1961 NHL Intraleague Draft

This is the list of players selected in the 1961 NHL Intraleague draft. There were 8 players selected overall. Also included is each player's career NHL totals for the remainder of his career. If a player has no totals listed, this means that he did not play in a regular season game in the NHL after being selected in the expansion draft. You can click on the headings of the tables to sort the information.

Round 1						NHL Totals after draft
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Last Season
	1	Boston	Orland Kurtenbach	C	New York Rangers [NHL]	629	119	207	326	626	1973-74
	2	Boston	Pat Stapleton	D	Chicago Blackhawks [NHL]	635	43	294	337	353	1972-73
	3	Boston	Earl Balfour	L	Chicago Blackhawks [NHL]
	4	Chicago	Bronco Horvath	C	Boston Bruins [NHL]	133	25	54	79	71	1967-68
	5	Chicago	Autry Erickson	D	Boston Bruins [NHL]	100	4	12	16	88	1969-70
	6	NY Rangers	Jean-Guy Gendron	L	Montreal Canadiens [NHL]	467	109	132	241	359	1971-72
	7	NY Rangers	Vic Hadfield	L	Chicago Blackhawks [NHL]	1002	323	389	712	1154	1976-77
	8	Toronto	Al Arbour	D	Chicago Blackhawks [NHL]	297	4	28	32	265	1970-71