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National Hockey League - 1978 Round 1 Entry Draft History

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
1	1	Minnesota North Stars	Bobby Smith	F	Ottawa 67's	OHA
1	2	Washington Capitals	Ryan Walter	C	Seattle Breakers	WCHL
1	3	St Louis Blues	Wayne Babych	R	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
1	4	Vancouver Canucks	Bill Derlago	C	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCHL
1	5	Colorado Rockies	Mike Gillis	L	Kingston Canadians	OHA
1	6	Philadelphia Flyers	Behn Wilson	D	Kingston Canadians	OHA
1	7	Philadelphia Flyers	Ken Linseman	F	Birmingham Bulls	WHA
1	8	Montreal Canadiens	Danny Geoffrion	R	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
1	9	Detroit Red Wings	Willie Huber	D	Hamilton Fincups	OHA
1	10	Chicago Blackhawks	Tim Higgins	F	Ottawa 67's	OHA
1	11	Atlanta Flames	Brad Marsh	D	London Knights	OHA
1	12	Detroit Red Wings	Brent Peterson	R	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
1	13	Buffalo Sabres	Larry Playfair	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
1	14	Philadelphia Flyers	Danny Lucas	W	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHA
1	15	New York Islanders	Steve Tambellini	C	Lethbridge Broncos	WCHL
1	16	Boston Bruins	Al Secord	L	Hamilton Fincups	OHA
1	17	Montreal Canadiens	Dave Hunter	F	Sudbury Wolves	OHA
1	18	Washington Capitals	Tim Coulis	F	Hamilton Fincups	OHA

1978 Round 2 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
2	19	Minnesota North Stars	Steve Payne	F	Ottawa 67's	OHA
2	20	Washington Capitals	Paul Mulvey	L	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
2	21	Toronto Maple Leafs	Joel Quenneville	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHA
2	22	Vancouver Canucks	Curt Fraser	L	Victoria Cougars	WCHL
2	23	Washington Capitals	Paul MacKinnon	D	Peterborough Petes	OHA
2	24	Minnesota North Stars	Steve Christoff	C	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
2	25	Pittsburgh Penquins	Mike Meeker		Peterborough Petes	OHA
2	26	New York Rangers	Don Maloney	F	Kitchener Rangers	OHA
2	27	Colorado Rockies	Merlin Malinowski	F	Medicine Hat Tigers	WCHL
2	28	Detroit Red Wings	Glenn Hicks	L	Flin Flon Bombers	WCHL
2	29	Chicago Blackhawks	Doug Lecuyer	C	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
2	30	Montreal Canadiens	Dale Yakiwchuk	F	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
2	31	Detroit Red Wings	Al Jensen	G	Hamilton Fincups	OHA
2	32	Buffalo Sabres	Tony McKegney	F	Kingston Canadians	OHA
2	33	Philadelphia Flyers	Mike Simurda		Kingston Canadians	OHA
2	34	New York Islanders	Randy Johnston	D	Peterborough Petes	OHA
2	35	Boston Bruins	Graeme Nicholson		Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
2	36	Montreal Canadiens	Ron Carter	R	Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL

1978 Round 3 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
3	37	Philadelphia Flyers	Gord Salt		Michigan Tech	NCAA
3	38	Washington Capitals	Glen Currie	L	Laval National	QMJHL
3	39	St Louis Blues	Steve Harrison	D	Toronto Marlboros	OHA
3	40	Vancouver Canucks	Stan Smyl	W	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL
3	41	Colorado Rockies	Paul Messier	C	U. of Denver	NCAA
3	42	Montreal Canadiens	Richard David	L	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
3	43	New York Rangers	Ray Markham		Flin Flon Bombers	WCHL
3	44	New York Rangers	Dean Turner	D	U. of Michigan	NCAA
3	45	Washington Capitals	Jay Johnston	D	Hamilton Fincups	OHA
3	46	Chicago Blackhawks	Rick Paterson	F	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
3	47	Atlanta Flames	Tim Bernhardt	G	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
3	48	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mark Kirton	C	Peterborough Petes	OHA
3	49	Buffalo Sabres	Rob McClanahan	F	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
3	50	Philadelphia Flyers	Glen Cochrane	D	Victoria Cougars	WCHL
3	51	New York Islanders	Dwayne Lowdermilk	D	Seattle Breakers	WCHL
3	52	Boston Bruins	Brad Knelson	D	Lethbridge Broncos	WCHL
3	53	Detroit Red Wings	Doug Derkson	C	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL

