L'NHL Amateur Draft 1972 è stato il 10ºdraft dellaNational Hockey League. Si è tenuto l'8 giugno1972 presso ilQueen Elizabeth Hotel diMontréal.

Il decimo NHL Amateur Draft stabilì il nuovo primato per lunghezza delle operazioni e per numero di atleti selezionati. Il draft infatti durò 3 ore e 52 minuti, coinvolgendo ben 152 hockeisti su ghiaccio. Prima della cerimonia vi era molta tensione fra le squadre poiché la maggior parte dei migliori prospetti era già stata selezionata oltre quattro mesi prima nel draft dellaWorld Hockey Association, una lega di recente creazione che puntava a scalzare il monopolio della NHL. Il draft 1972 vide per la prima volta la partecipazione delle nuove franchigie diAtlanta eNew York, fatto che portò le scelte totali al primo giro a 16. Ben tredici delle sedici scelte al primo giro provenivano dall'Ontario Major Junior Hockey League.

INew York Islanders selezionarono l'ala destraBilly Harris dai Toronto Marlboros, gliAtlanta Flames invece come seconda scelta puntarono sull'ala sinistraJacques Richard, proveniente dai Québec Remparts, mentre iVancouver Canucks scelsero in terza posizione il centroDon Lever dei Niagara Falls Flyers. Fra i 152 giocatori selezionati 88 eranoattaccanti, 47 eranodifensori mentre 17 eranoportieri. Dei giocatori scelti 67 giocarono in NHL, 11 vinsero laStanley Cup mentre 2 di loro entrarono a far parte dellaHockey Hall of Fame.

Lo stesso argomento in dettaglio:NHL Expansion Draft 1972.

L'NHL Expansion Draft 1972, il terzo nella storia della NHL, si svolse il 6 giugno1972 presso ilQueen Elizabeth Hotel diMontréal. Il draft ebbe luogo per permettere di completare i roster delle due nuove franchigie iscritte in NHL a partire dalla stagione 1970-71: gliAtlanta Flames ed iNew York Islanders.

Legenda delle posizioni
A =Attaccante   AD =Ala destra   AS =Ala sinistra   C =Centro   D =Difensore   P =Portiere

