1969 NHL Reverse Draft

The 1969 Reverse Draft, where WHL and AHL teams were allowed to pick players from the NHL teams, was held June 12. The results were as follows. Where applicable I have noted the minor-league affiliate (or national team) the player had played for the previous season.

Overall	Player Chosen	By	From
Round 1
1	Germain Gagnon	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	Montreal Canadiens (Houston Apollos [CHL])
2	Bill Young	Phoenix Roadrunners	Chicago Black Hawks (Greensboro Generals [EHL])
3	Wilf Martin	Denver Spurs	Montreal Canadiens (Cleveland Barons [AHL])
4	Noel Price	Springfield Kings	Pittsburgh Penguins
5	Rene Drolet	Quebec Aces	Philadelphia Flyers (Quebec Aces [AHL])
6	Dunc McCallum	Providence Reds	Pittsburgh Penguins
7	Doug Volmar	San Diego Gulls	Detroit Red Wings (U.S. National Team)
8	Gary Kurt	Cleveland Barons	New York Rangers (Omaha Knights [CHL])
9	Gary Bauman	Vancouver Canucks	Minnesota North Stars (Memphis South Stars [CHL])
10	Jean Lapointe	Hershey Bears	Philadelphia Flyers (Quebec Aces [AHL])
11	Pierre Pilote	Buffalo Bisons	Toronto Maple Leafs
12	Billy Orr	Rochester Americans	New York Rangers (New Haven Blades [EHL]
13	Jerry Lafond	Seattle Totems	Oakland Seals (Providence Reds [AHL])
Round 2
14	Rick Pagnutti	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	Los Angeles Kings (Springfield Kings [AHL])
15	Peter McDuffe	Phoenix Roadrunners	Chicago Black Hawks (Greensboro Generals [EHL])
16	Jacques Caron	Denver Spurs	Los Angeles Kings (Denver Spurs [WHL])
17	Bob Sneddon	Springfield Kings	Montreal Canadiens (Quebec Aces [AHL])
18	Roger Pelletier	Quebec Aces	Philadelphia Flyers (Quebec Aces [AHL])
19	Kevin O'Shea	San Diego Gulls	New York Rangers (Canadian National Team)
20	Jean Gauthier	Cleveland Barons	Boston Bruins
21	Jack Stanfield	Vancouver Canucks	Chicago Black Hawks (San Diego Gulls [WHL])
22	Jean-Guy Gratton	Hershey Bears	Montreal Canadiens (Trois-Rivières Maple Leafs [Quebec Jr. A])
23	Camille Henry	Buffalo Bisons	St. Louis Blues
Round 3
24	Galen Head	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	Detroit Red Wings (Johnstown Jets [EHL])
25	John Wright	Phoenix Roadrunners	Toronto Maple Leafs (University of Toronto [CIAU])
26	Georges Guilbault	Denver Spurs	St. Louis Blues (Kansas City Blues [CHL])
Round 4
27	Doug Shelton	Denver Spurs	Minnesota North Stars1

1. Doug Shelton was traded to the North Stars by the Black Hawks May 6, 1969 to complete the trade for Andre Boudrias and Mike McMahon (Feb. 14, 1969)

1969 NHL Intra-League Draft

The 1969 NHL Intra-League Draft was held June 11. Each team protected 14 skaters and two goalies, and the draft price was $30,000.

The protected lists:

Boston Bruins	Chicago Black Hawks	Detroit Red Wings	Los Angeles Kings	Minnesota North Stars	Montreal Canadiens
Goaltenders
Gerry Cheevers	Denis DeJordy	Roger Crozier	Gerry Desjardins	Cesare Maniago	Rogie Vachon
Eddie Johnston	Jack Norris	Roy Edwards	Wayne Rutledge	Fern Rivard	Gump Worsley
Skaters
Don Awrey	Dennis Hull	Bobby Baun	Bryan Campbell	Bob Barlow	Ralph Backstrom
Johnny Bucyk	Bobby Hull	Gary Bergman	Bill Flett	Ray Cullen	Jean Beliveau
Wayne Cashman	Doug Jarrett	Carl Brewer	Dennis Hextall	Sandy Fitzpatrick	Yvan Cournoyer
Gary Doak	Chico Maki	Wayne Connelly	Brent Hughes	Pete Goegan	John Ferguson
Phil Esposito	Gilles Marotte	Alex Delvecchio	Bill Inglis	Bill Goldsworthy	Terry Harper
Ted Green	Pit Martin	Kent Douglas	Ted Irvine	Danny Grant	Ted Harris
Ken Hodge	Ray McKay	Ron Harris	Eddie Joyal	Claude Larose	Jacques Laperriere
Jim Lorentz	Mike McMahon	Gordie Howe	Skip Krake	John Miszuk	Jacques Lemaire
Don Marcotte	Stan Mikita	Nick Libett	Ross Lonsberry	J. P. Parisé	Claude Provost
John McKenzie	Doug Mohns	Bruce MacGregor	Leon Rochefort	Tom Polanic	Henri Richard
Derek Sanderson	Jim Pappin	Frank Mahovlich	Dale Rolfe	Tom Reid	Bobby Rousseau
Dallas Smith	Paul Shmyr	Garry Monahan	Eddie Shack	Darryl Sly	Serge Savard
Fred Stanfield	Pat Stapleton	Hank Monteith	Bob Wall	Brian D. Smith	Gilles Tremblay
Ed Westfall	Ken Wharram	Pete Stemkowski	Bill White	Tom Williams	J. C. Tremblay
New York Rangers	Oakland Seals	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders
Ed Giacomin	Charlie Hodge	Doug Favell	Les Binkley	Glenn Hall	Bruce Gamble
Gilles Villemure	Gary Smith	Bernie Parent	Joe Daley	Jacques Plante	Al Smith
Skaters
Dave Balon	Bob Dillabough	Serge Bernier	John Arbour	Al Arbour	Wayne Carleton
Arnie Brown	Gerry Ehman	Mike Byers	Doug Barrie	Red Berenson	Ron Ellis
Bill Fairbairn	Norm Ferguson	Reggie Fleming	Charlie Burns	Ron Buchanan	Paul Henderson
Rod Gilbert	Ted Hampson	Jean-Guy Gendron	Craig Cameron	Claude Cardin	Tim Horton
Vic Hadfield	Bill Hicke	Wayne Hillman	Bryan Hextall	Phil Goyette	Dan Johnson
Al Hamilton	Harry Howell	Jim Johnson	Keith McCreary	Ab McDonald	Dave Keon
Orland Kurtenbach	Earl Ingarfield	Andre Lacroix	Tracy Pratt	Noel Picard	Jim McKenny
Real Lemieux	Gary Jarrett	Ralph MacSweyn	Jean Pronovost	Roger Picard	Murray Oliver
Don Marshall	Mike Laughton	Gerry Meehan	Duane Rupp	Barclay Plager	Bob Pulford
Jim Neilson	Bert Marshall	Rosie Paiement	Ken Schinkel	Bob Plager	Pat Quinn
Bob Nevin	Brian Perry	Dick Sarrazin	Ron Schock	Bill Plager	Brit Selby
Jean Ratelle	Doug Roberts	Bill Sutherland	Bill Speer	Jim Roberts	Norm Ullman
Rod Seiling	Gene Ubriaco	Ed Van Impe	Bryan Watson	Gary Sabourin	Mike Walton
Ron Stewart	Carol Vadnais	Joe Watson	Bob Woytowich	Frank St. Marseille	Ron Ward

The draft results:

Overall	Player Chosen	By	From	Player Removed From Protected List	Claim player or cash	Fill-in
Round 1
1	Dick Sentes	Minnesota North Stars	Montreal Canadiens	Brian Smith	cash	Dick Duff
2	Tony Esposito	Chicago Black Hawks	Montreal Canadiens	Jack Norris	claim	Pete Mahovlich
3	Glen Sather	Pittsburgh Penguins	Boston Bruins	Bill Speer	claim	Barry Wilkins
4	Matt Ravlich	Detroit Red Wings	Chicago Black Hawks	Kent Douglas	cash	Eric Nesterenko
	pass	Los Angeles Kings
5	Larry Hillman	Philadelphia Flyers	Montreal Canadiens	Jean-Guy Gendron	claim	John Vanderburg
	pass	Oakland Seals
6	Andre Boudrias	St. Louis Blues	Chicago Black Hawks	Roger Picard	cash	Bobby Schmautz
7	Marv Edwards	Toronto Maple Leafs	Pittsburgh Penguins	Al Smith	claim	Nick Harbaruk
	pass	New York Rangers
	pass	Boston Bruins
8	Larry Mickey	Montreal Canadiens	Toronto Maple Leafs	John Vanderburg	cash	Floyd Smith
Round 2
9	Grant Erickson	Minnesota North Stars	Boston Bruins	Sandy Fitzpatrick	cash	Stan Gilbertson
10	Lou Angotti	Chicago Black Hawks	St. Louis Blues	Bobby Schmautz	claim	Ian Campbell
11	Dean Prentice	Pittsburgh Penguins	Detroit Red Wings	Charlie Burns	cash	Poul Popeil
12	Ron Anderson	St. Louis Blues	Los Angeles Kings	Ian Campbell	cash	Gord Labossiere
Round 3
13	Charlie Burns	Minnesota North Stars	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pete Goegan	cash	Forbes Kennedy
14	Bob Blackburn	Pittsburgh Penguins	New York Rangers	Forbes Kennedy	claim	Guy Trottier
15	Wayne Maki	St. Louis Blues	Chicago Black Hawks	Claude Cardin	cash	Jean-Paul Leblanc
Round 4
16	Howie Menard	Chicago Black Hawks	Los Angeles Kings	Jean-Paul Leblanc	cash	Howie Hughes

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NHL Draft Results

1969 NHL Inter-League Draft

The 1969 Inter-League Draft was held June 10. The draft price was the same $15,000 as it had been before.

Overall	Player Chosen	By	From
Round 1
1	Darryl Sly	Minnesota North Stars	Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
2	Bill Saunders	Chicago Black Hawks	Portland Buckaroos (WHL)
3	Nick Harbaruk	Pittsburgh Penguins	Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
4	Chuck Hamilton	Detroit Red Wings	Hershey Bears (AHL)
5	Bob Barlow	Philadelphia Flyers	Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
6	Jerry Lafond	Oakland Seals	Providence Reds (AHL)
7	Bob Pate	Montreal Canadiens	Denver Spurs (WHL)
Round 2
8	Sandy McGregor	Pittsburgh Penguins	Baltimore Clippers (AHL)