List of Hartford Whalers draft picks

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

The Whalers selected Ron Francis 4th overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

 #  Played at least one game with the Whalers
 ↑  Spent entire NHL career with the Whalers
(†) Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Draft picks

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Statistics show each player's career regular season totals in the WHA.

Year Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA
1973 1 2 Glenn Goldup   Canada F
1973 1 12 Blake Dunlop   Canada F
1973 2 26 Mike Clarke   Canada C
1973 3 38 Tom Colley   Canada C
1973 4 41 Randy Holt   Canada D
1973 4 51 Alan Hangsleben   United States D 334 36 73 109 437
1973 5 53 Larry Patey   Canada C
1973 5 64 Cap Raeder   United States G 29 0 0 0 2 12 11 1 3.24
1973 6 77 Rick Chinnick   Canada F
1973 7 90 Steve Alley   United States LW 105 25 36 61 47
1974 1 13 Tim Young   Canada F
1974 2 28 Mike Eruzione   United States LW
1974 3 43 Peter Brown   United States D
1974 4 58 Dick Lamby   United States D
1974 5 72 Don McLean   Canada D
1974 6 87 Joe Rando   United States D
1974 7 102 Brian Walsh   United States RW 5 0 2 2 12
1974 8 117 John Nazar   Canada LW
1974 9 132 Warren Miller#   United States F 238 65 83 148 163
1974 10 145 Tony White   Canada F
1974 11 187 Robbie Moore   Canada G
1974 12 200 Cliff Cox   Canada F
1974 13 211 Dave Staffen   Canada F
1974 14 219 Peter Tighe   Canada D
1974 15 224 Brian Durocher   United States G
1974 16 228 Colin Ahern   United States C
1974 17 232 Dwane Byers   Canada F
1974 1 14 Peter Sturgeon   Canada LW
1974 2 29 Michel Deziel   Canada LW
1975 1 13 Terry McDonald   Canada C
1975 2 28 Danny Arndt#   Canada LW 120 16 23 39 21
1975 3 43 Matti Hagman   Finland C 53 25 31 56 16
1975 4 58 Derek Spring   Canada F
1975 5 72 Gary McFadyen   Canada RW
1975 6 86 Terry Martin   Canada F
1975 7 99 John Tweedle   Canada F
1975 8 111 Mike Harazny   Canada D
1975 9 123 Dave Norris   Canada LW
1975 10 136 Paul Stevenson   Canada
1975 11 149 Clark Jantzie   Canada F
1976 2 13 Mike Fidler   United States LW
1976 3 26 Fred Williams   Canada C
1976 3 31 Dave Debol   United States C 68 13 29 42 11
1976 4 38 Mike Kaszycki   Canada F
1976 5 49 Bill Baker   United States D
1976 5 50 Mike Liut   Canada G 81 0 3 3 9 31 39 4 3.69
1976 6 62 Dwight Schofield   Canada D
1976 7 74 Warren Young   Canada F
1976 8 86 Ken Morrow   United States D
1976 9 97 Ed Clarey   Canada F
1976 10 108 Jon Hammond   Canada LW
1977 2 15 Moe Robinson   Canada D
1977 2 19 Randy Pierce   Canada RW
1977 3 23 John Baby   Canada D
1977 5 43 Brian Hill   Canada RW
1977 6 52 Jim Korn   United States D
Year Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T OT GAA
1979 1 18 Ray Allison#   Canada RW 238 64 93 157 223
1979 2 39 Stuart Smith   Canada D 77 2 10 12 95
1979 3 60 Don Nachbaur#   Canada C 223 23 46 69 465
