1968 NHL amateur draft

1968 NHL Amateur Draft
1968 NHL Amateur Draft
General information
Date(s)	June 13, 1968
Location	Queen Elizabeth Hotel; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Overview
First selection	Michel Plasse; (Montreal Canadiens)
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The 1968 NHL Amateur Draft was the sixth NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Selections by round edit

Below are listed the selections in the 1968 NHL amateur draft.

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Michel Plasse	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Drummondville Rangers (QJHL)
2	Roger Belisle	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal North Beavers (LHIQ)
3	Jim Pritchard	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (from Oakland Seals)¹	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
4	Garry Swain	Centre	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5	Jim Benzelock	Right wing	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
6	Gary Edwards	Goaltender	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
7	Jim McInally	Defence	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
8	Lew Morrison	Right wing	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
9	John Marks	Left wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (NCAA)
10	Brad Selwood	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
11	Steve Andrascik	Right wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
12	Danny Schock	Left wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
^[2]

The Oakland Seals' first-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on May 21, 1968, that sent Norm Ferguson, Stan Fuller and future considerations (François Lacombe and Michel Jacques traded completed in June 1968) to Oakland in exchange for Wally Boyer, Alain Caron, California's 1970 first-round pick, future considerations (Lyle Bradley traded completed in June 1968) and this pick.^[3]^[4]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
13	Doug Smith	Centre	Canada	Oakland Seals	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
14	Ron Snell	Right wing	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regina Pats (WCHL)
15	Marc Rioux	Centre	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Verdun Maple Leafs (QJHL)
16	Curt Bennett	Left wing	United States	St. Louis Blues	Brown Bears (NCAA)
17	Herb Boxer	Right wing	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)
18	Fraser Rice	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Halifax Colonels (MVJHL)
19	Barry Buchanan	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Weyburn Red Wings (WCHL)
^[2]

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
20	Jim Trewin	Defence	Canada	Oakland Seals	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
21	Dave Simpson	Defence	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Port Arthur Marrs (TBJHL)
22	Glen Lindsay	Goaltender	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
23	Don Grierson	Right wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	North Bay Trappers (NOJHL)
24	Brian St. John	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Toronto Varsity Blues (CIAU)
^[2]

= NHL All-Star^[1]

= Hall of famers

Rank	Country	Number
1	Canada	22
2	United States	2

^ ^a ^b Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1968 NHL Amateur Draft". Retrieved December 14, 2008.
^ "NHL Trade Tracker". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 484,485, 501, 556 and 649. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.