1973 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1973 NHL Amateur Draft, the 11th National Hockey League draft was the first to be held on a separate day from other league activities on May 15, 1973, at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal so it would not overshadow the rest of the league meetings. Previously, the league had held the amateur draft in mid-June. It also marks the second time the meeting took place at the Mount Royal Hotel rather than the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. In 1972, when the World Hockey Association was beginning to take form, some teams were more focused on the amateur draft that they stopped paying attention to other issues (mainly the WHA raiding NHL rosters) and were spending their time preparing for the draft.
With the WHA having already operated for a full season, NHL teams realized they would have to fight to sign their top picks. This was especially important in a year when the draft was considered extremely deep and the WHA was scheduled to draft players just three days after the NHL.
The top pick of the 1973 NHL amateur draft was Ottawa 67's star Denis Potvin who was projected to be the next Bobby Orr. The Montreal Canadiens, the most active team on draft day, re-positioned themselves by trading for several high picks and then offered the New York Islanders all types of packages for the first choice overall as they want to select Potvin for themselves. Islanders general manager Bill Torrey was not interested, however and held on to the top pick. He selected Potvin, who became a big part of the building block for the Islanders hockey dynasty between 1980 to 1983
Although the NHL had to compete hard with the WHA to sign these amateur players, they managed to sign all 16 of their first-round draft picks before the rival league could. The NHL-WHA competition was so fierce that the Toronto Maple Leafs offered a staggering, at the time, five-year $600,000 contract for right winger Lanny McDonald of the Medicine Hat Tigers , which kept the No. 4 pick from signing with the WHA's Cleveland Crusaders.
Eligible for the draft were all amateur players born before January 1, 1954 The NHL paid a lump sum to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to support major junior hockey as a group. Teams could offer a player a contract at any time after the draft without risking then re-entering a future NHL draft.
== Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the 1973 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 	Denis Potvin 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2 	Tom Lysiak 	Centre 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3 	Dennis Ververgaert	Right wing	 	Vancouver Canucks 	London Knights (OHA)
4 	Lanny McDonald 	Right wing	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
5 	John Davidson 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis Blues 	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
6 	Andre Savard 	Centre 	 	Boston Bruins 	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
7 	Blaine Stoughton 	Right wing	 	Pittsburgh Penguins	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
8 	Bob Gainey 	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
9 	Bob Dailey 	Defence 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
10 	Bob Neely 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
11 	Terry Richardson 	Goaltender	 	Detroit Red Wings 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
12 	Morris Titanic 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
13 	Darcy Rota 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
14 	Rick Middleton 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
15 	Ian Turnbull 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
16 	Vic Mercredi 	Centre 	 	Atlanta Flames 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
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=== Round two ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
17 	Glenn Goldup 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Toronto (OHA)
18 	Blake Dunlop 	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars	Ottawa (OHA)
19 	Paulin Bordeleau	Right wing	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Toronto (OHA)
20 	Larry Goodenough	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	London (OHA)
21 	Eric Vail 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Sudbury (OHA)
22 	Peter Marrin 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Toronto (OHA)
23 	Wayne Bianchin 	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
24 	George Pesut 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
25 	John Rogers 	Right wing	 	Minnesota North Stars	Edmonton (WCHL)
26 	Brent Leavins 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Swift Current (WCHL)
27 	Colin Campbell 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Peterborough (OHA)
28 	Jean Landry 	Defence 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Quebec (QMJHL)
29 	Reg Thomas 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	London (OHA)
30 	Pat Hickey 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Hamilton (OHA)
31 	Jimmy Jones 	Right wing	 	Boston Bruins 	Peterborough (OHA)
32 	Ron Andruff 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
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=== Round three ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
33 	Dave Lewis 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
34 	Jeff Jacques 	Centre 	 	California Golden Seals	St. Catharines (OHA)
35 	Paul Sheard 	Right wing	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Ottawa (OHA)
36 	Doug Gibson 	Centre 	 	Boston Bruins 	Peterborough (OHA)
37 	Ed Humphreys 	Goaltender	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
38 	Russ Walker 	Right wing	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
39 	Nelson Pyatt 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Oshawa (OHA)
40 	Bob Stumpf 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	New Westminster (WCHL)
