1971 NHL Intraleague Draft

This is the list of players selected in the 1971 NHL Intraleague draft. There were 26 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	California	Wayne Carleton	C	Boston Bruins [NHL]	76	17	14	31	45	1971-72
	2	Vancouver	Dennis Kearns	D	Chicago Blackhawks [NHL]	677	31	290	321	386	1980-81
	3	Pittsburgh	Dave Burrows	D	Chicago Blackhawks [NHL]	724	29	135	164	373	1980-81
	4	Buffalo	Ray McKay	D	Chicago Blackhawks [NHL]	112	2	15	17	67	1973-74
	5	Philadelphia	Larry Brown	D	New York Rangers [NHL]	376	5	45	50	154	1977-78
	6	Toronto	Don Marshall	C	Buffalo Sabres [NHL]	50	2	14	16	0	1971-72
	7	St. Louis	Michel Parizeau	L	New York Rangers [NHL]	58	3	14	17	18	1971-72
	8	California	Frank Hughes	R	Toronto Maple Leafs [NHL]	5	0	0	0	0	1971-72
	9	Vancouver	Fred Speck	C	Detroit Red Wings [NHL]	18	1	2	3	0	1971-72
	10	Pittsburgh	Tim Horton	D	New York Rangers [NHL]	168	3	31	34	149	1973-74
	11	Buffalo	Rene Robert	C	Toronto Maple Leafs [NHL]	739	284	418	702	597	1981-82
	12	Philadelphia	Frank Spring	R	Boston Bruins [NHL]	60	14	20	34	12	1976-77
	13	Boston	Garry Peters	C	Philadelphia Flyers [NHL]	2	0	0	0	2	1971-72
	14	California	Stan Gilbertson	L	Boston Bruins [NHL]	428	85	89	174	148	1976-77
	15	Vancouver	Rey Comeau	C	Montreal Canadiens [NHL]	564	98	141	239	175	1979-80
	16	Buffalo	Hugh Harris	C	Montreal Canadiens [NHL]	60	12	26	38	17	1972-73
	17	Minnesota	Brian Lavender	L	Montreal Canadiens [NHL]	184	16	26	42	174	1974-75
	18	Montreal	Bob Murdoch	D	Minnesota North Stars [NHL]	756	60	216	276	762	1981-82
	19	Pittsburgh	Rene Robert	C	Buffalo Sabres [NHL]	739	284	418	702	597	1981-82
	20	Buffalo	Danny Lawson	R	Minnesota North Stars [NHL]	78	10	6	16	15	1971-72
	21	Buffalo	Rod Zaine	C	Pittsburgh Penguins [NHL]	24	2	1	3	4	1971-72
	22	Buffalo	Tom Miller	C	Detroit Red Wings [NHL]	89	15	18	33	25	1974-75
	23	Buffalo	Ken Murray	D	Toronto Maple Leafs [NHL]	101	1	9	10	133	1975-76
	24	Detroit	Al Smith	G	Pittsburgh Penguins [NHL]	131	0	7	7	84	1980-81
	25	Pittsburgh	Jim Rutherford	G	Detroit Red Wings [NHL]	428	0	15	15	62	1982-83
	26	Los Angeles	Gary Edwards	G	Buffalo Sabres [NHL]	284	0	7	7	48	1981-82