1978 Round 4 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
4	54	Minnesota North Stars	Curt Giles	D	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	NCAA
4	55	Washington Capitals	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	F	Farjestads BK Karlstad	SEL
4	56	Vancouver Canucks	Harold Luckner		Farjestads BK Karlstad	SEL
4	57	Vancouver Canucks	Brad Smith	F	Sudbury Wolves	OHA
4	58	Colorado Rockies	Dave Watson		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHA
4	59	New York Rangers	Dave Silk	F	Boston University	NCAA
4	60	New York Rangers	Andre Dore	D	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
4	61	Pittsburgh Penquins	Shane Pearsall		Ottawa 67's	OHA
4	62	Detroit Red Wings	Bjorn Skaare		Ottawa 67's	OHA
4	63	Chicago Blackhawks	Brian Young	D	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL
4	64	Atlanta Flames	Jim MacRae	F	London Knights	OHA
4	65	Toronto Maple Leafs	Bob Parent	G	Kitchener Rangers	OHA
4	66	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Gazdic	D	Sudbury Wolves	OHA
4	67	Philadelphia Flyers	Russ Wilderman		Seattle Breakers	WCHL
4	68	Boston Bruins	George Buat	R	Seattle Breakers	WCHL
4	69	Montreal Canadiens	Kevin Reeves	C	Montreal Juniors	QMJHL

1978 Round 5 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
5	70	Minnesota North Stars	Roy Kerling	C	Cornell University	NCAA
5	71	Washington Capitals	Lou Franceschetti	R	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHA
5	72	St Louis Blues	Kevin Willison	D	Billings Bighorns	WCHL
5	73	Colorado Rockies	Tim Thomlinson	G	Billings Bighorns	WCHL
5	74	Colorado Rockies	Rod Guimont	R	Lethbridge Broncos	WCHL
5	75	Pittsburgh Penquins	Rob Garner	C	Toronto Marlboros	OHA
5	76	New York Rangers	Mike McDougal	F	Port Huron Flags	IHL
5	77	Los Angeles Kings	Paul Mancini	L	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHA
5	78	Detroit Red Wings	Ted Nolan	L	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHA
5	79	Chicago Blackhawks	Mark Murphy	L	Toronto Marlboros	OHA
5	80	Atlanta Flames	Gord Wappel	D	Regina Pats	WCHL
5	81	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jordy Douglas	L	Flin Flon Bombers	WCHL
5	82	Buffalo Sabres	Randy Ireland	G	Flint Generals	IHL
5	83	Philadelphia Flyers	Brad Tamblyn		Toronto Marlboros	OHA
5	84	New York Islanders	Greg Hay		Michigan Tech	NCAA
5	85	Boston Bruins	Darryl McLeod	L	Boston University	NCAA
5	86	Montreal Canadiens	Mike Boyd		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHA

1978 Round 6 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
6	87	Minnesota North Stars	Bob Bergloff	D	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
6	88	Washington Capitals	Vince Magnan		U. of Denver	NCAA
6	89	St Louis Blues	Jim Nill	R	Medicine Hat Tigers	WCHL
6	90	Vancouver Canucks	Gerry Minor	C	Regina Pats	WCHL
6	91	Colorado Rockies	John Hynes	G	Harvard University	NCAA
6	92	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mel Hewitt	L	Calgary Wranglers	WCHL
6	93	New York Rangers	Tom Laidlaw	D	Northern Michigan University	NCAA
6	94	Los Angeles Kings	Doug Keans	G	Oshawa Generals	OHA
6	95	Detroit Red Wings	Sylvain Locas	C	Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL
6	96	Chicago Blackhawks	Dave Feamster	D	Colorado College	NCAA
6	97	Atlanta Flames	Greg Meredith	F	Notre Dame	NCAA
6	98	Toronto Maple Leafs	Normand Lefebvre	R	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
6	99	Buffalo Sabres	Cam MacGregor		Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
6	100	Philadelphia Flyers	Mark Taylor	F	U. of North Dakota	NCAA
6	101	New York Islanders	Kelly Davis	D	Flin Flon Bombers	WCHL
6	102	Boston Bruins	Jeff Brubaker	L	Peterborough Petes	OHA
6	103	Montreal Canadiens	Keith Acton	C	Peterborough Petes	OHA

