1976 Amateur Draft

1976-77

Two franchise shifts had yet to occur when the draft took place. Toronto would move to Birmingham, and Cleveland moved to St. Paul as the new Minnesota Fighting Saints. Listed by order of draft picks.

Round 1

Edmonton: Blair Chapman (Saskatoon) • Cincinnati: Peter Marsh (Sherbrooke) • Cleveland: Glen Sharpley (Hull) • Indianapolis: Bob Simpson (Sherbrooke) • San Diego: Dave Farrish (Sudbury) • Edmonton: Bernie Federko (Saskatoon) • Cincinnati: Randy Carlyle (Sudbury) • Toronto: Bjorn Johanson (Sweden) • Winnipeg: Thomas Gradin (Sweden) • Quebec: Rick Green (London) • Toronto: Kent Nilsson (Sweden) • Cincinnati: Don Murdoch (Medicine Hat).

Round 2

New England: Mike Fidler (Boston U) • Cleveland: Rod Schutt (Sudbury) • Indianapolis: Alex McKendry (Sudbury) • Cincinnati: Greg Carroll (Medicine Hat) • Winnipeg: Clayton Paschal (New Westminster) • Calgary: Dave Shand (Peterborough) • Quebec: Bob Manno (St. Catherines) • Winnipeg: Tom Rowe (London) • Toronto: Peter Lee (Ottawa) • Houston: Morris Lukowich (Medicine Hat) • San Diego: Romano Carlucci (Sault Ste. Marie) • Toronto: Paul Gardner (Oshawa)

Round 3

San Diego: Mark Suzor (Kingston) • New England: Fred Williams (Saskatoon) • Cleveland: Jeff McDill (Victoria) • Edmonton: Harold Philipoff (New Westminster) • San Diego: Tony Horvath (Sault Ste. Marie) • Edmonton: Drew Callander (Regina) • New England: Dave Debol (U Michigan) • Quebec: Al Glendinning (Calgary) • Winnipeg: Steve Clippingdale (New Westminster) • Houston: Jim Roberts (Ottawa) • Toronto: Don Lemieux (Trois Rivieres) • Edmonton: Brian Sutter (Lethbridge)

Round 4

Cincinnati: Barry Melrose (Kamloops) • New England: Mike Kaszycki (Sault Ste. Marie) • Cleveland: Rocky Maze (Edmonton) • Indianapolis: Dave Dornseif (Providence College) • San Diego: John Smrke (Toronto) • Phoenix: Kari Makkonen (Finland) • Calgary: Alain Belanger (Sherbrooke) • Quebec: Maurice Barrette (Quebec) • Winnipeg: Goran Lindblom (Sweden) • Houston: Mike Fedorko (Hamilton) • Cleveland: Vern Stenlund (London) • Edmonton: Yvon Vautour (Laval).

Round 5

New England: Bill Baker (U Minnesota) • New England: Mike Liut (Bowling Green State) • Cleveland: Bob Miller (U.S. Olympic) • Indianapolis: Jean Gagnon (Quebec) • San Diego: Archie King (Hamilton) • Phoenix: Juhani Wallenius (Finland) • Calgary: Bruce Baker (Ottawa) • Quebec: Garth MacGuigan (Montreal) • Winnipeg: Doug Johnson (Lethbridge) • Houston: Larry Skinner (Ottawa) • Toronto: Dan Djakalovic (Kitchener) • Edmonton: Tim Williams (Victoria).

Round 6

Cincinnati: Joe Oslin (U Vermont) • New England: Dwight Schofield (London) • Cleveland: Rob Flockhart (Kamloops) • Indianapolis: Joe Kowal (Hamilton) • San Diego: Rick Hodgson (Calgary) • Phoenix: Doug Patey (Sault Ste. Marie) • Calgary: Larry Gloeckner (Victoria) • Quebec: Claude Periard (Trois Rivieres) • Winnipeg: Fred Berry (New Westminster) • Houston: Kevin Schamehorn (New Westminster) • Toronto: Mike McEwen (Toronto) • Edmonton: Gord Blumenschein (Winnipeg).

Round 7

Cincinnati: Paul Skidmore (Boston College) • New England: Warren Young (Michigan Tech) • Cleveland: Mark Earp (Kamloops) • Indianapolis: Greg Malone (Oshawa) • San Diego: Rob Tudor (Regina) • Phoenix: Mark Davidson (Flin Flon) • Calgary: Phil Verchota (U Minnesota) • Quebec: Dennis Charbonneau (Laval) • Winnipeg: Greg Craig (St. Catherines) • Houston: Mike Hordy (Sault Ste. Marie) • Toronto: Mike Kitchen (Toronto) • Edmonton: John Tavella (Sault Ste. Marie).

Round 8

Cincinnati: Stu Ostlund (Michigan Tech) • New England: Ken Morrow (Bowling Green State) • Cleveland: Ron Zanussi (London) • Indianapolis: Jim Kirkpatrick (Toronto) • San Diego: Claude Legris (Sorel) • Phoenix: Jari Takio (Finland) • Calgary: Don Jackson (U Notre Dame) • Winnipeg: Brian Granfield (Brandon) • Houston: Larry Riggin (London) • Toronto: Marc Desforges (Chicoutimi) • Edmonton: Allan Dumba (Regina).

Round 9

Cincinnati: Fernand LeBlanc (Sherbrooke) • New England: Ed Clarey (Cornwall) • Cleveland: Charlie Skjodt (Windsor) • Indianapolis: Ric Garcia (Hull) • San Diego: Don Moores (Kamloops) • Phoenix: Jouni Rinne (Finland) • Calgary: Rob Palmer (U Michigan) • Winnipeg: Anders Hakansson (Sweden) • Houston: Bill Wells (Cornwall) • Toronto: Brian Dillon (Oshawa) • Edmonton: Jim Bedard (Sudbury)

Round 10

Cincinnati: Terry Ballingall (Flin Flon) • New England: Jon Hammond (Regina) • Cleveland: Larry McRae (Windsor) • Indianapolis: Remi Levesque (Quebec) • San Diego: Ron Roscoe (Hamilton) • Phoenix: Hannu Helander (Finland) • Calgary: Cal Sandbeck (Denver U) • Quebec: Pierre Brossard (Cornwall) • Winnipeg: Jorgen Pettersson (Sweden) • Houston: Bob Pazzelli (Denver U)

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