1977 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1977 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
== Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the 1977 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 	Dale McCourt 	Centre 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
2 	Barry Beck 	Defence 	 	Colorado Rockies 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3 	Robert Picard 	Defence 	 	Washington Capitals 	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
4 	Jere Gillis 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
5 	Mike Crombeen 	Right wing	 	Cleveland Barons 	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
6 	Doug Wilson 	Defence 	 	Chicago Black Hawks 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7 	Brad Maxwell 	Defence 	 	Minnesota North Stars	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
8 	Lucien DeBlois 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Sorel Éperviers (QMJHL)
9 	Scott Campbell 	Defence 	 	St. Louis Blues 	London Knights (OHA)
10 	Mark Napier 	Right wing	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
11 	John Anderson 	Right wing	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
12 	Trevor Johansen	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
13 	Ron Duguay 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
14 	Ric Seiling 	Right wing	 	Buffalo Sabres 	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
15 	Mike Bossy 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders 	Laval National (QMJHL)
16 	Dwight Foster 	Right wing	 	Boston Bruins 	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
17 	Kevin McCarthy 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
18 	Norm Dupont 	Left wing 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
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===Round two ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
19 	Jean Savard 	Centre 	 	Chicago Black Hawks	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
20 	Miles Zaharko 	Defence 	 	Atlanta Flames 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
21 	Mark Lofthouse 	Right wing	 	Washington Capitals	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
22 	Jeff Bandura 	Defence 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
23 	Daniel Chicoine	Right wing	 	Cleveland Barons 	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
24 	Bob Gladney 	Defence 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
25 	Dave Semenko 	Left wing 	 	Minnesota 	Brandon (WCHL)
26 	Mike Keating 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
27 	Neil Labatte 	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Toronto (OMJHL)
28 	Red Laurence 	Centre 	 	Atlanta 	Kitchener (OMJHL)
29 	Rocky Saganiuk 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
30 	Jim Hamilton 	Right wing	 	Pittsburgh 	London (OMJHL)
31 	Brian Hill 	Right wing	 	Atlanta 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
32 	Ron Areshenkoff	Centre 	 	Buffalo 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
33 	John Tonelli 	Centre 	 	New York Islanders 	Houston (WHA)
34 	Dave Parro 	Goaltender	 	Boston 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
35 	Tom Gorence 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia 	Minnesota (WCHA)
36 	Rod Langway 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
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===Round three ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
37 	Rick Vasko 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
38 	Doug Berry 	Centre 	 	Colorado 	Denver (WCHA)
39 	Eddy Godin 	Right wing	 	Washington 	Quebec (QMJHL)
40 	Glen Hanlon 	Goaltender	 	Vancouver 	Brandon (WCHL)
41 	Reg Kerr 	Left wing 	 	Cleveland 	Kamloops (WCHL)
42 	Guy Lash 	Right wing	 	Cleveland 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
43 	Alain Côté 	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
44 	Steve Baker 	Goaltender	 	New York Rangers 	Union (ECAC D-II)
45 	Tom Roulston 	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
46 	Pierre Lagace 	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	Quebec (QMJHL)
47 	Randy Pierce 	Right wing	 	Colorado 	Sudbury (OMJHL)
48 	Kim Davis 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh 	Flin Flon (WCHL)
49 	Moe Robinson 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Kingston (OMJHL)
50 	Hector Marini 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders	Sudbury (OMJHL)
51 	Bruce Andres 	Right wing	 	New York Islanders	New Westminster (WCHL)
52 	Mike Forbes 	Defence 	 	Boston 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
53 	Dave Hoyda 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Portland (WCHL)
54 	Gordie Roberts	Defence 	 	Montreal 	New England (WHA)
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===Round four ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
55 	John Hilworth 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
56 	Dave Morrow 	Defence 	 	Vancouver 	Calgary (WCHL)
57 	Nelson Burton 	Left wing 	 	Washington 	Quebec (QMJHL)
58 	Murray Bannerman 	Goaltender	 	Vancouver 	Victoria (WCHL)
59 	John Baby 	Defence 	 	Cleveland 	Sudbury (OMJHL)
60 	Randy Ireland 	Goaltender	 	Chicago 	Portland (WCHL)
61 	Kevin McCloskey 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Calgary (WCHL)
62 	Mario Marois 	Defence 	 	New York Rangers 	Quebec (QMJHL)
63 	Tony Currie 	Right wing	 	St. Louis 	Portland (WCHL)
