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1976 NHL Draft

Rick Hodgson in the 1976 NHL Draft

Atlanta Flames selected Rick Hodgson 46th overall in the 1976 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 3.

It was the fourth of the 6 picks Atlanta Flames made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 66th in the class.

Overall pick
46
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 10
Drafting team
AFMAtlanta Flames
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 43–49 in the 1976 draft

  1. 43Jim KirkpatrickDSTL
  2. 44Rob FlockhartR55 GP · 7 PVAN
  3. 45Thomas GradinC677 GP · 593 PCHI
  4. 46Rick HodgsonD6 GP · 0 PAFM
  5. 47Morris LukowichL582 GP · 418 PPIT
  6. 48Alain BelangerR9 GP · 1 PTOR
  7. 49Don MooresCLAK

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

46th
of 135 players selected
15th
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

Rick Hodgson made his NHL debut on December 11, 1979, 3 years and 193 days after the draft.

6
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Atlanta Flames picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 8Dave ShandD421 GP · 103 PAFM
  2. 10Harold PhillipoffL141 GP · 83 PAFM
  3. 28Bobby SimpsonL175 GP · 64 PAFM
  4. 46Rick HodgsonD6 GP · 0 PAFM
  5. 64Kent NilssonC553 GP · 686 PAFM
  6. 82Mark EarpGAFM