1978 Round 7 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
7	104	Minnesota North Stars	Kim Spencer	D	Victoria Cougars	WCHL
7	105	Washington Capitals	Mats Hallin	L	Sodertalje SK	SEL
7	106	St Louis Blues	Steve Stockman	C	Cornwall Royals	QMJHL
7	107	Vancouver Canucks	Dave Ross	R	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
7	108	Colorado Rockies	Andy Clark		Lake Superior State University	NCAA
7	109	St Louis Blues	Paul MacLean	F	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
7	110	New York Rangers	Dan Clark	D	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL
7	111	Los Angeles Kings	Don Waddell	D	Northern Michigan University	NCAA
7	112	Detroit Red Wings	Wes George	L	Saskatoon Blades	WCHL
7	113	Chicago Blackhawks	Dave Mancuso	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHA
7	114	Atlanta Flames	Dave Hindmarch	F	U. of Alberta	CIAU
7	115	Toronto Maple Leafs	John Scammell	D	Lethbridge Broncos	WCHL
7	116	Buffalo Sabres	Dan Eastman	C	Saginaw Gears	IHL
7	117	Philadelphia Flyers	Mike Ewanowski	R	Boston College	NCAA
7	118	New York Islanders	Rick Pepin	L	Laval National	QMJHL
7	119	Boston Bruins	Murray Skinner	G	Lake Superior State University	NCAA
7	120	Montreal Canadiens	Jim Lawson	C	Brown University	NCAA

1978 Round 8 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
8	121	Minnesota North Stars	Mike Cotter		Bowling Green State University	NCAA
8	122	Washington Capitals	Rich Sirois	G	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL
8	123	St Louis Blues	Denis Houle	L	Hamilton Fincups	OHA
8	124	Vancouver Canucks	Steve O'Neill	W	Providence College	NCAA
8	125	Colorado Rockies	John Olver	R	U. of Michigan	NCAA
8	126	Philadelphia Flyers	Jerry Price	G	Portland Winter Hawks	WCHL
8	127	New York Rangers	Greg Kostenko	D	Ohio State University	NCAA
8	128	Los Angeles Kings	Bob Mierkalns	C	Hamilton Fincups	OHA
8	129	Detroit Red Wings	John Barrett	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHA
8	130	Chicago Blackhawks	Sandy Ross		Colgate University	NCAA
8	131	Atlanta Flames	Dave Morrison	R	Calgary Wranglers	WCHL
8	132	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kevin Reinhart		Kitchener Rangers	OHA
8	133	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Strobel	F	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
8	134	Philadelphia Flyers	Darre Switzer	L	Medicine Hat Tigers	WCHL
8	135	New York Islanders	Dave Cameron	C	U. of Prince Edward Island	CIAU
8	136	Boston Bruins	Bobby Hehir		Boston College	NCAA
8	137	Montreal Canadiens	Larry Landon	L	R.P.I.	NCAA

