1964 NHL Amateur Draft

1964 NHL Amateur Draft
General information
Date(s)	June 11, 1964
Location	Montreal, Quebec
Overview
First selection	Claude Gauthier ; Selected by: Detroit Red Wings

The 1964 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

As was the case in the 1963 draft, amateur players turning 17 years of age between August 1, 1964, and July 31, 1965, were eligible, if they were not already sponsored by an NHL club.

The order of the draft followed the agreement reached in 1963, where the order was fixed as Red Wings, Bruins, Rangers, Black Hawks, Maple Leafs and Canadiens. Once again each team received four picks, each team having the right to forfeit their selection and pass it to the next team in the order. All picks were exercised this year.

Of the 24 players selected only nine played in the NHL. Syl Apps, Jr., Jim Dorey, Tim Ecclestone and Mike Pelyk went on to have fruitful NHL careers, each playing well over 200 games a piece. However, the steal of this draft was the Bruins' third pick, 14th overall: Ken Dryden. Dryden made it known to the Bruins that he would elect to play at Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, instead of turning professional. The Bruins traded his negotiation rights to the Canadiens, where he would play seven full seasons and part of an eighth, earning a Conn Smythe Trophy, Calder Memorial Trophy, five Vezina Trophies, five All-Star Game appearances, five First All-Star awards and six Stanley Cups.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the 1964 NHL amateur draft.

= NHL All-Star[1]

= Hall of famers

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Claude Gauthier	Right wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
2	Alex Campbell	Right wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Strathroy Midgets (OAAAMHL)
3	Bob Graham	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
4	Richie Bayes	Centre	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Dixie Midgets (OAAAMHL)
5	Tom Martin	Right wing	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
6	Claude Chagnon	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
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Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
7	Brian Watts	Left wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
8	Jim Booth	Left wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Sault Ste. Marie Midgets (OAAAMHL)
9	Tim Ecclestone	Right wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Etobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)
10	Jan Popiel	Left wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL)
11	David Cotey	Forward	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Aurora Bears (SOJCHL)
12	Guy Allen	Defence	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL)
[3]

Round three

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
13	Ralph Buchanan	Left wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Montreal East Midgets (QAAAMHL)
14	Ken Dryden	Goaltender	Canada	Boston Bruins	Etobicoke Capitols (MetJHL)
15	Gordon Lowe	Defence	Canada	New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
16	Carl Hadfield	Right wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Dixie Beehives (MetJHL)
17	Mike Pelyk	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboro Midgets (OAAAMHL)
18	Paul Reid	Forward	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Kingston Midgets (OAAAMHL)
[4]

Round four

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
19	Rene LeClerc	Right wing	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Hamilton Mountain Bees (NDJBHL)
20	Allister Blair	Centre	Canada	Boston Bruins	Ingersoll Marlands (WBJHL)
21	Syl Apps, Jr.	Centre	Canada	New York Rangers	Kingston Midgets (OAAAMHL)
22	Moe L'Abbe	Right wing	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Rosemount Midgets (SAAAMHL)
23	Jim Dorey	Defence	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Stamford Bruins (NDJBHL)
24	Michel Jacques	Left wing	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Lac Megantic Royal(LHJAA)
[5]