was chosen to be Montreal Canadiens , Detroit Red Wings , Boston Bruins , New York Rangers , Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs . The order would rotate in the next draft such that each team moved up one spot in the order , and the first pick Canadiens would move to sixth .
Al Osborne ( born 8 March 1947 in Weston , Ontario ) is a retired professional Canadian ice hockey player who was selected in the first round ( 4th overall ) of the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft . Osborne was a 16-year-old playing junior B hockey in the Weston , Ontario when he was selected fourth overall by the New York Rangers in the first ever NHL amateur draft . He played three seasons ( 1964-67 ) in the Ontario Hockey Association with the Toronto Marlboros before turning professional with the Omaha Knights for the 1967-68 season in the Central Professional Hockey League . He split the following season playing in both the American Hockey League and the Eastern Hockey League where he played with the Buffalo Bisons and Salem Rebels respectively . Osborne continued to play Senior ice hockey the next eight seasons ( 1969-77 ) in the OHA Senior A League where he suited up with the Orillia Terriers , Brantford Foresters , Cambridge Hornets , and Brantford Alexanders .
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering 9.98 million square kilometres ( 3.85 million square miles ) , making it the world 's second-largest country by total area . Its southern border with the United States , stretching some 8,891 kilometres ( 5,525 mi ) , is the world 's longest bi-national land border . Canada 's capital is Ottawa , and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto , Montreal , and Vancouver . As a whole , Canada is sparsely populated , with most of its land area dominated by forest and tundra . Its population is highly urbanized , with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities , and 70 percent residing within 100 kilometres ( 62 mi ) of the southern border . Canada 's climate varies widely across its vast area , ranging from Arctic climate in the north to hot summers in the southern regions , with four distinct seasons . Various indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization . Beginning in the 16th century , British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast . As a consequence of various armed conflicts , France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 . In 1867 , with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation , Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces . This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom .
Terry Jones ( born August 31 , 1946 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player . Born in 1946 , Jones was selected by the New York Rangers in the second round ( tenth overall ) of the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft . Although he never played in the National Hockey League , he went pro in the Eastern Hockey League with the New Haven Blades , and in the Western International Hockey League with the Nelson Maple Leafs and Trail Smoke Eaters .
The 1964 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal , Quebec . As was the case in the 1963 Draft , amateur players turning 17 years of age between August 1 , 1964 , and July 31 , 1965 , were eligible , if they were not already sponsored by an NHL club . The order of the draft followed the agreement reached in 1963 , where the order was fixed as Red Wings , Bruins , Rangers , Black Hawks , Maple Leafs and Canadiens . Once again each team received four picks , each team having the right to forfeit their selection and pass it to the next team in the order . All picks were exercised this year . Of the 24 players selected only nine played in the NHL . Syl Apps , Jr. , Jim Dorey , Tim Ecclestone and Mike Pelyk went on to have fruitful NHL careers , each playing well over 200 games a piece . However , the steal of this draft was the Bruins ' third pick , 14th overall : Ken Dryden . Dryden made it known to the Bruins that he would elect to play at Cornell University , earning a Bachelor of Arts degree , instead of turning professional . The Bruins traded his negotiation rights to the Canadiens , where he would play seven full seasons and part of an eighth , earning a Conn Smythe Trophy , Calder Memorial Trophy , five Vezina Trophies , five All-Star Game appearances , five First All-Star awards and six Stanley Cups .
Robert Bob Graham ( born October 7 , 1947 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and coach . He was selected by the New York Rangers in the 1st round ( 3rd overall ) of the 1964 NHL Entry Draft , but never played in the National Hockey League . Graham was born in Montreal , Quebec . Born in 1947 in Montreal , Quebec , Graham began his professional career in 1968 with the Syracuse Blazers of the Eastern Hockey League ( EHL ) . He played the 1968-69 season and part of the 1969-70 season in the EHL before moving on to the OHA Senior A Hockey League where he played until the 1973-74 season . He then continued his career in Europe where he both played and coached . In the early 2000s , Graham served as an assistant coach at the University of Waterloo with the Waterloo Warriors ( OUAA ) .
Timothy James Ecclestone ( born September 24 , 1947 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League from 1967 until 1978 . Ecclestone played 692 career NHL games , scoring 126 goals and 233 assists for 359 points . He achieved two 50+ point seasons in his career .
Sylvanus Marshall Apps Jr. ( born August 1 , 1947 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers , Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins . Apps was born in Toronto , Ontario . He was the son of Hockey Hall of Fame member Syl Apps .