1978 Round 9 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
9	138	Minnesota North Stars	Brent Gogol	R	Billings Bighorns	WCHL
9	139	Washington Capitals	Denis Pomerleau	R	Trois Rivieres Draveurs	QMJHL
9	140	St Louis Blues	Tony Meagher		Boston University	NCAA
9	141	Vancouver Canucks	Charlie Antetomaso		Boston College	NCAA
9	142	Colorado Rockies	Kevin Krook	D	Regina Pats	WCHL
9	143	St Louis Blues	Rick Simpson	L	Medicine Hat Tigers	WCHL
9	144	New York Rangers	Brian McDavid	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHA
9	145	Los Angeles Kings	Rick Scully	F	Brown University	NCAA
9	146	Detroit Red Wings	Jim Malazdrewicz		St. Boniface Saints	MJHL
9	147	Chicago Blackhawks	Mark Locken	G	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHA
9	148	Atlanta Flames	Doug Todd	R	U. of Michigan	NCAA
9	149	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mike Waghorne	D	U. of New Hampshire	NCAA
9	150	Buffalo Sabres	Eugene O'Sullivan	C	Calgary Wranglers	WCHL
9	151	Philadelphia Flyers	Greg Francis		St. Lawrence University	NCAA
9	152	New York Islanders	Paul Joswiak	G	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
9	153	Boston Bruins	Craig MacTavish	C	U. of Lowell	NCAA
9	154	Montreal Canadiens	Kevin Constantine	G	R.P.I.	NCAA

1978 Round 10 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
10	155	Minnesota North Stars	Mike Seide		Bloomington Junior Stars	USHL
10	156	Washington Capitals	Barry Heard	G	London Knights	OHA
10	157	St Louis Blues	Jim Lockhurst	G	Kingston Canadians	OHA
10	158	Vancouver Canucks	Rick Martens	G	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL
10	159	Colorado Rockies	Jeff Jensen		Lake Superior State University	NCAA
10	160	St Louis Blues	Bob Froese	G	Niagara Falls Flyers	OHA
10	161	New York Rangers	Mark Rodrigues	G	Yale University	NCAA
10	162	Los Angeles Kings	Brad Thiessen		Toronto Marlboros	OHA
10	163	Detroit Red Wings	Geoff Shaw		Hamilton Fincups	OHA
10	164	Chicago Blackhawks	Glenn Van	D	Colorado College	NCAA
10	165	Atlanta Flames	Mark Green	C	Sherbrooke Beavers	QMJHL
10	166	Toronto Maple Leafs	Laurie Cuvelier		St. Francis Xavier University	CIAU
10	167	Philadelphia Flyers	Rick Berard		St. Mary's University	CIAU
10	168	Philadelphia Flyers	Don Lucia	D	Notre Dame	NCAA
10	169	New York Islanders	Scott Cameron	D	Notre Dame	NCAA
10	170	St Louis Blues	Dan Lerg	C	U. of Michigan	NCAA
10	171	Montreal Canadiens	John Swan		McGill University	CIAU

1978 Round 11 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
11	172	Washington Capitals	Mark Toffolo	D	Port Huron Flags	IHL
11	173	St Louis Blues	Risto Siltanen	D	Ilves Tampere	FNL
11	174	Colorado Rockies	Bo Ericsson	D	AIK
11	175	St Louis Blues	Dan Hermansson		Sweden
11	176	New York Rangers	Steve Weeks	G	Northern Michigan University	NCAA
11	177	Los Angeles Kings	Jim Armstrong	L	Clarkson University	NCAA
11	178	Detroit Red Wings	Carl Van Harrewyn		New Westminster Bruins	WCHL
11	179	Chicago Blackhawks	Darryl Sutter	F	Lethbridge Broncos	WCHL
11	180	Atlanta Flames	Bob Sullivan	L	Toledo Goaldiggers	IHL
11	181	St Louis Blues	Jean-Francois Boutin	L	Verdun Black Hawks	QMJHL
11	182	Philadelphia Flyers	Mark Berge	F	U. of North Dakota	NCAA
11	183	Philadelphia Flyers	Ken Moore	G	Clarkson University	NCAA
11	184	New York Islanders	Christer Lowdahl		Sweden
11	185	St Louis Blues	John Sullivan	W	Providence College	NCAA
11	186	Montreal Canadiens	Dan Metivier		Hull Olympiques	QMJHL

