1975 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1975 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec.
==Selections by round==
Below are listed the selections in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.
	= NHL All-Star Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.			= Hall of Famers
=== Round one ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
1 	Mel Bridgman 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
2 	Barry Dean 	Left wing 	 	Kansas City Scouts 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3 	Ralph Klassen 	Forward 	 	California Golden Seals	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
4 	Bryan Maxwell 	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
5 	Rick Lapointe 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6 	Don Ashby 	Centre 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
7 	Greg Vaydik 	Forward 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
8 	Richard Mulhern	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
9 	Robin Sadler 	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
10 	Rick Blight 	Right wing	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
11 	Pat Price 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Vancouver Blazers (WHA)
12 	Wayne Dillon 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Toronto Toros (WHA)
13 	Gord Laxton 	Goaltender	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
14 	Doug Halward 	Defence 	 	Boston Bruins 	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
15 	Pierre Mondou 	Forward 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL)
16 	Tim Young 	Forward 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
17 	Bob Sauve 	Goaltender	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Laval National (QMJHL)
18 	Alex Forsyth 	Forward 	 	Washington Capitals 	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
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=== Round two ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
19 	Peter Scamurra 	Defence 	 	Washington 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
20 	Don Cairns 	Left wing 	 	Kansas City 	Victoria (WCHL)
21 	Dennis Maruk 	Centre 	 	California 	London (OMJHL)
22 	Brian Engblom 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
23 	Jerry Rollins 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
24 	Doug Jarvis 	Centre 	 	Toronto 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
25 	Danny Arndt 	Left wing 	 	Chicago 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
26 	Rick Bowness 	Right wing	 	Atlanta 	Montreal (QMJHL)
27 	Ed Staniowski 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis 	Regina (WCHL)
28 	Brad Gassoff 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	Kamloops (WCHL)
29 	Dave Salvian 	Left wing 	 	New York Islanders	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
30 	Doug Soetaert 	Goaltender	 	New York Rangers 	Edmonton (WCHL)
31 	Russ Anderson 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Minnesota (WCHA)
32 	Barry Smith 	Centre 	 	Boston 	New Westminster (WCHL)
33 	Terry Bucyk 	Right wing	 	Los Angeles 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
34 	Kelly Greenbank	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
35 	Ken Breitenbach	Defence 	 	Buffalo 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
36 	Jamie Masters 	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
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=== Round three ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
37 	Al Cameron 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	New Westminster (WCHL)
38 	Neil Lyseng 	Right wing	 	Kansas City 	Kamloops (WCHL)
39 	John Tweedle 	Centre 	 	California 	Lake Superior (CCHA)
40 	Paul Harrison 	Goaltender	 	Minnesota 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
41 	Alex Pirus 	Right wing	 	Minnesota 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
42 	Bruce Boudreau 	Centre 	 	Toronto 	Toronto (OMJHL)
43 	Mike O'Connell 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Kingston (OMJHL)
44 	Terry Martin 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo 	London (OMJHL)
45 	Blair Davidson 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
46 	Normand LaPointe	Goaltender	 	Vancouver 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
47 	Joe Fortunato 	Left wing 	 	New York Islanders	Kitchener (OMJHL)
48 	Greg Hickey 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
49 	Paul Baxter 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Cleveland (WHA)
50 	Clark Hamilton 	Left wing 	 	Detroit 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
51 	Paul Woods 	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
52 	Pat Hughes 	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Michigan (WCHA)
53 	Gary McAdam 	Right wing	 	Buffalo 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
54 	Bob Ritchie 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Sorel (QMJHL)
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=== Round four ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
55 	Blair Mackasey 	Defence 	 	Washington 	Montreal (QMJHL)
56 	Ron Delorme 	Centre 	 	Kansas City 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
57 	Greg Smith 	Defence 	 	California 	Colorado College (WCHA)
58 	Steve Jensen 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
59 	Mike Wirachowsky	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Regina (WCHL)
60 	Rick Adduono 	Centre 	 	Boston 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
61 	Pierre Giroux 	Centre 	 	Chicago 	Hull (QMJHL)