41 	Rick Chinnick 	Right wing	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Peterborough (OHA)
42 	Mike Clarke 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Calgary (WCHL)
43 	Robbie Neale 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Brandon (WCHL)
44 	Andre Deschamps	Left wing 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Quebec (QMJHL)
45 	Randy Holt 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Sudbury (OHA)
46 	John Campbell 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Sault Ste. Marie (OHA)
47 	Al Sims 	Defence 	 	Boston Bruins 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
48 	Bob Gassoff 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
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=== Round four ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
49 	Andre St. Laurent	Centre 	 	New York Islanders 	Montreal (QMJHL)
50 	Ron Serafini 	Defence 	 	California Golden Seals	St. Catharines (OHA)
51 	Keith Mackie 	Defence 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Edmonton (WCHL)
52 	Frank Rochon 	Left wing 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
53 	Dean Talafous 	Centre 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Wisconsin (NCAA)
54 	Jim McCrimmon 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
55 	Dennis Owchar 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Toronto (OHA)
56 	Alan Hangsleben 	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	North Dakota (NCAA)
57 	Tom Colley 	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Sudbury (OHA)
58 	Dale Cook 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Victoria (WCHL)
59 	Mike Korney 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
60 	Yvon Dupuis 	Right wing	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Quebec (QMJHL)
61 	Dave Elliott 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
62 	Brian Molvik 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Calgary (WCHL)
63 	Steve Langdon 	Left wing 	 	Boston Bruins 	London (OHA)
64 	Richard Latulippe	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Quebec (QMJHL)
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=== Round five ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
65 	Ron Kennedy 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders 	New Westminster (WCHL)
66 	Jim Moxey 	Right wing	 	California Golden Seals	Hamilton (OHA)
67 	Paul O'Neil 	Centre 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Boston University (NCAA)
68 	Gord Titcomb 	Left wing 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	St. Catharines (OHA)
69 	John Flesch 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Lake Superior (NCAA)
70 	Dennis Abgrall 	Right wing	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
71 	Guido Tenesi 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Oshawa (OHA)
72 	Bill Laing 	Centre 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
73 	Lowell Ostlund 	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
74 	Michel Latreille	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Montreal (QMJHL)
75 	Blair Stewart 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
76 	Bob Smulders 	Right wing	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Peterborough (OHA)
77 	Dan Hinton 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Sault Ste. Marie (OHA)
78 	Pierre Laganiere	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
79 	Peter Crosbie 	Goaltender	 	Boston Bruins 	London (OHA)
80 	Gerard Gibbons 	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	St. Mary's AUAA
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=== Round six ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
81 	Keith Smith 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Brown (NCAA)
82 	Willie Trognitz	Left wing 	 	California Golden Seals	Thunder Bay Juniors
83 	Jim Cowell 	Centre 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Ottawa (OHA)
84 	Doug Marit 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Regina (WCHL)
85 	Ken Houston 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Chatham SOJHL
86 	Blair MacDonald	Right wing	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
87 	Don Seiling 	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Oshawa (OHA)
88 	Randy Smith 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Edmonton (WCHL)
89 	David Lee 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Ottawa (OHA)
90 	Doug Ferguson 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Hamilton (OHA)
91 	Glenn Cickello 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Hamilton (OHA)
92 	Neil Korzack 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Peterborough (OHA)
93 	Garry Doerksen 	Centre 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
94 	Dwayne Pentland	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Brandon (WCHL)
95 	J.P. Burgoyne 	Defence 	 	Boston Bruins 	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
96 	Denis Patry 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Drummondville (QMJHL)
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=== Round seven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
97 	Don Cutts 	Goaltender	 	New York Islanders 	RPI (NCAA)
98 	Paul Tantardini	Left wing 	 	California Golden Seals	Downsview Bombers Ontario Jr. A
99 	Clay Hebenton 	Goaltender	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Portland WCJHL
100 	Dan Follet 	Goaltender	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Downsview Bombers Ontario Jr. A
101 	Tom Machowski 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Wisconsin (NCAA)
102 	Roly Kimble 	Goaltender	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Hamilton (OHA)
103 	Terry Ewasiuk 	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Victoria (WCHL)
104 	John Wensink 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
105 	Lou Nistico 	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	London (OHA)
106 	Tom Young 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Sudbury (OHA)
107 	Brian Middleton	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Alberta (NCAA)
