Pro Sports Transactions

1972 WHA General Player Draft Pick Transactions

November, 1971 (Preliminary Round)
February 12, 1972 (General Rounds 1-20)
February 13, 1972 (General Rounds 21-end)

This draft was conducted in two parts: a Preliminary round in which each team wrote four names on a piece of paper which were then submitted and announced, and a General round which was conducted in rounds as are traditional drafts.

The Broncos folded before the start of the season, and the negotiating rights to their picks were transferred to the Cleveland Crusaders. The Screaming Eagles also folded before the start of the season, and their picks were transferred to the Philadelphia Blazers. The Oil Kings changed their name to the Oilers before the first game was played.

 

Preliminary Round

Player Drafted
Aeros
Guy Trottier
Andre Hinse
Larry Lund
Wayne Rutledge
Broncos
Barry Gibbs
Jim Harrison
Dale Hoganson
Jack Norris
Cougars
Stan Mikita
Jerry Korab
Jim McKenny
Gary Smith
Fighting Saints
Pete Mahovlich
Mike Curran
Bill Goldsworthy
Dale Tallon
Jets
Bobby Hull
Ted Green
Ted Irvine
Ernie Wakely
Nationals
Doug Favell
Dave Keon
Brad Park
Eddie Shack
Nordiques
Gilles Villemure
Guy Lapointe
Jacques Lemaire
John McKenzie
Oil Kings
Norm Ullman
Bobby Clarke
Bruce MacGregor
Phil Myre
Raiders
Gerry Desjardins
Dave Gardner
Steve Shutt
Billy Harris
Screaming Eagles
Bernie Parent
Jude Drouin
Derek Sanderson
Bill White
Sharks
Ken Dryden
Gilbert Perrault
Matt Ravlich
Steve Sutherland
Whalers
Bobby Sheehan
Eddie Johnston
Rick Ley
Larry Pleau

 

General Round

Order of selection for first round (and possibly all rounds?) was as follows:

Fighting Saints
Cougars
Whalers
Sharks
Broncos
Raiders
Jets
Nordiques
Screaming Eagles
Arrow
Oil Kings
Nationals

