1978 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1978 NHL Amateur Draft occurred at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 15, 1978. It was the last draft to be called the "Amateur Draft" before the process was renamed to the NHL Entry Draft in 1979.
== Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the 1978 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 	Bobby Smith 	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
2 	Ryan Walter 	Centre 	 	Washington Capitals 	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
3 	Wayne Babych 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
4 	Bill Derlago 	Centre 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
5 	Mike Gillis 	Left wing 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
6 	Behn Wilson 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
7 	Ken Linseman 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
8 	Dan Geoffrion 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
9 	Willie Huber 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
10 	Tim Higgins 	Right wing	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
11 	Brad Marsh 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	London Knights (OMJHL)
12 	Brent Peterson 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
13 	Larry Playfair 	Defence 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
14 	Danny Lucas 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
15 	Steve Tambellini	Centre 	 	New York Islanders 	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
16 	Al Secord 	Left wing 	 	Boston Bruins 	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
17 	Dave Hunter 	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
18 	Tim Coulis 	Left wing 	 	Washington Capitals 	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
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=== Round two ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
19 	Steve Payne 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota North Stars	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
20 	Paul Mulvey 	Left wing 	 	Washington Capitals 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
21 	Joel Quenneville 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
22 	Curt Fraser 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
23 	Paul MacKinnon 	Defence 	 	Washington Capitals 	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
24 	Steve Christoff 	Centre 	 	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
25 	Mike Meeker 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
26 	Don Maloney 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
27 	Merlin Malinowski	Centre 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
28 	Glenn Hicks 	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
29 	Doug Lecuyer 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
30 	Dale Yakiwchuk 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
31 	Al Jensen 	Goaltender	 	Detroit Red wings 	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
32 	Tony McKegney 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
33 	Mike Simurda 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
34 	Randy Johnston 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
35 	Graeme Nicolson 	Defence 	 	Boston Bruins 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
36 	Ron Carter 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
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=== Round three ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
37 	Gord Salt 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia Flyers	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
38 	Glen Currie 	Centre 	 	Washington Capitals	Laval National (QMJHL)
39 	Steve Harrison 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
40 	Stan Smyl 	Right wing	 	Vancouver Canucks 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
41 	Paul Messier 	Centre 	 	Colorado Rockies 	University of Denver (WCHA)
42[ 	Richard David 	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
43 	Ray Markham 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
44 	Dean Turner 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	University of Michigan (WCHA)
45 	Jay Johnston 	Defence 	 	Washington Capitals	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
46 	Rick Paterson 	Centre 	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
47 	Tim Bernhardt 	Goaltender	 	Atlanta Flames 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
48 	Mark Kirton 	Centre 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
49 	Rob McClanahan 	Centre 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
50 	Glen Cochrane 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
51 	Dwayne Lowdermilk	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
52 	Brad Knelson 	Defence 	 	Boston Bruins 	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
53 	Doug Derkson 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red wings 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
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=== Round four ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
54 	Curt Giles 	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
55 	Bengt Gustafsson	Right wing	 	Washington Capitals 	Farjestads BK Karlstad (SEL)
56 	Harald Luckner 	Centre 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Färjestads BK Karlstad (SEL)
57 	Brad Smith 	Right wing	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
58 	Dave Watson 	Left wing 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
59 	Dave Silk 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Boston University (ECAC)
60 	Andre Dore 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
61 	Shane Pearsall 	Left wing 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
62 	Bjorn Skaare 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
63 	Brian Young 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
64 	Jim MacRae 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta Flames 	London (OMJHL)
65 	Bob Parent 	Goaltender	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
66 	Mike Gazdic 	Defence 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
67 	Russ Wilderman 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
68 	George Buat 	Right wing	 	Boston Bruins 	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
69 	Kevin Reeves 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
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=== Round five ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
70 	Roy Kerling 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota North Stars	Cornell University (ECAC)
71 	Lou Franceschetti	Left wing 	 	Washington Capitals 	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
72 	Kevin Willison 	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
73 	Tim Thomlison 	Goaltender	 	Colorado Rockies 	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
74 	Rod Guimont 	Right wing	 	Colorado Rockies 	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
75 	Rob Garner 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
76 	Mike McDougal 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Port Huron Flags (IHL)
77 	Paul Mancini 	Left wing 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
78 	Ted Nolan 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
79 	Mark Murphy 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
80 	Gord Wappel 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Regina Pats (WCHL)
81 	Jordy Douglas 	Left wing 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
82 	Randy Ireland 	Goaltender	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Flint Generals (IHL)
