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1977 Amateur Draft

1977-78

Phoenix and San Diego had folded so did not participate in the draft. Calgary was still ostensibly in business and had a regular pick, but then would fold later in August 1977. Listed by order of draft picks.

Round 1

Houston: Scott Campbell (London) • Calgary: Barry Beck (New Westminster) • Winnipeg: Ron Duguay (Sudbury) • Edmonton: Mike Crombeen (Kingston) • Indianapolis: Doug Wilson (Ottawa) • Birmingham: Rod Langway (U New Hampshire) • Cincinnati: Jere Gillis (Sherbrooke) • Winnipeg: Miles Zaharko (New Westminster) • Quebec: Lucien Deblois (Sorel) • Houston: Dwight Foster (Kitchener) • New England: Ron Areshenkoff (Medicine Hat).

Round 2

Birmingham: Brad Maxwell (New Westminster) • Calgary: Tom Gorence (U Minnesota) • Quebec: John Anderson (Toronto) • New England: Moe Robinson (Kingston) • Indianapolis: Wayne Ramsay (Brandon) • Calgary: Doug Berry (Denver U) • Cincinnati: Dave Morrow (Calgary) • New England: Randy Pierce (Sudbury) • Quebec: Benoit Gosselin (Trois Rivieres) • Houston: Dave Semenko (Brandon).

Round 3

Birmingham: Mark Johnson (U Wisconsin) • New England: John Baby (Sudbury) • Edmonton: Kim Davis (Flin Flon) • Cincinnati: Floyd Lahache (Sherbrooke) • Cincinnati: Colin Ahern (Providence College) • Winnipeg: Mark Lofthouse (New Westminster) • Quebec: Tom Roulston (Winnipeg) • Houston: Glen Hanlon (Brandon).

Round 4

Birmingham: Norm Dupont (Montreal) • Calgary: Steve Stoyanovich (Rensselaer) • Edmonton: Neil Labatte (Toronto) • Edmonton: Dan Clark (Kamloops) • Indianapolis: Dale McCourt (St. Catherines) • Cincinnati: Jeff Allan (Hull) • Winnipeg: Red Laurence (Kitchener) • Quebec: Robert Picard (Montreal) • Houston: Reg Kerr (Kamloops).

Round 5

Birmingham: Steve Baker (Union College) • Calgary: Perry Schnarr (Denver U) • Edmonton: Rocky Saganiuk (Lethbridge) • New England: Brian Hill (Medicine Hat) • Indianapolis: Mike Bossy (Laval) • Cincinnati: Jim Trainor (Harvard) • Winnipeg: Bill Stewart (Niagara Falls) • Quebec: Alain Cote (Chicoutimi) • Houston: Kevin McCarthy (Winnipeg).

Round 6

Birmingham: Greg Tebbutt (Regina) • Calgary: Don Micheletti (U Minnesota) • Edmonton: Julian Baretta (U Wisconsin) • New England: James Korn (Providence College) • Indianapolis: Rick Vasko (Peterborough) • Cincinnati: Bill Himmlewright (U North Dakota) • Winnipeg: Ric Seiling (St Catherines) • Quebec: Yves Guillemette (Shawinigan) • Houston: Markus Mattsson (Finland).

Round 7

Birmingham: Bob Suter (U Wisconson) • Calgary: Doug Butler (St. Louis U) • Edmonton: Steve Hoyda (Portland) • Calgary: Steve Letzgus (U Michigan) • Indianapolis: Brian Drumm (Oshawa) • Cincinnati: Tom Byers (Providence College) • Winnipeg: Jim Hamilton (London) • Quebec: Eddy Godin (Quebec) • Houston: Herald Luckner (Sweden).

Round 8

Birmingham: Curt Christofferson (Colorado College) • Calgary: Jack O'Callahan (Boston U) • Edmonton: Ray Creasy (New Westminster) • Calgary: Bob Gould (U New Hampshire) • Cincinnati: Bob Boileau (Boston U) • Winnipeg: Warren Holmes (Ottawa) • Quebec: Pierre Lagace (Quebec) • Houston: Matti Forss (Finland).

Round 9

Birmingham: Jean Savard (Quebec) • Calgary: Keith Hendrickson (U Minnesota-Duluth) • Edmonton: Guy Lash (Winnipeg) • Calgary: Jim Harrar (U Minnesota) • Cincinnati: Jim Craig (Boston U) • Winnipeg: Mike Keating (St. Catherines) • Quebec: Daniel Chicoine (Sherbrooke) • Houston: Mike Dwyer (Niagara Falls).

Round 10

Birmingham: Ken Linseman (Kingston) • Calgary: Bruce Crowder (New Hampshire) • Edmonton: Owen Lloyd (Medicine Hat) • Calgary: Mark Miller (U Michigan) • Cincinnati: Dave Kelley (Princeton U) • Winnipeg: Murray Bannerman (Victoria) • Quebec: Roland Cloutier (Trois Rivieres) • Houston: Miroslaw Sikora (Poland).

 

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