Aeros
  Rounds 1-10 Paul Andrea
Mike Corrigan
Norm Gratton
Larry Hale
Frank Hughes
Gold Labossiere
Dunc McCallum
John Schella
Ted Taylor
Vic Vernasky
  Rounds 11-20 Gary Doenhoefer
Don Grierson
Murray Hall
Bill Hogaboam
Gordon Kannegiesser
Wayne Lachance
Mike Lampman
Ted McAneeley
Don McLeod
Jim Shires
  Rounds 21-50 John Adams
Ray Adduono
Jim Armstrong
Barry Ashbee
Steve Atkinson
Roger Bellerive
Ron Busniuk
Bob Courcy
Ron Ellis
Gerry Goyer
Duke Harris
Ed Hoekstra
Howie Hughes
Dennis Kassian
Larry Keenan
Dave Kelly
Orest Kindrachuk
Al LeBrun
Frank Mahovlich
Dale McBain
Keith McCreary
Brian MacDonald
Billy Orr
Lynn Powis
Bobby Schmautz
Brit Selby
Brian Smith
John van Horlick
Barry Wilkins
Larry Wright
  Rounds 51-70 Bob Barlow
Dean Blais
Kerry Bond
Eddie Bumbacco
Jacques Caron
Rene Drolet
Rocky Farr
Al Genovy
Jim Krulicki
Ray Larose
Brian McBratney
Tom Miller
Rob Palmer
Bob Plager
David Pulkkinen
Duane Rupp
Jack Stanfield
Paul Terbenche
Tom Trevelyan
Hal Willis
  Rounds 71+ Larry Billows
Herb Boxer
Bob Boyd
Ray Clearwater
Bob Cook
Leonard Cunning
Bill Dea
Alex Delvecchio
Roy Edwards
Phil Esposito
Guyle Fielder
Jean Gauthier
Ed Giacomin
Andre Gill
Vic Hadfield
Ed Hayes
Art Jones
Bob Jones
Cliff Koroll
Roger Lafreniere
Randy Legge
Dick Mattiussi
Larry McKillop
Paul Morris
Jim Morrison
Cleland Mortson
Lou Nanne
Eric Nesterenko
Jean-Marie Nicol
Bobby Orr
Mel Pearson
Poul Popiel
Ray Reeson
Bill Saunders
Wayne Schaab
Con Schmidt
Tom Serviss
Larry Sokoloski
Bobby Taylor
Pete Vipond
Chris Worthy
Keith Wright
Broncos
  Rounds 1-10 Steve Carlyle
Ron Homenuke
Ross Lonsberry
Jim McMasters
Morris Mott
Gerry Pinder
Larry Romanchych
Gregg Sheppard
Brian Walker
Jim Watson
  Rounds 11-10 Ron Boehm
Anatoli Firsov
Josef Golonka
Lorne Henning
Skip Krake
Bernie Lukowich
Ray Maryniuk
Randy Rota
Dallas Smith
Stan Weir
  Rounds 21-50 Jeff Ablett
Wayne Bell
Dwight Bialowas
Yuri Blinov
Lyle Bradley
Gary Braun
Ken Brown
Jim Cardiff
Dave Dunn
Ed Dyck
Grant Erickson
Jan Eysselt
Gerry Hart
Petr Hejma
Ted Hodgson
Doug Horbul
Josef Horesovsky
Ken Ireland
Veli Pekka Ketola
Valeri Kharfamov
Darrell Knibbs
Al McDonough
Ray McKay
Murray MacNeil
Ernie Moser
Vaclav Nedomansky
Rod Norrish
Darryl Sittler
George Swarbrick
Joe Watson
Grand Clay
Wayne Doll
Len Frig
Ken Gustafson
George Hill
Les Jackson
Marshall Johnston
Gunnar Lundquist
Barry Meisner
Peter Muller
Wayne Morusyk
Tom Pinder
Al Rycroft
Alois Schloder
Jim Shaw
Ed Sidebottom
Karl Swetberge
Ron Wiley
Richard Wilson
Jerry Wright
Dave Amadio
Leigh Bannister
Dave Bonter
Bill Hay
Rob Heaney
Herb Howdie
Aleksander Maltsev
Darwin Mott
Vladimir Petrov
