1964 NHL Amateur Draft
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The 1964 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

As was the case in the 1963 Draft, amateur players turning 17 years of age between August 1, 1964 and July 31, 1965 were eligible, if they were not already sponsored by an NHL club.

The order of the draft followed the agreement reached in 1963, where the order was fixed as Red Wings, Bruins, Rangers, Black Hawks, Maple Leafs and Canadiens. Once again each team received four picks, each team having the right to forfeit their selection and pass it to the next team in the order. All picks were exercised this year.

Of the 24 players selected only nine played in the NHL. Syl Apps, Jr., Jim Dorey, Tim Ecclestone and Mike Pelyk went on to have fruitful NHL careers, each playing well over 200 games a piece. However, the steal of this draft was the Bruins' third pick, 14th overall: Ken Dryden. Dryden made it known to the Bruins that he would elect to play at Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, instead of turning professional. The Bruins traded his negotiation rights to the Canadiens, where he would play seven full seasons and part of an eighth, earning a Conn Smythe Trophy, Calder Memorial Trophy, five Vezina Trophies, five All-Star Game appearances, five First All-Star awards and six Stanley Cups.

Selections by Round

Below are listed the selections in the 1964 NHL Amateur Draft.

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
1	Claude Gauthier (RW)		Detroit Red Wings	Rosemount Midgets
2	Alec Campbell (RW)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Strathroy Midgets
3	Bob Graham (D)		New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboro Midgets
4	Richie Bayes (C)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Dixie Midgets
5	Tom Martin (RW)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboro Midgets
6	Claude Chagnon (C)		Montreal Canadiens	Rosemount Midgets

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
7	Brian Watts (LW)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Toronto Marlboro Midgets
8	Jim Booth (LW)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Sault Ste. Marie Midgets
9	Tim Ecclestone (RW)	Canada	New York Rangers	Etobicoke (Junior B)
10	Jan Popiel (LW)	Denmark	Chicago Black Hawks	Georgetown Midgets
11	Dave Cotey		Toronto Maple Leafs	Aurora (Junior C)
12	Guy Allen (D)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Stamford (Junior B)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
13	Ralph Buchanan (LW)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Montreal East Intermediates
14	Ken Dryden (G)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Etobicoke (Junior B)
15	Gordon Lowe (D)		New York Rangers	Toronto Marlboro Midgets
16	Carl Hadfield (RW)		Chicago Black Hawks	Dixie (Junior B)
17	Mike Pelyk (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Marlboro Midgets
18	Paul Reid		Montreal Canadiens	Kingston Midgets

Round 4

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
19	Rene LeClerc (RW)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Hamilton (Junior B)
20	Blair Allister		Boston Bruins	Ingersoll (Junior B)
21	Syl Apps, Jr. (C)	Canada	New York Rangers	Kingston Midgets
22	Moe L'Abbe (RW)	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Rosemount Midgets
23	Jim Dorey (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Stamford (Junior B)
24	Michel Jacques (LW)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Megantic (Junior B)

See also

• 1964-65 NHL season
• List of NHL players

References

• Diamond, Dan; Duplacey, James; Dinger, Ralph; Kuperman, Igor; Zweig, Eric (1998). Total Hockey. New York: Total Sports Publishing, p. 286. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
• hockeydb.com