List of California Golden Seals draft picks

The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey franchise based in Oakland, California from 196776. They played their first seven seasons in the West Division and their final two seasons in the Adams Division. During their time in Oakland the Golden Seals drafted 72 players and participated in ten National Hockey League Amateur Drafts before the franchise relocated to Cleveland, Ohio on July 14, 1976.

This list features every player drafted by the Golden Seals and his regular season stats for his career.

The Golden Seals' first draft pick was Ken Hicks who was selected third overall in the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft. The highest that California ever drafted was third overall, which they did three times, selecting Ken Hicks (1967), Rick Hampton (1974) and Ralph Klassen (1975). No Golden Seals' draft pick ever played in over 1,000 NHL games, the closest any player selected by the team came to this mark was Ron Stackhouse who played in 889 regular season games. To date no Golden Seals' draft pick has ever been selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

 #  Played at least one game with the Seals
 ↑  Spent entire NHL career with the Seals

Draft picks

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Draft Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA
1967 1 3 Ken Hicks   Canada C
1967 2 12 Gary Wood   United States D
1967 3 18 Kevin Smith   Canada D
1968 2 13 Doug Smith   Canada C
1968 3 20 Jim Trewin   Canada D
1969 1 7 Tony Featherstone#   Canada RW 130 17 21 38 65
1969 2 18 Ron Stackhouse#   Canada D 889 87 372 459 824
1969 3 29 Don O'Donoghue   Canada RW 125 18 17 35 35
1969 4 41 Pierre Farmer   Canada D
1969 5 53 Warren Harrison   Canada C
1969 6 65 Neil Nicholson#   Canada D 39 3 1 4 23
1969 7 76 Pete Vipond   Canada LW 3 0 0 0 0
1970 1 10 Chris Oddleifson   Canada C 524 95 191 286 464
1970 2 19 Pete Laframboise#   Canada LW 227 33 55 88 70
1970 3 33 Randy Rota   Canada C 212 38 39 87 60
1970 4 47 Ted McAneeley   Canada D 158 8 35 43 141
1970 5 61 Ray Gibbs   Canada G
1970 6 75 Doug Moyes   Canada LW
1970 7 88 Terry Murray#   Canada D 302 4 76 80 199
1970 8 100 Alan Henry   Canada D
1971 2 15 Ken Baird   Canada D 10 0 2 2 15
1971 3 29 Rich LeDuc   Canada C 130 28 38 66 69
1971 4 43 Hartland Monahan#   Canada RW 334 61 80 141 163
1971 5 57 Ray Belanger   Canada G
1971 6 71 Gerry Egers   Canada D
1971 7 85 Al Simmons#   Canada D 11 0 1 1 21
1971 8 99 Angus Beck   Canada C
1971 8 104 Rod Lyons   Canada LW
1972 2 22 Tom Cassidy   Canada C 26 3 4 7 15
1972 2 28 Stan Weir#   Canada C 642 139 207 346 183
1972 3 38 Paul Shakes   Canada D 21 0 4 4 12
1972 4 54 Claude St. Sauveur   Canada C 79 24 24 48 23
1972 5 70 Tim Jacobs#   Canada D 46 0 10 10 35
1972 6 86 Jacques Lefebvre   Canada G
1972 7 102 Mike Amodeo   Canada D 19 0 0 0 2
1972 8 118 Brent Meeke#   Canada F 75 9 22 31 8
1972 9 134 Denis Meloche   Canada F
1973 3 34 Jeff Jacques   Canada RW
1973 4 50 Ron Serafini   United States D 2 0 0 0 2
1973 5 66 Jim Moxey#   Canada F 127 22 27 49 59
1973 6 82 Willie Trognitz   Canada F
1973 7 98 Paul Tantardini   Canada LW
1973 8 114 Bruce Greig   Canada LW 9 0 1 1 46
1973 9 130 Larry Patey#   Canada C 717 153 163 316 631
1973 10 145 Doug Mahood   Canada RW
1973 11 160 Angie Moretto   Canada C 5 1 2 3 2
1974 1 3 Rick Hampton#   Canada D 337 59 113 172 147
1974 1 17 Ron Chipperfield   Canada C 83 22 24 46 34
1974 2 21 Bruce Affleck   Canada D 280 14 66 80 86
1974 3 39 Charlie Simmer#   Canada F 712 342 369 711 544
1974 4 57 Tom Price#   Canada D 29 0 2 2 12
1974 5 75 Jim Warden   United States G
1974 6 93 Tom Sundberg   Canada F
1974 7 111 Tom Anderson   United States D
1974 8 128 Jim McCabe   Canada C
1975 1 3 Ralph Klassen#   Canada F 497 52 93 145 120
1975 2 21 Dennis Maruk#   Canada C 888 356 522 878 761
1975 3 39 John Tweedle   Canada F
1975 4 57 Greg Smith#   Canada D 829 56 232 288 1112
1975 5 75 Doug Young   Canada D
1975 6 93 Larry Hendrick   Canada G
1975 7 111 Rick Shinske   Canada C 63 5 16 21 10
1975 8 129 Doug Schoenfeld   Canada D
1975 9 146 Jim Weaver   Canada G
1975 10 162 Greg Agar   Canada RW
1976 1 5 Bjorn Johansson   Sweden D 15 1 1 2 10
1976 2 23 Vern Stenlund   Canada C 4 0 0 0 0
1976 3 41 Mike Fidler   United States LW 271 84 97 181 124
1976 4 59 Warren Young   Canada F 236 72 77 149 472
1976 5 77 Darcy Regier   Canada D 26 0 2 2 35
1976 5 79 Cal Sandbeck   United States D
1976 6 95 Jouni Rinne   Finland F

See also

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References

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  • "All-time roster for the California Seals of the NHL". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  • "California Seals Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  • "California Golden Seals Draft History". Hockey Draft Central. Retrieved November 9, 2014.