83 	Brad Tamblyn 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Toronto Marlboros (OUAA)
84 	Greg Hay 	Left wing 	 	New York Islanders 	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
85 	Daryl MacLeod 	Left wing 	 	Boston Bruins 	Boston University (ECAC)
86 	Mike Boyd 	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
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=== Round six ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
87 	Bob Bergloff 	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
88 	Vince Magnan 	Left wing 	 	Washington Capitals 	University of Denver (WCHA)
89 	Jim Nill 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
90 	Gerry Minor 	Centre 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Regina Pats (WCHL)
91 	John Hynes 	Goaltender	 	Colorado Rockies 	Harvard University (ECAC)
92 	Mel Hewitt 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
93 	Tom Laidlaw 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
94 	Doug Keans 	Goaltender	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
95 	Sylvain Locas 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
96 	Dave Feamster 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Colorado College (WCHA)
97 	Greg Meredith 	Right wing	 	Atlanta Flames 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
98 	Normand Lefebvre	Right wing	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
99 	Cam MacGregor 	Left wing 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
100 	Mark Taylor 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
101 	Kelly Davis 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
102 	Jeff Brubaker 	Left wing 	 	Boston Bruins 	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
103 	Keith Acton 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
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=== Round seven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
104 	Kim Spencer 	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
105 	Mats Hallin 	Left wing 	 	Washington Capitals 	Sodertalje SK (SEL)
106 	Steve Stockman	Centre 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
107 	Dave Ross 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
108 	Andy Clark 	Defence 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
109 	Paul MacLean 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
110 	Dan Clark 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
111 	Don Waddell 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
112 	Wes George 	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
113 	Dave Mancuso 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
114 	Dave Hindmarch	Right wing	 	Atlanta Flames 	University of Alberta (CWUAA)
115 	John Scammell 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
116 	Dan Eastman 	Centre 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Saginaw Gears (IHL)
117 	Mike Ewanouski	Right wing	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Boston College (ECAC)
118 	Richard Pepin 	Left wing 	 	New York Islanders 	Laval National (QMJHL)
119 	Murray Skinner	Goaltender	 	Boston Bruins 	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
120 	Jim Lawson 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Brown University (ECAC)
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=== Round eight ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
121 	Mike Cotter 	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
122 	Rich Sirois 	Goaltender	 	Washington Capitals 	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
123 	Denis Houle 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
124 	Steve O'Neill 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Providence College (ECAC))
125 	John Olver 	Right wing	 	Colorado Rockies 	University of Michigan (WCHA)
126 	Jerry Price 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
127 	Greg Kostenko 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Ohio State University (CCHA)
128 	Rob Mierkalns 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
129 	John Barrett 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
130 	Sandy Ross 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Colgate University (ECAC)
131 	Dave Morrison 	Right wing	 	Atlanta Flames 	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
132 	Kevin Reinhart	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
133 	Eric Strobel 	Centre 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
134 	Darre Switzer 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
135 	Dave Cameron 	Centre 	 	New York Islanders 	Prince Edward Island (AUAA)
136 	Bobby Hehir 	Centre 	 	Boston Bruins 	Boston College (ECAC)
137 	Larry Landon 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
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=== Round nine ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
138 	Brent Gogol 	Right wing	 	Minnesota North Stars	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
139 	Denis Pomerleau 	Right wing	 	Washington Capitals 	Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
140 	Tony Meagher 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Boston University (ECAC)
141 	Charlie Antetomaso	Defence 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Boston College (ECAC)
142 	Kevin Krook 	Defence 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Regina Pats (WCHL)
143 	Rick Simpson 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
144 	Brian McDavid 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
145 	Rick Scully 	Left wing 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Brown University (ECAC)
146 	Jim Malazdrewicz 	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red wings 	St. Boniface Saints (MJHL)
147 	Mark Locken 	Goaltender	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
148 	Doug Todd 	Right wing	 	Atlanta Flames 	University of Michigan (WCHA)
149 	Mike Waghorne 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
150 	Eugene O'Sullivan 	Centre 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
151 	Greg Francis 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
152 	Paul Joswiak 	Goaltender	 	New York Islanders 	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
153 	Craig MacTavish 	Centre 	 	Boston Bruins 	University of Lowell (ECAC D-II)
154 	Kevin Constantine 	Goaltender	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
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=== Round ten ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
155 	Mike Seide 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota North Stars	Bloomington Junior Stars (USHL)
156 	Barry Heard 	Goaltender	 	Washington Capitals 	London Knights (OMJHL)
157 	Jim Lockhurst 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis Blues 	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
158 	Richard Martens	Goaltender	 	Vancouver Canucks 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
159 	Jeff Jensen 	Left wing 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
160 	Bob Froese 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis Blues 	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
161 	Mark Rodrigues 	Goaltender	 	New York Rangers 	Yale University (ECAC)
162 	Brad Thiessen 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
163 	Geoff Shaw 	Right wing	 	Detroit Red wings 	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
164 	Glenn Van 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Colorado College (WCHA)
165 	Mark Green 	Centre 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
166 	Laurie Cuvelier	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	St. Francis Xavier University (AUAA)
