1972 Reverse Draft

The 1972 Reverse Draft was held June 8 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. The rules were that no NHL team could lose more than two players, and each pick cost the minor league team $15,000. A second phase of the draft, the rules to which I'm not certain of but I presume entail the NHL teams protecting more players than in the first phase, was held immediately after. In the second phase the pick price was halved to $7,500 and only one pick was made in this second phase of drafting. Note that I have called it "Round 4".


Note that players picked by a minor league club from their parent affiliate didn't count toward the two player limit. For example it appears the Canucks lost three players: John Hanna, Duke Harris and Barry Cummins. Hanna was picked by the Totems, a Canucks affiliate, therefore he didn't count toward the limit. In effect he didn't go anywhere and the Totems paid the Canucks $15,000 for allowing him to stay in Seattle; coincidentally he was lost to the WHA's Cleveland Crusaders anyway.

Overall	Player Chosen	By	From
Round 1
1	Larry Mavety	Tidewater Wings	Buffalo Sabres (Salt Lake Golden Eagles, WHL)
2	Bob Roselle	Seattle Totems	St. Louis Blues (Kansas City Blues, CHL)
3	Don O'Donoghue	Rochester Americans	Boston Bruins (Boston Braves, AHL)
4	Marv Edwards	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	Toronto Maple Leafs (Phoenix Roadrunners, WHL)
5	Rene Leclerc	Providence Reds	Detroit Red Wings (Tidewater Wings, AHL)
6	Ron Anderson	San Diego Gulls	Buffalo Sabres (Salt Lake Golden Eagles, WHL)
7	Andre Gaudette	Richmond Robins	Philadelphia Flyers (Richmond Robins, AHL)
8	Bob Peppler	Portland Buckaroos	Chicago Black Hawks (Syracuse Blazers, EHL)
9	Joe Daley	Cleveland Barons	Detroit Red Wings
10	Bernie Blanchette	Phoenix Roadrunners	St. Louis Blues (Kansas City Blues, CHL)
11	Ross Webley	Springfield Kings	Boston Bruins (Oklahoma City Blazers, CHL)
	pass	Denver Spurs
	pass	Cincinnati Swords
12	Hank Nowak	Hershey Bears	Philadelphia Flyers (Richmond Robins, AHL)
13	Jim Shaw	Baltimore Clippers	Chicago Black Hawks (Baltimore Clippers, AHL)
14	Bruce Landon	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	Los Angeles Kings (Springfield Kings, AHL)
15	Kerry Bond	Boston Braves	California Golden Seals (Phoenix Roadrunners, WHL)
Round 2
16	John Hanna	Seattle Totems	Vancouver Canucks (Seattle Totems, WHL)
17	Duke Harris	Rochester Americans	Vancouver Canucks (Rochester Americans, AHL)
18	Barry Cummins	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	Vancouver Canucks (Seattle Totems, WHL)
19	Howie Hughes	San Diego Gulls	Los Angeles Kings (Seattle Totems, WHL)
20	Jim Young	Portland Buckaroos	Chicago Black Hawks (Flint Generals, IHL)
21	Ron Dussiaume	Springfield Kings	Chicago Black Hawks (Dallas Black Hawks, CHL)
22	Roy Edwards	Hershey Bears	Pittsburgh Penguins
23	Claude Piche	Boston Braves	Minnesota North Stars (Roanoke Valley Rebels, EHL)
Round 3
all teams passed
Round 4
24	Hal Willis	Phoenix Roadrunners	St. Louis Blues (Denver Spurs, WHL)

Sources:
"How the reverse draft went". Montreal Gazette. June 9, 1972. p. 18.