1975 WHA Amateur Draft

Date:	May 22, 1975
Players with WHA Experience	30
First Overall Pick:	Claude Larose (Cincinnati Stingers)

The 1975 WHA amateur draft was the third draft held by the World Hockey Association.

1975 WHA Draft Selections by Round

Round 1

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
1		L	Claude Larose	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]
2		D	Bryan Maxwell	Medicine Hat Tigers [WCHL]
3		C	Don Ashby	Calgary Centennials [WCHL]
4		C	Mel Bridgman	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
5		F	Ralph Klassen	Saskatoon Blades [WCHL]
6		L	Barry Dean	Medicine Hat Tigers [WCHL]
7		L	Denny McLean	Calgary Centennials [WCHL]
8		L	Brad Gassoff	Kamloops Chiefs [WCHL]
9		F	Greg Vaydik	Medicine Hat Tigers [WCHL]
10		L	Greg Hickey	Hamilton Fincups [OHA]
11		D	Rick Lapointe	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
12		D	Jamie Masters	Ottawa 67’s [OHA]
13		C	Terry McDonald	Edmonton Oil Kings [WCHL]
14		F	Pierre Mondou	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
15		D	Richard Mulhern	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]

Round 2

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
16		G	Bob Sauve	Laval National [QMJHL]
17		L	Don Cairns	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
18		D	Robin Sadler	Edmonton Oil Kings [WCHL]
19		F	Mal Zinger	Kamloops Chiefs [WCHL]
20		R	Kelly Greenbank	Winnipeg Clubs [WCHL]
21		L	Peter Morris	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
22		D	Russ Anderson	U. of Minnesota [WCHA]
23		R	Neil Lyseng	Kamloops Chiefs [WCHL]
24		D	Mike O’Connell	Kingston Canadians [OHA]
25		D	Kim Clackson	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
26		D	Jerry Rollins	Winnipeg Clubs [WCHL]
27		C	Rick Adduono	St. Catharines Black Hawks [OHA]
28		L	Danny Arndt	Saskatoon Blades [WCHL]
29		D	Doug Halward	Peterborough Petes [OHA]
30		C	Doug Jarvis	Peterborough Petes [OHA]

Round 3

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
31		G	Larry Hendrick	Calgary Centennials [WCHL]
32		C	Clark Hamilton	Notre Dame [WCHA]
33		G	Gordie Laxton	New Westminster Bruins [WCHL]
34		R	Ron Delorme	Lethbridge Broncos [WCHL]
35		G	Ed Staniowski	Regina Pats [WCHL]
36		C	Barry Smith	New Westminster Bruins [WCHL]
37		C	Alex Pirus	Notre Dame [WCHA]
38		L	Glen Richardson	Hamilton Fincups [OHA]
39		D	Blair Davidson	Flin Flon Bombers [WCHL]
40		D	Greg Neeld	Calgary Centennials [WCHL]
41		D	Paul Heaver	Oshawa Generals [OHA]
42		R	Bob Watson	Flin Flon Bombers [WCHL]
43		C	Matti Hagman	HIFK Helsinki [SM-sarja]
44		L	Pierre Giroux	Hull Festivals [QMJHL]
45		D	Kevin Campbell	St. Lawrence University [ECAC]

Round 4

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
46		G	Normand LaPointe	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs [QMJHL]
47		D	Blair MacKasey	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
48		R	Rick Bourbonnais	Ottawa 67’s [OHA]
49		D	Andre Leduc	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]
50		D	Peter Scamurra	Peterborough Petes [OHA]
51		F	Stu Younger	Michigan Tech [WCHA]
52		D	Rick Piche	Brandon Wheat Kings [WCHL]
53		L	Ted Long	Hamilton Fincups [OHA]
54		G	Roger Swanson	Flin Flon Bombers [WCHL]
55		D	Bob Hoffmeyer	Saskatoon Blades [WCHL]
56		D	Ken Breitenbach	St. Catharines Black Hawks [OHA]
57		R	Dan Blair	Ottawa 67’s [OHA]
58		F	Derek Spring	Brandon Wheat Kings [WCHL]
59		L	Ted Bulley	Hull Festivals [QMJHL]
60		L	Dave Salvian	St. Catharines Black Hawks [OHA]

