1972 NHL Amateur Draft
ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11Traded Picks | Quick Facts
Round 1
No.TeamPlayerPos.Last teamLeagueNationality
1.N.Y. IslandersBilly HarrisRWTorontoOHACanada
2.AtlantaJacques RichardCQuebecQMJHLCanada
3.VancouverDon Lever CNiagara FallsOHACanada
4.MontrealSteve Shutt LWTorontoOHACanada
5.BuffaloJim Schoenfeld DNiagara FallsOHACanada
6.MontrealMichel Larocque GOttawaOHACanada
7.PhiladelphiaBill Barber CKitchenerOHACanada
8.MontrealDave Gardner CTorontoOHACanada
9.St. LouisWayne Merrick COttawaOHACanada
10.N.Y. RangersAl Blanchard LWKitchenerOHACanada
11.TorontoGeorge Ferguson CTorontoOHACanada
12.MinnesotaJerry Byers RWKitchenerOHACanada
13.ChicagoPhil Russell DEdmontonWCHLCanada
14.MontrealJohn Van Boxmeer DGuelphSOJHLCanada
15.N.Y. RangersBob MacMillan CSt. CatharinesOHACanada
16.DetroitMike Bloom DSt. CatharinesOHACanada
SNAPSHOT '72
Total Selected: 152
Forwards: 88
Defense: 47
Goaltenders: 17
Major Junior: 121
College Players: 25
Canadian: 139
Euro-Canadian: 2
American: 11
Born in USA: 10
Reached NHL: 67
Won Stanley Cup: 11
Hall of Fame: 2
All-Star Game: 13
Year-end All-Star: 3
Olympians: 1
Picks Traded: 24