Morris Stefaniw
Garry Swain
Cougars
2 1-2 Roger Crozier
  Rounds 2-10 Ivan Boldirev
Bob Kelly
Dan Lodoa
Don Marcotte
Pit Martin
Jim McLeod
Rosaire Paiement
Jim Pappin
Serge Savard
  Rounds 11-20 Chuck Amason
Al Blanchard
Tom Cassidy
Bill Clement
Chuck Goddard
John Grisdale
Pierre Jarry
Dick Proceviat
Don Tannahill
Bill Young
  Rounds 21-50 Robin Burns
Bryan Campbell
Lyle Carter
Guy Charron
Ab DeMarco
Andre Dupont
Ron Dussiaume
Darry Edestrand
Tony Featherstone
Brian Glenwright
Dave Hudson
Keith LeLeivre
Darry Maggs
Garry Monahan
Bob Murray
Doug Robinson
Ron Robinson
Leon Rochefort
Dale Rolfe
Scott Seagrist
Bob Sicinski
Dan Spring
Frank Spring
Floyd Thompson
Walt Tkaczuk
Doug Volmar
Tom Williams
Murray Wilson
Roger Wilson
  Rounds 51-70 Bob Aube
Bernie Blanchette
Arnie Brown
Rick Cunningham
Gordon Davies
Tom Deacon
Ron Hindson
Sheldon Kannegiesser
Steve Latinovich
Randy Manery
Dave McDowell
Rick Morris
Mickey Oja
Marcel Paile
William Pettinger
Al Stefaniw
Bryan Slywchuk
Matt Thorpe
Jim Wylie
Rod Zaine
  Rounds 71+ Grant Cole
Raphi Maki
Jean Ratelle
Fighting Saints
1 1-1 Henry Boucha
  Rounds 2-10 Mike Antonovich
Terry Ball
Andre Boudrias
Brian Glennie
Bill Klatt
Bill MacMillan
Bob Paradise
Tom Peluso
Frank Sanders
  Rounds 11-20 John Arbour
Wayne Connelly
Ray Cullen
Ernie Hicke
Jim Johnson
Walt Ledingham
Jack McCartan
Bob MacMillan
Mike Pelyk
Jim Rutherford
  Rounds 21-50 Doug Acomb
Bob Ash
Mike Baumgartner
Ron Buchanan
Mike Christie
Billy Collins
Denis DeJordy
Bernie Gagnon
Hugh Harris
Phil Hoene
Joey Johnston
George Konik
Dick Loe
Bruce McIntosh
Jim McElmury
Murray McLachlan
Mike McMahon Jr.
George Morrison
Randy Murray
Dick Paradise
Doug Pelletier
Terry Ryan
Craig Sarner
Cliff Schmautz
Gary Simmons
Scott Smith
Fred Speck
Pokey Traschel
Bob Vroman
Pat Westrum
  Rounds 51-70 Wendell Anderson
Andy Brown
Keith Christianson
James Cahoon
Jim Carter
Bob Collyard
Terry French
Dennis Giannini
John Garrett
Greg Hubick
Noel Jenke
Kevin O'Shea
Barclay Plager
Jeff Roesch
Rod Seiling
Dale Smedsmo
Don Thompson
John Van Boxmeer
Jim Watt
Dale Yutsyk
  Rounds 71+ Jim Boyd
Mark Cadler
Bob Dobek
Ron Docken
Dennis Erickson
Gilles Gagnon
John Marty Gateman
Mike Stevens
Jim Young
Jets
  Rounds 1-10 Ted Harris
Billy Heindl
Bryan Hextall
Dennis Hextall
Fran Huck
John Marks
Rick Newell
Chris Oddleifson
Ron Snell
Bob Woytowich
  Rounds 11-20 Wayne Chernicki
Butch Deadmarsh
Jim Hargraves
Bob Leiter
Brian Spencer
Pete Stemkowski
Wayne Stephenson
George Surmay
Cal Swenson
Ken Tarnow
  Rounds 21-50 Duke Amundson
Norm Beaudin
Larry Bolonchuk
Wally Boyer
Barry Cummings
Joe Daley
Marc Dufour
Billy Fairbairn