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
1	Billy Harris (AD)	Canada	New York Islanders	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
2	Jacques Richard (AS)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
3	Don Lever (C)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
4	Steve Shutt (AS)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (da Los Angeles)	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
5	Jim Schoenfeld (D)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
6	Michel Larocque (P)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (da California)	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
7	Bill Barber (AS)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
8	Dave Gardner (C)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (da Pittsburgh via Minnesota)	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
9	Wayne Merrick (C)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
10	Al Blanchard (AS)	Canada	New York Rangers (da Detroit)	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
11	George Ferguson (C)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
12	Jerry Byers (AS)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars (da Minnesota via Montreal)	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
13	Phil Russell (D)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCJHL)
14	John Van Boxmeer (D)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Guelph Biltmores (SOJHL)
15	Bob MacMillan (C)	Canada	New York Rangers	St. Catharines B.Hawks (OMJHL)
16	Mike Bloom (AS)	Canada	Boston Bruins	St. Catharines B.Hawks (OMJHL)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
17	Lorne Henning (C)	Canada	New York Islanders	New Westminster Bruins (WCJHL)
18	Dwight Bialowas (D)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Regina Pats (WCJHL)
19	Bryan McSheffrey (AD)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
20	Don Kozak (AD)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCJHL)
21	Larry Sacharuk (D)	Canada	New York Rangers (da Buffalo)	Saskatoon Blades (WCJHL)
22	Tom Cassidy (C)	Canada	California Golden Seals	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
23	Tom Bladon (D)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCJHL)
24	Jack Lynch (D)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
25	Larry Carriere (D)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres (da St. Louis)	Loyola College (CIAU)
26	Pierre Guite (AS)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Penn Quakers (ECAC)
27	Randy Osburn (AS)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OMJHL)
28	Stan Weir (C)	Canada	California Golden Seals (da Minnesota via Montreal)	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCJHL)
29	Brian Ogilvie (C)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCJHL)
30	Bernie Lukowich (AD)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins (da Montreal via St. Louis)	New Westminster Bruins (WCJHL)
31	Rene Villemure (AS)	Canada	New York Rangers	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
32	Wayne Elder (D)	Canada	Boston Bruins	London Knights (OMJHL)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
33	Bob Nystrom (AD)	Canada	New York Islanders	Calgary Centennials (WCJHL)
34	Jean Lemieux (D)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
35	Paul Raymer (AS)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
36	Dave Hutchison (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OMJHL)
37	Jim McMasters (D)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Calgary Centennials (WCJHL)
38	Paul Shakes (D)	Canada	California Golden Seals	St. Catharines B.Hawks (OMJHL)
39	Jim Watson (D)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Calgary Centennials (WCJHL)
40	Denis Herron (P)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
41	Jean Hamel (D)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
42	Bob Krieger (C)	Stati Uniti	Detroit Red Wings	Denver Pioneers (NCAA)
43	Denis Deslauriers (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
44	Terry Ryan (C)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Hamilton Red Wings (OMJHL)
45	Mike Veisor (P)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
46	Ed Gilbert (C)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Hamilton Red Wings (OMJHL)
47	Gerry Teeple (C)	Canada	New York Rangers	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
48	Michel Boudreau (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Laval Titan (QMJHL)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
49	Ron Smith (D)	Canada	New York Islanders	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
50	Don Martineau (AD)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	New Westminster Bruins (WCJHL)
51	Ron Homenuke (AD)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Calgary Centennials (WCJHL)
52	John Dobie (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Regina Pats (WCJHL)
53	Rychard Campeau (D)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Sorel Éperviers (QMJHL)
54	Claude St. Sauveur (AS)	Canada	California Golden Seals	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
55	Al MacAdam (AD)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Charlottetown Royals (MaJHL)
56	Ron Lalonde (C)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
57	Murray Myers (AD)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Saskatoon Blades (WCJHL)
58	Danny Gruen (AS)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Thunder Bay Vulcans (TBJHL)
59	Brian Bowles (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
60	Tom Thomson (D)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
61	Tom Peluso (AS)	Stati Uniti	Chicago Black Hawks	Denver Pioneers (NCAA)
62	Dave Elenbaas (P)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Cornell Big Red (ECAC)
63	Doug Horbul (AS)	Canada	New York Rangers	Calgary Centennials (WCJHL)
64	Les Jackson (AS)	Canada	Boston Bruins	New Westminster Bruins (WCJHL)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
65	Richard Grenier (C)	Canada	New York Islanders	Sorel Éperviers (QMJHL)
66	Bill Nyrop (D)	Stati Uniti	Montreal Canadiens (da Atlanta)	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (NCAA)
67	Larry Bolonchuk (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCJHL)
68	Bernie Germain (P)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Regina Pats (WCJHL)
69	Gilles Gratton (P)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
70	Tim Jacobs (D)	Canada	California Golden Seals	St. Catharines B.Hawks (OMJHL)
71	Daryl Fedorak (P)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Victoria Cougars (WCJHL)
72	Brian Walker (C)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Calgary Centennials (WCJHL)
73	Dave Johnson (AS)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
74	Dennis Johnson (AS)	Stati Uniti	Detroit Red Wings	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
75	Michel Plante (AS)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
76	Chris Ahrens (D)	Stati Uniti	Minnesota North Stars	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
77	Rejean Giroux (AD)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
78	Jean-Paul Martin (C)	Canada	Atlanta Flames (da Montreal)	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
79	Marty Gateman (D)	Canada	New York Rangers	Hamilton Red Wings (OMJHL)
