1978 NHL Amateur Draft
The NHL Amateur Draft in 1978, the annual talent contraction of the National Hockey League, took place on 15 June 1978 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada in the province of Quebec instead. It was the final draft, which was dubbed the Amateur Draft. In 1979 the event was renamed the Entry Draft in.
A total of 234 players were taken in 22 rounds, where in the last rounds only a few teams player chose and from lap 18, only the Montreal Canadiens more players attracted. Among them was in the twelfth round with Vyacheslav Fetisov, a player from the Soviet Union, which had hardly prospect of a commitment in the NHL due to the political world situation. Likewise, two Czechoslovaks were chosen with Ladislav Svozil and Anton Šťastný.
Bobby Smith, the first solid player who was the only one in this draft, which should reach the 1000 -point mark in his career. The selected Brad Marsh and Craig MacTavish were the players who were allowed to play without a helmet even in later years.
For the first time German players were selected in the draft. In addition to the Willie Huber was born in Germany, but the already emigrated as a child with his parents to Canada, Round Bernie Englbrecht and Gerd Truntschka were drawn in the twelfth.