1973 DRAFT HISTORY

The 11th NHL Amateur Draft was the first to be held on a separate day from other league activities on May 15th, 1973 at Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec so it would not overshadow the rest of the league meetings. Previously, the league held the amateur draft in mid-June for the last 6 drafts. It also marks the second time the meeting took place at the Mount Royal Hotel rather than the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. In 1972, when the World Hockey Association was beginning to take form, some teams were more focused on the amateur draft that they stopped paying attention to other issues (mainly the WHA raiding NHL rosters) and were spending their time preparing for the draft. NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... This article is about the month of May. ... (Redirected from 15th) 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Well-being through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, commonly called the Queen Elizabeth Hotel (Le Reine Elizabeth), is a grand hotel in Montreal, Quebec. ... The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league in North America from 1972 to 1979. ...

With the WHA having already operated for a full season, NHL teams realized they would have to fight to sign their top picks. This was especially important in a year when the draft was considered extremely deep and the WHA was scheduled to draft players just three days after the NHL.

The top pick of the 1973 NHL amateur draft was Ottawa 67s star Denis Potvin who was projected to be the next Bobby Orr. The Montreal Canadiens, the most active team on draft day, re-positioned themselves by trading for several high picks and then offered the New York Islanders all types of packages for the first choice overall as they want to select Potvin for themselves. Islanders general manager Bill Torrey was not interested, however and held on to the top pick. He selected Potvin, who became a big part of the building block for the Islanders hockey dynasty between 1980 to 1983. Denis Potvin (born Ottawa, Ontario, October 29, 1953) is a former player in the National Hockey League. ... Robert Gordon Orr, O.C. (born March 20, 1948 in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. ... The Montréal Canadiens (officially le Club de Hockey Canadien, and known as in French are le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, le Tricolore, les Glorieux, la Sainte-Flanelle, les Habitants, le Canadien, and in English are The Habs and The Flying Frenchman. ... The New York Islanders are a National Hockey League team based in Uniondale, New York. ...

Although the NHL had to compete hard with the WHA to sign these amateur players, they managed to sign all 16 of their first-round draft picks before the rival league could . The NHL-WHA competition was so fierce that the Toronto Maple Leafs offered a staggering, at the time, five-year $600,000 contract for right winger Lanny McDonald of the Medicine Hat Tigers , which kept the No. 4 pick from signing with the WHA's Cleveland Crusaders. The Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... Lanny McDonald (born February 16, 1953 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada), was a professional ice hockey player. ... The Medicine Hat Tigers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who play out of Medicine Hat, Alberta. ... WHA is also an abbreviation for World Hockey Association WHA (970 AM) is one of the oldest radio stations in the United States, currently part of the Wisconsin Public Radio network. ... The Cleveland Crusaders was an ice hockey team that played in the WHA in Cleveland, Ohio from 1972-1976. ...

Eligible for the draft were all amateur players born before January 1st, 1954. The NHL paid a lump sum to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to support major junior hockey as a group. Teams could offer a player a contract at any time after the draft without risking then re-entering a future NHL draft. The word draft (also draught) has multiple meanings: The draft is a synonym for conscription or peacetime national service. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... (Redirected from 1st) One redirects here. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization for three Canadian Major Junior A Tier I hockey leagues for players of 15 to 20 years of age. ...

Selections By Round

Below are listed the selections in the 1973 NHL Entry Draft.

Round 1

1. New York Islanders Denis Potvin D Ottawa OHA
2. Atlanta Tom Lysiak C Medicine Hat WCHL
3. Vancouver Dennis Ververgaert RW London OHA
4. Toronto Lanny McDonald RW Medicine Hat WCHL
5. St. Louis John Davidson G Calgary WCHL
6. Boston Andre Savard C Quebec QMJHL
7. Pittsburgh Blaine Stoughton RW Flin Flon WCHL
8. Montreal Bob Gainey LW Peterborough OHA
9. Vancouver Bob Dailey D Toronto OHA
10. Toronto Bob Neely D Peterborough OHA
11. Detroit Terry Richardson G New Westminster WCHL
12. Buffalo Morris Titanic LW Sudbury OHA
13. Chicago Darcy Rota LW Edmonton WCHL
14. New York Rangers Rick Middleton RW Oshawa OHA
15. Toronto Ian Turnbull D Ottawa OHA
16. Atlanta Vic Mercredi C New Westminster WCHL
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Round 2

