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1976 NHL Draft

Brian Sutter in the 1976 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Brian Sutter 20th overall in the 1976 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 16 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 779, and only 4 have scored more points than his 636.

Overall pick
20
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 2
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 17–23 in the 1976 draft

  1. 17Mark SuzorD64 GP · 20 PPHI
  2. 18Bruce BakerRMTL
  3. 19Greg MaloneC704 GP · 501 PPIT
  4. 20Brian SutterL779 GP · 636 PSTL
  5. 21Steve ClippingdaleL19 GP · 3 PLAK
  6. 22Reed LarsonD904 GP · 685 PDET
  7. 23Vern StenlundC4 GP · 0 PCGS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1976 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1976 class

20th
of 135 players selected
16th
of 83 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Rick GreenD845 GP · 263 PWSH
  2. 2Blair ChapmanR402 GP · 231 PPIT
  3. 3Glen SharpleyC389 GP · 278 PMNS
  4. 4Fred WilliamsR44 GP · 7 PDET
  5. 5Björn JohanssonD15 GP · 2 PCGS
  6. 6Don MurdochR320 GP · 238 PNYR
  7. 7Bernie FederkoC1000 GP · 1130 PSTL
  8. 8Dave ShandD421 GP · 103 PAFM
  9. 9Real CloutierR318 GP · 344 PCHI
  10. 10Harold PhillipoffL141 GP · 83 PAFM

+ 125 more

The 1976 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Brian Sutter made his NHL debut on December 4, 1976, 186 days after the draft.

779
Games
303
Goals
333
Assists
636
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 7Bernie FederkoC1000 GP · 1130 PSTL
  2. 20Brian SutterL779 GP · 636 PSTL
  3. 25John SmrkeL103 GP · 28 PSTL
  4. 43Jim KirkpatrickDSTL
  5. 56Mike LiutG663 GP · 293 WSTL
  6. 61Paul SkidmoreG2 GP · 1 WSTL
  7. 97Nels GoddardDSTL
  8. 113Mike EavesC324 GP · 226 PSTL
  9. 121Jacques SoguelCSTL
  10. 124David DornseifDSTL
  11. 126Bradley WilsonCSTL
  12. 128Dan HoeneFSTL
  13. 130Goran LindblomDSTL
  14. 132Jim BalesGSTL
  15. 134Anders HåkanssonL330 GP · 98 PSTL
  16. 135Juhani WalleniusFSTL