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The 11th National Hockey League Amateur Draft was the first to be held on a separate day from other league activities on May 15, 1973 at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec so it would not overshadow the rest of the league meetings. Previously, the league had held the amateur draft in mid-June. It also marks the second time the meeting took place at the Mount Royal Hotel rather than the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. In 1972, when the World Hockey Association was beginning to take form, some teams were more focused on the amateur draft that they stopped paying attention to other issues (mainly the WHA raiding NHL rosters) and were spending their time preparing for the draft.
With the WHA having already operated for a full season, NHL teams realized they would have to fight to sign their top picks. This was especially important in a year when the draft was considered extremely deep and the WHA was scheduled to draft players just three days after the NHL.
The top pick of the 1973 NHL amateur draft was Ottawa 67's star Denis Potvin who was projected to be the next Bobby Orr. The Montreal Canadiens, the most active team on draft day, re-positioned themselves by trading for several high picks and then offered the New York Islanders all types of packages for the first choice overall as they want to select Potvin for themselves. Islanders general manager Bill Torrey was not interested, however and held on to the top pick. He selected Potvin, who became a big part of the building block for the Islanders hockey dynasty between 1980 to 1983.
Although the NHL had to compete hard with the WHA to sign these amateur players, they managed to sign all 16 of their first-round draft picks before the rival league could. The NHL-WHA competition was so fierce that the Toronto Maple Leafs offered a staggering, at the time, five-year $600,000 contract for right winger Lanny McDonald of the Medicine Hat Tigers , which kept the No. 4 pick from signing with the WHA's Cleveland Crusaders.
Eligible for the draft were all amateur players born before January 1, 1954. The NHL paid a lump sum to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to support major junior hockey as a group. Teams could offer a player a contract at any time after the draft without risking then re-entering a future NHL draft.
[edit] Draft Listing
[edit] Round 1
[edit] Round 2
[edit] Round 3
[edit] Round 4
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 49. |
Andre St. Laurent (C) |
Canadian |
New York Islanders |
Montreal (QMJHL) |
| 50. |
Ron Serafini (D) |
|
California Golden Seals |
St. Catharines (OHA) |
| 51. |
Keith Mackie (D) |
|
Vancouver Canucks |
Edmonton (WCHL) |
| 52. |
Frank Rochon (LW) |
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Sherbrooke (QMJHL) |
| 53. |
Dean Talafous (C) |
|
Atlanta Flames |
Wisconsin (NCAA) |
| 54. |
Jim McCrimmon (D) |
|
Los Angeles Kings |
Medicine Hat (WCHL) |
| 55. |
Dennis Owchar (D) |
|
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Toronto (OHA) |
| 56. |
Alan Hangsleben (D) |
|
Montreal Canadiens |
North Dakota (NCAA) |
| 57. |
Tom Colley (C) |
Canadian |
Minnesota North Stars |
Sudbury (OHA) |
| 58. |
Dale Cook (LW) |
Canadian |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Victoria (WCHL) |
| 59. |
Mike Korney (D) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Winnipeg (WCHL) |
| 60. |
Yvon Dupuis (RW) |
Canadian |
Buffalo Sabres |
Quebec (QMJHL) |
| 61. |
Dave Elliott (LW) |
Canadian |
Chicago Black Hawks |
Winnipeg (WCHL) |
| 62. |
Brian Molvik (D) |
Canadian |
New York Rangers |
Calgary (WCHL) |
| 63. |
Steve Langdon (LW) |
Canadian |
Boston Bruins |
London (OHA) |
| 64. |
Richard Latulippe (C) |
Canadian |
Montreal Canadiens |
Quebec (QMJHL) |
[edit] Round 5
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 65. |
Ron Kennedy (RW) |
Canadian |
New York Islanders |
New Westminster (WCHL) |
| 66. |
Jim Moxey (RW) |
|
California Golden Seals |
Hamilton (OHA) |
| 67. |
Paul O'Neil (C) |
|
Vancouver Canucks |
Boston University (NCAA) |
| 68. |
Gord Titcomb (LW) |
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
St. Catharines (OHA) |
| 69. |
John Flesch (LW) |
|
Atlanta Flames |
Lake Superior (NCAA) |
| 70. |
Dennis Abgrall (RW) |
|
Los Angeles Kings |