Round 5

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
61		G	Paul Harrison	Oshawa Generals [OHA]
62		C	Rick Bowness	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
63		F	Dale Ross	Ottawa 67’s [OHA]
64		G	Nick Sanza	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]
65		F	Dennis Maruk	London Knights [OHA]
66			Jim Ofrim	U. of Alberta [CWUAA]
67		R	Terry Bucyk	Lethbridge Broncos [WCHL]
68		R	Mike Sleep	New Westminster Bruins [WCHL]
69		C	Jim Minor	Regina Pats [WCHL]
70		G	Mario Viens	Cornwall Royals [QMJHL]
71		C	Craig Crawford	Toronto Marlboros [OHA]
72		R	Gary McFadyen	Hull Festivals [QMJHL]
73		G	Andre LePage	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
74		R	Paul Crowley	Sudbury Wolves [OHA]

Round 6

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
75			Jackie Laine	Bowling Green State University [CCHA]
76		L	Eric Sanderson	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
77			Greg Miazga	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
78		D	Joe Augustine	Austin Mavericks [MidJHL]
79		D	Bob Sunderland	Boston University [ECAC]
80		F	Pat Hughes	U. of Michigan [WCHA]
81			Nick Bobstock	Acadia University
82		L	Dana Decker	Michigan Tech [WCHA]
83		C	Brian Shmyr	New Westminster Bruins [WCHL]
84		F	Paul Woods	Soo Greyhounds [OHA]
85		R	Alex Tidey	Lethbridge Broncos [WCHL]
86		F	Terry Martin	London Knights [OHA]
87		C	Jean Trottier	Laval National [QMJHL]
88		G	Bill Cheropita	St. Catharines Black Hawks [OHA]

Round 7

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
89		G	Gary Carr	Toronto Marlboros [OHA]
90		D	Doug Young	Michigan Tech [WCHA]
91		R	Rick Martin	London Knights [OHA]
92		D	Michel Lachance	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
93		F	Dave Bell	Harvard University [ECAC]
94		D	Greg Smith	Colorado College [WCHA]
95		L	Dale McMullin	Brandon Wheat Kings [WCHL]
96		C	Marc Tessier	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]
97			Byron Shutt	Bowling Green State University [CCHA]
98		D	Rick Lalonde	Calgary Centennials [WCHL]
99		F	John Tweedle	Lake Superior State University [CCHA]
100		R	Mike Backman	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
101		D	John Glynne	U. of Vermont [ECAC]

Round 8

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
102		R	Greg Clause	Hamilton Fincups [OHA]
103		L	Stan Jonathan	Peterborough Petes [OHA]
104		L	Joe Fortunato	Kitchener Rangers [OHA]
105		C	Sid Veysey	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]
106		L	Doug Lindskog	U. of Michigan [WCHA]
107		F	Gary Morrison	U. of Michigan [WCHA]
108		L	Bob McNeice	New Westminster Bruins [WCHL]
109		C	Jean-Luc Phaneuf	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
110		F	Kelly Secord	New Westminster Bruins [WCHL]
111		D	Mike Harazny	Regina Pats [WCHL]
112		F	Michel Brisebois	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]
113		F	Dave Taylor	Clarkson University [ECAC]