Jean-Guy Gratton
Bill Hajt
Wayne Hawrysh
Ted Hampson
Larry Hornung
Nels Jacobson
Larry Klewchuk
Alex Koglar
Jacques Laperriere
Ab McDonald
Dave Maynard
Larry McIntyre
Bill Mikkelson
Fred O'Donnel
Gerry O'Flaherty
Jim Pritchard
Glenn Resch
Dunc Rousseau
Al Simmons
Bill Sutherland
Gump Worsley
Joe Zanussi
  Rounds 51-70 Milt Black
Brian Cadle
Mike Chernoff
Steve Craft
Dick Duff
Connie Forey
Bernie Germaine
Danny Helm
Jim Ivison
Brian Lefley
Zeppi Lindstrom
Barry Merrell
Bob Mowat
Neil Nicholson
Danny O'Shea
Art Stratton
Dave Shardlow
Frantisek Tikal
Bob Walton
Ron Wilson
Rounds 71+   Aleksey Kosygin
Nationals
  Rounds 1-10 Mike Amodeo
Bob Berry
Dennis Deslauriers
Buster Harvey
Chuck Lefley
Don Lever
Nick Libbett
Bob Murdock
Michel Redmond
Bill Smith
  Rounds 11-20 Syl Apps
Fred Barrett
Serge Bernier
Steve Cardwell
Ron Climie
Michel Laroque
Wayne Rivers
Larry Robinson
Paul Shakes
Mike Veisor
  Rounds 21-50 Bob Braun
Nick Beverley
Wayne Carleton
Gary Coalter
Marcel Dionne
Jim Dorey
Tim Ecclestone
Gary Edwards
Peter Gaw
Bob Kirk
Ron LaLonde
Bob LeDuc
Jim Lorentz
Johnnie Martin
Chris Meloff
Brian McKenzie
Mike Murphy
Ken Murray
Joe Norris
Murray Oliver
Terry O'Reilly
Randy Osburn
Dick Redmond
Doug Rombough
Glen Seperich
Dick Santes
Tom Simpson
Brian St. John
Tom Thompson
Juha Widing
  Rounds 51-70 Andre Aubry
Don Awrey
Les Brinkley
Doug Burr
Brian Gibbons
Jack Gibson
Larry Gould
Chris Hayes
Larry Hillman
Paul Laurent
Richard Longre
Joe Lundrigan
Ford Lundstrom
Pat McCool
Bob Nevin
Jim O'Brien
Jan Popiel
Michel Poirier
Ron Riley
Steve Sly
  Rounds 71+ Jim Adair
Mike Boland
Norm Dube
Jiri Holecek
Jiri Kochta
Kas Lysionek
Dennis McCord
Jim MacDonald
Ricky Bayes
Nordiques
  Rounds 1-10 Larry Carriere
Michel Deguise
Giles Gilbert
Pierre Guite
Jean Hamel
Andre Lacroix
Serge Leieunesse
Richie Leduc
Jacques Richard
Gerry Teeple
  Rounds 11-20 Steve Durbano
Germain Gagnon
Rejean Giroux
Don Kozak
Bobby Lalonde
Alain Langlais
Paul Larose
Bob Peppler
Pierre Plante
Michel Plasse
  Rounds 21-50 Norm Armstrong
Yves Bergeron
Derek Black
Pierre Brind'Amour
Barry Brooks
Pierre Bouchard
Jerry Byers
Brian Coates
Reynold Comeau
Michel Dumas
Guy Dufour
Pierre Farmer
Dave Fortier
Ed Gilbert
Dan Gloor
Bob Hurlburt
Ron Jones
Jiri Kudrasovs
Moe L'Abbe
Rene Leclerc
Guy Lafleur
Jean Lemieux
Jim Mair
Michel Parizeau
Jean Payette
Andre Peloffy
Claude Piche
Pierre Roy
Steve Stone
Errol Thompson
  Rounds 51-70 Serge Aubry
Dave Balon
Red Berenson
Alan Globensky
Lucien Grenier
Jocelyn Guevremont
Paul Henderson
Rejean Houle
Adam Keller
J.J. Lecavallier
Serge Martel
Brent Meeke
Guiles Meloche
Noel Picard
 
