1976 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1976 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. It is notable as featuring one of the weakest first rounds in draft history, as only two players (Green and Federko) played more than 450 career NHL games. The Cleveland Barons drafted as the California Golden Seals and the Colorado Rockies took part as the Kansas City Scouts. The two franchises would relocate to their new cities in July.
== Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the 1976 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 	Rick Green 	Defence 	 	Washington Capitals 	London Knights (OHA)
2 	Blair Chapman 	Right wing	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3 	Glen Sharpley 	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars 	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
4 	Fred Williams 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5 	Bjorn Johansson 	Defence 	 	California Golden Seals	Orebro IK
6 	Don Murdoch 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7 	Bernie Federko 	Forward 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
8 	David Shand 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
9 	Real Cloutier 	Forward 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)
10 	Harold Phillipoff	Left wing 	 	Atlanta Flames 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
11 	Paul Gardner 	Centre 	 	Kansas City Scouts 	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
12 	Peter Lee 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
13 	Rod Schutt 	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
14 	Alex McKendry 	Forward 	 	New York Islanders 	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
15 	Greg Carroll 	Centre 	 	Washington Capitals 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
16 	Clayton Pachal 	Centre 	 	Boston Bruins 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
17 	Mark Suzor 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
18 	Bruce Baker 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
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=== Round two ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
19 	Greg Malone 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
20 	Brian Sutter 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
21 	Steve Clippingdale	]Left wing	 	Los Angeles 	New Westminster (WCHL)
22 	Reed Larson 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Minnesota (WCHA)
23 	Vern Stenlund 	Centre 	 	California 	London (OMJHL)
24 	Dave Farrish 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Sudbury (OMJHL)
25 	John Smrke 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis 	Toronto (OMJHL)
26 	Bob Manno 	Defence 	 	Vancouver 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
27 	Jeff McDill 	Right wing	 	Chicago 	Victoria (WCHL)
28 	Bobby Simpson 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
29 	Peter Marsh 	Right wing	 	Pittsburgh 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
30 	Randy Carlyle 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Sudbury (OMJHL)
31 	Jim Roberts 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
32 	Mike Kaszycki 	Centre 	 	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
33 	Joe Kowal 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
34 	Lorry Gloeckner 	Defence 	 	Boston 	Victoria (WCHL)
35 	Drew Callander 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia 	Regina (WCHL)
36 	Barry Melrose 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Kamloops (WCHL)
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=== Round three ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
37 	Tom Rowe 	Right wing	 	Washington 	London (OMJHL)
38 	Mike Kitchen 	Defence 	 	Kansas City 	Toronto (OMJHL)
39 	Don Jackson 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
40 	Fred Berry 	Centre 	 	Detroit 	New Westminster (WCHL)
41 	Mike Fidler 	Left wing 	 	California 	Boston University (ECAC)
42 	Mike McEwen 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Toronto (OMJHL)
43 	Jim Kirkpatrick	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Toronto (OMJHL)
44 	Rob Flockhart 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	Kamloops (WCHL)
45 	Thomas Gradin 	Centre 	 	Chicago 	Ornskoldsvik (Sweden)
46 	Rick Hodgson 	Defence 	 	Atlanta 	Calgary (WCHL)
47 	Morris Lukowich	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
48 	Alain Belanger 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
49 	Don Moores 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles 	Kamloops (WCHL)
50 	Garth MacGuigan	Centre 	 	New York Islanders	Montreal (QMJHL)
51 	Ron Zanussi 	Right wing	 	Minnesota 	London (OMJHL)
52 	Gary McFadyen 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	Hull (QMJHL)
53 	Craig Hanmer 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia 	Mohawk Valley (NAHL)
54 	Bill Baker 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Minnesota (WCHA)
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=== Round four ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
55 	Al Glendinnin 	Defence 	 	Washington 	Calgary (WCHL)
56 	Mike Liut 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis 	Bowling Green (CCHA)
57 	Mike Fedorko 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
58 	Kevin Schamehorn	Right wing	 	Detroit 	New Westminster (WCHL)
59 	Warren Young 	Centre 	 	California 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
60 	Claude Periard 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
61 	Paul Skidmore 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis 	Boston College (ECAC)
62 	Elmer Ray 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	Calgary (WCHL)
63 	Dave Debol 	Centre 	 	Chicago 	Michigan (WCHA)
64 	Kent Nilsson 	Right wing	 	Atlanta 	Stockholm (Sweden)
65 	Greg Redquest 	Goaltender	 	Pittsburgh 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
66 	Tim Williams 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Victoria (WCHL)
67 	Bob Mears 	Goaltender	 	Los Angeles 	Kingston (OMJHL)
68 	Ken Morrow 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders	Bowling Green (CCHA)
69 	Rocky Maze 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo 	Edmonton (WCHL)
70 	Bob Miller 	Centre 	 	Boston 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
71 	Dave Hynek 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Kingston (OMJHL)
