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1964 NHL amateur draft

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1964 NHL amateur draft
General information
Date(s)June 11, 1964
LocationQueen Elizabeth Hotel
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Overview
24 total selections in 4 rounds
First selectionCanada Claude Gauthier
(Detroit Red Wings)
Hall of Famers
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The 1964 NHL amateur draft was the second NHL entry draft. It was a draft to assign unaffiliated amateur junior-age players to NHL teams. It was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

As was the case in the 1963 draft, amateur players turning 17 years of age between August 1, 1964, and July 31, 1965, were eligible, if they were not already sponsored by an NHL club.

The order of the draft followed the agreement reached in 1963, where the order was fixed as Red Wings, Bruins, Rangers, Black Hawks, Maple Leafs and Canadiens. Once again each team received four picks, each team having the right to forfeit their selection and pass it to the next team in the order. All picks were exercised this year.

Of the 24 players selected only nine played in the NHL. Syl Apps Jr., Jim Dorey, Tim Ecclestone and Mike Pelyk went on to have fruitful NHL careers, each playing well over 200 games a piece. However, the steal of this draft was the Bruins' third pick, 14th overall: Ken Dryden. Dryden made it known to the Bruins that he would elect to play at Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, instead of turning professional. The Bruins traded his negotiation rights to the Canadiens, where he would play seven full seasons and part of an eighth, earning a Conn Smythe Trophy, Calder Memorial Trophy, five Vezina Trophies, five All-Star Game appearances, five First All-Star awards and six Stanley Cups.

Selections by round

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Below are listed the selections in the 1964 NHL amateur draft.

 = NHL All-Star[a] ·  = Hall of Famers

Round one

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# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
1 Claude Gauthier (RW)  Canada Detroit Red Wings Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
2 Alex Campbell (RW)  Canada Boston Bruins Strathroy Midgets (OAAAMHL)
3 Bob Graham (D)  Canada New York Rangers Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
4 Richie Bayes (C)  Canada Chicago Black Hawks Dixie Midgets (OAAAMHL)
5 Tom Martin (RW)  Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
6 Claude Chagnon (C)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
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Round two

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# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
7 Brian Watts (LW)  Canada Detroit Red Wings Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
8 Jim Booth (LW)  Canada Boston Bruins Sault Ste. Marie Midgets (OAAAMHL)
9 Tim Ecclestone (RW)  Canada New York Rangers Etobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)
10 Jan Popiel (LW)  Canada Chicago Black Hawks Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL)
11 David Cotey (F)  Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Aurora Bears (SOJCHL)
12 Guy Allen (D)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL)
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Round three

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# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
13 Ralph Buchanan (LW)  Canada Detroit Red Wings Montreal East Midgets (QAAAMHL)
14 Ken Dryden (G)  Canada Boston Bruins Etobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)
15 Gordon Lowe (D)  Canada New York Rangers Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
16 Carl Hadfield (RW)  Canada Chicago Black Hawks Dixie Beehives (MetJHL)
17 Mike Pelyk (D)  Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
18 Paul Reid (F)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Kingston Midgets (OAAAMHL)
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Round four

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# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team
19 Rene LeClerc (RW)  Canada Detroit Red Wings Hamilton Mountain Bees (NDJBHL)
20 Allister Blair (C)  Canada Boston Bruins Ingersoll Marlands (WBJHL)
21 Syl Apps Jr. (C)  Canada New York Rangers Kingston Midgets (OAAAMHL)
22 Moe L'Abbe (RW)  Canada Chicago Black Hawks Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
23 Jim Dorey (D)  Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL)
24 Michel Jacques (LW)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Lac Megantic Royal(LHJAA)
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 = NHL All-Star[a] ·  = Hall of Famers


See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

References

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  • Diamond, Dan; Duplacey, James; Dinger, Ralph; Kuperman, Igor; Zweig, Eric (1998). Total Hockey. New York: Total Sports Publishing. p. 286. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
  1. ^ a b c d "1964 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved December 14, 2008.
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