1979 4 81 Ray Neufeld#   Canada RW 595 157 200 357 814
1979 5 102 Mark Renaud#   Canada D 152 6 50 56 86
1979 6 123 Dave McDonald   Canada LW
1980 1 8 Fred Arthur#   Canada D 80 1 8 9 49
1980 2 29 Michel Galarneau   Canada C 78 7 10 17 34
1980 3 50 Mickey Volcan#   Canada D 162 8 33 41 146
1980 4 71 Kevin McClelland   Canada RW 588 68 112 180 1672
1980 5 92 Darren Jensen   Canada G 30 0 1 1 2 15 10 1 3.81
1980 6 113 Mario Cerri   Canada C
1980 7 134 Mike Martin   Canada D
1980 8 155 Brent Denat   Canada LW
1980 9 176 Paul Fricker   Canada G
1980 10 197 Lorne Bokshowan   Canada C
1981 1 4 Ron Francis#†   Canada C 1731 549 1249 1798 979
1981 3 61 Paul MacDermid#   Canada RW 690 116 141 257 1303
1981 4 67 Mike Hoffman   Canada LW 9 1 3 4 2
1981 5 93 Bill Maguire   Canada D
1981 5 103 Dan Bourbonnais   Canada LW 59 3 25 28 11
1981 7 130 John Mokosak   Canada D 41 0 2 2 96
1981 8 151 Denis Dore   Canada RW
1981 9 172 Jeff Poeschl   United States G
1981 10 193 Larry Power   Canada C
1982 1 14 Paul Lawless#   Canada LW 238 49 77 126 54
1982 2 35 Mark Paterson   Canada D 29 3 3 6 33
1982 3 56 Kevin Dineen#   Canada RW 1188 355 405 760 2229
1982 4 67 Ulf Samuelsson#   Sweden D 1080 57 276 333 2453
1982 5 88 Ray Ferraro#   Canada C 1258 408 490 898 1288
1982 6 109 Randy Gilhen#   Canada LW 457 55 60 115 314
1982 7 130 Jim Johannson   United States C
1982 8 151 Mickey Krampotich   United States LW
1982 9 172 Kevin Skilliter   Canada D
1982 11 214 Martin Linse   Sweden F
1982 12 235 Randy Cameron   Canada D
1983 1 2 Sylvain Turgeon#   Canada LW 669 269 226 495 691
1983 1 20 David Jensen#   United States F 69 9 13 22 22
1983 2 23 Ville Siren   Finland D 290 14 68 82 276
1983 3 61 Leif Carlsson   Sweden D
1983 4 64 Dave MacLean   Canada RW
1983 4 72 Ron Chyzowski   Canada C
1983 6 104 Brian Johnson   United States C
1983 7 124 Joe Reekie   Canada D 902 25 139 164 1326
1983 8 143 Chris Duperron   Canada D
1983 8 144 Jamie Falle   United States G
1983 9 164 Bill Fordy   Canada LW
1983 10 193 Reine Landgren   Sweden LW
1983 11 204 Allan Acton   Canada LW
1983 12 224 Darcy Kaminski   Canada D
1984 1 11 Sylvain Cote#   Canada D 1171 122 313 435 545
1984 6 110 Mike Millar#   Canada RW 78 18 18 36 12
1984 7 131 Mike Vellucci   United States D 2 0 0 0 11
1984 9 173 John Devereaux   United States C
1984 10 193 Brent Regan   Canada C
1984 11 214 Jim Culhane   Canada D 6 0 1 1 4
1984 12 234 Peter Abric   Canada G
1985 1 5 Dana Murzyn#   Canada D 838 52 152 204 1571
1985 2 26 Kay Whitmore#   Canada G 155 0 9 9 39 60 64 16 3.55
1985 4 68 Gary Callaghan   Canada C
1985 6 110 Shane Churla#   Canada RW 488 26 45 71 2301
1985 7 131 Chris Brant   Canada LW
1985 8 152 Brian Puhalsky   Canada LW
1985 9 173 Greg Dornbach   United States C
1985 10 194 Paul Tory   Canada RW
1985 11 215 Jerry Pawlowski   United States D
1985 12 236 Bruce Hill   Canada C
1986 1 11 Scott Young#   United States RW 1181 342 414 756 448
