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)
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.

= NHL All-Star^[1]

= Hall of Famers-->

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1					Drummondville Rangers (QJHL)
2				Montreal Canadiens	Montreal North Beavers (LHIQ)
3				Montreal Canadiens (from Oakland Seals)¹	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
4		Centre			Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5					Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
6		Goaltender			Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
7		Defence			Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
8		Right wing			Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
9					North Dakota Fighting Sioux (NCAA)
10		Defence			Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
11		Right wing			Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
12		Left wing			Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
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Notes

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.^[3] ^[4]

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
13	Doug Smith	Centre			Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
14		Right wing		Pittsburgh Penguins	Regina Pats (WCHL)
15	Marc Rioux	Centre		Minnesota North Stars	Verdun Maple Leafs (QJHL)
16		Left wing		St. Louis Blues	Brown Bears (NCAA)
17		Right wing		Detroit Red Wings	Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)
18	Fraser Rice	Centre		Boston Bruins	Halifax Colonels (MVJHL)
19	Barry Buchanan	Defence			Weyburn Red Wings (WCHL)
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Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
20	Jim Trewin	Defence		Oakland Seals	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
21		Defence		Pittsburgh Penguins	Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL)
22	Glen Lindsay	Goaltender		Minnesota North Stars	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
23		Right wing		Montreal Canadiens	North Bay Trappers (NOJHL)
24	Brian St. John	Centre		Boston Bruins	Toronto Varsity Blues (CIAU)
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= NHL All-Star

= Hall of Famers-->

Draftees based on nationality

Rank	Country	Number
1		22
2		2

See also

External links

Notes and References

Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.
Web site: 1968 NHL Amateur Draft . December 14, 2008.
Web site: NHL Trade Tracker . July 26, 2021 . May 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519173408/http://http/ . dead.
Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 484,485, 501, 556 and 649 . 978-1-57243-604-6.