64 	Rob Holland 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Montreal (QMJHL)
65 	Dan Eastman 	Right wing	 	Toronto 	London (OMJHL)
66 	Mark Johnson 	Centre 	 	Pittsburgh 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
67 	Yves Guillemette 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia 	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
68 	Bill Stewart 	Defence 	 	Buffalo 	Niagara Falls (OMJHL)
69 	Steve Stoyanovich	Centre 	 	New York Islanders	RPI (ECAC)
70 	Brian McGregor 	Right wing	 	Boston 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
71 	Rene Hamelin 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
72 	Jim Craig 	Goaltender	 	Atlanta 	Boston University (ECAC)
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===Round five ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
73 	Jim Korn 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Providence (ECAC)
74 	Mike Dwyer 	Left wing 	 	Colorado 	Niagara Falls (OMJHL)
75 	Denis Turcotte 	Centre 	 	Washington 	Quebec (QMJHL)
76 	Steve Hazlett 	Centre 	 	Vancouver 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
77 	Owen Lloyd 	Defence 	 	Cleveland 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
78 	Gary Platt 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Sorel (QMJHL)
79 	Bob Parent 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Kingston (OMJHL)
80 	Benoit Gosselin 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
81 	Bruce Hamilton 	Left wing 	 	St. Louis 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
82 	Curt Christofferson	Defence 	 	Atlanta 	Colorado College (WCHA)
83 	John Wilson 	Left wing 	 	Toronto 	Windsor (OMJHL)
84 	Julian Baretta 	Goaltender	 	Los Angeles 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
85 	Warren Holmes 	Centre 	 	Los Angeles 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
86 	Rich Sirois 	Goaltender	 	Buffalo 	Laval (QMJHL)
87 	Markus Mattsson 	Goaltender	 	New York Islanders	Tampere Ilves (Finland)
88 	Doug Butler 	Defence 	 	Boston 	Saint Louis (CCHA)
89 	Dan Clark 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia 	Kamloops (WCHL)
90 	Gaetan Rochette 	Left wing 	 	Montreal 	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
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===Round six ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
91 	Jim Baxter 	Goaltender	 	Detroit 	Union (ECAC D-II)
92 	Dan Lempe 	Centre 	 	Colorado 	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
93 	Perry Schnarr 	Right wing	 	Washington 	Denver (WCHA)
94 	Brian Drumm 	Left wing 	 	Vancouver 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
95 	Jeff Allan 	Defence 	 	Cleveland 	Hull (QMJHL)
96 	Jack O'Callahan 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Boston University (ECAC)
97 	Jamie Gallimore 	Right wing	 	Minnesota 	Kamloops (WCHL)
98 	John Bethel 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Boston University (ECAC)
99 	Gary McMonagle 	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
100 	Bernard Harbec 	Centre 	 	Atlanta 	Laval (QMJHL)
101 	Roy Sommer 	Left wing 	 	Toronto 	Calgary (WCHL)
102 	Greg Millen 	Goaltender	 	Pittsburgh 	Peterborough (OMJHL)
103 	Randy Rudnyk 	Right wing	 	Los Angeles 	New Westminster (WCHL)
104 	Wayne Ramsey 	Defence 	 	Buffalo 	Brandon (WCHL)
105 	Steve Letzgus 	Defence 	 	New York Islanders	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
106 	Keith Johnson 	Defence 	 	Boston 	Saskatoon (WCHL)
107 	Alain Chaput 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia 	Sorel (QMJHL)
108 	Bill Himmelright	Defence 	 	Montreal 	North Dakota (WCHA)
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===Round seven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
109 	Randy Wilson 	Left wing 	 	Detroit 	Providence (ECAC)
110 	Rick Doyle 	Left wing 	 	Colorado 	London (OMJHL)
111 	Rollie Boutin 	Goaltender	 	Washington 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
112 	Ray Creasy 	Centre 	 	Vancouver 	New Westminster (WCHL)
113 	Mark Toffolo 	Defence 	 	Cleveland 	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
114 	Floyd Lahache 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
115 	Jean-Pierre Sanvido	Goaltender	 	Minnesota 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
116 	Bob Sullivan 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers 	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
117 	Matti Forss 	Centre 	 	St. Louis 	Rauma (Finland)
118 	Bob Gould 	Right wing	 	Atlanta 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
119 	Lynn Jorgenson 	Left wing 	 	Toronto 	Toronto (OMJHL)
120 	Bob Suter 	Defence 	 	Los Angeles 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
121 	Harald Luckner 	Centre 	 	New York Islanders	Karlstad (Sweden)
122 	Ralph Cox 	Right wing	 	Boston 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
123 	Richard Dalpe 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
124 	Richard Sevigny 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
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===Round eight ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
125 	Ray Roy 	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
126 	Joe Contini 	Centre 	 	Colorado 	St. Catharines (OMJHL)
127 	Brent Tremblay 	Defence 	 	Washington 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
128 	Grant Eakin 	Left wing 	 	Cleveland 	Lethbridge (WCHL)
