Skip to content
HOCKEYSWEDES
SV
Everything about the Swedes in the NHL - right nowThe night every morning on@HockeySwedesCom

1976 NHL Draft

Clayton Pachal in the 1976 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Clayton Pachal 16th overall in the 1976 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 5 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. His 35 games put him 55th in the class.

Overall pick
16
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 16
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 13–19 in the 1976 draft

  1. 13Rod SchuttL286 GP · 169 PMTL
  2. 14Alex McKendryL46 GP · 9 PNYI
  3. 15Greg CarrollC131 GP · 54 PWSH
  4. 16Clayton PachalR35 GP · 5 PBOS
  5. 17Mark SuzorD64 GP · 20 PPHI
  6. 18Bruce BakerRMTL
  7. 19Greg MaloneC704 GP · 501 PPIT

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

16th
of 135 players selected
13th
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

Clayton Pachal made his NHL debut on January 15, 1977, 228 days after the draft.

35
Games
2
Goals
3
Assists
5
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 16Clayton PachalR35 GP · 5 PBOS
  2. 34Larry GloeknerD13 GP · 2 PBOS
  3. 70Bob MillerC404 GP · 194 PBOS
  4. 88Pete VandemarkLBOS
  5. 106Ted OlsonRBOS