62 	Dale Ross 	Centre 	 	Atlanta 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
63 	Rick Bourbonnais	Right wing	 	St. Louis 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
64 	Glen Richardson 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
65 	Andre Lepage 	Goaltender	 	New York Islanders	Montreal (QMJHL)
66 	Bill Cheropita 	Goaltender	 	New York Rangers 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
67 	Stu Younger 	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
68 	Denis Daigle 	Left wing 	 	Boston 	Montreal (QMJHL)
69 	Andre Leduc 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
70 	Dave Gorman 	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Phoenix (WHA)
71 	Greg Neeld 	Right wing	 	Buffalo 	Calgary (WCHL)
72 	Rick St. Croix 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
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=== Round five ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
73 	Craig Crawford	Right wing	 	Washington 	Toronto (OMJHL)
74 	Terry McDonald	Defence 	 	Kansas City 	Kamloops (WCHL)
75 	Doug Young 	Defence 	 	California 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
76 	Dave Norris 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
77 	Mike Wong 	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Montreal (QMJHL)
78 	Ted Long 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
79 	Bob Hoffmeyer 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
80 	Willi Plett 	Right wing	 	Atlanta 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
81 	Jim Gustafson 	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Victoria (WCHL)
82 	Doug Murray 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	Brandon (WCHL)
83 	Denny McLean 	Left wing 	 	New York Islanders	Calgary (WCHL)
84 	Larry Huras 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Kitchener (OMJHL)
85 	Kim Clackson 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Victoria (WCHL)
86 	Stan Jonathan 	Left wing 	 	Boston 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
87 	Dave Miglia 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
88 	Jim Turkiewicz	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Toronto (WHA)
89 	Don Edwards 	Goaltender	 	Buffalo 	Kitchener (OMJHL)
90 	Gary Morrison 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia 	Michigan (WCHA)
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=== Round six ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
91 	Roger Swanson 	Goaltender	 	Washington 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
92 	Eric Sanderson 	Left wing 	 	Kansas City 	Victoria (WCHL)
93 	Larry Hendrick 	Goaltender	 	California 	Calgary (WCHL)
94 	Greg Clause 	Right wing	 	Minnesota 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
95 	Mike Harazny 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Regina (WCHL)
96 	Kevin Campbell 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	St. Lawrence (ECAC)
97 	Tom Ulseth 	Right wing	 	Chicago 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
98 	Paul Heaver 	Defence 	 	Atlanta 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
99 	Jack Brownschidle	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
100 	Bob Watson 	Right wing	 	Vancouver 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
101 	Mike Sleep 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders	New Westminster (WCHL)
102 	Randy Koch 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Vermont (ECAC)
103 	Peter Morris 	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh 	Victoria (WCHL)
104 	Matti Hagman 	Centre 	 	Boston 	HIFK (SM-sarja)
105 	Bob Russell 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles 	Sudbury (OMJHL)
106 	Michel Lachance 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Montreal (QMJHL)
107 	Jim Minor 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo 	Regina (WCHL)
108 	Paul Holmgren 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia 	Minnesota (WCHA)
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=== Round seven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
109 	Clark Jantzie 	Left wing 	 	Washington 	Alberta (CWUAA)
110 	Bill Oleschuk 	Goaltender	 	Kansas City 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
111 	Rick Shinske 	Centre 	 	California 	New Westminster (WCHL)
112 	Francois Robert 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
113 	Jean-Luc Phaneuf	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Montreal (QMJHL)
114 	Mario Rouillard 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
115 	Ted Bulley 	Left wing 	 	Chicago 	Hull (QMJHL)
116 	Dale McMullin 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta 	Brandon (WCHL)
117 	Doug Lindskog 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis 	Michigan (WCHA)
118 	Brian Shmyr 	Centre 	 	Vancouver 	New Westminster (WCHL)
119 	Richie Hansen 	Centre 	 	New York Islanders	Sudbury (OMJHL)
120 	Claude Larose 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
121 	Mike Will 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh 	Edmonton (WCHL)
122 	Gary Carr 	Goaltender	 	Boston 	Toronto (OMJHL)
123 	Dave Faulkner 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles 	Regina (WCHL)
124 	Tim Burke 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
125 	Grant Rowe 	Defence 	 	Buffalo 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
126 	Dana Decker 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
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=== Round eight ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
