1964 NHL Amateur Draft

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.
==Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the 1964 NHL amateur draft.
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===Round one===
Pick #	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
1 	Claude Gauthier	Right wing	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
2 	Alex Campbell 	Right wing	 	Boston Bruins 	Strathroy Midgets (OAAAMHL)
3 	Bob Graham 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
4 	Richie Bayes 	Centre 	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Dixie Midgets (OAAAMHL)
5 	Tom Martin 	Right wing	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
6 	Claude Chagnon 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
 	 	 	 	 	
===Round two===
Pick #	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
7 	Brian Watts 	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
8 	Jim Booth 	Left wing 	 	Boston Bruins 	Sault Ste. Marie Midgets (OAAAMHL)
9 	Tim Ecclestone	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Etobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)
10 	Jan Popiel 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL)
11 	David Cotey 	Forward 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Aurora Bears (SOJCHL)
12 	Guy Allen 	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL)
 	 	 	 	 	
===Round three===
Pick #	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
13 	Ralph Buchanan	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Montreal East Midgets (QAAAMHL)
14 	Ken Dryden 	Goaltender	 	Boston Bruins 	Etobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)
15 	Gordon Lowe 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
16 	Carl Hadfield 	Right wing	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Dixie Beehives (MetJHL)
17 	Mike Pelyk 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
18 	Paul Reid 	Forward 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Kingston Midgets (OAAAMHL)
 	 	 	 	 	
===Round four===
Pick #	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
19 	Rene LeClerc 	Right wing	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Hamilton Mountain Bees (NDJBHL)
20 	Allister Blair	Centre 	 	Boston Bruins 	Ingersoll Marlands (WBJHL)
21 	Syl Apps, Jr. 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Kingston Midgets (OAAAMHL)
22 	Moe L'Abbe 	Right wing	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
23 	Jim Dorey 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL)
24 	Michel Jacques	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Lac Megantic Royal(LHJAA)
 	 	 	 	 	
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