1975 World Hockey Association (WHA) Draft

By Patrick Mondout

The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. The league held annual drafts from 1973 to 1977. We have the 1973-74 draft by round below. We also have the 1973, 1974, 1976 and 1977 drafts.

Round 1

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
1	Cincinnati	Claude Larose	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
2	Indianapolis	Bryan Maxwell	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3	Michigan	Don Ashby	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4	Denver	Mel Bridgman	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
5	Cleveland	Ralph Klassen	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
6	Edmonton	Barry Dean	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	Calgary	Denny McLean	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
8	Winnipeg	Brad Gassoff	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
9	Phoenix	Greg Vaydik	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
10	Minnesota	Greg Hickey	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
11	Toronto	Rick Lapointe	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
12	San Diego	Jamie Masters	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
13	New England	Terry McDonald	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
14	Québec	Pierre Mondou	Montréal Red White & Blue (QMJHL)
15	Houston	Richard Mulhern	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)

Round 2

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
16	Cincinnati	Bob Sauvé	Laval National (QMJHL)
17	Michigan	Don Cairns	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
18	Michigan	Robin Sadler	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
19	Cleveland	Mal Zinger	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
20	Cleveland	Kelly Greenbank	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
21	Edmonton	Peter Morris	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
22	Winnipeg	Russ Anderson	U. of Minnesota (NCAA)
23	Phoenix	Neil Lyseng	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
24	Phoenix	Mike O'Connell	Kingston Canadiens (OHA)
25	Minnesota	Kim Clackson	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
26	Toronto	Jerry Rollins	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
27	San Diego	Rick Adduono	St.-Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
28	New England	Danny Arndt	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
29	Québec	Doug Halward	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
30	Houston	Doug Jarvis	Peterborough Petes (OHA)

Round 3

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
31	Cincinnati	Larry Hendrick	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
32	Indianapolis	Clark Hamilton	Notre Dame (NCAA)
33	Michigan	Gordie Laxton	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
34	Denver	Ron Delorme	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
35	Cleveland	Ed Staniowski	Regina Pats (WCHL)
36	Edmonton	Barry Smith	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
37	Calgary	Alex Pirus	Notre Dame (NCAA)
38	Winnipeg	Glen Richardson	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
39	Phoenix	Blair Davidson	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
40	Minnesota	Greg Neeld	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
41	Toronto	Paul Heaver	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
42	San Diego	Bob Watson	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
43	New England	Matti Hagman	Finlande
44	Québec	Pierre Giroux	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
45	Houston	Kevin Campbell	St. Lawrence University (NCAA)

Round 4

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
46	Cincinnati	Normand LaPointe	Trois Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
47	Indianapolis	Blair MacKasey	Montréal Red White & Blue (QMJHL)
48	Michigan	Rick Bourbonnais	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
49	Denver	André Leduc	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
50	Cleveland	Peter Scamurra	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
51	Edmonton	Stu Younger	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
52	Calgary	Rick Piche	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
53	Winnipeg	Ted Long	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
54	Phoenix	Roger Swanson	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
55	Minnesota	Bob Hoffmeyer	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
56	Toronto	Ken Breitenbach	St.-Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
57	San Diego	Dan Blair	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
58	New England	Derek Spring	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
59	Québec	Ted Bulley	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
60	Houston	Dave Salvian	St.-Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)

Round 5

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
61	Cincinnati	Paul Harrison	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
62	Indianapolis	Rick Bowness	Montréal Red White & Blue (QMJHL)
63	Michigan	Dale Ross	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
64	Denver	Nick Sanza	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
65	Cleveland	Dennis Maruk	London Knights (OHA)
66	Edmonton	Jim Ofrim	U. of Alberta (CIAU)
67	Calgary	Terry Bucyk	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
68	Phoenix	Mike Sleep	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
69	Minnesota	Jim Minor	Regina Pats (WCHL)
70	Toronto	Mario Viens	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
71	San Diego	Craig Crawford	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
72	New England	Gary McFadyen	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
73	Québec	André LePage	Montréal Red White & Blue (QMJHL)
74	Houston	Paul Crowley	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

Round 6

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
75	Cincinnati	Jackie Laine	Bowling Green State Univ. (NCAA)
76	Indianapolis	Eric Sanderson	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
77	Denver	Greg Miazga	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
78	Cleveland	Joe Augustine	Austin Mavericks (MJHL)
79	Edmonton	Bob Sunderland	Boston University (NCAA)
80	Calgary	Pat Hughes	U. of Michigan (NCAA)
81	Winnipeg	Nick Bobstock
82	Phoenix	Dana Decker	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
83	Minnesota	Brian Shmyr	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
84	Toronto	Paul Woods	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
85	San Diego	Alec Tidey	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
86	New England	Terry Martin	London Knights (OHA)
87	Québec	Jean Trottier	Laval National (QMJHL)
88	Houston	Bill Cheropita	St.-Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)

