1978 NHL Amateur Draft

Location:	Queen Elizabeth Hotel (Montreal, QC)	Dates:	June 15, 1978
First Overall Pick:	Bobby Smith (Minnesota North Stars)	Players with NHL Experience:	95

The 1978 NHL amateur draft was the 16th NHL entry draft. It was hosted at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 15, 1978. It was the last draft to be called the “amateur draft” before the process was renamed to the NHL entry draft in 1979.

The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Viacheslav Fetisov, who retired after the 1997–98 season, although he was re-drafted in 1983.

Biggest Steals of the 1978 NHL Draft

• Mike Krushelnyski (Boston Bruins – 120th Overall)
  • 569 points in 897 career games
  • 3-time Stanley Cup winner
• Doug Crossman (Chicago Blackhawks- 112th Overall)
  • 464 points in 914 career games
• Thomas Steen (Winnipeg Jets – 103rd Overall)
  • 817 points in 950 career games

1978 NHL Draft Selections by Round

Round 1

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
1		C	Bobby Smith	Ottawa 67’s (OMJHL)
2		C/LW	Ryan Walter	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
3		RW	Wayne Babych	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
4		C	Bill Derlago	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
5		LW	Mike Gillis	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
6		D	Behn Wilson	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
7		C	Ken Linseman	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
8		RW	Danny Geoffrion	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
9		D	Willie Huber	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
10		RW	Tim Higgins	Ottawa 67’s (OMJHL)
11		D	Brad Marsh	London Knights (OMJHL)
12		C	Brent Peterson	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
13		D	Larry Playfair	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
14		RW	Danny Lucas	Soo Greyhounds (OMJHL)
15		C	Steve Tambellini	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
16		LW	Al Secord	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
17		LW	Dave Hunter	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
18		LW	Tim Coulis	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)

Round 2

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
19		LW	Steve Payne	Ottawa 67’s (OMJHL)
20		LW	Paul Mulvey	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
21		D	Joel Quenneville	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
22		LW	Curt Fraser	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
23		D	Paul MacKinnon	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
24		C	Steve Christoff	Minnesota (WCHA)
25		RW	Mike Meeker	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
26		LW	Don Maloney	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
27		C	Merlin Malinowski	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
28		LW	Glenn Hicks	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
29		LW	Doug Lecuyer	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
30		C	Dale Yakiwchuk	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
31		G	Al Jensen	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
32		LW	Tony McKegney	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
33		RW	Mike Simurda	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
34		D	Randy Johnston	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
35		D	Graeme Nicolson	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
36		RW	Ron Carter	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)

Round 3

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
37		RW	Gord Salt	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
38		C	Glen Currie	Laval National (QMJHL)
39		D	Steve Harrison	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
40		RW	Stan Smyl	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
41		C	Paul Messier	Denver (WCHA)
42		LW	Richard David	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
43		C	Ray Markham	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
44		D	Dean Turner	Michigan (WCHA)
45		D	Jay Johnston	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
46		C	Rick Paterson	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
47		G	Tim Bernhardt	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
48		C	Mark Kirton	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
49		C	Rob McClanahan	Minnesota (WCHA)
50		D	Glen Cochrane	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
51		D	Dwayne Lowdermilk	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
52		D	Brad Knelson	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
53		C	Doug Derkson	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)

Round 4

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
54		D	Curt Giles	Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)
55		RW	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	Farjestad BK (Sweden)
56		C	Harald Luckner	Farjestad BK (Sweden)
57		RW	Brad Smith	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
58		LW	Dave Watson	Soo Greyhounds (OMJHL)
59		RW	Dave Silk	Boston University (ECAC)
60		D	Andre Dore	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
61		LW	Shane Pearsall	Ottawa 67’s (OMJHL)
62		C	Bjorn Skaare	Ottawa 67’s (OMJHL)
63		D	Brian Young	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
64		LW	Jim MacRae	London Knights (OMJHL)
65		G	Bob Parent	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
66		D	Mike Gazdic	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
67		C	Russ Wilderman	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
68		RW	George Buat	Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
69		C	Kevin Reeves	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)

