List of Hartford Whalers draft picks

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

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.

Key

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

General terms and abbreviations
Term or abbreviation Definition
Draft The year that the player was selected
Round The round of the draft in which the player was selected
Pick The overall position in the draft at which the player was selected
S Supplemental draft selection
Position abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
G Goaltender
D Defense
LW Left wing
C Center
RW Right wing
F Forward
Abbreviations for statistical columns
Abbreviation Definition
Pos Position
GP Games played
G Goals
A Assists
Pts Points
PIM Penalties in minutes
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
OT Overtime/shootout losses
GAA Goals against average
Does not apply

Draft picks

WHA

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

NHL

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

References

  • "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.
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