 
 
  Rounds 71+ Jerry Culligan
Ken Desjardins
Rich Dupres
Murray Heatley
Gavin Kirk
Al Milnes
John Murray
Mark Shewchuk
Gilbert Smith
Oil Kings
  Rounds 1-10 Garnet Bailey
Doug Barrie
Dan Bouchard
Willie Brossart
Reggie Leach
Gilles Marotte
Ross Perkins
Greg Polis
Pat Quinn
Randy Wyrozub
  Rounds 11-20 Ron Anderson
Tom Bladon
Craig Cameron
Joe Hardy
Dave Kryskow
Bill Lesuk 
Len Lunde
Lew Morrison
Brian Ogilvie
Bob Stewart
  Rounds 21-50 Steve Andrascik
Ken Baird
Wendell Bennett
Jim Benzelock
Gary Bergman
Doug Brindley
Brian Carlin
Bob Falkenberg
John Ferguson
Val Fonteyne
Gilles Gratton
Del Hall
Glenn Hall
Al Hamilton
Dave Johnson
Ed Joyal
Kerry Ketter
Wayne King
Francois Lacombe
Brian Lavender
Barry Long
Wayne Maki
Brian Marchinko
Don Saleski
Glen Sather
John Stewart
Ed Van Impe
Ron Walters
Dunc Wilson
  Rounds 51-70 John Barber
Gary Bredin
Ray Brownlee
Yves Cartier
Roger Cote
John Gravel
Terry Gray
Don Liesemer
Bob McAneely
Gordon McCosh
Bruce Mullett
Edgar Patenaude
Alexander Ragulin
Barry Richardson
Jack Taggart
Henry Van Drunen
Bob Wall
Lorne Weighill
Bob Whidden
Laurie Yaworski
  Rounds 71+ Val Borisenko
Roger Bourbonnais
Tony Esposito
John Fisher
Gary Ford
Wayne Hicks
Leif Holmqvist
Tim Horton
Bill Horton
George Hulme
Steve Johnson
Orland Kurtenbach
Derek Kuntz
Jean-Rene Losier
Jerry Mazur
Dick Mortenson
Hap Myers
Rick Pagnutti
Bob Perani
Bob Pulford
Rich Pumple
Henri Richard
Pat Russell
Mike Sauter
Leif Svensson
Harold White
Raiders
  Rounds 1-10 Don Blackburn
Ken Block
Ken Broderick
Jack Egers
Gary Peters
Larry Sacharuk
Dave Schultz
Jim Schononfield
Rogie Vachon
Alton White
  Rounds 11-20 Chris Ahrens
Lou Angotti
Bill Barber
Norm Ferguson
Ray Fortin
Anton Gale
Bert Marshall
Peter McNab
Curt Ridley
Mike Usitaio
  Rounds 21-50 Angus Beck
Larry Brown
Claude Chartre
Paul Curtis
Guy Denoncourt
Peter Donnelly
Kent Douglas
Bill Flett
Bob Roselle
John Gould
Danny Grant
Harry Howell
Brent Hughes
Gary Kurt
Mike Laughton
Pete Maybury
Pete McDuffe
Gord McRae
Jim Murray
Wally Olds
Bill Orban
Gene Peacosh
Brian Perry
Tracy Pratt
Tom Reid
Mike Robitaille
Ian Wilkie
Jim Wista
John Wright
  Rounds 51-70 Reinhold Boos
Lloyd Bentley
Louis Frigon
Al Gousser
Phil Goyette
Bob Guindon
Wayne Hillman
Ron Huston
Danny Johnson
James Kennedy
Jacques Lemieux
Doug Manchak
John Nestic
Billy Plager
Tom Polanic
Bill Slewidge
Frank St. Marseille
Vladislav Tretiak
Ron Ward
Bob Winegrad
  Rounds 71+ Gary Bromley
Paul Edorf
Jaroslav Jirik
Gerald MacDonald
Don Marshall
Lyle Moffatt
Brian Morenz
Herb Price
Stewart Roberts
Bert Scott
Harry Shaw
Carl Sapinsky
Ulf Sterner
Vic Tisler
Bill Yeo
Screaming Eagles
  Rounds 1-10 Mike Bloom
Terry Caffery
Neil Komadoski
Yvon Lambert
Brian McSheffrey
Wayne Merrick
Jean Potvin
Phil Russell
Carol Vadnais
Rene Villemure
  Rounds 11-20 Michel Archambault
Rick Dudley
Denis Dupere
George Ferguson
Rick Foley
Don Martineau
Jim Nichols
Simon Nolet
Paul Shmyr
Claude St. Sauveur
  Rounds 21-50 Don Burgess
Don Caley
Rychard Campeau
Gene Carr
Bruce Cowick
Wayne Elder
Gary Gambucci
Frank Golembrosky
Jack Lynch
Walt McKechnie
Bryan McLay
Bob Nystrom
Craig Patrick
Glenn Patrick
Ron Plumb
Michel Plante
Dean Prentice
Jean Pronovost
Paul Raymer
Rene Robert
Michel Rouleau
