1976 WHA Amateur Draft

The 1976 WHA Amateur Draft was the fourth draft held by the World Hockey Association.
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==Selections by Round==
Below are listed the selections in the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.
Selections By Round
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10
===Round 1===
#	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
1	Blair Chapman (RW) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2	Peter Marsh (LW) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
3	Glen Sharpley (C) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
4	Bobby Simpson (LW) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
5	Dave Farrish (D) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
6	Bernie Federko (C) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
7	Randy Carlyle (D) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
8	Bjorn Johansson (D)	 	Toronto Toros 	Orebro IK (Sweden D1)
9	Thomas Gradin (F) 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	MoDo AIK (Elitserien)
The Toronto Toros, New England Whalers and Houston Aeros lost their first round picks for having signed underage juniors in 1975: Toronto for Mark Napier, New England for Gordie Roberts and Houston for John Tonelli.
===Round 2===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
10	Rick Green (D) 	 	Quebec Nordiques 	London Knights (OHA)
11	Kent Nilsson (F) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
12	Don Murdoch (RW) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
13	Mike Fidler (LW) 	 	New England Whalers	Boston University (ECAC)
14	Rod Schutt (LW) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
15	Alex McKendry (F) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
16	Greg Carroll (C) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
17	Clayton Pachal (C) 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
18	David Shand (D) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
19	Bob Manno (F) 	 	Quebec Nordiques 	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
20	Tom Rowe (RW) 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	London Knights (OHA)
21	Peter Lee (LW) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
22	Morris Lukowich (LW)	 	Houston Aeros 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
===Round 3===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
23	Romano Carlucci (F) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
24	Paul Gardner (C) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
25	Mark Suzor (D) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
26	Fred Williams (C) 	 	New England Whalers	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
27	Jeff McDill (RW) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
28	Harold Phillipoff (W) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
29	Tony Horvath (D) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
30	Drew Callander (C) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Regina Pats (WCHL)
31	Dave Debol (C) 	 	New England Whalers	University of Michigan (WCHA)
32	Al Glendinning (D) 	 	Quebec Nordiques 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
33	Steve Clippingdale (LW)	 	Winnipeg Jets 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
34	Jim Roberts (LW) 	 	Houston Aeros 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
===Round 4===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
35	Don Lemieux (D) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
36	Brian Sutter (LW) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
37	Barry Melrose (D) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
38	Mike Kaszycki (F) 	 	New England Whalers	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
39	Rocky Maze (LW) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
40	Dave Dornseif (D) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Providence College (ECAC)
41	John Smrke (C) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
42	Kari Makkonen (F) 	 	Phoenix Roadrunners	Assat Pori (Liiga)
43	Alain Belanger (RW) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
44	Maurice Barrette (G)	 	Quebec Nordiques 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
45	Goran Lindblom (D) 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Skelleftea AIK (Elitserien)
46	Mike Fedorko (D) 	 	Houston Aeros 	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
===Round 5===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
47	Vern Stenlund (C) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	London Knights (OHA)
48	Yvon Vautour (F) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Laval National (QMJHL)
49	Bill Baker (D) 	 	New England Whalers	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
50	Mike Liut (G) 	 	New England Whalers	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
51	Bob Miller (W) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	U.S. National Team
52	Jean Gagnon (D) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
53	Archie King (RW) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
54	Juhani Wallenius (F)	 	Phoenix Roadrunners	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
55	Bruce Baker (RW) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
56	Garth MacGuigan (C) 	 	Quebec Nordiques 	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
57	Doug Johnston (D) 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
58	Larry Skinner (C) 	 	Houston Aeros 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
===Round 6===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
59	Dan Djakalovic (F) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
60	Tim Williams (D) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
61	Joe Oslin (D) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	University of Vermont (ECAC)
62	Dwight Schofield (D) 	 	New England Whalers	London Knights (OHA)
63	Rob Flockhart (LW) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
64	Joe Kowal (LW) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
65	Rick Hodgson (D) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
66	Doug Patey (F) 	 	Phoenix Roadrunners	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
67	Lorry Gloeckner (D) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
68	Claude Periard (F) 	 	Quebec Nordiques 	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
69	Fred Berry (C) 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
70	Kevin Schamehorn (RW)	 	Houston Aeros 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
===Round 7===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
71	Mike McEwen (D) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
72	Gord Blumenschein (C)	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
73	Paul Skidmore (G) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Boston College (ECAC)
74	Warren Young (F) 	 	New England Whalers	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
75	Mark Earp (G) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
76	Greg Malone (C) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
77	Rob Tudor (C) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Regina Pats (WCHL)
78	Mark Davidson (LW) 	 	Phoenix Roadrunners	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
79	Phil Verchota (F) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
80	Denis Charbonneau (G)	 	Quebec Nordiques 	Laval National (QMJHL)
81	Greg Craig (C) 	 	Winnipeg Jets 	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
82	Mike Hordy (D) 	 	Houston Aeros 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
===Round 8===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
83	Mike Kitchen (D) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
84	John Tavella (LW) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
85	Stu Ostlund (C) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
86	Ken Morrow (D) 	 	New England Whalers	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
87	Ron Zanussi (F) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	London Knights (OHA)
88	Jim Kirkpatrick (D)	 	Indianapolis Racers	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
89	Claude Legris (G) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
90	Jari Laiho (F) 	 	Phoenix Roadrunners	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
91	Don Jackson (D) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
92	Brian Granfield (D)	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
93	Larry Riggin (D) 	 	Houston Aeros 	London Knights (OHA)
===Round 9===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
94 	Marc Desforges (F) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
95 	Al Dumba (RW) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Regina Pats (WCHL)
96 	Fern LeBlanc (LW) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
97 	Ed Clarey (F) 	 	New England Whalers	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
98 	Charlie Skjodt (C) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
99 	Rik Garcia (D) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
100	Don Moores (C) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
101	Jouni Rinne (F) 	 	Phoenix Roadrunners	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
102	Rob Palmer (D) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	University of Michigan (WCHA)
103	Anders Hakansson (F)	 	Winnipeg Jets 	AIK IF (Elitserien)
104	Bill Wells (LW) 	 	Houston Aeros 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
===Round 10===
# 	Player 	Nationality	WHA team 	College/junior/club team
105	Brian Dillon (F) 	 	Toronto Toros 	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
106	Jim Bedard (G) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
107	Terry Ballingall (D) 	 	Cincinnati Stingers	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
108	Jon Hammond (LW) 	 	New England Whalers	Regina Pats (WCHL)
109	Larry McRae (G) 	 	Cleveland Crusaders	Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
110	Remi Levesque (C) 	 	Indianapolis Racers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
111	Ron Roscoe (D) 	 	San Diego Mariners 	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
112	Hannu Helander (D) 	 	Phoenix Roadrunners	Ilves (Liiga)
113	Cal Sandbeck (D) 	 	Calgary Cowboys 	University of Denver (WCHA)
114	Pierre Brassard (F) 	 	Quebec Nordiques 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
115	Jorgen Pettersson (F)	 	Winnipeg Jets 	Vastra Frolunda (Elitserien)
116	Bob Pazzelli (F) 	 	Houston Aeros 	University of Denver (WCHA)
==See also==
*1976 NHL Amateur Draft
*1976–77 WHA season
==References==
*1976 WHA Amateur Draft on Hockeydb.com
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