Saskatoon (WCHL) |
| 71. |
Guido Tenesi (D) |
American |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Oshawa (OHA) |
| 72. |
Bill Laing (C) |
|
St. Louis Blues |
Saskatoon (WCHL) |
| 73. |
Lowell Ostlund (D) |
Canadian |
Minnesota North Stars |
Saskatoon (WCHL) |
| 74. |
Michel Latreille (D) |
|
Philadelphia Flyers |
Montreal (QMJHL) |
| 75. |
Blair Stewart (C) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Winnipeg (WCHL) |
| 76. |
Bob Smulders (RW) |
Canadian |
Buffalo Sabres |
Peterborough (OHA) |
| 77. |
Dan Hinton (LW) |
|
Chicago Black Hawks |
Sault Ste. Marie (OHA) |
| 78. |
Pierre Laganiere (RW) |
Canadian |
New York Rangers |
Sherbrooke (QMJHL) |
| 79. |
Peter Crosbie (G) |
Canadian |
Boston Bruins |
London (OHA) |
| 80. |
Gerard Gibbons (D) |
|
Montreal Canadiens |
St. Mary's AUAA |
[edit] Round 6
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 81. |
Keith Smith (D) |
Canadian |
New York Islanders |
Brown (NCAA) |
| 82. |
Willie Trognitz (LW) |
Canadian |
California Golden Seals |
Thunder Bay Juniors |
| 83. |
Jim Cowell (C) |
Canadian |
Vancouver Canucks |
Ottawa (OHA) |
| 84. |
Doug Marit (D) |
Canadian |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Regina (WCHL) |
| 85. |
Ken Houston (D) |
Canadian |
Atlanta Flames |
Chatham SOJHL |
| 86. |
Blair MacDonald (RW) |
Canadian |
Los Angeles Kings |
Cornwall (QMJHL) |
| 87. |
Don Seiling (LW) |
Canadian |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Oshawa (OHA) |
| 88. |
Randy Smith (LW) |
Canadian |
St. Louis Blues |
Edmonton (WCHL) |
| 89. |
David Lee (LW) |
|
Minnesota North Stars |
Ottawa (OHA) |
| 90. |
Doug Ferguson (D) |
Canadian |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Hamilton (OHA) |
| 91. |
Glenn Cickello (D) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Hamilton (OHA) |
| 92. |
Neil Korzack (LW) |
Canadian |
Buffalo Sabres |
Peterborough (OHA) |
| 93. |
Garry Doerksen (C) |
|
Chicago Black Hawks |
Winnipeg (WCHL) |
| 94. |
Dwayne Pentland (D) |
|
New York Rangers |
Brandon (WCHL) |
| 95. |
J.P. Burgoyne (D) |
|
Boston Bruins |
Shawinigan (QMJHL) |
| 96. |
Denis Patry (RW) |
Canadian |
Montreal Canadiens |
Drummondville (QMJHL) |
[edit] Round 7
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 97. |
Don Cutts (G) |
Canadian |
New York Islanders |
RPI (NCAA) |
| 98. |
Paul Tantardini (LW) |
Canadian |
California Golden Seals |
Downsview Bombers Ontario Jr. A |
| 99. |
Clay Hebenton (G) |
Canadian |
Vancouver Canucks |
Portland WCJHL |
| 100. |
Dan Follet (G) |
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Downsview Bombers Ontario Jr. A |
| 101. |
Tom Machowski (D) |
American |
Atlanta Flames |
Wisconsin (NCAA) |
| 102. |
Roly Kimble (G) |
|
Los Angeles Kings |
Hamilton (OHA) |
| 103. |
Terry Ewasiuk (LW) |
Canadian |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Victoria (WCHL) |
| 104. |
John Wensink (LW) |
|
St. Louis Blues |
Cornwall (QMJHL) |
| 105. |
Lou Nistico (C) |
|
Minnesota North Stars |
London (OHA) |
| 106. |
Tom Young (D) |
Canadian |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Sudbury (OHA) |
| 107. |
Brian Middleton (D) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Alberta (NCAA) |
| 108. |
Bob Young (D) |
American |
Buffalo Sabres |
Denver (NCAA) |
| 109. |
Wayne Dye (LW) |
|
Chicago Black Hawks |
New Westminster (WCHL) |
| 110. |
Denis Andersen (D) |
Canadian |
New York Islanders |
New Westminster (WCHL) |
| 111. |
Walter Johnson (RW) |
|
Boston Bruins |
Oshawa (OHA) |
| 112. |
Michel Belisle (C) |
Canadian |
Montreal Canadiens |
Montreal (QMJHL) |
[edit] Round 8
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 113. |
Mike Kennedy (RW) |
Canadian |
New York Islanders |
Kitchener (OHA) |
| 114. |
Bruce Greig (LW) |
|
California Golden Seals |
Vancouver (WCHL) |
| 115. |
John Senkpiel (LW) |
|
Vancouver Canucks |
Vancouver (WCHL) |
| 116. |
Les Burgess (LW) |
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Kitchener (OHA) |
| 117. |
Bob Law (RW) |
Canadian |
Atlanta Flames |
North Dakota (WCHA) |
| 118. |
Dennis Polonich (C) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Flin Flon (WCHL) |
| 119. |
Fred Comrie (C) |
|
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Edmonton (WCHL) |
| 120. |
Jean Tetreault (LW) |
Canadian |
St. Louis Blues |
Drummondville (QMJHL) |
| 121. |