72 	Ed Clarey 	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
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=== Round five ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
73 	Doug Patey 	Right wing	 	Washington 	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
74 	Rick McIntyre 	Left wing 	 	Kansas City 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
75 	Phil Verchota 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota 	Minnesota (WCHA)
76 	Dwight Schofield	Defence 	 	Detroit 	London (OMJHL)
77 	Darcy Regier 	Defence 	 	California 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
78 	Doug Caines 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
79 	Cal Sandbeck 	Defence 	 	California 	Denver (WCHA)
80 	Rick Durston 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	Victoria (WCHL)
81 	Terry McDonald 	Centre 	 	Chicago 	Edmonton (WCHL)
82 	Mark Earp 	Goaltender	 	Atlanta 	Kamloops (WCHL)
83 	Brendan Lowe 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
84 	Greg Hotham 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Kingston (OMJHL)
85 	Rob Palmer 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles 	Michigan (WCHA)
86 	Mike Hordy 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
87 	Ron Roscoe 	Defence 	 	Buffalo 	Hamilton (OMJHL)
88 	Peter Vandemark 	Left wing 	 	Boston 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
89 	Robin Lan 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia 	Cornell (ECAC)
90 	Maurice Barrette	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Quebec (QMJHL)
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=== Round six ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
91 	Jim Bedard 	Goaltender	 	Washington 	Sudbury (OMJHL)
92 	Larry Skinner 	Centre 	 	Kansas City 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
93 	Dave Delich 	Centre 	 	Minnesota 	Colorado College (WCHA)
94 	Tony Horvath 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
95 	Jouni Rinne 	Right wing	 	California 	Rauma (Finland)
96 	Barry Scully 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Kingston (OMJHL)
97 	Nels Goddard 	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
98 	Rob Tudor 	Right wing	 	Vancouver 	Regina (WCHL)
99 	John Peterson 	Goaltender	 	Chicago 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
100 	Don Wilson 	Defence 	 	Washington 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
101 	Vic Sirko 	Defence 	 	Pittsburgh 	Oshawa (OMJHL)
102 	Dan Djakalovi 	Centre 	 	Toronto 	Kitchener (OMJHL)
103 	Larry McRae 	Goaltender	 	Los Angeles 	Windsor (OMJHL)
104 	Yvon Vautour 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders	Laval (QMJHL)
105 	Don Lemieux 	Defence 	 	Buffalo 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
106 	Ted Olson 	Left wing 	 	Boston 	Calgary (WCHL)
107 	Paul Klasinski 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	St. Paul (MWJHL)
108 	Pierre Brassard	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
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=== Round seven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
109 	Dale Rideout 	Goaltender	 	Washington 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
110 	Jeff Barr 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Michigan State (WCHA)
111 	Fern LeBlanc 	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
112 	Remi Levesque 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers	Qubec (QMJHL)
113 	Mike Eaves 	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
114 	Brad Rhiness 	Centre 	 	Vancouver 	Kingston (OMJHL)
115 	John Rothstein	Right wing	 	Chicago 	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
116 	Charlie Skjodt	Centre 	 	Toronto 	Windsor (OMJHL)
117 	Ray Kurpis 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia 	Austin (MWJHL)
118 	Rich Gosselin 	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
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=== Round eight ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
119 	Al Dumba 	Right wing	 	Washington	Regina (WCHL)
120 	Claude Legris 	Goaltender	 	Detroit 	Sorel (QMJHL)
121 	Jacques Soguel	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Davos (Switzerland)
122 	Stu Ostlund 	Centre 	 	Vancouver 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
123 	John Gregory 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
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=== Round nine ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
124 	Dave Dornseif	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Providence (ECAC)
125 	Bruce Horsch 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
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=== Round ten ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
126 	Brad Wilson 	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Providence (ECAC)
127 	John Tavella	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
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=== Round eleven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
128 	Dan Hoene 	Right wing	 	St. Louis 	Michigan (WCHA)
129 	Mark Davidson	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
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=== Round twelve ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
130 	Goran Lindblom	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Skelleftea (Sweden)
131 	Bill Wells 	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
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=== Round thirteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
132 	Jim Bales 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis 	Denver (WCHA)
133 	Ron Wilson	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
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=== Round fourteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
134 	Anders Hakansson	Left wing 	 	St. Louis 	Solna (Sweden)
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=== Round fifteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
135 	Juhani Wallenius	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Rauma (Finland)
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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
==References==
== External links ==
* HockeyDraftCentral.com
* hockeydb.com
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