Round 5

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
70		LW	Roy Kerling	Cornell (ECAC)
71		RW	Lou Franceschetti	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
72		D	Kevin Willison	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
73		G	Tim Thomlison	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
74		RW	Rod Guimont	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
75		C	Rob Garner	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
76		RW	Mike McDougal	Port Huron Flags (IHL)
77		LW	Paul Mancini	Soo Greyhounds (OMJHL)
78		C	Ted Nolan	Soo Greyhounds (OMJHL)
79		LW	Mark Murphy	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
80		D	Gord Wappel	Regina Pats (WCHL)
81		LW	Jordy Douglas	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
82		G	Randy Ireland	Flint Generals (IHL)
83		D	Brad Tamblyn	Toronto (CIAU)
84		LW	Greg Hay	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
85		LW	Darryl MacLeod	Boston University (ECAC)
86		D	Mike Boyd	Soo Greyhounds (OMJHL)

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
87		D	Bob Bergloff	Minnesota (WCHA)
88		LW	Vince Magnan	Denver (WCHA)
89		RW	Jim Nill	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
90		C	Gerry Minor	Regina Pats (WCHL)
91		G	John Hynes	Harvard (ECAC)
92		D/LW	Mel Hewitt	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
93		D	Tom Laidlaw	Northern Michigan (CCHA)
94		G	Doug Keans	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
95		C	Sylvain Locas	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
96		D	Dave Feamster	Colorado College (WCHA)
97		RW	Greg Meredith	Notre Dame (WCHA)
98		RW	Normand Lefebvre	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
99		LW	Cam MacGregor	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
100		C	Mark Taylor	North Dakota (WCHA)
101		LW/D	Kelly Davis	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
102		LW	Jeff Brubaker	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
103		C	Keith Acton	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)

Round 7

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
104		D	Kim Spencer	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
105		LW	Mats Hallin	Sodertalje SK (Sweden)
106		C	Steve Stockman	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
107		W	Dave Ross	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
108		D	Andy Clark	Lake Superior State (CCHA)
109		RW	Paul MacLean	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
110		D	Dan Clark	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
111		D	Don Waddell	Northern Michigan (CCHA)
112		LW	Wes George	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
113		D	Dave Mancuso	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
114		RW	Dave Hindmarch	Alberta (CIAU)
115		D	John Scammel	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
116		C	Dan Eastman	Saginaw Gears (IHL)
117		RW	Mike Ewanouski	Boston College (ECAC)
118		RW	Richard Pepin	Laval National (QMJHL)
119		G	Murray Skinner	Lake Superior State (CCHA)
120		RW	Jim Lawson	Brown (ECAC)

Round 8

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
121		D	Mike Cotter	Bowling Green (CCHA)
122		G	Richard Sirois	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
123		RW	Denis Houle	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
124		LW	Steve O’Neill	Providence (ECAC)
125		RW/C	John Olver	Michigan (WCHA)
126		G	Jerry Price	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
127		D	Greg Kostenko	Ohio State (CCHA)
128		C	Rob Mierkalns	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
129		D	John Barrett	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
130		D	Sandy Ross	Colgate (ECAC)
131		RW	Dave Morrison	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
132		D	Kevin Reinhart	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
133		C	Eric Strobel	Minnesota (WCHA)
134		D	Darre Switzer	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
135		C	Dave Cameron	PEI (CIAU)
136		C	Bobby Hehir	Boston College (ECAC)
137		RW	Larry Landon	RPI (ECAC)

Round 9

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
138		D	Brent Gogol	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
139		RW	Denis Pomerleau	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
140		RW	Tony Meagher	Boston University (ECAC)
141		D	Charlie Antetomaso	Boston College (ECAC)
142		D	Kevin Krook	Regina Pats (WCHL)
143		C/RW	Rick Simpson	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
144		D	Brian McDavid	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
145		LW	Rick Scully	Brown (ECAC)
146		LW	Jim Malazdrewicz	St. Boniface (MJHL)
147		G	Mark Locken	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
148		RW	Doug Todd	Michigan (WCHA)
149		D	Mike Waghorne	New Hampshire (ECAC)
150		C	Eugene O’Sullivan	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
151		D	Greg Francis	St. Lawrence (ECAC)
152		G	Paul Joswiak	Minnesota (WCHA)
153		C	Craig MacTavish	Massachusetts-Lowell (NCAA-II-Ind.)
154		G	Kevin Constantine	RPI (ECAC)