The 1965 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal , Quebec . For the first time the eligibility rules were changed for the 1965 Draft . The minimum age criterion was increased , to 18 from 16 years . Clubs were not permitted to begin negotiations with the selected players until they reached 19 years of age , and the date from which they were ineligible due to being on club sponsorship lists was pushed back from May 23 to April 1 . The NHL also reached an agreement with the AHL , CHL and WHL , allowing their clubs to participate in the draft . After the NHL clubs made their selections the clubs from the other three leagues were permitted to make their own selections . Each AHL and WHL club was allowed three picks , while each CHL team was allowed two . The general consensus on the part of each participatory club was that the talent pool from which to draft was exceptionally poor . The majority of amateur players falling within the new age rules had already been sponsored , if not turned professional . A paltry 11 picks were made , which to this date remains the lowest ever in an NHL Draft . Only two players played in the NHL : Pierre Bouchard and Michel Parizeau . The pool of available player talent was considered so poor that the Toronto Maple Leafs elected not to participate whatsoever .
André Veilleux is a former ice hockey player . He was the first overall pick in the 1965 NHL Amateur Draft , picked by the New York Rangers , but he never played professional hockey .
Michel Gérard Parizeau ( born April 9 , 1948 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger and head coach who played two seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers . Parizeau also played eight seasons in the World Hockey Association ( WHA ) for the Quebec Nordiques , Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers .
The 1966 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal , Quebec .
Douglas Bradford Brad Park ( born July 6 , 1948 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player . A defenceman , Park played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the New York Rangers , Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings . Considered one of the best defencemen of his generation , and named to the all-star team several times , the best years of his career were overshadowed by superstar Bobby Orr , who was briefly his teammate . He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 . In 2017 Park was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players ' in history .
Joseph John Johnston ( born March 3 , 1949 ) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player . Johnston played 331 games in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Johnston was recently a coach for the Douro Dukes of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League . Born in Peterborough , Ontario , Canada , he played in the 1961 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with his hometown youth team . He played junior hockey for the Peterborough Petes from 1964 to 1967 . His play attracted the attention of the New York Rangers who selected him eighth in the 1966 Amateur Draft . He made his professional debut with the Rangers ' American Hockey League affiliate Omaha Knights but was traded to the Minnesota North Stars in a trade for Dave Balon . Johnston started his NHL career with the Minnesota North Stars in 1968 , but spent most of his time in the minors until 1971-72 , when he became a front-line player for the California Golden Seals . His high-water mark came during the 1972-73 season through 1973-74 season , when for a Golden Seals team savaged by defections to the World Hockey Association he rose to the forefront , leading the team in goals both seasons with 27 and 28 respectively and being named to play in the NHL All-Star Game in 1973 , 1974 and 1975 . As virtually the Seals ' only star , he was named team captain in the fall of 1973 . However , his production in the 1974-75 season was half that of the year before , and he was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks in June 1975 . In August of that year , Johnston was injured in a car crash .
Donald Harold Luce ( born October 2 , 1948 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre , executive and scout . Luce played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the New York Rangers , Detroit Red Wings , Buffalo Sabres , Los Angeles Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs from 1969 to 1982 . After his playing career , Luce moved into a long career in player development for the Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers . He is currently working as a pro scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs .
John Richard Jack Egers ( born January 28 , 1949 ) is a Canadian retired ice hockey right winger . Originally drafted in 1966 by the New York Rangers , Egers would also play for the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals . Egers is an original member of the Capitals , who claimed him in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft . He holds the distinction of scoring the first game-winning goal for the team , on October 17 , 1974 , against the Chicago Black Hawks . Egers is a retired captain for the Kitchener Fire Department .
The 1967 NHL Amateur Draft was held June 7 , 1967 , the day after the 1967 Expansion Draft , at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal , Quebec .
Bob Dickson ( born November 11 , 1947 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player . He was selected by the New York Rangers in the first round ( sixth overall ) of the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft , but never played in the National Hockey League .
The 1968 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal , Quebec .
The 1969 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal , Quebec . This draft is notable for being the first NHL draft to be conducted after the league ended direct sponsorship of junior hockey .
André Moose Dupont ( born July 27 , 1949 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) with the New York Rangers , St. Louis Blues , Philadelphia Flyers and Quebec Nordiques . He won back-to-back Stanley Cups while a member of Philadelphia 's Broad Street Bullies teams in the mid-1970s .
Pierre Joseph Raynald Jarry ( born March 30 , 1949 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 344 games in the National Hockey League and 18 games in the World Hockey Association . He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Rangers , Minnesota North Stars , Detroit Red Wings , and Edmonton Oilers .