1963 NHL amateur draft

1963 North American ice hockey draft August 2023 1963 NHL amateur draft 180px June 5, 1963 Queen Elizabeth HotelMontreal, Quebec, Canada CAN 1957 Garry Monahan(Montreal Canadiens) 21 4 1964 The 1963 NHL amateur draft was the first draft for the National Hockey League. It was a draft to assign unaffiliated amateur junior-age players to NHL teams. It was held on June 5 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. It was the first amateur draft, which consisted of 16-year-old players. The amateur draft was instituted by NHL president Clarence Campbell as a means of phasing out the sponsorship of amateur teams by the league's member clubs. The NHL wanted to create what Campbell called "a uniform opportunity for each team to acquire a star player". Prior to the creation of the draft NHL teams would sponsor amateur teams and players, pre-empting other NHL clubs from acquiring new, young talent, and limiting amateur players' prospects in the NHL to the team which sponsored them.Dan Diamond Canada on Ice; The World Hockey Championships, 1920 – 2008 2008 Canada On Ice productions 44–45 978-0-9808936-0-1 Eligibility in this draft was limited to all amateur players who would reach 17 years of age between August 1, 1963, and July 31, 1964. Under the league rules, teams were not allowed to talk to the drafted players about turning professional until they turned 18. At that point, the teams had 72 hours to get the players signed or placed on their negotiation list. Players already on sponsorship lists were ineligible. The draft order was determined by giving the teams choice of their place in the six-team order based on a reverse order of the standings, for example, as the Boston Bruins finished last in the 1962–63 season they were given first choice of pick in the order. The final draft order was chosen to be Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs. The order would rotate in the next draft such that each team moved up one spot in the order, and the first pick Canadiens would move to sixth. This first draft consisted of four rounds, however few top prospects were available to the draft in the early years as most of hockey's top junior players had already been assigned to NHL clubs through sponsored junior teams. In the 1963 draft only 21 players, out of a possible 24 picks, were chosen. This is because teams were allowed to defer their pick to the next team in the draft order. The Red Wings chose not to exercise their third and fourth round picks, and the Black Hawks elected not to exercise their fourth round pick. Of the players selected five eventually played in the NHL, and only one won the Stanley Cup (Peter Mahovlich). Walt McKechnie had the longest career of any of the drafted players, playing 965 NHL games, the last of them being in the 1982-1983 NHL season. None of the players selected have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Selections by round Below are listed the selections in the 1963 NHL amateur draft. no Round one # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 1 Garry Monahan (C) Canada 1957 Montreal Canadiens St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL) 2 Peter Mahovlich (RW) Canada 1957 Detroit Red Wings St. Michael's Buzzers (MetJHL) 3 Orest Romashyna (LW) Canada 1957 Boston Bruins New Hamburg Firebirds (CJCHL) 4 Al Osborne (RW) Canada 1957 New York Rangers Weston Dodgers (MetJHL) 5 Art Hampson (D) Canada 1957 Chicago Black Hawks Trenton Midgets (OAAAMHL) 6 Walt McKechnie (C) Canada 1957 Toronto Maple Leafs London Nationals (WJBHL) 1963 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 11 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20170704085130/http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 4 July 2017 live Round two # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 7 Rodney Presswood (D) Canada 1957 Montreal Canadiens Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL) 8 Bill Cosburn (C) Canada 1957 Detroit Red Wings Bick's Pickles Midgets (OAAAMHL) 9 Terrance Lane (C) Canada 1957 Boston Bruins Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL) 10 Terry Jones (C) Canada 1957 New York Rangers Weston Midgets (OAAAMHL) 11 Wayne Davison (D) Canada 1957 Chicago Black Hawks Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL) 12 Neil Clairmont (LW) Canada 1957 Toronto Maple Leafs Parry Sound Midgets (OAAAMHL) 1963 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 11 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20170704085130/http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 4 July 2017 live Round three # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 13 Roy Pugh (C) Canada 1957 Montreal Canadiens Aurora Bears (SOJCHL) 14 Roger Bamburak (RW) Canada 1957 Boston Bruins Isaac Brock Secondary School (HS-Manitoba) 15 Mike Cummings (F) Canada 1957 New York Rangers Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL) 16 Bill Carson (D) Canada 1957 Chicago Black Hawks Brampton Midgets (OAAAMHL) 17 Jim McKenny (D) Canada 1957 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons (MetJHL) 1963 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 11 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20170704085130/http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 4 July 2017 live Round four # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 18 Glen Shirton (D) Canada 1957 Montreal Canadiens Port Colborne Midgets (OAAAMHL) 19 Jim Blair (F) Canada 1957 Boston Bruins Georgetown Midgets (OAAAMHL) 20 Cam Allison (D) Canada 1957 New York Rangers Portage la Prairie Terriers (CMJHL) 21 Gerry Meehan (C) Canada 1957 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons (MetJHL) 1963 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 11 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20170704085130/http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1963/63main.htm 4 July 2017 live no See also 1963–64 NHL season List of NHL players Notes References Diamond, Dan Duplacey, James Dinger, Ralph Kuperman, Igor Zweig, Eric Total Hockey Total Sports Publishing 1998 New York 285–286 0-8362-7114-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/285 External links Facts about the 1963 draft on hockeydraftcentral.com 1963 NHL Amateur Draft player stats at The Internet Hockey Database Draft Category:NHL entry draft Category:June 1963 in Canada Category:June 1963 sports events in North America Category:1963 in Montreal Category:Ice hockey in Montreal