1970 NHL Expansion Draft

The 1970 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 9, 1970. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1970–71 season, the Buffalo Sabres and the Vancouver Canucks.

Draft results

Buffalo Sabres			Vancouver Canucks
#	Player	Drafted from	#	Player	Drafted from
1.	Tom Webster (RW)	Boston Bruins	2.	Gary Doak (D)	Boston Bruins
3.	Al Hamilton (D)	New York Rangers	4.	Orland Kurtenbach (C)	New York Rangers
5.	Don Marshall (C)	New York Rangers	6.	Ray Cullen (C)	Minnesota North Stars
7.	Tracy Pratt (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins	8.	Pat Quinn (D)	Toronto Maple Leafs
9.	Jim Watson (D)	Detroit Red Wings	10.	Rosaire Paiement (C)	Philadelphia Flyers
11.	Francois Lacombe (D)	Montreal Canadiens	12.	Darryl Sly (D)	Minnesota North Stars
13.	Phil Goyette (C)	St. Louis Blues	14.	Jim Wiste (C)	Chicago Black Hawks
15	Reg Fleming (D)	Philadelphia Flyers	16.	Dan Johnson (C)	Toronto Maple Leafs
17.	Mike McMahon (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins	18.	Barry Wilkins (D)	Boston Bruins
19.	Skip Krake (C)	Los Angeles Kings	20.	Ralph Stewart (C)	St. Louis Blues
21.	Jean-Guy Lagace (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins	22.	Mike Corrigan (LW)	Los Angeles Kings
23.	Craig Cameron (RW)	St. Louis Blues	24.	Wayne Maki (LW)	St. Louis Blues
25.	Chris Evans (D)	Toronto Maple Leafs	26.	Ed Hatoum (RW)	Detroit Red Wings
27.	Doug Barrie (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins	28.	Poul Popiel (D)	Detroit Red Wings
29.	Gerry Meehan (LW)	Philadelphia Flyers	30	Ron Ward (D)	Toronto Maple Leafs
31.	Paul Terbenche (D)	Chicago Black Hawks	32	John Schella (D)	Montreal Canadiens
33.	Brian Perry (LW)	Oakland Seals	34	Bob Dillabough (C)	Oakland Seals
35.	Howie Menard (C)	Oakland Seals	36.	Garth Rizzuto (C)	Chicago Black Hawks
38.	Rocky Farr (G)	Montreal Canadiens	37.	Dunc Wilson (G)	Philadelphia Flyers
40.	Gary Edwards (G)	St. Louis Blues	39.	Charlie Hodge (G)	Oakland Seals

Source: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1970x.html

Trades

• The Sabres traded Tom Webster to Detroit later in the day in exchange for goaltender Roger Crozier.

See also

• 1970 NHL Amateur Draft
• 1970–71 NHL season

References

• Buffalo Sabres Timeline 1970-1975