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1978 NHL Amateur Draft

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Round 1 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
1 Minnesota North Stars Bobby Smith Ottawa 1077 357 679 1036 -10 917
2 Washington Capitals Ryan Walter Seattle 1003 264 382 646 -3 946
3 St. Louis Blues Wayne Babych Portland 519 192 246 438 -28 498
4 Vancouver Canucks Bill Derlago Brandon 555 189 227 416 -89 247
5 Colorado Rockies Mike Gillis Kingston 246 33 43 76 -55 186
6 Philadelphia Flyers Behn Wilson Kingston 601 98 260 358 52 1480
7 Philadelphia Flyers Ken Linseman Kingston 860 256 551 807 224 1727
8 Montreal Canadiens Danny Geoffrion Cornwall 111 20 32 52 -31 99
9 Detroit Red Wings Willie Huber Hamilton 655 104 217 321 -203 950
10 Chicago Black Hawks Tim Higgins Ottawa 706 154 198 352 -2 719
11 Atlanta Flames Brad Marsh London 1086 23 175 198 57 1241
12 Detroit Red Wings Brent Peterson Portland 620 72 141 213 -8 484
13 Buffalo Sabres Larry Playfair Portland 688 26 94 120 -26 1812
14 Philadelphia Flyers Danny Lucas Sault Ste. Marie 6 1 0 1 -2 0
15 New York Islanders Steve Tambellini Lethbridge 553 160 150 310 -132 105
16 Boston Bruins Al Secord Hamilton 766 273 222 495 1 2093
17 Montreal Canadiens Dave Hunter Sudbury 746 133 190 323 103 918
18 Washington Capitals Tim Coulis Hamilton 47 4 5 9 -13 138
Round 2 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
19 Minnesota North Stars Steve Payne Ottawa 613 228 238 466 28 435
20 Washington Capitals Paul Mulvey Portland 225 30 51 81 -42 613
21 Toronto Maple Leafs Joel Quenneville Windsor 803 54 136 190 -89 705
22 Vancouver Canucks Curt Fraser Victoria 704 193 240 433 -34 1306
23 Washington Capitals Paul MacKinnon Peterborough 147 5 23 28 -12 91
24 Minnesota North Stars Steve Christoff U. of Minnesota 248 77 64 141 -19 108
25 Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Meeker Peterborough 4 0 0 0 -1 5
26 New York Rangers Don Maloney Kitchener 765 214 350 564 39 815
27 Colorado Rockies Merlin Malinowski Medicine Hat 282 54 111 165 -104 121
28 Detroit Red Wings Glenn Hicks Flin Flon 108 6 12 18 -21 127
29 Chicago Black Hawks Doug Lecuyer Portland 126 11 31 42 -39 178
30 Montreal Canadiens Dale Yakiwchuk Portland
31 Detroit Red Wings Al Jensen Hamilton 179 0 4 4 0 44 179 95 53 18 3.35 .801
32 Buffalo Sabres Tony McKegney Kingston 912 320 319 639 3 517
33 Philadelphia Flyers Mike Simurda Kingston
34 New York Islanders Randy Johnston Peterborough 4 0 0 0 -2 4
35 Boston Bruins Graeme Nicolson Cornwall 52 2 7 9 -21 60
36 Montreal Canadiens Ron Carter Sherbrooke 2 0 0 0 0 0
Round 3 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
37 Philadelphia Flyers Gord Salt Michigan Tech
38 Washington Capitals Glen Currie Laval 326 39 79 118 18 100
39 St. Louis Blues Steve Harrison Toronto
40 Vancouver Canucks Stan Smyl New Westminster 896 262 411 673 -77 1556
41 Colorado Rockies Paul Messier U. of Denver 9 0 0 0 -6 4
42 Montreal Canadiens Richard David Trois-Rivieres 31 4 4 8 -7 10
43 New York Rangers Ray Markham Flin Flon 14 1 1 2 -3 21
44 New York Rangers Dean Turner Michigan 35 1 0 1 -5 59
45 Washington Capitals Jay Johnston Hamilton 8 0 0 0 -2 13
46 Chicago Black Hawks Rick Paterson Cornwall 430 50 43 93 -12 136
47 Atlanta Flames Tim Bernhardt Cornwall 67 0 3 3 0 4 67 17 36 7 4.27 .855
48 Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Kirton Peterborough 266 57 56 113 -75 121
49 Buffalo Sabres Rob McClanahan U. of Minnesota 224 38 63 101 1 126
50 Philadelphia Flyers Glen Cochrane Victoria 411 17 72 89 59 1556
