1976 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, 1975 and 1977 drafts.

Round 1

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
1	Edmonton	Blair Chapman	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2	Cincinnati	Peter Marsh	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
3	Cleveland	Glen Sharpley	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
4	Indianapolis	Bobby Simpson	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
5	San Diego	Dave Farrish	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
6	Edmonton	Bernie Federko	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
7	Cincinnati	Randy Carlyle	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
8	Toronto	Bjorn Johansson	Suède
9	Winnipeg	Thomas Gradin	Suède
10	Québec	Rick Green	London Knights (OHA)
11	Toronto	Kent Nilsson	Suède
12	Cincinnati	Don Murdoch	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)

Round 2

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
13	New England	Mike Fidler	Boston University (NCAA)
14	Cleveland	Rod Schutt	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
15	Indianapolis	Alex McKendry	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
16	Cincinnati	Greg Carroll	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
17	Winnipeg	Clayton Pachal	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
18	Calgary	David Shand	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
19	Québec	Bob Manno	St.-Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
20	Winnipeg	Tom Rowe	London Knights (OHA)
21	Toronto	Peter Lee	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
22	Houston	Morris Lukowich	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
23	San Diego	Romano Carlucci	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
24	Toronto	Paul Gardner	Oshawa Generals (OHA)

Round 3

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
25	San Diego	Mark Suzor	Kingston Canadiens (OHA)
26	New England	Fred Williams	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
27	Cleveland	Jeff McDill	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
28	Edmonton	Harold Phillipoff	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
29	San-Diego	Tony Horvath	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
30	Edmonton	Drew Callander	Regina Pats (WCHL)
31	New England	Dave Debol	U. of Michigan (NCAA)
32	Québec	Al Glendenning	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
33	Winnipeg	Steve Clippingdale	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
34	Houston	Jim Roberts	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
35	Toronto	Don Lemieux	Trois Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
36	Edmonton	Brian Sutter	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)

Round 4

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
37	Cincinnati	Barry Melrose	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
38	New England	Mike Kaszycki	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
39	Cleveland	Rocky Maze	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
40	Indianapolis	Dave Dornseif	Providence College (NCAA)
41	San Diego	John Smrke	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
42	Phoenix	Kari Makkonen	Finlande
43	Calgary	Alain Belanger	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
44	Québec	Maurice Barrette	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
45	Winnipeg	Goran Lindblom	Suède
46	Houston	Mike Fedorko	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
47	Cleveland	Vern Stenlund	London Knights (OHA)
48	Edmonton	Yvon Vautour	Laval National (QMJHL)

Round 5

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
49	New England	Bill Baker	U. of Minnesota (NCAA)
50	New England	Mike Liut	Bowling Green State Univ. (NCAA)
51	Cleveland	Bob Miller	U.S. National Team (Intl)
52	Indianapolis	Jean Gagnon	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
53	San Diego	Archie King	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
54	Phoenix	Juhani Wallenius	Finlande
55	Calgary	Bruce Baker	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
56	Québec	Garth MacGuigan	Montréal Juniors (QMJHL)
57	Winnipeg	Doug Johnston	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
58	Houston	Larry Skinner	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
59	Toronto	Dan Djakalovic	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
60	Edmonton	Tim Williams	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)

Round 6

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
61	Cincinnati	Joe Oslin	U. of Vermont (NCAA)
62	New England	Dwight Schofield	London Knights (OHA)
63	Cleveland	Rob Flockhart	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
64	Indianapolis	Joe Kowal	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
65	San Diego	Rick Hodgson	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
66	Phoenix	Doug Patey	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
67	Calgary	Lorry Gloeckner	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
68	Québec	Claude Periard	Trois Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
69	Winnipeg	Fred Berry	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
70	Houston	Kevin Schamehorn	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
71	Toronto	Mike McEwen	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
72	Edmonton	Gord Blumenschein	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)

Round 7

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
73	Cincinnati	Paul Skidmore	Boston College (NCAA)
74	New England	Warren Young	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
75	Cleveland	Mark Earp	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
76	Indianapolis	Greg Malone	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
77	San Diego	Rob Tudor	Regina Pats (WCHL)
78	Phoenix	Mark Davidson	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
79	Calgary	Phil Verchota	U. of Minnesota (NCAA)
80	Québec	Denis Charbonneau	Laval National (QMJHL)
81	Winnipeg	Greg Craig	St.-Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
82	Houston	Mike Hordy	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
83	Toronto	Mike Kitchen	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
84	Edmonton	John Tavella	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHA)

Round 8

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
85	Cincinnati	Stu Ostlund	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
86	New England	Ken Morrow	Bowling Green State Univ. (NCAA)
87	Cleveland	Ron Zanussi	London Knights (OHA)
88	Indianapolis	Jim Kirkpatrick	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
89	San Diego	Claude Legris	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
90	Phoenix	Jari Takio	Finlande
91	Calgary	Don Jackson	Notre Dame (NCAA)
92	Winnipeg	Brian Granfield	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
93	Houston	Larry Riggin	London Knights (OHA)
94	Toronto	Marc Desforges	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
95	Edmonton	Al Dumba	Regina Pats (WCHL)

Round 9

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
96	Cincinnati	Fern LeBlanc	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
97	New England	Ed Clarey	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
98	Cleveland	Charlie Skjodt	Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
99	Indianapolis	Rik Garcia	Hull Festivals (QMJHL)
100	San Diego	Don Moores	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
101	Phoenix	Jouni Rinne	Lukko Rauma (FNL)
102	Calgary	Rob Palmer	U. of Michigan (NCAA)
103	Winnipeg	Anders Hakansson	Suède
104	Houston	Bill Wells	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
105	Toronto	Brian Dillon	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
106	Edmonton	Jim Bedard	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

Round 10

Overall	Drafted by	Player	Drafted from
107	Cincinnati	Terry Ballingal	Flin-Flon Bombers (WCHL)
108	New England	Jon Hammond	Regina Pats (WCHL)
109	Cleveland	Larry McRae	Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
110	Indianapolis	Rémi Levesque	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
111	San Diego	Ron Roscoe	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)
112	Phoenix	Hannu Helander	Finlande
113	Calgary	Cal Sandbeck	U. of Denver (NCAA)
114	Québec	Pierre Brassard	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
115	Winnipeg	Jorgen Pettersson	Suède
116	Houston	Bob Pazzelli	U. of Denver (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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