1977 NHL Amateur Draft

1977 NHL Amateur Draft
General information
Date(s)	June 14, 1977
Location	Montreal, Quebec
First selection	Dale McCourt ; Selected by: Detroit Red Wings
	NHL Amateur Draft

The 1977 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Players were drafted at 20 years of age in 1977.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.

= NHL All-Star^[1]

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= Hall of Famers

Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Dale McCourt	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
2	Barry Beck	Defence	Canada	Colorado Rockies	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	Robert Picard	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
4	Jere Gillis	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
5	Mike Crombeen	Right Wing	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
6	Doug Wilson	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7	Brad Maxwell	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
8	Lucien DeBlois	Right Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Sorel Éperviers (QMJHL)
9	Scott Campbell	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	London Knights (OHA)
10	Mark Napier	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
11	John Anderson	Right Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
12	Trevor Johansen	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
13	Ron Duguay	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
14	Ric Seiling	Right Wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
15	Mike Bossy	Right Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Laval National (QMJHL)
16	Dwight Foster	Right Wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
17	Kevin McCarthy	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
18	Norm Dupont	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Jean Savard	Centre	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
20	Miles Zaharko	Defence	Canada	Atlanta Flames	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
21	Mark Lofthouse	Right Wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
22	Jeff Bandura	Defence	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
23	Dan Chicoine	Right Wing	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
24	Bob Gladney	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
25	Dave Semenko	Left Wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
26	Mike Keating	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	St. Catharines Fincups (OMJHL)
27	Neil LaBatte	Defence	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
28	Don Laurence	Centre	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
29	Rocky Saganiuk	Right Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
30	Jim Hamilton	Right Wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	London Knights (OMJHL)
31	Brian Hill	Right Wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
32	Ron Areshenkoff	Centre	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
33	John Tonelli	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Houston Aeros (WHA)
34	Dave Parro	Goaltender	Canada	Boston Bruins	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
35	Tom Gorence	Right Wing	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
36	Rod Langway	Defence	United States	Montreal Canadiens	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
37	Rick Vasko	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
38	Doug Berry	Centre	Canada	Colorado Rockies	University of Denver (WCHA)
39	Eddy Godin	Right Wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
40	Glen Hanlon	Goaltender	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
41	Reg Kerr	Left Wing	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
42	Guy Lash	Right Wing	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
43	Alain Cote	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
44	Steve Baker	Goaltender	United States	New York Rangers	Union College (ECAC)
45	Tom Roulston	Centre	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
46	Pierre Lagace	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
47	Randy Pierce	Right Wing	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
48	Kim Davis	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
49	Moe Robinson	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
50	Hector Marini	Right Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Sudbury Wolves(OMJHL)
51	Bruce Andres	Right Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
52	Mike Forbes	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	St. Catharines Fincups (OMJHL)
53	Dave Hoyda	Left Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
54	Gordie Roberts	Defence	United States	Montreal Canadiens	New England Whalers (WHA)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
55	John Hilworth	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
56	Dave Morrow	Defence	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
57	Nelson Burton	Left Wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
58	Murray Bannerman	Goaltender	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
59	John Baby	Defence	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
60	Randy Ireland	Goaltender	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
61	Kevin McCloskey	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
62	Mario Marois	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
63	Tony Currie	Right Wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
64	Robert Holland	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
65	Dan Eastman	Right Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OMJHL)
66	Mark Johnson	Centre	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
67	Yves Guillemette	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
68	Bill Stewart	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
69	Steve Stoyanovich	Centre	Canada	New York Islanders	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
70	Brian McGregor	Right Wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
71	Rene Hamelin	Left Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
72	Jim Craig	Goaltender	United States	Atlanta Flames	Boston University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round five

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
73	Jim Korn	Defence	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Providence College (ECAC)
74	Mike Dwyer	Left Wing	Canada	Colorado Rockies	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
75	Denis Turcotte	Centre	Canada	Washington Capitals	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
76	Steve Hazlett	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	St. Catharines Fincups (OMJHL)
77	Owen Lloyd	Defence	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
78	Gary Platt	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL)
79	Bob Parent	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
80	Benoit Gosselin	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
81	Bruce Hamilton	Left Wing	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
82	Curt Christofferson	Defence	United States	Atlanta Flames	Colorado College (WCHA)
83	John Wilson	Left Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
84	Julian Baretta	Goaltender	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
85	Warren Holmes	Centre	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
86	Rich Sirois	Goaltender	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Laval National (QMJHL)
87	Markus Mattsson	Goaltender	Finland	New York Islanders	Tampere Ilves (Finland)
88	Doug Butler	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	Saint Louis University (CCHA)
89	Dan Clark	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
90	Gaetan Rochette	Left Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round six