Round 7

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
89	Cincinnati	Gary Carr	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
90	Indianapolis	Doug Young	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
91	Denver	Rick Martin	London Knights (OHA)
92	Cleveland	Michel Lachance	Montréal Red White & Blue (QMJHL)
93	Edmonton	Dave Bell	Harvard University (NCAA)
94	Calgary	Greg Smith	Colorado College (NCAA)
95	Phoenix	Dale McMullin	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
96	Minnesota	Marc Tessier	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
97	Toronto	Byron Shutt	Bowling Green State Univ. (NCAA)
98	San Diego	Rick Lalonde	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
99	New England	John Tweedle	Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
100	Québec	Mike Backman	Montréal Red White & Blue (QMJHL)
101	Houston	John Glynne	U. of Vermont (NCAA)

Round 8

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
102	Cincinnati	Greg Clause	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
103	Indianapolis	Stan Jonathan	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
104	Cleveland	Joe Fortunato	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
105	Edmonton	Sid Veysey	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
106	Calgary	Doug Lindskog	U. of Michigan (NCAA)
107	Phoenix	Gary Morrison	U. of Michigan (NCAA)
108	Minnesota	Bob McNeice	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
109	Toronto	Jean-Luc Phaneuf	Montréal Red White et Blue (QMJHL)
110	San Diego	Kelly Secord	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
111	New England	Mike Harazny	Regina Pats (WCHL)
112	Québec	Michel Brisebois	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
113	Houston	Dave Taylor	Clarkson University (NCAA)

Round 9

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
114	Cincinnati	Yvon Disotell	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
115	Indianapolis	Larry Huras	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
116	Cleveland	Viktor Khatulev	Russie
117	Edmonton	Bob Russell	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
118	Calgary	Paul Clarke	Notre Dame (NCAA)
119	Winnipeg	Jim Gustafson	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
120	Minnesota	Dave Faulkner	Regina Pats (WCHL)
121	Toronto	Gilles Bilodeau	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
122	San Diego	Alex Forsyth	Kingston Canadiens (OHA)
123	New England	Dave Norris	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
124	Québec	Michel Hamel	Laval National (QMJHL)
125	Houston	Jim Maxfield	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

Round 10

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
126	Cincinnati	Gary Burns	U. of New Hampshire (NCAA)
127	Indianapolis	Kari Makkonen	Finlande
128	Denver	David Bossey
129	Cleveland	Aarie Kanteenpera
130	Edmonton	Jean Thibodeau	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
131	Calgary	Randy Koch	U. of Vermont (NCAA)
132	Winnipeg	Dag Bredberg	Suède
133	Minnesota	Denis Daigle	Montréal Red White & Blue (QMJHL)
134	Toronto	Roger Dorey	Kingston Canadiens (OHA)
135	San Diego	Don Edwards	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
136	New England	Paul Stevenson
137	Québec	Florent Fortier	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
138	Houston	Chad Campbell	U. of Denver (NCAA)

Round 11

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
139	Cincinnati	Bill Reber	U. of Vermont (NCAA)
140	Indianapolis	Michel Blais	Kingston Canadiens (OHA)
141	Denver	Andy Whitby	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
142	Cleveland	Tom McNamara	U. of Vermont (NCAA)
143	Edmonton	Brian Petrovek	Harvard University (NCAA)
144	Calgary	Dan Tsubouchi	St. Louis University (NCAA)
145	Winnipeg	Emil Mesgaros
146	Minnesota	Earl Sargent	Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings (MJHL)
147	Toronto	Bob Ritchie	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
148	San Diego	Dale Anderson	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
149	New England	Clark Jantzie	U. of Alberta (CIAU)
150	Houston	Bill Oleschuk	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)

Round 12

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
151	Cincinnati	Dave McNab	U. of Wisconsin (NCAA)
152	Indianapolis	Anders Steen	Suède
153	Cleveland	Rick Marsh	R.P.I. (NCAA)
154	Edmonton	Jim Montgomery	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
155	Calgary	Bill Anderson	St. Louis University (NCAA)
156	Winnipeg	Torbjorn Nilsson	Suède
157	Minnesota	Richard Dutton	Laval National (QMJHL)
158	Toronto	Bob Shaw	Clarkson University (NCAA)
159	San Diego	Bruce O'Grady	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
160	Houston	Jim Lundquist	Brown University (NCAA)

Round 13

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
161	Cincinnati	Peter Shier	Cornell University (NCAA)
162	Indianapolis	Paul Evans	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
163	Cleveland	Dan Shearer	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
164	Edmonton	Terry Angel	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
165	Calgary	Doug Hanson
166	Winnipeg	Bengt Lundholm	Suède
167	Minnesota	Tom Ulseth	U. of Wisconsin (NCAA)
168	Toronto	Wayne Morin	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
169	Houston	Rick St. Croix	Oshawa Generals (OHA)

Round 14

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
170	Cincinnati	Francois Robert	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
171	Edmonton	Rick Shinske	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
172	Calgary	Darrell Ferner	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
173	Minnesota	Henry Taylor	St.-Paul Vulcans (MJHL)
174	Toronto	Dave Hanson	Colorado College (NCAA)
175	Houston	Paul Jensen	Michigan Tech (NCAA)

WHA Bibliography
The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association by Ed Willes
The Complete Historical and Statistical Reference to the World Hockey Association by Scott Adam Surgent
WHA Pro Hockey '75 - '76 by Dan Proudfoot
WHA Media Guides (each team published one each year)

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