1970 NHL Entry Draft Picks

The top 3 overall picks in the 1970 NHL Entry Draft were Gilbert Perreault by Buffalo Sabres, Dale Tallon by Vancouver Canucks, and Reggie Leach by Boston Bruins.

Explore all 116 picks across 14 rounds by sorting tables for any of the columns. Stats include NHL & Junior games played, goals, assists, and PIM.

Round 1

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
1	Buffalo Sabres	Gilbert Perreault	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Montreal Junior Canadiens	1191	512	814	1326	500
2	Vancouver Canucks	Dale Tallon	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	642	98	238	336	568
3	Boston Bruins	Reggie Leach	RW	R	57	65	46	111	168	WCHL	Flin Flon Bombers	934	381	285	666	387
4	Boston Bruins	Rick MacLeish	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Peterborough Petes	846	349	410	759	434
5	Montréal Canadiens	Ray Martyniuk	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Flin Flon Bombers	-	-	-	-	-
6	Montréal Canadiens	Chuck Lefley	RW	L	7	6	6	12	0	Intl	Canadian National Team	407	128	164	292	137
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	Greg Polis	RW	L	60	48	56	104	69	WCHL	Estevan Bruins	615	174	169	343	391
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	Darryl Sittler	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	1096	484	637	1121	948
9	Boston Bruins	Ronald Plumb	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Peterborough Petes	26	3	4	7	14
10	California Golden Seals	Chris Oddleifson	C	-	59	31	64	95	243	WCHL	Winnipeg Jets	524	95	191	286	464
11	New York Rangers	Norm Gratton	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Montreal Junior Canadiens	201	39	45	84	64
12	Detroit Red Wings	Serge Lajeunesse	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Montreal Junior Canadiens	103	1	4	5	103
13	Boston Bruins	Bob Stewart	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Oshawa Generals	575	27	101	128	809
14	Chicago Blackhawks	Dan Maloney	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	737	192	259	451	1489

Total players drafted in Round 1 per nation:

Round 2

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
15	Buffalo Sabres	Butch Deadmarsh	LW	L	54	37	33	70	301	WCHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	137	12	5	17	155
16	Vancouver Canucks	Jim Hargreaves	D	R	55	10	34	44	176	WCHL	Winnipeg Jets	66	1	7	8	105
17	Minnesota North Stars	Buster Harvey	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Hamilton Red Wings	407	90	118	208	131
18	Philadelphia Flyers	Bill Clement	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Ottawa 67's	719	148	208	356	383
19	California Golden Seals	Pete Laframboise	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Ottawa 67's	227	33	55	88	70
20	Minnesota North Stars	Fred Barrett	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	745	25	123	148	671
21	Pittsburgh Penguins	John Stewart	LW	L	25	10	13	23	71	WCHL	Flin Flon Bombers	258	58	60	118	158
22	Toronto Maple Leafs	Errol Thompson	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	-	Charlettown Senior	599	208	185	393	184
23	St. Louis Blues	Murray Keogan	F	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	-	-	-	-	-
24	Los Angeles Kings	Al McDonough	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	St. Catharines Black Hawks	237	73	88	161	73
25	New York Rangers	Mike Murphy	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	831	238	318	556	514
26	Detroit Red Wings	Bobby Guindon	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Montreal Junior Canadiens	6	0	1	1	0
27	Boston Bruins	Dan Bouchard	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	656	0	28	0	255
28	Chicago Blackhawks	Michel Archambault	LW	L	55	69	82	151	167	QMJHL	Drummondville Rangers	3	0	0	0	0

Total players drafted in Round 2 per nation:

Round 3

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
29	Buffalo Sabres	Steve Cuddie	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	-	-	-	-	-
30	Vancouver Canucks	Ed Dyck	G	L	60	0	0	0	0	WCHL	Calgary Centennials	49	0	0	0	0
31	Montréal Canadiens	Steve Carlyle	D	L	4	0	3	3	4	AJHL	Red Deer Rustlers	-	-	-	-	-
32	Philadelphia Flyers	Bob Kelly	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Oshawa Generals	837	154	208	362	1454
33	California Golden Seals	Randy Rota	C	L	60	43	47	90	43	WCHL	Calgary Centennials	212	38	39	77	60
34	Minnesota North Stars	Dennis Patterson	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Peterborough Petes	138	6	22	28	67
35	Pittsburgh Penguins	Larry Bignell	D	L	58	5	22	27	91	WCHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	20	0	3	3	2
36	Toronto Maple Leafs	Gerry O'Flaherty	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	438	99	95	194	168
37	St. Louis Blues	Ron Climie	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Hamilton Red Wings	-	-	-	-	-
38	Los Angeles Kings	Terry Holbrook	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	43	3	6	9	4
39	New York Rangers	Wendell Bennett	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	Weyburn Jr. A	-	-	-	-	-	-
40	Detroit Red Wings	Yvon Lambert	LW	L	52	50	51	101	89	QMJHL	Drummondville Rangers	683	206	273	479	340
41	Boston Bruins	Ray Brownlee	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	CIAU	U. of Brandon	-	-	-	-	-
42	Chicago Blackhawks	Len Frig	D	R	59	9	15	24	119	WCHL	Calgary Centennials	311	13	51	64	479

Total players drafted in Round 3 per nation:

Round 4

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
43	Buffalo Sabres	Randy Wyrozub	C	L	58	24	34	58	23	WCHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	100	8	10	18	10
44	Vancouver Canucks	Brent Taylor	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Estevan Bruins	-	-	-	-	-
45	Montréal Canadiens	Cal Hammond	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Flin Flon Bombers	-	-	-	-	-
46	Philadelphia Flyers	Jacques Lapierre	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Shawinigan Bruins	-	-	-	-	-
47	California Golden Seals	Ted McAneeley	D	L	60	29	25	54	92	WCHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	158	8	35	43	141
48	Minnesota North Stars	Dave Cressman	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	85	6	8	14	37
49	Pittsburgh Penguins	Connie Forey	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Ottawa 67's	4	0	0	0	2
50	Toronto Maple Leafs	Bob Gryp	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Boston University	74	11	13	24	33
51	St. Louis Blues	Gord Brooks	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	70	7	18	25	37
52	Montréal Canadiens	John French	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	-	-	-	-	-
53	New York Rangers	Andre St. Pierre	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Drummondville Rangers	-	-	-	-	-
54	Detroit Red Wings	Tom Johnston	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	-	-	-	-	-
55	Boston Bruins	Gord Davies	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Toronto Marlboros	-	-	-	-	-
56	Chicago Blackhawks	Walt Ledingham	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	15	0	2	2	4

Total players drafted in Round 4 per nation:

Round 5

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
57	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Morton	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Shawinigan Bruins	-	-	-	-	-
58	Vancouver Canucks	Bill McFadden	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Swift Current Broncos	-	-	-	-	-
59	Los Angeles Kings	Billy Smith	G	L	55	0	0	0	0	QMJHL	Cornwall Royals	679	1	12	0	490
60	Philadelphia Flyers	Doug Kerslake	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Edmonton Oil Kings	-	-	-	-	-
61	California Golden Seals	Ray Gibbs	G	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	Charlettown Senior	-	-	-	-	-
62	Minnesota North Stars	Henry Lehvonen	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	4	0	0	0	0
63	Pittsburgh Penguins	Steve Cardwell	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Oshawa Generals	53	9	11	20	35
64	Toronto Maple Leafs	Luc Simard	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Trois Rivieres Ducs	-	-	-	-	-
65	St. Louis Blues	Mike Stevens	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Minnesota-Duluth	-	-	-	-	-
66	Montréal Canadiens	Rick Wilson	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of North Dakota	239	6	26	32	165
67	New York Rangers	Gary Coalter	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Hamilton Red Wings	34	2	4	6	2
68	Detroit Red Wings	Tom Mellor	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Boston College	26	2	4	6	25
69	Boston Bruins	Bob Roselle	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Sorel Black Hawks	-	-	-	-	-
70	Chicago Blackhawks	Gilles Meloche	G	R	45	0	0	0	0	QMJHL	Verdun Maple Leafs	788	0	22	0	109

Total players drafted in Round 5 per nation:

Round 6

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
71	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Keeler	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Niagara Falls Flyers	-	-	-	-	-
72	Vancouver Canucks	Dave Gilmour	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	-	-	-	-	-
73	Los Angeles Kings	Gerry Bradbury	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	-	-	-	-	-
74	Philadelphia Flyers	Dennis Giannini	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	-	-	-	-	-
75	California Golden Seals	Doug Moyes	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Sorel Black Hawks	-	-	-	-	-
76	Minnesota North Stars	Murray McNeil	F	L	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Calgary Centennials	-	-	-	-	-
77	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bob Fitchner	C	L	60	20	44	64	119	WCHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	78	12	20	32	59
78	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cal Booth	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	SJHL	Weyburn Red Wings	-	-	-	-	-
79	St. Louis Blues	Claude Moreau	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Montreal Junior Canadiens	-	-	-	-	-
80	Montréal Canadiens	Robert Brown	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Boston University	-	-	-	-	-
81	New York Rangers	Duane Wylie	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	St. Catharines Black Hawks	14	3	3	6	2
82	Detroit Red Wings	Bernie MacNeil	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	Espanola Jr. A	-	4	0	0	0	0
83	Boston Bruins	Murray Wing	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of North Dakota	1	0	1	1	0

Total players drafted in Round 6 per nation:

Round 7

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
84	Buffalo Sabres	Tim Regan	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Boston University	-	-	-	-	-
85	St. Louis Blues	Jack Taggart	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Denver	-	-	-	-	-
86	Los Angeles Kings	Brian Carlin	LW	L	48	16	24	40	33	WCHL	Calgary Centennials	5	1	0	1	0
87	Philadelphia Flyers	Hank Nowak	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Oshawa Generals	180	26	29	55	161
88	California Golden Seals	Terry Murray	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Ottawa 67's	303	4	76	80	199
89	Minnesota North Stars	Gary Geldart	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	London Knights	4	0	0	0	5
90	Pittsburgh Penguins	James Pearson	D	-	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	St. Catharines Black Hawks	-	-	-	-	-
91	Toronto Maple Leafs	Paul Larose	F	R	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Quebec Remparts	-	-	-	-	-
92	St. Louis Blues	Terry Marshall	D	R	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Brandon Wheat Kings	-	-	-	-	-
93	Montréal Canadiens	Bob Fowler	RW	R	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Estevan Bruins	-	-	-	-	-
94	New York Rangers	Wayne Bell	G	L	-	-	-	-	-	WCHL	Estevan Bruins	-	-	-	-	-
95	Detroit Red Wings	Ed Hays	C	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of Denver	-	-	-	-	-
96	Boston Bruins	Glenn Siddall	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	-	-	-	-	-

Total players drafted in Round 7 per nation:

Round 8

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	NAT	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
97	Buffalo Sabres	Doug Rombough		C	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	St. Catharines Black Hawks	150	24	27	51	80
98	Vancouver Canucks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
99	Los Angeles Kings	Brian Chinnick		LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Peterborough Petes	-	-	-	-	-
100	Philadelphia Flyers	Gary Cunningham		D	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	St. Catharines Black Hawks	-	-	-	-	-
101	California Golden Seals	Alan Henry		D	-	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	U. of North Dakota	-	-	-	-	-
102	Minnesota North Stars	Mickey Donaldson		LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Peterborough Petes	-	-	-	-	-
103	Pittsburgh Penguins	Cam Newton		G	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Kitchener Rangers	16	0	1	0	6
104	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ron Low		G	L	33	0	0	0	0	MJHL	Dauphin Kings	382	0	8	0	45
105	St. Louis Blues	Dave Tataryn		G	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Niagara Falls Flyers	2	0	0	0	0
106	Montréal Canadiens	Richard Jordan		LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Boston University	-	-	-	-	-
107	New York Rangers	Pierre Brind'Amour		LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	OHA	Montreal Junior Canadiens	-	-	-	-	-

Total players drafted in Round 8 per nation:

Round 9

Pick #	Drafted By	Player	POS	SH	JR GP	JR G	JR A	JR PTS	JR PIM	League	Team	NHL GP	NHL G	NHL A	NHL PTS	NHL PIM
108	Buffalo Sabres	Luc Nadeau	C	R	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Drummondville Rangers	-	-	-	-	-
109	St. Louis Blues	Bob Winograd	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	NCAA	Colorado College	-	-	-	-	-
110	Philadelphia Flyers	Jean Daigle	LW	L	-	-	-	-	-	QMJHL	Sorel Black Hawks	-	-	-	-	-
111	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ron Lemieux	D	L	-	-	-	-	-	MJHL	Dauphin Kings	-	-	-	-	-