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1976 NHL Draft

Mike Kitchen in the 1976 NHL Draft

Kansas City Scouts selected Mike Kitchen 38th overall in the 1976 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 3.

It was the second of the 4 picks Kansas City Scouts made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. His 474 games put him 14th in the class.

Overall pick
38
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 2
Drafting team
KCSKansas City Scouts
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 35–41 in the 1976 draft

  1. 35Drew CallanderR39 GP · 8 PPHI
  2. 36Barry MelroseD300 GP · 33 PMTL
  3. 37Tom RoweR357 GP · 185 PWSH
  4. 38Mike KitchenD474 GP · 74 PKCS
  5. 39Don JacksonD315 GP · 68 PMNS
  6. 40Fred BerryC3 GP · 0 PDET
  7. 41Mike FidlerL271 GP · 181 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

38th
of 135 players selected
11th
of 39 defensemen 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

Mike Kitchen made his NHL debut on November 13, 1976, 165 days after the draft.

474
Games
12
Goals
62
Assists
74
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Kansas City Scouts picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 11Paul GardnerC447 GP · 402 PKCS
  2. 38Mike KitchenD474 GP · 74 PKCS
  3. 74Rick McIntyreLKCS
  4. 92Larry SkinnerC47 GP · 22 PKCS