1978 Round 12 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
12	187	Washington Capitals	Paul Hogan	L	Regina Pats	WCHL
12	188	St Louis Blues	Serge Menard	R	Montreal Juniors	QMJHL
12	189	Washington Capitals	Steve Barger		Boston College	NCAA
12	190	Colorado Rockies	Jari Viitala		Finland
12	191	St Louis Blues	Don Boyd	R	R.P.I.	NCAA
12	192	New York Rangers	Pierre Daigneault		St. Laurent College
12	193	Los Angeles Kings	Claude Larochelle	R	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
12	194	Detroit Red Wings	Ladislav Svozil	F	Czechoslovakia
12	195	Philadelphia Flyers	Jim Olson	R	St. Paul Vulcans	USHL
12	196	Atlanta Flames	Bernhard Engelbrecht	G	Landshut EV	Germ
12	197	St Louis Blues	Paul Stasiuk	L	Providence College	NCAA
12	198	Philadelphia Flyers	Anton Stastny	F	Bratislava	Slovakia
12	199	New York Islanders	Gunnar Persson		Sweden
12	200	St Louis Blues	Gerd Truntschka		Cologne	West Germa
12	201	Montreal Canadiens	Viacheslav Fetisov	D	CSKA Moscow	Russia

1978 Round 13 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
13	202	Washington Capitals	Rod Pacholzuk		U. of Michigan	NCAA
13	203	St Louis Blues	Victor Shkurdyuk	F	USSR
13	204	Colorado Rockies	Ulf Zetterstrom		Sweden
13	205	St Louis Blues	Carl Bloomberg		St. Louis University	NCAA
13	206	New York Rangers	Chris McLaughlin		Dartmouth College	NCAA
13	207	St Louis Blues	Terry Kitching		Boston University	NCAA
13	208	Detroit Red Wings	Tom Bailey		Kingston Canadians	OHA
13	209	St Louis Blues	Brian O'Connor		Boston University	NCAA
13	210	St Louis Blues	Brian Crombeen		Kingston Canadians	OHA
13	211	St Louis Blues	Mike Pidgeon		Oshawa Generals	OHA
13	212	Montreal Canadiens	Jeff Mars	R	U. of Michigan	NCAA

1978 Round 14 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
14	213	Washington Capitals	Wes Jarvis	F	Windsor Spitfires	OHA
14	214	St Louis Blues	John Cochrane		Harvard University	NCAA
14	215	Washington Capitals	Ray Irwin	D	Oshawa Generals	OHA
14	216	St Louis Blues	Joe Casey		Boston College	NCAA
14	217	New York Rangers	Todd Johnson		Boston University	NCAA
14	218	St Louis Blues	Jim Farrell	C	Princeton University	NCAA
14	219	Detroit Red Wings	Larry Lozinski	G	Flin Flon Bombers	WCHL
14	220	St Louis Blues	Frank Johnson	D	Providence College	NCAA
14	221	St Louis Blues	Blair Wheeler		Yale University	NCAA
14	222	Montreal Canadiens	Greg Tignanelli		Northern Michigan University	NCAA

1978 Round 15 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
15	223	New York Rangers	Dan McCarthy	C	Sudbury Wolves	OHA
15	224	Detroit Red Wings	Randy Betty	L	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL
15	225	Montreal Canadiens	George Goulakos		St. Lawrence University	NCAA

1978 Round 16 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
16	226	Detroit Red Wings	Brian Crawley		St. Lawrence University	NCAA
16	227	Montreal Canadiens	Ken Moodie		Colgate University	NCAA

1978 Round 17 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
17	228	Detroit Red Wings	Doug Feasby		Toronto Marlboros	OHA
17	229	Montreal Canadiens	Serge Leblanc		U. of Vermont	NCAA

1978 Round 18 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
18	230	Montreal Canadiens	Bob Magnuson	F	Merrimack College	NCAA

1978 Round 19 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
19	231	Montreal Canadiens	Chris Nilan	F	Northeastern University	NCAA

1978 Round 20 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
20	232	Montreal Canadiens	Rick Wilson	G	St. Lawrence University	NCAA

1978 Round 21 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
21	233	Montreal Canadiens	Louis Sleigher	R	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL

1978 Round 22 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
22	234	Montreal Canadiens	Doug Robb	R	Billings Bighorns	WCHL