51 New York Islanders Dwayne Lowdermilk Seattle 2 0 1 1 -1 2
52 Boston Bruins Brad Knelson Lethbridge
53 Detroit Red Wings Doug Derkson New Westminster
Round 4 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
54 Minnesota North Stars Curt Giles U. Minn-Duluth 895 43 199 242 25 733
55 Washington Capitals Bengt-Ake Gustafsson Farjestad Karlstad, SWE 629 196 359 555 49 196
56 Vancouver Canucks Harald Luckner Farjestad Karlstad, SWE
57 Vancouver Canucks Brad Smith Sudbury 222 28 34 62 -29 591
58 Colorado Rockies Dave Watson Sault Ste. Marie 18 0 1 1 -3 10
59 New York Rangers Dave Silk Boston U. 249 54 59 113 3 271
60 New York Rangers Andre Dore Quebec 257 14 81 95 36 261
61 Pittsburgh Penguins Shane Pearsall Ottawa
62 Detroit Red Wings Bjorn Skaare Ottawa 1 0 0 0 0 0
63 Chicago Black Hawks Brian Young New Westminster 8 0 2 2 -4 6
64 Atlanta Flames Jim MacRae London
65 Toronto Maple Leafs Bob Parent Kitchener 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 5.63
66 Buffalo Sabres Mike Gazdic Sudbury
67 Philadelphia Flyers Russ Wilderman Seattle
68 Boston Bruins George Buat Seattle
69 Montreal Canadiens Kevin Reeves Montreal
Round 5 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
70 Minnesota North Stars Roy Kerling Cornell
71 Washington Capitals Lou Franceschetti Niagara Falls 459 59 81 140 -32 747
72 St. Louis Blues Kevin Willison Billings
73 Colorado Rockies Tim Thomlison Billings
74 Colorado Rockies Rod Guimont Lethbridge
75 Pittsburgh Penguins Rob Garner Toronto 1 0 0 0 0 0
76 New York Rangers Mike McDougal Port Huron IHL 61 8 10 18 -32 43
77 Los Angeles Kings Paul Mancini Sault Ste. Marie
78 Detroit Red Wings Ted Nolan Sault Ste. Marie 78 6 16 22 -18 105
79 Chicago Black Hawks Mark Murphy Toronto
80 Atlanta Flames Gord Wappel Regina 20 1 1 2 -2 10
81 Toronto Maple Leafs Jordy Douglas Flin Flon 268 76 62 138 -69 160
82 Buffalo Sabres Randy Ireland Portland 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.00
83 Philadelphia Flyers Brad Tamblyn U. of Toronto
84 New York Islanders Greg Hay Michigan Tech
85 Boston Bruins Darryl MacLeod Boston U.
86 Montreal Canadiens Mike Boyd Sault Ste. Marie
Round 6 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
87 Minnesota North Stars Bob Bergloff U. of Minnesota 2 0 0 0 -1 5
88 Washington Capitals Vince Magnan U. of Denver
89 St. Louis Blues Jim Nill Medicine Hat 524 58 87 145 -66 854
90 Vancouver Canucks Gerry Minor Regina 140 11 21 32 -8 173
91 Colorado Rockies John Hynes Harvard
92 Toronto Maple Leafs Mel Hewitt Calgary
93 New York Rangers Tom Laidlaw Northern Michigan 705 25 139 164 -9 717
94 Los Angeles Kings Doug Keans Ottawa 210 0 6 6 0 53 210 96 64 26 3.51 .829
95 Detroit Red Wings Sylvain Locas Sherbrooke
96 Chicago Black Hawks Dave Feamster Colorado College 169 13 24 37 6 154
97 Atlanta Flames Greg Meredith U. of Notre Dame 38 6 4 10 -4 8
98 Toronto Maple Leafs Normand Lefebvre Trois-Rivieres
99 Buffalo Sabres Cam MacGregor Cornwall
100 Philadelphia Flyers Mark Taylor North Dakota 209 42 68 110 -8 73
101 New York Islanders Kelly Davis Flin Flon
102 Boston Bruins Jeff Brubaker Peterborough 178 16 9 25 -24 512
103 Montreal Canadiens Keith Acton Peterborough 1023 226 358 584 -24 1172
Round 7 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
104 Minnesota North Stars Kim Spencer Victoria
105 Washington Capitals Mats Hallin Sodertalje, SWE 152 17 14 31 -11 193
106 St. Louis Blues Steve Stockman Cornwall
107 Vancouver Canucks Dave Ross Portland
108 Colorado Rockies Andy Clark Lake Superior State
109 St. Louis Blues Paul MacLean Hull 719 324 349 673 -35 968
110 New York Rangers Dan Clark Milwaukee (IHL) 4 0 1 1 1 6
