1978 NHL amateur draft
16th annual meeting of National Hockey League franchises to select newly eligible players / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"1978 NHL Draft" redirects here. Not to be confused with 1978 NHL Dispersal Draft.
The 1978 NHL Amateur Draft was the 16th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 15, 1978. It was the last draft to be called the "Amateur Draft" before the process was renamed to the NHL Entry Draft in 1979.
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1978 NHL Amateur Draft | |
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Date(s) | June 15, 1978 |
Location | Queen Elizabeth Hotel Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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First selection | Bobby Smith (Minnesota North Stars) |
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The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Viacheslav Fetisov, who retired after the 1997–98 season, although he was re-drafted in 1983.