129 	Jeff Geiger 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
130 	Greg Tebbutt 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Regina (WCHL)
131 	Lance Nethery 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers	Cornell (ECAC)
132 	Raimo Hirvonen 	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Helsinki IFK (Finland)
133 	Jim Bennett 	Left wing 	 	Atlanta 	Brown (ECAC)
134 	Kevin Howe 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	Sault Ste. Marie (OMJHL)
135 	Pete Peeters 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia 	Medicine Hat (WCHL)
136 	Clint Eccles 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Kamloops (WCHL)
137 	Keith Hendrickson	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
138 	Mario Claude 	Defence 	 	Boston 	Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
139 	Mike Greeder 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia 	St. Paul (MWJHL)
140 	Mike Reilly 	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Colorado College (WCHA)
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===Round nine ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
141 	Kip Churchill 	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Union (ECAC D-II)
142 	Jack Hughes 	Defence 	 	Colorado 	Harvard (ECAC)
143 	Don Micheletti	Left wing 	 	Washington 	Minnesota (WCHA)
144 	Steve Ough 	Defence 	 	Chicago 	Laval (QMJHL)
145 	Keith Hanson 	Defence 	 	Minnesota 	Austin (MWJHL)
146 	Alex Jeans 	Centre 	 	New York Rangers	Toronto (OUAA)
147 	Bjorn Olsson 	Defence 	 	St. Louis 	Karlstad (Sweden)
148 	Tim Harrer 	Right wing	 	Atlanta 	Minnesota (WCHA)
149 	Ray Robertson 	Defence 	 	Toronto 	St. Lawrence (ECAC)
150 	Tom Bauer 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Providence (ECAC)
151 	Michel Bauman 	Left wing 	 	Philadelphia 	Hull (QMJHL)
152 	Barry Borrett 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Cornwall (QMJHL)
153 	Bruce Crowder 	Right wing	 	Philadelphia 	New Hampshire (ECAC)
154 	Sid Tanchak 	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Clarkson (ECAC)
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===Round ten ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
155 	Lance Gattoni 	Defence 	 	Detroit 	Toronto (OUAA)
156 	Archie Henderson	Right wing	 	Washington 	Victoria (WCHL)
157 	Pete Raps 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers	Western Michigan (CCHA)
158 	Rob Nicholson 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia 	St. Paul (MWJHL)
159 	Dave Isherwood 	Centre 	 	Philadelphia 	Winnipeg (WCHL)
160 	Mark Holden 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Brown (ECAC)
161 	Steve Jones 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia 	Ohio State (CCHA)
162 	Craig Laughlin 	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Clarkson (ECAC)
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===Round eleven ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
163 	Rob Plumb 	Left wing 	 	Detroit 	Kingston (OMJHL)
164 	Mike Brown 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers	Western Michigan (CCHA)
165 	Jim Trainor 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia 	Harvard (ECAC)
166 	Barry Duench	Centre 	 	Philadelphia 	Kitchener (OMJHL)
167 	Dan Poulin 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
168 	Rod McNair 	Defence 	 	Philadelphia 	Ohio State (CCHA)
169 	Tom McDonell	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
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===Round twelve ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
170 	Alain Belanger	Left wing 	 	Detroit 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
171 	Mark Miller 	Left wing 	 	New York Rangers	Michigan (WCHA)
172 	Mike Laycock 	Goaltender	 	Philadelphia 	Brown (ECAC)
173 	Cary Farelli 	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Toronto (OMJHL)
174 	Carey Walker 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	New Westminster (WCHL)
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===Round thirteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
175 	Dean Willers	Right wing	 	Detroit 	Union (ECAC D-II)
176 	Mark Wells 	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Bowling Green (CCHA)
177 	Stan Palmer 	Defence 	 	Montreal 	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
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===Round fourteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
178 	Roland Cloutier	Centre 	 	Detroit 	Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
179 	Jean Belisle 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
180 	Bob Daly 	Goaltender	 	Montreal 	Ottawa (OMJHL)
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===Round fifteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
181 	Ed Hill 	Right wing	 	Detroit 	Vermont (ECAC)
182 	Bob Boileau 	Right wing	 	Montreal 	Boston University (ECAC)
183 	John Costello	Centre 	 	Montreal 	Lowell (ECAC D-II)
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===Round sixteen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
184 	Val James 	Left wing 	 	Detroit 	Quebec (QMJHL)
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===Round seventeen ===
Pick # 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
185 	Grant Morin	Right wing	 	Detroit 	Calgary (WCHL)
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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
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