108 	Bob Young 	Defence 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Denver (NCAA)
109 	Wayne Dye 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	New Westminster (WCHL)
110 	Denis Andersen 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	New Westminster (WCHL)
111 	Walter Johnson 	Right wing	 	Boston Bruins 	Oshawa (OHA)
112 	Michel Belisle 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Montreal (QMJHL)
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=== Round eight ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
113 	Mike Kennedy 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders 	Kitchener (OHA)
114 	Bruce Greig 	Left wing 	 	California Golden Seals	Vancouver (WCHL)
115 	John Senkpiel 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Vancouver (WCHL)
116 	Les Burgess 	Left wing 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Kitchener (OHA)
117 	Bob Law 	Right wing	 	Atlanta Flames 	North Dakota (WCHA)
118 	Dennis Polonich 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
119 	Fred Comrie 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Edmonton (WCHL)
120 	Jean Tetreault 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Drummondville (QMJHL)
121 	George Beveridge	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Kitchener (OHA)
122 	Norm Barnes 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Michigan State (NCAA)
123 	George Lyle 	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
124 	Tim O'Connell 	Right wing	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Vermont (NCAA)
125 	Jim Koleff 	Centre 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Hamilton (OHA)
126 	Denis Desgagnes 	Centre 	 	New York Islanders 	Sorel (QMJHL)
127 	Virgil Gates 	Defence 	 	Boston Bruins 	Swift Current (WCHL)
128 	Mario Desjardins	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
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=== Round nine ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
129 	Bob Lorimer 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
130 	Larry Patey 	Centre 	 	California Golden Seals	Braintree NEJHL
131 	Peter Folco 	Defence 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Quebec (QMJHL)
132 	Dave Pay 	Left wing 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Wisconsin (NCAA)
133 	Bob Bilodeau 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	New Westminster (WCHL)
134 	Gord Lane 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	New Westminster (WCHL)
135 	Dennis O'Brien	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Laurentian CIAU
136 	Jim Johnston 	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Peterborough (OHA)
137 	Dan O'Donohue 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Sault Ste. Marie (OHA)
138 	Tom Newman 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Kitchener (OHA)
139 	Ray Bibeau 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Montreal (QMJHL)
140 	Jack Johnson 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Wisconsin (NCAA)
141 	Steve Alley 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Wisconsin (NCAA)
142 	Jim Pettie 	Goaltender	 	Boston Bruins 	St. Catharines (OHA)
143 	Bob Wright 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Pembroke Lumber Kings CJAHL
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=== Round ten ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
144 	Lee Palmer 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Clarkson (NCAA)
145 	Doug Mahood 	Right wing	 	California Golden Seals	Sault Ste. Marie (OHA)
146 	Terry McDougall	Centre 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Swift Current (WCHL)
147 	Bob Peace 	Centre 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Cornell (NCAA)
148 	Glen Surbey 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Loyola College (NCAA)
149 	Guy Ross 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
150 	Randy Aimoe 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
151 	Kevin Neville 	Goaltender	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto (OHA)
152 	Sam Clegg 	Goaltender	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
153 	Brian Dick 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
154 	Ken Gibb 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	North Dakota (NCAA)
155 	Mitch Brandt 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Denver (NCAA)
156 	Rick Clubbe 	Centre 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	North Dakota (NCAA)
157 	Yvan Bouillon 	Centre 	 	Boston Bruins 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
158 	Alain Labrecque	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
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=== Round eleven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
159 	Norm McLeod 	Left wing 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Ottawa (OHA Jr. A)
160 	Angie Moretto	Centre 	 	California Golden Seals	Michigan (NCAA)
161 	Russ Wiechnik	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Calgary (WCHL)
162 	Greg Fox 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Michigan (WCHA)
163 	Max Hansen 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Sudbury (OHA)
164 	Don McLeod 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
165 	Gene Strate 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Edmonton (WCHL)
166 	Gord Halliday	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Pennsylvania (ECAC)
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=== Round twelve ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
167 	Cap Raeder	Goaltender	 	Montreal Canadiens	New Hampshire (NCAA)
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=== Round thirteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
168 	Louis Chiasson	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
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	= 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
== See also ==
* 1973–74 NHL season
* List of NHL players
* 1973 WHA Amateur Draft
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