Pierre Sigman
Rick Smith
Ron Stackhouse
Gary Winchester
  Rounds 51-70 Andy Bathgate
Serge Beaudoin
Pat Boutette
Brian Bowles
Barry Chernos
Richard Grenier
Andy Hebenton
Dennis Hull
Danny Lawson
Murray Myers
Larry Mickey
Evgeny Mishakov
Bill Nyrop
Jacques Plante
Yvon Pouliot
Serge Roch
Bobby Rousseau
Ken Schinkel
Ron Smith
Garry Unger
  Rounds 71+ Dave Arundel
John Bennett
Yvon Blais
Roy Carmichael
Bob Dunsden
Pierre Henry
Keith Magnuson
Sandy McCannell
Dan McCarthy
Denis Meloche
Boris Mikhailov
Dave Murphy
Steve West
Sharks
  Rounds 1-10 J.P. Bordeleau
Bart Crashley
Norm Dennis
Reg Fleming
Pete Laframboise
Ralph MacSweyn
Dan Maloney
Ted McCaskill
Doug Roberts
Bobby Whitlock
  Rounds 11-20 Chris Bordeleau
Len Fontaine
Butch Goring
John Hanna
Earl Heiskala
Jean-Paul Leblanc
Bob Liddington
Jim Niskamp
Noel Price
Marc Tardif
  Rounds 21-50 Charlie Burns
Jerry Butler
Mike Byers
Gary Croteau
Marv Edwards
George Gardner
Ron Garwasiuk
Tom Gilmore
John Gofton
Don Gordon
Howie Heggedal
Mike Jakubo
Jean-Guy Lagace
Claude Larose
Real Lemieux
Con Madigan
Cesare Maniago
Larry Mavety
Howie Menard
Jack Michie
Kevin Morrison
Gerry Odrowski
Fern Rivard
Jim Roberts
Peter Slater
Gary Veneruzzo
Mike Walton
Bryan Watson
Bert Wilson
  Rounds 51-70 Reg Bechtold
Ken Campbell
Wayne Cashman
Terry Crisp
Russ Gillow
Ed Hatoum
Rudy Hitti
Jaroslav Jirik
Dave Hrechkosy
Bill Inglis
Greg Jablonski
Dennis Kearns
Gerry Meehan
John Miszuk
Jim Neilson
Bob Rivard
Dan Seguin
Fred Stanfield
Jean-Claude Tremblay
Don Westbrooke
  Rounds 71+ Rich Balon
Alain Beaule
Jack Borotsik
Barry Boughner
Vladimir Bouzek
Carl Brewer
Larry Cahan
Jack Criel
Guy Delparte
Norm Descoteaux
Sandy Fitzpatrick
Jean-Guy Gendron
Dennis Gidluck
Gary Gilbert
Mickey Goulet
Ken Gratton
Ron Harris
Ken Hodge
Paul Hoganson
Jiri Holik
Gordie Howe
Ivan Hlinka
Doug Jarrett
Bob Kelly
Billy Knibbs
Murray Kuntz
Nelson Leclair
Bob LePage
Bernie MacNeil
Pete Mara
Milan Marcetta
Gary MacMillan
Gordie Nelson
Willie O'Ree
Bob Pate
Bob Perreault
Jimmy Peters
Luc Potvin
Len Ronson
Gary Sabourin
Alois Scholdea
Gene Sobchuk
Pat Stapleton
Allie Sutherland
Ken Sutyla
Luc Tessier
Ron Ullyot
Don Ward
Jim Watson
Wayne Zuk
Whalers
  Rounds 1-10 Greg Bobby
Jerry Cheavers
Terry Harper
Rick MacLeish
Doug Mohns
Ron Schock
Wayne Thomas
Steve Vickers
Tom Webster
Ed Westfall
  Rounds 11-20 Michel Beihomeur
Curt Bennett
Larry Doak
John French
Stan Gilbertson
Hilliard Graves
Paul Hurley
Mike Hyndman
Dick Sarrazin
Tom Sheehy
  Rounds 21-50 Kevin Ahearn
Dan Brady
Bob Brown
John Bucyk
Dave Burrows
Steve Cuddie
John Cunniff
John Danby
Dave Dryden
Chris Evans
Larry Fullan
Rod Gilbert
Byb Gryp
Bill Hanson
Jim Higgs
David Hynes
Ric Jordan
Al Karlander
Dick McGlynn
Tom Mellor

Don O'Donoghue

Tim Regan
Phil Roberto
Michel Ruest
Brad Selwood
Guy Smith
Jim Stanfield
Steve Warr
Dave Westner
Tom Williams
  Rounds 51-70 Ron Anderson
Corby Adams
Bob Borgeson
Donald Cahdon
Joe Cavanaugh
William Corkey
Tom Earl
Gary Geidart
Mikilaj "Nick" Harbaruk
Rick Kessell
Bruce Landon
Rick McCann
Bob McNamara
Geoff McMullin
Gary Milroy
Dennis O'Brien
Roger Pelletier
Craig Ramsey
Dan Schock
Dave Wisener
  Rounds 71+ Ralph Backstrom
Robbie Ftorek
John Gray
Stu Irving
Richard Martin
Al Smith
Dick Umile