1968 NHL amateur draft

1968 NHL amateur draft
General information
Date(s)June 13, 1968
LocationQueen Elizabeth Hotel
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Overview
24 total selections in 3 rounds
First selectionCanada Michel Plasse
(Montreal Canadiens)
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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[a] ·

Round one

# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
1 Michel Plasse (G)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Drummondville Rangers (QJHL)
2 Roger Belisle (C)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Montreal North Beavers (LHIQ)
3 Jim Pritchard (D)  Canada Montreal Canadiens (from Oakland Seals)1 Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
4 Garry Swain (C)  Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5 Jim Benzelock (RW)  Canada Minnesota North Stars Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
6 Gary Edwards (G)  Canada St. Louis Blues Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
7 Jim McInally (D)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
8 Lew Morrison (RW)  Canada Philadelphia Flyers Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
9 John Marks (LW)  Canada Chicago Black Hawks North Dakota Fighting Sioux (NCAA)
10 Brad Selwood (D)  Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
11 Steve Andrascik (RW)  Canada Detroit Red Wings Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
12 Danny Schock (LW)  Canada Boston Bruins Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
[1]
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

# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
13 Doug Smith (C)  Canada Oakland Seals Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
14 Ron Snell (RW)  Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Regina Pats (WCHL)
15 Marc Rioux (C)  Canada Minnesota North Stars Verdun Maple Leafs (QJHL)
16 Curt Bennett (LW)  United States St. Louis Blues Brown Bears (NCAA)
17 Herb Boxer (RW)  United States Detroit Red Wings Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)
18 Fraser Rice (C)  Canada Boston Bruins Halifax Colonels (MVJHL)
19 Barry Buchanan (D)  Canada New York Rangers Weyburn Red Wings (WCHL)
[1]

Round three

# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
20 Jim Trewin (D)  Canada Oakland Seals Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
21 Dave Simpson (D)  Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL)
22 Glen Lindsay (G)  Canada Minnesota North Stars Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
23 Don Grierson (RW)  Canada Montreal Canadiens North Bay Trappers (NOJHL)
24 Brian St. John (C)  Canada Boston Bruins Toronto Varsity Blues (CIAU)
[1]


 = NHL All-Star[a] ·


Draftees based on nationality

Rank Country Number
1  Canada 22
2  United States 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

References

  1. ^ a b c "1968 NHL Amateur Draft". Retrieved December 14, 2008.
  2. ^ "NHL Trade Tracker". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 484,485, 501, 556 and 649. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.