17. Montreal Glenn Goldup RW Toronto OHA
18. Minnesota Blake Dunlop C Ottawa OHA
19. Vancouver Paulin Bordeleau RW Toronto OHA
20. Philadelphia Larry Goodenough D London OHA
21. Atlanta Eric Vail LW Sudbury OHA
22. Montreal Peter Marrin C Toronto OHA
23. Pittsburgh Wayne Bianchin LW Flin Flon WCHL
24. St. Louis George Pesut D Saskatoon WCHL
25. Minnesota John Rogers RW Edmonton WCHL
26. Philadelphia Brent Leavins LW Swift Current WCHL
27. Pittsburgh Colin Campbell D Peterborough OHA
28. Buffalo Jean Landry D Quebec QMJHL
29. Chicago Reg Thomas LW London OHA
30. New York Rangers Pat Hickey LW Hamilton OHA
31. Boston Jimmy Jones RW Peterborough OHA
32. Montreal Ron Andruff C Flin Flon WCHL
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Round 3

33. New York Islanders Dave Lewis D Saskatoon WCHL
34. California Jeff Jacques C St. Catharines OHA
35. Vancouver Paul Sheard RW Ottawa OHA
36. Boston Doug Gibson C Peterborough OHA
37. Montreal Ed Humphreys G Saskatoon WCHL
38. Los Angeles Russ Walker RW Saskatoon WCHL
39. Detroit Nelson Pyatt C Oshawa OHA
40. Philadelphia Bob Stumpf RW New Westminster WCHL
41. Minnesota Rick Chinnick RW Peterborough OHA
42. Philadelphia Mike Clarke C Calgary WCHL
43. Detroit Robbie Neale C Brandon WCHL
44. Buffalo Andre Deschamps LW Quebec QMJHL
45. Chicago Randy Holt D Sudbury OHA
46. New York Rangers John Campbell LW Sault Ste. Marie OHA
47. Boston Al Sims D Cornwall QMJHL
48. St. Louis Bob Gassoff D Medicine Hat WCHL
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Round 4

49. New York Islanders Andre St. Laurent C Montreal QMJHL
50. California Ron Serafini D St. Catharines OHA
51. Vancouver Keith Mackie D Edmonton WCHL
52. Toronto Frank Rochon LW Sherbrooke QMJHL
53. Atlanta Dean Talafous C Wisconsin NCAA
54. Los Angeles Jim McCrimmon D Medicine Hat WCHL
55. Pittsburgh Dennis Owchar D Toronto OHA
56. Montreal Alan Hangsleben D North Dakota NCAA
57. Minnesota Tom Colley C Sudbury OHA
58. Philadelphia Dale Cook LW Victoria WCHL
59. Detroit Mike Korney D Winnipeg WCHL
60. Buffalo Yvon Dupuis RW Quebec QMJHL
61. Chicago Dave Elliott LW Winnipeg WCHL
62. New York Rangers Brian Molvik D Calgary WCHL
63. Boston Steve Langdon LW London OHA
64. Montreal Richard Latulippe C Quebec QMJHL
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Round 5

65. New York Islanders Ron Kennedy RW New Westminster WCHL
66. California Jim Moxey RW Hamilton OHA
67. Vancouver Paul O'Neil C Boston University NCAA
68. Toronto Gord Titcomb LW St. Catharines OHA
69. Atlanta John Flesch LW Lake Superior NCAA
70. Los Angeles Dennis Abgrall RW Saskatoon WCHL
71. Pittsburgh Guido Tenesi D Oshawa OHA
72. St. Louis Bill Laing C Saskatoon WCHL
73. Minnesota Lowell Ostlund D Saskatoon WCHL
74. Philadelphia Michel Latreille D Montreal QMJHL
75. Detroit Blair Stewart C Winnipeg WCHL
76. Buffalo Bob Smulders RW Peterborough OHA
77. Chicago Dan Hinton LW Sault Ste. Marie OHA
78. New York Rangers Pierre Laganiere RW Sherbrooke QMJHL
79. Boston Peter Crosbie G London OHA
80. Montreal Gerard Gibbons D St. Mary's AUAA

Round 6

81. New York Islanders Keith Smith D Brown NCAA
82. California Willie Trognitz LW Thunder Bay Juniors
83. Vancouver Jim Cowell C Ottawa OHA
84. Toronto Doug Marit D Regina WCHL
85. Atlanta Ken Houston D Chatham SOJHL
86. Los Angeles Blair MacDonald RW Cornwall QMJHL
87. Pittsburgh Don Seiling LW Oshawa OHA
88. St. Louis Randy Smith LW Edmonton WCHL
89. Minnesota David Lee LW Ottawa OHA
90. Philadelphia Doug Ferguson D Hamilton OHA
91. Detroit Glenn Cickello D Hamilton OHA
92. Buffalo Neil Korzack LW Peterborough OHA
93. Chicago Garry Doerksen C Winnipeg WCHL
94. New York Rangers Dwayne Pentland D Brandon WCHL
95. Boston J.P. Burgoyne D Shawinigan QMJHL
96. Montreal Denis Patry RW Drummondville QMJHL
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Round 7