1986 2 32 Marc Laforge#   Canada D 14 0 0 0 64
1986 4 74 Brian Chapman   Canada D 3 0 0 0 29
1986 5 95 Bill Horn   Canada G
1986 6 116 Joe Quinn   Canada RW
1986 7 137 Steve Torrel   United States C
1986 8 158 Ron Hoover   Canada LW 18 4 0 4 31
1986 9 179 Rob Glasgow   Canada F
1986 10 200 Sean Evoy   Canada G
1986 11 221 Cal Brown   Canada D
1986 12 242 Brian Verbeek   Canada C
1986 S 14 Joe Tracy   United States RW
1987 1 18 Jody Hull#   Canada RW 831 124 137 261 156
1987 2 39 Adam Burt#   United States D 737 37 115 152 961
1987 4 81 Terry Yake#   Canada C 403 77 120 197 220
1987 5 102 Mark Rousseau   Canada D
1987 6 123 Jeff St. Cyr   Canada D
1987 7 144 Gregg Wolf   United States D
1987 8 165 John Moore   United States C
1987 9 186 Joe Day#   United States C 72 1 10 11 87
1987 11 228 Kevin Sullivan   United States RW
1987 12 249 Steve Laurin   Canada G
1987 S 19 Ken Lovsin   Canada D 1 0 0 0 0
1988 1 11 Chris Govedaris#   Canada LW 45 4 6 10 24
1988 2 32 Barry Richter   United States D 151 11 34 45 76
1988 4 74 Dean Dyer   Canada C
1988 5 95 Scott Morrow   United States LW 4 0 0 0 0
1988 6 116 Corey Beaulieu   Canada D
1988 7 137 Kerry Russell   Canada C
1988 8 158 Jim Burke   United States D
1988 9 179 Mark Hirth   United States C
1988 10 200 Wayde Bucsis   Canada LW
1988 11 221 Rob White   Canada D
1988 12 242 Dan Slatalla   United States C
1988 S 16 Todd Krygier#   United States D 543 100 143 243 533
1989 1 10 Bobby Holik#   Czech Republic C 1314 326 421 747 1421
1989 3 52 Blair Atcheynum   Canada RW 196 27 33 60 36
1989 4 73 Jim McKenzie#   Canada LW 880 48 52 100 1739
1989 5 94 James Black#   Canada D 352 58 57 115 84
1989 6 115 Jerome Bechard   Canada LW
1989 7 136 Scott Daniels#   Canada LW 149 8 12 20 667
1989 8 157 Raymond Saumier   Canada RW
1989 9 178 Michel Picard#   Canada LW 166 28 42 70 103
1989 10 199 Trevor Buchanan   Canada RW
1989 11 220 John Battice   Canada D
1989 12 241 Peter Kasowski   Canada C
1989 S 15 Chris Tancill#   United States RW 134 17 32 49 54
1990 1 15 Mark Greig#   Canada RW 125 13 27 40 90
1990 2 36 Geoff Sanderson#   Canada LW 1104 355 345 700 511
1990 3 57 Mike Lenarduzzi   Canada G 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3.17
1990 4 78 Chris Bright   Canada RW
1990 6 120 Cory Keenan   Canada D
1990 7 141 Jergus Baca   Slovakia D 10 0 2 2 14
1990 8 162 Martin D'Orsonnens   Canada D
1990 9 183 Corey Osmak   Canada RW
1990 10 204 Espen Knutsen   Norway C 207 30 81 111 105
1990 11 225 Tommie Eriksen   Denmark D
1990 12 246 Denis Chalifoux   Canada C
1990 S 20 Jim Crozier   United States G
1991 1 9 Patrick Poulin#   Canada LW 634 101 134 235 299
1991 2 31 Martin Hamrlik   Czech Republic D
1991 3 53 Todd Hall   United States LW
1991 3 59 Michael Nylander#   Sweden C 920 209 470 679 468
1991 4 75 Jim Storm#   United States LW 84 7 15 22 44
1991 6 119 Mike Harding   Canada RW
1991 7 141 Brian Mueller   United States D
1991 8 163 Steven Yule   Canada D