167 	Rick Berard 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	St. Mary's University (AUAA)
168 	Don Lucia 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Notre Dame (WCHA)
169 	Scott Cameron 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Notre Dame (NCWCHAAA)
170 	Dan Lerg 	Centre 	 	St. Louis Blues 	University of Michigan (WCHA)
171 	John Swan 	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	McGill University (OUAA)
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=== Round eleven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
172 	Mark Toffolo 	Defence 	 	Washington Capitals	Port Huron Flags (IHL)
173 	Risto Siltanen 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Ilves (SM-l)
174 	Bo Ericson 	Defence 	 	Colorado Rockies 	AIK (Allsvenskan)
175 	Dan Hermansson 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Karlskoga (Sweden)
176 	Steve Weeks 	Goaltender	 	New York Rangers 	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
177 	Jim Armstrong 	Left wing 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Clarkson University (ECAC)
178 	Carl Van Harrewyn 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red wings 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
179 	Darryl Sutter 	Left wing 	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
180 	Bob Sullivan 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta Flames 	Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)
181 	Jean-Francois Boutin	Left wing 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Verdun Black Hawks (QMJHL)
182 	Mark Berge 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
183 	Ken Moore 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia Flyers	Clarkson University (ECAC)
184 	Christer Lowdahl 	Centre 	 	New York Islanders 	Örebro (Sweden)
185 	John Sullivan 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Providence College (ECAC)
186 	Daniel Metivier 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
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=== Round twelve ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
187 	Paul Hogan 	Left wing 	 	Washington Capitals	Regina Pats (WCHL)
188 	Serge Menard 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
189 	Steve Barger 	Right wing	 	Washington Capitals	Boston College (ECAC)
190 	Jari Viitala 	Centre 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Ilves (SM-liiga)
191 	Don Boyd 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
192 	Pierre Daigneault 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	St. Laurent College (CIAU)
193 	Claude Larochelle 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
194 	Ladislav Svozil 	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red wings 	HC Vitkovice (Czechoslovakia)
195 	Jim Olson 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
196 	Bernhard Englbrecht	Goaltender	 	Atlanta Flames 	Landshut EV (Germany)
197 	Paul Stasiuk 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Providence College (ECAC)
198 	Anton Stastny 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia Flyers	Bratislava (Slovakia)
199 	Gunnar Persson 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders 	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
200 	Gerd Truntschka 	Centre 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Cologne (West Germany)
201 	Viacheslav Fetisov 	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
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=== Round thirteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
202 	Rod Pacholzuk 	Defence 	 	Washington Capitals	University of Michigan (WCHA)
203 	Viktor Shkurdyuk	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Leningrad (USSR)
204 	Ulf Zetterstrom 	Left wing 	 	Colorado Rockies 	Kiruna (Sweden)
205 	Carl Bloomberg 	Goaltender	 	St. Louis Blues 	St. Louis University (CCHA)
206 	Chris McLaughlin	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
207 	Terry Kitching 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis Blues 	St. Louis (CCHA)
208 	Tom Bailey 	Right wing	 	Detroit Red wings 	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
209 	Brian O'Connor 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Boston University (ECAC)
210 	Brian Crombeen 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
211 	Mike Pidgeon 	Centre 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
212 	Jeff Mars 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	University of Michigan (WCHA)
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=== Round fourteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
213 	Wes Jarvis 	Centre 	 	Washington Capitals	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
214 	John Cochrane 	Right wing	 	St. Louis Blues 	Harvard University (ECAC)
215 	Ray Irwin 	Defence 	 	Washington Capitals	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
216 	Joe Casey 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Boston College (ECAC)
217 	Todd Johnson 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Boston University (ECAC)
218 	Jim Farrell 	Centre 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Princeton University (ECAC)
219 	Larry Lozinski 	Goaltender	 	Detroit Red wings 	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
220 	Frank Johnson 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Providence College (ECAC)
221 	Blair Wheeler 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Yale University (ECAC)
222 	Greg Tignanelli	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
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=== Round fifteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
223 	Dan McCarthy 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHA)
224 	Randy Betty 	Left wing 	 	Detroit Red wings 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
225 	George Goulakos	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
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=== Round sixteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
226 	Brian Crawley	Defence 	 	Detroit Red wings 	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
227 	Ken Moodie 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens	Colgate University (ECAC)
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=== Round seventeen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
228 	Doug Feasby 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red wings 	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
229 	Serge Leblanc	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens	University of Vermont (ECAC)
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=== Round eighteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
230 	Bob Magnuson	Centre 	 	Montreal Canadiens	Merrimack College (ECAC D-II)
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=== Round nineteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
231 	Chris Nilan	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens	Northeastern University (ECAC)
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=== Round twenty ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
232 	Rick Wilson	Goaltender	 	Montreal Canadiens	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
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=== Round twenty one ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
233 	Louis Sleigher	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
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=== Round twenty two ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
234 	Douglas Robb	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
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