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
91	Jim Baxter	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Union College (ECAC)
92	Dan Lempe	Centre	United States	Colorado Rockies	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
93	Perry Schnarr	Right Wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	University of Denver (WCHA)
94	Brian Drumm	Left Wing	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
95	Jeff Allan	Defence	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
96	Jack O'Callahan	Defence	United States	Chicago Black Hawks	Boston University (ECAC)
97	Jamie Gallimore	Right Wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
98	John Bethel	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Boston University (ECAC)
99	Gary McMonagle	Centre	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
100	Bernard Harbec	Centre	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Laval National (QMJHL)
101	Roy Sommer	Left Wing	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
102	Greg Millen	Goaltender	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
103	Randy Rudnyk	Right Wing	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
104	Wayne Ramsey	Defence	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
105	Steve Letzgus	Defence	United States	New York Islanders	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
106	Keith Johnson	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
107	Alain Chaput	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL)
108	Bill Himmelright	Defence	United States	Montreal Canadiens	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round seven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
109	Randy Wilson	Left Wing	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Providence College (ECAC)
110	Rick Doyle	Left Wing	Canada	Colorado Rockies	London Knights (OMJHL)
111	Rollie Boutin	Goaltender	Canada	Washington Capitals	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
112	Ray Creasy	Centre	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
113	Mark Toffolo	Defence	United States	Cleveland Barons	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
114	Floyd Lahache	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Sherbrooke Castors(QMJHL)
115	Jean-Pierre Sanvido	Goaltender	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Trois-Rivières Dravuers (QMJHL)
116	Bob Sullivan	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
117	Matti Forss	Centre	Finland	St. Louis Blues	Rauma (Finland)
118	Bob Gould	Right Wing	Canada	Atlanta Flames	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
119	Lynn Jorgenson	Left Wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
120	Bob Suter	Defence	United States	Los Angeles Kings	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
121	Harald Luckner	Centre	Sweden	New York Islanders	Karlstad (Sweden)
122	Ralph Cox	Right Wing	United States	Boston Bruins	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
123	Richard Dalpe	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
124	Richard Sevigny	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round eight

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
125	Raymond Roy	Centre	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
126	Joe Contini	Centre	Canada	Colorado Rockies	St. Catharines Fincups (OMJHL)
127	Brent Tremblay	Defence	Canada	Washington Capitals	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
128	Grant Eakin	Left Wing	Canada	Cleveland Barons	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
129	Jeff Geiger	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
130	Greg Tebbutt	Defence	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Regina Pats (WCHL)
131	Lance Nethery	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Cornell University (ECAC)
132	Raimo Hirvonen	Defence	Finland	St. Louis Blues	Helsinki IFK (Finland)
133	Jim Bennett	Left Wing	United States	Atlanta Flames	Brown University (ECAC)
134	Kevin Howe	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
135	Pete Peeters	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
136	Clint Eccles	Left Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
137	Keith Hendrickson	Defence	United States	Montreal Canadiens	University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
138	Mario Claude	Defence	Canada	Boston Bruins	Sherbrooke Castors(QMJHL)
139	Mike Greeder	Defence	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Paul Vulcans (MWJHL)
140	Michael Reilly	Right Wing	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Colorado College (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round nine

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
141	Kip Churchill	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Union College (ECAC)
142	Jack Hughes	Defence	United States	Colorado Rockies	Harvard University (ECAC)
143	Don Micheletti	Left Wing	United States	Washington Capitals	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
144	Steve Ough	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Laval National (QMJHL)
145	Keith Hanson	Defence	United States	Minnesota North Stars	Dallas Stars Elite AAA (MWJHL)
146	Alex Jeans	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	University of Toronto (CIAU)
147	Bjorn Olsson	Defence	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Karlstad (Sweden)
148	Tim Harrer	Right Wing	United States	Atlanta Flames	Shattuck's St. Marys (WCHA)
149	Ray Robertson	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
150	Tom Bauer	Center	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Orange County Hockey Club (NAPHL)
151	Michel Bauman	Left Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
152	Barry Borrett	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
153	Bruce Crowder	Right Wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
154	Sid Tanchak	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Clarkson University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round ten

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
155	Lance Gatoni	Defence	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	University of Toronto (CIAU)
156	Archie Henderson	Right Wing	Canada	Washington Capitals	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
157	Pete Raps	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Western Michigan University (CCHA)
158	Rob Nicholson	Defence	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Paul Vulcans (MWJHL)
159	Dave Isherwood	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
160	Mark Holden	Goaltender	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Brown University (ECAC)
161	Steve Jones	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Ohio State University (CCHA)
162	Craig Laughlin	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Clarkson University (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round eleven

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
163	Robert Plumb	Left Wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
164	Mike Brown	Right Wing	United States	New York Rangers	Western Michigan University (CCHA)
165	Jim Trainor	Defence	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Harvard University (ECAC)
166	Barry Duench	Centre	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
167	Dan Poulin	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
168	Rod McNair	Defence	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Ohio State University (CCHA)
169	Tom McDonell	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round twelve

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
170	Alain Belanger	Left Wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
171	Mark Miller	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	University of Michigan (WCHA)
172	Mike Laycock	Goaltender	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Brown University (ECAC)
173	Cary Farelli	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
174	Carey Walker	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round thirteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
175	Dean Willers	Right Wing	United Kingdom	Detroit Red Wings	Union College (ECAC)
176	Mark Wells	Centre	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Bowling Green University (CCHA)
177	Stan Palmer	Defence	United States	Montreal Canadiens	University of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round fourteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
178	Roland Cloutier	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
179	Jean Belisle	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
180	Bob Daly	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round fifteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
181	Ed Hill	Right Wing	United States	Detroit Red Wings	University of Vermont (ECAC)
182	Bob Boileau	Right Wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Boston University (ECAC)
183	John Costello	Centre	United States	Montreal Canadiens	University of Massachusetts Lowell (ECAC)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round sixteen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
184	Val James	Left Wing	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}

Round seventeen

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
185	Grant Morin	Right Wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
^{Reference: "1977 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 26 December 2008.}