Round 10

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
155		LW/D	Mark Seide	Bloomington Junior Stars (USHL Sr.)
156		G	Barry Heard	London Knights (OMJHL)
157		G	Jim Lockhurst	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
158		G	Richard Martens	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
159		LW	Jeff Jensen	Lake Superior State (CCHA)
160		G	Bob Froese	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
161		G	Mark Rodrigues	Yale (ECAC)
162		C	Brad Thiessen	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
163		RW	Geoff Shaw	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
164		D	Glenn Van	Colorado College (WCHA)
165		C	Mark Green	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
166		D	Laurie Cuvelier	St. Francis Xavier (CIAU)
167		LW/D	Rick Berard	St. Mary’s (CIAU)
168		D	Don Lucia	Notre Dame (WCHA)
169		D	Scott Cameron	Notre Dame (WCHA)
170		C	Dan Lerg	Michigan (WCHA)
171		C	John Swan	McGill (CIAU)

Round 11

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
172		D	Mark Toffolo	Port Huron Flags (IHL)
173		D	Risto Siltanen	Ilves (Finland)
174		D	Bo Ericson	AIK (Sweden)
175		LW	Dan Hermansson	KB Karlskoga (Sweden-2)
176		G	Steve Weeks	Northern Michigan (CCHA)
177		LW/C	Jim Armstrong	Clarkson (ECAC)
178		D/RW	Carl Van Harrewyn	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
179		LW	Darryl Sutter	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
180		C/LW	Robert Sullivan	Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)
181		LW	Jean-Francois Boutin	Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL)
182		D	Mark Berge	North Dakota (WCHA)
183		G	Ken Moore	Clarkson (ECAC)
184		C/LW	Christer Lowdahl	Orebro IK (Sweden-2)
185		RW	John Sullivan	Providence (ECAC)
186		RW	Daniel Metivier	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

Round 12

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
187		LW	Paul Hogan	Regina Pats (WCHL)
188		RW	Serge Menard	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
189		RW	Steve Barger	Boston College (ECAC)
190		C/LW	Jari Viitala	Ilves (Finland)
191		D/C	Don Boyd	RPI (ECAC)
192		LW	Pierre Daigneault	St. Laurent Junior (CCAA)
193		C	Claude Larochelle	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
194		LW	Ladislav Svozil	TJ Vitkovice (Czechoslovakia)
195		C	Jim Olson	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
196		G	Bernhard Englbrecht	EV Landshut (Germany)
197		LW	Paul Stasiuk	Providence (ECAC)
198		LW	Anton Stastny	HC Slovan Bratislava (Czechoslovakia)
199		D	Gunnar Persson	Brynas IF (Sweden)
200		C/LW	Gerd Truntschka	EV Landshut (Germany)
201		D	Viacheslav Fetisov	CSKA Moskva (Soviet)

Round 13

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
202		D	Rod Pacholsuk	Michigan (WCHA)
203		RW	Viktor Shkurdyuk	SKA Leningrad (Soviet)
204		LW	Ulf Zetterstrom	IFK Kiruna (Sweden-2)
205		G	Carl Bloomberg	St. Louis (CCHA)
206		D	Chris McLaughlin	Dartmouth (ECAC)
207		LW	Terry Kitching	St. Louis (CCHA)
208		RW	Tom Bailey	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
209		D	Brian O’Connor	Boston University (ECAC)
210		D	Brian Crombeen	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
211		C	Mike Pidgeon	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
212		RW	Jeff Mars	Michigan (WCHA)

Round 14

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
213		C	Wes Jarvis	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
214		RW	John Cochrane	Harvard (ECAC)
215		D	Ray Irwin	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
216		D	Joe Casey	Boston College (ECAC)
217		C	Todd Johnson	Boston University (ECAC)
218		C	Jim Farrell	Princeton (ECAC)
219		G	Larry Lozinski	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
220		D	Frank Johnson	Providence (ECAC)
221		D	Blair Wheeler	Yale (ECAC)
222		LW	Greg Tiganelli	Northern Michigan (CCHA)

Round 15

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
223		C	Dan McCarthy	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
224		LW	Randy Betty	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
225		LW	George Goulakos	St. Lawrence (ECAC)

Round 16

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
226		D	Brian Crawley	St. Lawrence (ECAC)
227		RW	Ken Moodie	Colgate (ECAC)

Round 17

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
228		C	Doug Feasby	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
229		D	Serge Leblanc	Vermont (ECAC)

Round 18

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
230		C	Bob Magnuson	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)

Round 19

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
231		RW	Chris Nilan	Northeastern (ECAC)

Round 20

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
232		G	Rick Wilson	St. Lawrence (ECAC)

Round 21

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
233		RW	Louis Sleigher	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)

Round 22

Pick	Team	Pos.	Player	Junior Team
234		RW	Doug Robb	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)