George Beveridge (D) |
|
Minnesota North Stars |
Kitchener (OHA) |
| 122. |
Norm Barnes (D) |
|
Philadelphia Flyers |
Michigan State (NCAA) |
| 123. |
George Lyle (LW) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Michigan Tech (NCAA) |
| 124. |
Tim O'Connell (RW) |
American |
Buffalo Sabres |
Vermont (NCAA) |
| 125. |
Jim Koleff (C) |
Canadian |
Chicago Black Hawks |
Hamilton (OHA) |
| 126. |
Denis Desgagnes (C) |
Canadian |
New York Islanders |
Sorel (QMJHL) |
| 127. |
Virgil Gates (D) |
|
Boston Bruins |
Swift Current (WCHL) |
| 128. |
Mario Desjardins (LW) |
Canadian |
Montreal Canadiens |
Sherbrooke (QMJHL) |
[edit] Round 9
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 129. |
Bob Lorimer (D) |
|
New York Islanders |
Michigan Tech (NCAA) |
| 130. |
Larry Patey (C) |
|
California Golden Seals |
Braintree NEJHL |
| 131. |
Peter Folco (D) |
|
Vancouver Canucks |
Quebec (QMJHL) |
| 132. |
Dave Pay (LW) |
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Wisconsin (NCAA) |
| 133. |
Bob Bilodeau (D) |
Canadian |
Atlanta Flames |
New Westminster (WCHL) |
| 134. |
Gord Lane (D) |
|
Pittsburgh Penguins |
New Westminster (WCHL) |
| 135. |
Dennis O'Brien (D) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Laurentian CIAU |
| 136. |
Jim Johnston (C) |
|
Minnesota North Stars |
Peterborough (OHA) |
| 137. |
Dan O'Donohue (D) |
|
Philadelphia Flyers |
Sault Ste. Marie (OHA) |
| 138. |
Tom Newman (D) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Kitchener (OHA) |
| 139. |
Ray Bibeau (D) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Montreal (QMJHL) |
| 140. |
Jack Johnson (D) |
|
Chicago Black Hawks |
Wisconsin (NCAA) |
| 141. |
Steve Alley (LW) |
|
Chicago Black Hawks |
Wisconsin (NCAA) |
| 142. |
Jim Pettie (G) |
|
Boston Bruins |
St. Catharines (OHA) |
| 143. |
Bob Wright (RW) |
Canadian |
Montreal Canadiens |
Pembroke Lumber Kings CJAHL |
[edit] Round 10
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 144. |
Lee Palmer (D) |
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Clarkson (NCAA) |
| 145. |
Doug Mahood (RW) |
Canadian |
California Golden Seals |
Sault Ste. Marie (OHA) |
| 146. |
Terry McDougall (C) |
Canadian |
Vancouver Canucks |
Swift Current (WCHL) |
| 147. |
Bob Peace (C) |
Canadian |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Cornell (NCAA) |
| 148. |
Glen Surbey (D) |
Canadian |
Atlanta Flames |
Loyola College (NCAA) |
| 149. |
Guy Ross (D) |
Canadian |
Atlanta Flames |
Sherbrooke (QMJHL) |
| 150. |
Randy Aimoe (D) |
Canadian |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Medicine Hat (WCHL) |
| 151. |
Kevin Neville (G) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Toronto (OHA) |
| 152. |
Sam Clegg (G) |
Canadian |
Minnesota North Stars |
Medicine Hat (WCHL) |
| 153. |
Brian Dick (RW) |
Canadian |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Winnipeg (WCHL) |
| 154. |
Ken Gibb (D) |
Canadian |
Detroit Red Wings |
North Dakota (NCAA) |
| 155. |
Mitch Brandt (D) |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Denver (NCAA) |
| 156. |
Rick Clubbe (C) |
Canadian |
Chicago Black Hawks |
North Dakota (NCAA) |
| 157. |
Yvan Bouillon (C) |
Canadian |
Boston Bruins |
Cornwall (QMJHL) |
| 158. |
Alain Labrecque (C) |
|
Montreal Canadiens |
Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL) |
[edit] Round 11
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 159. |
Norm McLeod (LW) |
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
Ottawa (OHA Jr. A) |
| 160. |
Angie Moretto (C) |
|
California Golden Seals |
Michigan (NCAA) |
| 161. |
Russ Wiechnik (C) |
|
Minnesota North Stars |
Calgary (WCHL) |
| 162. |
Greg Fox (D) |
|
Atlanta Flames |
Michigan (WCHA) |
| 163. |
Max Hansen (LW) |
|
Minnesota North Stars |
Sudbury (OHA) |
| 164. |
Don McLeod (C) |
|
Pittsburgh Penguins |
Saskatoon (WCHL) |
| 165. |
Gene Strate (D) |
|
Chicago Black Hawks |
Edmonton (WCHL) |
| 166. |
Gord Halliday (RW) |
Canadian |
Montreal Canadiens |
Pennsylvania (ECAC) |
[edit] Round 12
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NHL Team |
College/Junior/Club Team |
| 167. |
Cap Raeder (G) |
|
Montreal Canadiens |
New Hampshire (NCAA) |
| 168. |
Louis Chiasson (C) |
Canadian |
Montreal Canadiens |
Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL) |
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