111 Los Angeles Kings Don Waddell Northern Michigan 1 0 0 0 -1 0
112 Detroit Red Wings Wes George Saskatoon
113 Chicago Black Hawks Dave Mancuso Windsor
114 Atlanta Flames Dave Hindmarch U. of Alberta 99 21 17 38 -14 25
115 Toronto Maple Leafs John Scammel Lethbridge
116 Buffalo Sabres Dan Eastman Saginaw (IHL)
117 Philadelphia Flyers Mike Ewanouski Boston College
118 New York Islanders Richard Pepin Laval
119 Boston Bruins Murray Skinner Lake Superior State
120 Montreal Canadiens Jim Lawson Brown
Round 8 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
121 Minnesota North Stars Mike Cotter Bowling Green
122 Washington Capitals Richard Sirois Milwaukee (IHL)
123 St. Louis Blues Denis Houle Hamilton
124 Vancouver Canucks Steve O'Neill Providence
125 Colorado Rockies John Olver Michigan
126 Philadelphia Flyers Jerry Price Portland
127 New York Rangers Greg Kostenko Ohio State
128 Los Angeles Kings Rob Mierkalns Hamilton
129 Detroit Red Wings John Barrett Windsor 488 20 77 97 -130 604
130 Chicago Black Hawks Sandy Ross Colgate
131 Atlanta Flames Dave Morrison Calgary
132 Toronto Maple Leafs Kevin Reinhart Kitchener
133 Buffalo Sabres Eric Strobel U. of Minnesota
134 Philadelphia Flyers Darre Switzer Medicine Hat
135 New York Islanders Dave Cameron University of PEI 168 25 28 53 -33 238
136 Boston Bruins Richard Hehir Boston College
137 Montreal Canadiens Larry Landon RPI 9 0 0 0 -2 2
Round 9 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
138 Minnesota North Stars Brent Gogol Billings
139 Washington Capitals Denis Pomerleau Trois-Rivieres
140 St. Louis Blues Tony Meagher Boston U.
141 Vancouver Canucks Charlie Antetomaso Boston College
142 Colorado Rockies Kevin Krook Regina 3 0 0 0 0 2
143 St. Louis Blues Rick Simpson Medicine Hat
144 New York Rangers Brian McDavid Kitchener
145 Los Angeles Kings Ric Scully Brown
146 Detroit Red Wings Jim Malazdrewicz St. Boniface Jr. A
147 Chicago Black Hawks Mark Locken Niagara Falls
148 Atlanta Flames Doug Todd Michigan
149 Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Waghorne New Hampshire
150 Buffalo Sabres Eugene O'Sullivan Calgary
151 Philadelphia Flyers Greg Francis St. Lawrence U.
152 New York Islanders Paul Joswiak U. of Minnesota
153 Boston Bruins Craig MacTavish University of Lowell 1093 213 267 480 34 891
154 Montreal Canadiens Kevin Constantine RPI
Round 10 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
155 Minnesota North Stars Mark Seide Bloomington Jr.
156 Washington Capitals Barry Heard London
157 St. Louis Blues Jim Lockhurst Kingston
158 Vancouver Canucks Richard Martens New Westminster
159 Colorado Rockies Jeff Jensen Lake Superior State
160 St. Louis Blues Bob Froese Niagara Falls 242 0 10 10 0 90 242 128 72 20 3.10 .879
161 New York Rangers Mark Rodrigues Yale
162 Los Angeles Kings Brad Thiessen Toronto
163 Detroit Red Wings Geoff Shaw Hamilton
164 Chicago Black Hawks Glenn Van Colorado College
165 Atlanta Flames Mark Green Sherbrooke
166 Toronto Maple Leafs Laurie Cuvelier St. Francis Xavier
167 Philadelphia Flyers Rick Berard St. Mary's U.
168 Philadelphia Flyers Don Lucia U. of Notre Dame
169 New York Islanders Scott Cameron U. of Notre Dame
170 St. Louis Blues Dan Lerg Michigan
171 Montreal Canadiens John Swan McGill University
Round 11 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
172 Washington Capitals Mark Toffolo Port Huron (IHL)
173 St. Louis Blues Risto Siltanen Ilves Tampere, FIN 562 90 265 355 -76 266
174 Colorado Rockies Bo Ericson AIK Solna, SWE
175 St. Louis Blues Dan Hermansson Karlskoga, SWE
176 New York Rangers