80	Brian Coates (AS)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCJHL)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
81	Derek Black (AS)	Canada	New York Islanders	Calgary Centennials (WCJHL)
82	Frank Blum (P)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Sarnia Legionnaires (WOJHL)
83	Dave McLelland (P)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCJHL)
84	Mike Usitalo (AS)	Stati Uniti	Los Angeles Kings	Michigan Tech Huskies (NCAA)
85	Peter McNab (C)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Denver Pioneers (NCAA)
86	Jacques Lefebvre (P)	Canada	California Golden Seals	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
87	David Hastings (P)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Charlottetown Royals (MaJHL)
88	Jeff Ablett (AS)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCJHL)
89	Tom Simpson (AD)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
90	Bill Miller (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCJHL)
91	Dave Shardlow (AS)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Flin Flon Bombers (WCJHL)
92	Steve West (C)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
93	Rob Palmer (C)	Stati Uniti	Chicago Black Hawks	Denver Pioneers (NCAA)
94	D'Arcy Ryan (C)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Yale Bulldogs (ECAC)
95	Ken Ireland (C)	Canada	New York Rangers	New Westminster Bruins (WCJHL)
96	Peter Gaw (AD)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
97	Richard Brodeur (P)	Canada	New York Islanders	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
98	Scott Smith (AS)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Regina Pats (WCJHL)
99	Danny Gloor (C)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
100	Glen Toner (AS)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Regina Pats (WCJHL)
101	Don McLaughlin (AS)	Canada	New York Islanders (da Buffalo)	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCJHL)
102	Mike Amodeo (D)	Canada	California Golden Seals	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
103	Serge Beaudoin (D)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
104	D'Arcy Keating (D)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (NCAA)
105	Brian Coughlin (D)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Verdun Maple Leafs (QMJHL)
106	Glen Seperich (P)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
107	Monte Miron (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC)
108	Chris Meloff (D)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
109	Terry Smith (C)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCJHL)
110	Yves Archambault (P)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Sorel Éperviers (QMJHL)
111	Jeff Hunt (AS)	Canada	New York Rangers	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCJHL)
112	Gordie Clark (AD)	Canada	Boston Bruins	N. Hampshire Wildcats (ECAC)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
113	Derek Kuntz (AS)	Canada	New York Islanders	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCJHL)
114	Dave Murphy (C)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Hamilton Red Wings (OMJHL)
115	Dennis McCord (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	London Knights (OMJHL)
116	Scott MacPhail (AD)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars (da Los Angeles)	Canadien Jr. de Montréal (OMJHL)
117	Rene Levasseur (D)	Canada	New York Islanders (da Buffalo)	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
118	Brent Meeke (D)	Canada	California Golden Seals	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
119	Pat Russell (AD)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Vancouver Nats (WCJHL)
120	Yves Bergeron (D)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
121	Gary Winchester (C)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
122	Mike Ford (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCJHL)
123	Peter Williams (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	University of Prince Edward Island (CIAU)
124	Bob Lundeen (D)	Stati Uniti	Minnesota North Stars	Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
125	Billy Reay (AD)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
126	Graham Parsons (P)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Red Deer Rustlers (AJHL)
127	Yvon Blais (D)	Canada	New York Rangers	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCJHL)
128	Roy Carmichael (D)	Canada	Boston Bruins	New Westminster Bruins (WCJHL)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
129	Yvon Rolando (AD)	Canada	New York Islanders	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
130	Pierre Roy (D)	Canada	Atlanta Flames	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
131	Steve Stone (AD)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
132	Jean Lamarre (AD)	Canada	Atlanta Flames (da Los Angeles)	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
133	Bill Ennos (AD)	Canada	New York Islanders (da Buffalo)	Vancouver Nats (WCJHL)
134	Denis Meloche (C)	Canada	California Golden Seals	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
135	Ray Boutin (P)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Sorel Éperviers (QMJHL)
136	Jay Babcock (AS)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	London Knights (OMJHL)
137	Pierre Archambault (D)	Canada	New York Rangers (da St. Louis)	Saint-Jérôme Alouettes (QMJHL)
138	George Kuzmicz (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Cornell Big Red (ECAC)
139	Pat Boutette (C)	Stati Uniti	Minnesota North Stars	MN Duluth Bulldogs (NCAA)
140	Glen Mikkelson (AD)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCJHL)
141	Gary Donaldson (AD)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Victoria Cougars (WCJHL)
142	Eddie Bumacco (AS)	Canada	New York Rangers	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (NCAA)
143	Garry Schofield (D)	Stati Uniti	Toronto Maple Leafs (da Boston)	Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
144	Garry Howatt (AS)	Canada	New York Islanders	Flin Flon Bombers (WCJHL)
145	Steve Lyon (D)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars (da Los Angeles)	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
146	Rene Lambert (AD)	Canada	New York Islanders (da Buffalo)	Saint-Jérôme Alouettes (QMJHL)
147	Juri Kudrasovs (C)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars (da California)	Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
148	Marcel Comeau (C)	Canada	Minnesota North Stars (da Philadelphia)	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCJHL)
149	Don Atchison (P)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Saskatoon Blades (WCJHL)
150	Dave Arundel (D)	Stati Uniti	Detroit Red Wings	Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA)
151	Fred Riggall (AD)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Dartmouth Big Green (ECAC)

#	Giocatore	Nazionalità	Squadra NHL	Squadra di provenienza
152	Ron LeBlanc (AD)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Université de Moncton (CIAU)

• National Hockey League 1971-1972
• National Hockey League 1972-1973

• (EN)Scelte del Draft 1972 su NHL.com, sunhl.com.URL consultato il 28 luglio 2012(archiviato dall'url originale il 4 marzo 2016).
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• (EN)Scelte del Draft 1972 su Hockeydraftcentral.com, suhockeydraftcentral.com.

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