Round 9

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
114		F	Yvon Disotell	Cornwall Royals [QMJHL]
115		D	Larry Huras	Kitchener Rangers [OHA]
116			Viktor Khatulev	Russia
117		C	Bob Russell	Sudbury Wolves [OHA]
118		R	Paul Clarke	Notre Dame [WCHA]
119		L	Jim Gustafson	Victoria Cougars [WCHL]
120		C	Dave Faulkner	Regina Pats [WCHL]
121		L	Gilles Bilodeau	Sorel Black Hawks [QMJHL]
122		F	Alex Forsyth	Kingston Canadians [OHA]
123		L	Dave Norris	Hamilton Fincups [OHA]
124		C	Michel Hamel	Laval National [QMJHL]
125			Jim Maxfield	Sudbury Wolves [OHA]

Round 10

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
126		F	Gary Burns	U. of New Hampshire [ECAC]
127		F	Kari Makkonen	Assat Pori [SM-sarja]
128		D	Dave Bossy	Notre Dame [WCHA]
129		D	Ari Kankaanpera	Ilves Tampere [SM-sarja]
130		F	Jean Thibodeau	Shawinigan Dynamos [QMJHL]
131		F	Randy Koch	U. of Vermont [ECAC]
132		F	Dag Bredberg	Farjestads BK [Swe-D1]
133		L	Denis Daigle	Montreal Red White and Blue [QMJHL]
134		F	Roger Dorey	Kingston Canadians [OHA]
135		G	Don Edwards	Kitchener Rangers [OHA]
136		F	Paul Stevenson	Brown University [ECAC]
137		F	Florent Fortier	Quebec Remparts [QMJHL]
138		L	Chad Campbell	U. of Denver [WCHA]

Round 11

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
139		R	Bill Reber	U. of Vermont [ECAC]
140			Michel Blais	Kingston Canadians [OHA]
141		F	Andy Whitby	Oshawa Generals [OHA]
142		G	Tom McNamara	U. of Vermont [ECAC]
143		G	Brian Petrovek	Harvard University [ECAC]
144		R	Dan Tsubouchi	St. Louis University [CCHA]
145		F	Emil Meszaros	Vastra Frolunda IF [Swe-D1]
146		W	Earl Sargent	Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings [MidJHL]
147		L	Bob Ritchie	Sorel Black Hawks [QMJHL]
148		D	Dale Anderson	Brandon Wheat Kings [WCHL]
149		F	Clark Jantzie	U. of Alberta [CWUAA]
150		G	Bill Oleschuk	Saskatoon Blades [WCHL]

Round 12

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
151		G	Dave McNab	U. of Wisconsin [WCHA]
152		F	Anders Steen	Farjestads BK [Swe-D1]
153		D	Rick Marsh	R.P.I. [ECAC]
154		C	Jim Montgomery	Hull Festivals [QMJHL]
155		D	Bill Anderson	St. Louis University [CCHA]
156		F	Torbjorn Nilsson	Skelleftea AIK [Swe-D1]
157		D	Richard Dutton	Laval National [QMJHL]
158		D	Bob Shaw	Clarkson University [ECAC]
159			Bruce O’Grady	Soo Greyhounds [OHA]
160		D	Jim Lundquist	Brown University [ECAC]

Round 13

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
161		D	Peter Shier	Cornell University [ECAC]
162		R	Paul Evans	Peterborough Petes [OHA]
163		C	Dan Shearer	Hamilton Fincups [OHA]
164			Terry Angel	Oshawa Generals [OHA]
165			Doug Hanson	Unknown
166		F	Bengt Lundholm	AIK [Swe-D1]
167		C	Tom Ulseth	U. of Wisconsin [WCHA]
168		D	Wayne Morrin	Kamloops Chiefs [WCHL]
169		G	Rick St. Croix	Oshawa Generals [OHA]

Round 14

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
170		D	Francois Robert	Sherbrooke Castors [QMJHL]
171		C	Rick Shinske	New Westminster Bruins [WCHL]
172		C	Darrell Ferner	Kamloops Chiefs [WCHL]
173		R	Henry Taylor	St. Paul Vulcans [MidJHL]
174		D	Dave Hanson	Colorado College [WCHA]
175		D	Paul Jensen	Michigan Tech [WCHA]