127 	Mike Fryia 	Left wing 	 	Washington 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
128 	Joe Baker 	Defence 	 	Kansas City 	Minnesota (WCHA)
129 	Doug Schoenfeld	Defence 	 	California 	Cambridge Ontario Sr.
130 	Dean Magee 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota 	Colorado College (WCHA)
131 	Steve Carlson 	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Johnstown (NAHL)
132 	Ron Wilson 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Providence (ECAC)
133 	Paul Jensen 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
134 	Rick Piche 	Defence 	 	Atlanta 	Brandon (WCHL)
135 	Dick Lamby 	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Salem State (ECAC D-II)
136 	Allan Fleck 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	New Westminster (WCHL)
137 	Bob Sunderland 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders	Boston University (ECAC)
138 	Bill Hamilton 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
139 	Tapio Levo 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Ässät Pori (Finland)
140 	Bo Berglund 	Left wing 	 	Boston 	Modo AIK Örnsköldsvik (Sweden)
141 	Bill Reber 	Right wing	 	Los Angeles 	Vermont (ECAC)
142 	Craig Norwich 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
143 	Alec Tidey 	Right wing	 	Buffalo 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
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=== Round nine ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
144 	Jim Ofrim 	Centre 	 	Washington 	Alberta (CWUAA)
145 	Scott Williams 	Left wing 	 	Kansas City 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
146 	Jim Weaver 	Goaltender	 	California 	Kingston (OMJHL)
147 	Terry Angel 	Right wing	 	Minnesota 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
148 	Gary Vaughan 	Right wing	 	Detroit 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
149 	Paul Evans 	Left wing 	 	Toronto 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
150 	Nick Sanza 	Goaltender	 	Atlanta 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
151 	David McNab 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
152 	Bob McNeice 	Defence 	 	Vancouver 	New Westminster (WCHL)
153 	Dan Blair 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders	Ottawa (OMJHL)
154 	Bud Stefanski 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
155 	Byron Shutt 	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh 	Bowling Green (CCHA)
156 	Joe Rando 	Defence 	 	Boston 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
157 	Sean Sullivan 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
158 	Paul Clarke 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
159 	Andy Whitby 	Right wing	 	Buffalo 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
160 	Viktor Khatulev	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Riga Dynamo (USSR)
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=== Round ten ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
161 	Mal Zinger 	Right wing	 	Washington 	Kamloops (WCHL)
162 	Greg Agar 	Right wing	 	California 	Merritt (BCJHL)
163 	Michel Blais 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Kingston (OMJHL)
164 	Jean Thibodeau 	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
165 	Jean Latendresse	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
166 	Paul Crowley 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	Sudbury (OMJHL)
167 	Brian O'Connell 	Goaltender	 	Atlanta 	Saint Louis (CCHA)
168 	Joey Girardin 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders	Winnipeg (WCHL)
169 	Daniel Beaulieu 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Quebec (QMJHL)
170 	Frank Salive 	Goaltender	 	Pittsburgh 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
171 	Kevin Nugent 	Right wing	 	Boston 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
172 	Brian Petrovek 	Goaltender	 	Los Angeles 	Harvard (ECAC)
173 	Bob Ferriter 	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Boston College (ECAC)
174 	Len Moher 	Goaltender	 	Buffalo 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
175 	Duffy Smith 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia 	Bowling Green (CCHA)
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=== Round eleven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
176 	Dave Hanson 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Colorado College (WCHA)
177 	Earl Sargent 	Right wing	 	Minnesota 	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
178 	Rob Larson 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Minnesota (WCHA)
179 	Dan D'Alvise 	Centre 	 	Toronto 	Royal York (OPJHL)
180 	Jack Laine 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	Bowling Green (CCHA)
181 	Joe Augustine	Defence 	 	Atlanta 	Austin (MWJHL)
182 	Sid Veysey 	Centre 	 	Vancouver 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
183 	Geoff Green 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders	Sudbury (OMJHL)
184 	John McMorrow	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Providence (ECAC)
185 	John Glynne 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Vermont (ECAC)
186 	Tom Goddard 	Right wing	 	Los Angeles 	North Dakota (WCHA)
187 	Dave Bell 	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Harvard (ECAC)
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=== Round twelve ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
188 	Ken Holland 	Goaltender	 	Toronto 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
189 	Bob Barnes 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
190 	Gilles Cloutier 	Goaltender	 	Minnesota 	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
191 	Gary Burns 	Left wing 	 	Toronto 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
192 	Torbjorn Nilsson	Right wing	 	Atlanta 	Skelleftea (Sweden)
193 	Jim Montgomery 	Centre 	 	Toronto 	Hull (QMJHL)
194 	Kari Makkonen 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders	Pori (Finland)
195 	Tom McNamara 	Goaltender	 	New York Rangers 	Vermont (ECAC)
196 	Lex Hudson 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Denver (WCHA)
197 	Mario Vien 	Goaltender	 	Los Angeles 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
198 	Carl Jackson 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Pennsylvania (ECAC)
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=== Round thirteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
199 	Rick Martin 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	London (OMJHL)
200 	Steve Roberts 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers	Providence (ECAC)
201 	Paul Dionne 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers	Princeton (ECAC)
202 	Dan Tsubouchi 	Right wing	 	Pittsburgh 	Saint Louis (CCHA)
203 	Chuck Carpenter 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles 	Yale (ECAC)
204 	Michel Brisebois	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
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=== Round fourteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
205 	Cecil Luckern 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers	New Hampshire (ECAC)
206 	Brano Stankovsky	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh 	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
207 	Bob Fish 	Left wing 	 	Los Angeles 	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
208 	Roger Bourque 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
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=== Round fifteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
209 	John Corriveau	Right wing	 	New York Rangers	New Hampshire (ECAC)
210 	Dave Taylor 	Right wing	 	Los Angeles 	Clarkson (ECAC)
211 	Jim Lundquist 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Brown (ECAC)
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=== Round sixteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
212 	Tom Funke 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
213 	Bob Shaw 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles 	Clarkson (ECAC)
214 	Don Madson	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Fargo-Moorhead (MWJHL)
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=== Round seventeen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
215 	Bob Bain 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
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=== Round eighteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
216 	Gary Gill 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta 	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
217 	Kelly Secord	Right wing	 	Pittsburgh	New Westminster (WCHL)
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