1968 NHL Amateur Draft

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1968 NHL AMATEUR DRAFT
Round 1
No.	Team	Player	Pos.	Last team	League	Nationality
1.	Montreal	Michel Plasse	G	Drummondville	QJHL	Canada
2.	Montreal	Roger Belisle	C	Montreal North	Quebec Int.	Canada
3.	Montreal	Jim Pritchard	D	Winnipeg	WCHL	Canada
4.	Pittsburgh	Garry Swain	C	Niagara Falls	OHA	Canada
5.	Minnesota	Jim Benzelock	RW	Winnipeg	WCHL	Canada
6.	St. Louis	Gary Edwards	G	Toronto	OHA	Canada
7.	Los Angeles	Jim McInally	D	Hamilton	OHA	Canada
8.	Philadelphia	Lew Morrison	RW	Flin Flon	WCHL	Canada
9.	Chicago	John Marks	LW	North Dakota	WCHA	Canada
10.	Toronto	Brad Selwood	D	Niagara Falls	OHA	Canada
11.	Detroit	Steve Andrascik	RW	Flin Flon	WCHL	Canada
12.	Boston	Danny Schock	LW	Estevan	WCHL	Canada
Round 2
No.	Team	Player	Pos.	Last team	League	Nationality
13.	Oakland	Doug Smith	C	Winnipeg	WCHL	Canada
14.	Pittsburgh	Ron Snell	RW	Regina	WCHL	Canada
15.	Minnesota	Marc Rioux	C	Verdun	QJHL	Canada
16.	St. Louis	Curt Bennett	LW	Brown	ECAC	USA
17.	Detroit	Herb Boxer	RW	Michigan Tech	WCHA	USA
18.	Boston	Fraser Rice	C	Halifax	N.S. Junior	Canada
19.	New York	Barry Buchanan	D	Weyburn	WCHL	Canada
Round 3
No.	Team	Player	Pos.	Last team	League	Nationality
20.	Oakland	Jim Trewin	D	Flin Flon	WCHL	Canada
21.	Pittsburgh	Dave Simpson	D	Port Arthur	TBJHL	Canada
22.	Minnesota	Glen Lindsay	G	Saskatoon	WCHL	Canada
23.	Montreal	Don Grierson	RW	North Bay	NOHA	Canada
24.	Boston	Brian St. John	C	U. of Toronto	OUAA	Canada

SNAPSHOT '68
Total Selected:	24
Forwards:	15
Defense:	6
Goaltenders:	3
Major Junior:	16
College Players:	4
Canadian:	22
Euro-Canadian:	0
USA Citizens:	2
U.S.-Born:	1
European:	0
Reached NHL:	10
Won Stanley Cup:	2
Hall of Fame:	0
All-Star Game:	2
Year-end All-Star:	0
Olympians:	0
Picks Traded:	1