97. New York Islanders Don Cutts G RPI NCAA
98. California Paul Tantardini LW Downsview Bombers Ontario Jr. A
99. Vancouver Clay Hebenton G Portland WCJHL
100. Toronto Dan Follet G Downsview Bombers Ontario Jr. A
101. Atlanta Tom Machowski D Wisconsin NCAA
102. Los Angeles Roly Kimble G Hamilton OHA
103. Pittsburgh Terry Ewasiuk LW Victoria WCHL
104. St. Louis John Wensink LW Cornwall QMJHL
105. Minnesota Lou Nistico C London OHA
106. Philadelphia Tom Young D Sudbury OHA
107. Detroit Brian Middleton D Alberta NCAA
108. Buffalo Bob Young D Denver NCAA
109. Chicago Wayne Dye LW New Westminster WCHL
110. New York Islanders Denis Andersen D New Westminster WCHL
111. Boston Walter Johnson RW Oshawa OHA
112. Montreal Michel Belisle C Montreal QMJHL
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Round 8

113. New York Islanders Mike Kennedy RW Kitchener OHA
114. California Bruce Greig LW Vancouver WCHL
115. Vancouver John Senkpiel LW Vancouver WCHL
116. Toronto Les Burgess LW Kitchener OHA
117. Atlanta Bob Law RW North Dakota WCHA
118. Detroit Dennis Polonich C Flin Flon WCHL
119. Pittsburgh Fred Comrie C Edmonton WCHL
120. St. Louis Jean Tetreault LW Drummondville QMJHL
121. Minnesota George Beveridge D Kitchener OHA
122. Philadelphia Norm Barnes D Michigan State NCAA
123. Detroit George Lyle LW Michigan Tech NCAA
124. Buffalo Tim O'Connell RW Vermont NCAA
125. Chicago Jim Koleff C Hamilton OHA
126. New York Islanders Denis Desgagnes C Sorel QMJHL
127. Boston Virgil Gates D Swift Current WCHL
128. Montreal Mario Desjardins LW Sherbrooke QMJHL

Round 9

129. New York Islanders Bob Lorimer D Michigan Tech NCAA
130. California Larry Patey C Braintree NEJHL
131. Vancouver Peter Folco D Quebec QMJHL
132. Toronto Dave Pay LW Wisconsin NCAA
133. Atlanta Bob Bilodeau D New Westminster WCHL
134. Pittsburgh Gord Lane D New Westminster WCHL
135. Detroit Dennis O'Brien D Laurentian CIAU
136. Minnesota Jim Johnston C Peterborough OHA
137. Philadelphia Dan O'Donohue D Sault Ste. Marie OHA
138. Detroit Tom Newman D Kitchener OHA
139. Detroit Ray Bibeau D Montreal QMJHL
140. Chicago Jack Johnson D Wisconsin NCAA
141. Chicago Steve Alley LW Wisconsin NCAA
142. Boston Jim Pettie G St. Catharines OHA
143. Montreal Bob Wright RW Pembroke Lumber Kings CJAHL
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Round 10

144. Toronto Lee Palmer D Clarkson NCAA
145. California Doug Mahood RW Sault Ste. Marie OHA
146. Vancouver Terry McDougall C Swift Current WCHL
147. Toronto Bob Peace C Cornell NCAA
148. Atlanta Glen Surbey D Loyola College NCAA
149. Atlanta Guy Ross D Sherbrooke QMJHL
150. Pittsburgh Randy Aimoe D Medicine Hat WCHL
151. Detroit Kevin Neville G Toronto OHA
152. Minnesota Sam Clegg G Medicine Hat WCHL
153. Philadelphia Brian Dick RW Winnipeg WCHL
154. Detroit Ken Gibb D North Dakota NCAA
155. Detroit Mitch Brandt D Denver NCAA
156. Chicago Rick Clubbe C North Dakota NCAA
157. Boston Yvan Bouillon C Cornwall QMJHL
158. Montreal Alain Labrecque C Trois-Rivieres QMJHL

Round 11

159. Toronto Norm McLeod LW Ottawa OHA Jr. A
160. California Angie Moretto C Michigan NCAA
161. Minnesota Russ Wiechnik C Calgary WCHL
162. Atlanta Greg Fox D Michigan WCHA
163. Minnesota Max Hansen LW Sudbury OHA
164. Pittsburgh Don McLeod C Saskatoon WCHL
165. Chicago Gene Strate D Edmonton WCHL
166. Montreal Gord Halliday RW Pennsylvania ECAC

Round 12

167. Montreal Cap Raeder G New Hampshire NCAA

Round 13

168. Montreal Louis Chiasson C Trois-Rivieres QMJHL