1965 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1965 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
For the first time the eligibility rules were changed for the 1965 draft. The minimum age criterion was increased, to 18 from 16 years. Clubs were not permitted to begin negotiations with the selected players until they reached 19 years of age, and the date from which they were ineligible due to being on club sponsorship lists was pushed back from May 23 to April 1.
The NHL also reached an agreement with the AHL, CHL and WHL, allowing their clubs to participate in the draft. After the NHL clubs made their selections the clubs from the other three leagues were permitted to make their own selections. Each AHL and WHL club was allowed three picks, while each CHL team was allowed two.
The general consensus on the part of each participatory club was that the talent pool from which to draft was exceptionally poor. The majority of amateur players falling within the new age rules had already been sponsored, if not turned professional. A paltry 11 picks were made, which to this date remains the lowest ever in an NHL draft. Only two players played in the NHL: Pierre Bouchard and Michel Parizeau.
The pool of available player talent was considered so poor that the Toronto Maple Leafs elected not to participate whatsoever. The only non-NHL club to exercise their right to make a selection was the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL, who picked Junior C player Gary Beattie with the 11th, final pick.
==Selections by round==
Below are listed the selections in the 1965 NHL amateur draft.
	= NHL All-StarPlayers 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 	Andre Veilleux 	Right wing	 	New York Rangers 	Montreal Rangers (LHJAA)
2 	Andy Culligan 	Forward 	 	Chicago Black Hawks	St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL)
3 	George Forgie 	Defence 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL)
4 	Joe Bailey 	Forward 	 	Boston Bruins 	St. Thomas Stars (WOJHL)
5 	Pierre Bouchard	Defence 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	St. Vincent de Paul Saints (LHJAA)
 	 	 	 	 	
===Round two===
Pick #	Player 	Position 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
6 	George Surmay 	Goaltender	 	New York Rangers 	Kelvin Midgets (MAAAMHL)
7 	Brian McKenney	Right wing	 	Chicago Black Hawks	Smith Falls Bears (CJAHL)
8 	Bob Birdsell 	Right wing	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Stettler Midgets (MAAAMHL)
9 	Bill Ramsay 	Forward 	 	Boston Bruins 	Winnipeg Monarchs (MJHL}
 	 	 	 	 	
===Round three===
Pick #	Player 	Position	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
10 	Michel Parizeau	Centre 	 	New York Rangers 	Montreal Rangers (LHJAA)
11 	Gary Beattie 	Forward 	 	Pittsburgh Hornets (AHL)	Gananoque Lakers (MWJCHL)
 	 	 	 	 	
	= NHL All-Star			= Hall of famers
==See also==
* 1965–66 NHL season
* List of NHL players
==References==
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==External links==
* 1965 NHL amateur draft player stats at The Internet Hockey Database
* HockeyDraftCentral.com
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