NHL No. 1 Picks

A list of No. 1 selections in the National Hockey League entry draft since 1969:

1969-Rejean Houle, Montreal, lw, Montreal (QMJHL)

1970-Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, c, Montreal (QMJHL)

1971-Guy Lafleur, Montreal, rw, Quebec (QMJHL)

1972-Bill Harris, NY Islanders, rw, Toronto (OHL)

1973-Denis Potvin, NY Islanders, d, Ottawa (OHL)

1974-Greg Joly, Washington, d, Regina (WHL)

1975-Mel Bridgman, Philadelphia, c, Victoria (WHL)

1976-Rick Green, Washington, d, London (OHL)

1977-Dale McCourt, Detroit, c, St. Catharines (OHL)

1978-Bobby Smith, Minnesota, c, Ottawa (OHL)

1979-Rob Ramage, Colorado, d, London (OHL)

1980-Doug Wickenheiser, Montreal, c, Regina (WHL)

1981-Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg, c, Cornwall (QMJHL)

1982-Gord Kluzak, Boston, d, Billings (WHL)

1983-Brian Lawton, Minnesota, c, Mount St. Charles H.S.

1984-Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh, c, Laval (QMJHL)

1985-Wendel Clark, Toronto, lw-d, Saskatoon (WHL)

1986-Joe Murphy, Detroit, c, Michigan State

1987-Pierre Turgeon, Buffalo, c, Granby (QMJHL)

1988-Mike Modano, Minnesota, c, Prince Albert (WHL)

1989-Mats Sundin, Quebec, rw, Nacka (Sweden)

1990-Owen Nolan, Quebec, rw, Cornwall (OHL)

1991-Eric Lindros, Quebec, c, Oshawa (OHL)

1992-Roman Hamrlik, Tampa Bay, d, ZPS Zin (Czechoslovakia)

1993-Alexandre Daigle, Ottawa, c, Victoriaville (QMJHL)

1994-Ed Jovanovski, Florida, d, Windsor (OHL)

1995-Bryan Berard, Ottawa, d, Detroit (OHL)

1996-Chris Phillips, Ottawa, d, Prince Albert (WHL)

1997-Joe Thornton, Boston, c, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)

1998-Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay, c, Rimouski (QMJHL)

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