1968 NHL amateur draft explained

1968 NHL amateur draft
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Date:June 13, 1968
Location:Queen Elizabeth Hotel
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
First: Michel Plasse
(Montreal Canadiens)
Overall:24
Rounds:3
Prev:1967
Next:1969

The 1968 NHL amateur draft was the sixth NHL entry draft. It was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1968 NHL amateur draft.

Round one

PlayerNationalityNHL teamCollege/junior/club team
1Michel Plasse (G) Drummondville Rangers (QJHL)
2Roger Belisle (C) Montreal Canadiens Montreal North Beavers (LHIQ)
3Jim Pritchard (D) Montreal Canadiens (from Oakland Seals)1Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
4Garry Swain (C) Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5Jim Benzelock (RW) Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
6Gary Edwards (G) Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
7Jim McInally (D) Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
8Lew Morrison (RW) Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
9John Marks (LW) North Dakota Fighting Sioux (NCAA)
10Brad Selwood (D) Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
11Steve Andrascik (RW) Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
12Danny Schock (LW) Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
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Notes
  1. The Oakland Seals' first-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on May 21, 1968, that sent Norm Ferguson, Stan Fuller and future considerations (François Lacombe and Michel Jacques traded completed in June 1968) to Oakland in exchange for Wally Boyer, Alain Caron, California's 1970 first-round pick, future considerations (Lyle Bradley traded completed in June 1968) and this pick.[2] [3]

Round two

PlayerNationalityNHL teamCollege/junior/club team
13Doug Smith (C) Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
14Ron Snell (RW) Pittsburgh Penguins Regina Pats (WCHL)
15Marc Rioux (C) Minnesota North Stars Verdun Maple Leafs (QJHL)
16Curt Bennett (LW) St. Louis Blues Brown Bears (NCAA)
17Herb Boxer (RW) Detroit Red Wings Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)
18Fraser Rice (C) Boston Bruins Halifax Colonels (MVJHL)
19Barry Buchanan (D) Weyburn Red Wings (WCHL)
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Round three

PlayerNationalityNHL teamCollege/junior/club team
20Jim Trewin (D) Oakland Seals Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
21Dave Simpson (D) Pittsburgh Penguins Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL)
22Glen Lindsay (G) Minnesota North Stars Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
23Don Grierson (RW) Montreal Canadiens North Bay Trappers (NOJHL)
24Brian St. John (C) Boston Bruins Toronto Varsity Blues (CIAU)
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Draftees based on nationality

RankCountryNumber
1 22
22

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1968 NHL Amateur Draft . December 14, 2008.
  2. Web site: NHL Trade Tracker . July 26, 2021 . May 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519173408/http://http/ . dead.
  3. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 484,485, 501, 556 and 649 . 978-1-57243-604-6.