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The Vancouver Canucks selected defenseman Michel Petit of the Sherbrooke Beavers 11th, making him the first player to be selected this year from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Five Swedish players and one Finn were also drafted in the early rounds.īuffalo, which acquired Calgary's pick in a multi-player deal Tuesday night, selected left winger Paul Cyr of the Victoria Cougars as its second first-round pick and ninth overall. Other Czechoslovakian players drafted in early rounds were center Peter Ihnacak (24th overall by Toronto) defenseman Miroslav Dvorak (46th by Philadelphia) center Vaclav Ruzicka (73rd by Toronto) right winger Jiri Lala (76th by Quebec) and left winger Jaroslav Pouzar (83rd by Edmonton). The Capitals employed Buffalo's selection to take Czechoslovakian star center Milan Novy 58th overall. The Capitals also acquired forward Alan Haworth and a third-round choice from Buffalo in exchange for their second and fourth round picks.

#GORD KLUZAK PLUS#

The Washington Capitals received goalie Pat Riggin and forward Ken Houston from Calgary in exchange for minor leaguers George White and Howard Walkers plus a sixth-round pick. New Jersey used the Blues' pick (eighth overall) to choose Billings right winger Rocky Trottier, brother of New York Islander center Bryan Trottier. Louis Blues dealing their first-round choices for 1982 and '83 to New Jersey for highly-regarded defensmen Rob Ramage. Trading was heavy at the draft, with the St. 'He's the closest thing I've seen to Orr,' he said. The Chicago Black Hawks picked center Ken Yaremchuk of Portland as the seventh choice.īuffalo general manager Scotty Bowman quickly put Housley in legendary company. Paul, Minn., the first of their three Round 1 choices. The Washington Capitals selected defenseman Scott Stevens of the Kitchener Rangers fifth, while the Buffalo Sabres, with a choice acquired from the Los Angeles Kings, made U.S. Sutter's twin brother Rich was chosen 10th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins, raising the NHL's Sutter family population to six. The Toronto Maple Leafs, with the third choice overall, picked Nylund, while Philadelphia employed the fourth pick to take Ron Sutter of the Lethbridge Broncos. I think Boston had to go with who they thought was best, and they thought that was Kluzak.'

'Minnesota was the team that wanted me and I wanted to go there. 'No, I'm not disappointed,' said Bellows, who had been touted as the top choice for two years. Catharines also played a major role in the Rangers' Memorial Cup triumph.

The North Stars, selecting second overall as a result of a trade with Detroit, picked Bellows, a 5-foot-11, 194-pounder who played 47 games for Kitchener last year.īellows registered 45 goals and 52 assists for 97 points during the Ontario Hockey League's regular season. 'I've been working on it, it's okay now,' he said. The native of Climax, Sask., said the injury has completely healed. Kluzak, a gangly but mobile defenseman, saw limited duty at Billings last season because of torn ligaments in his left knee. Once we had the injury question checked out, it was Kluzak all the way.' 'There was a split in the Boston high command, but not in the end,' Sinden said.

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