1991 9 185 Chris Belanger   Canada D
1991 10 207 Jason Currie   Canada G
1991 11 229 Mike Santonelli   United States F
1991 12 251 Rob Peters   United States D
1991 S 15 Shaun Gravistin   Canada G
1992 1 9 Robert Petrovicky#   Slovakia C 208 27 38 65 118
1992 2 47 Andrei Nikolishin#   Russia C 628 93 187 280 270
1992 3 57 Jan Vopat   Czech Republic D 126 11 20 31 70
1992 4 79 Kevin Smyth   Canada LW 58 6 8 14 31
1992 4 81 Jason McBain   United States D 9 0 0 0 0
1992 6 143 Jarrett Reid   Canada C
1992 7 153 Ken Belanger   Canada LW 248 11 12 23 695
1992 8 177 Konstantin Korotkov   Russia C
1992 9 201 Greg Zwakman   United States D
1992 10 225 Steven Halko   Canada D 155 0 15 15 71
1992 11 249 Joacim Esbjors   Sweden D
1993 1 2 Chris Pronger#†   Canada D 1167 157 541 698 1590
1993 3 72 Marek Malik#   Czech Republic D 691 33 135 168 620
1993 4 84 Trevor Roenick   United States RW
1993 5 115 Nolan Pratt#   Canada D 592 9 56 65 537
1993 8 188 Manny Legace   Canada G 365 0 9 9 12 187 99 18 23 2.41
1993 9 214 Dmitri Gorenko   Russia F
1993 10 240 Wes Swinson   Canada D
1993 11 266 Igor Chibirev   Ukraine C 45 7 12 19 2
1993 S 6 Kent Fearns   Canada D
1994 1 5 Jeff O'Neill#   Canada C 821 237 259 496 670
1994 4 83 Hnat Domenichelli#   Canada C 267 52 61 113 104
1994 5 109 Ryan Risidore   Canada D
1994 8 187 Tom Buckley   United States C
1994 9 213 Ashlin Halfnight   Canada D
1994 9 230 Matt Ball   Canada RW
1994 10 239 Brian Regan   United States G
1994 11 265 Steve Nimigon   Canada LW
1994 S 5 Steve Martins#   Canada C 267 21 25 46 142
1995 1 13 Jean-Sebastien Giguere#   Canada G 597 0 7 7 98 262 216 25 50 2.53
1995 2 35 Sergei Fedotov   Russia D
1995 4 185 Ian MacNeil   Canada C 2 0 0 0 0
1995 4 87 Sami Kapanen#   Finland RW 831 189 269 458 175
1995 5 113 Hugh Hamilton   Canada D
1995 7 165 Byron Ritchie   Canada C 324 25 33 58 373
1995 8 191 Milan Kostolny   Slovakia LW
1995 9 217 Mike Rucinski   United States D 26 0 2 2 10
1996 2 34 Trevor Wasyluk   Canada LW
1996 3 61 Andrei Petrunin   Russia RW
1996 4 88 Craig MacDonald   Canada C 233 11 24 35 91
1996 4 104 Steve Wasylko   Canada C
1996 5 116 Mark McMahon   Canada D
1996 6 143 Aaron Baker   Canada G
1996 7 171 Greg Kuznik   Canada D 1 0 0 0 0
1996 8 197 Kevin Marsh   Canada W
1996 9 223 Craig Adams   Canada RW 951 55 105 160 683
1996 9 231 Askhat Rakhmatullin   Russia F

See also

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References

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  • "All-time roster for the Hartford Whalers of the NHL". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  • "All-time roster for the New England Whalers of the WHA". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  • "Hartford Whalers Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  • "New England Whalers Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  • "Hartford Whalers Draft History". Hockey Draft Central. Retrieved 2008-07-03.