The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They were members of the Smythe Division in the Clarence Campbell Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Scouts participated in three NHL amateur drafts, where participating teams select newly eligible players in a predefined order, and drafted 26 players.
# Played at least one game with the Scouts
↑ Spent entire NHL career with the Scouts
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Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | W | L | T | GAA |
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1974 | 1 | 2 | Wilf Paiement # | Canada | RW | 946 | 356 | 458 | 814 | 1757 | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 2 | 20 | Glen Burdon ↑ | Canada | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 3 | 38 | Bob Bourne | Canada | C | 964 | 258 | 324 | 582 | 605 | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 4 | 56 | Roger Lemelin # | Canada | D | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 5 | 74 | Mark Lomenda | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 6 | 92 | John Shewchuk | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 7 | 110 | Mike Boland # | Canada | D | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 9 | 145 | Brian Kuruliak | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 10 | 162 | Denis Carufel | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 11 | 177 | Soren Johansson | Sweden | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 12 | 191 | Mats Ulander | Sweden | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 13 | 203 | Ed Pizunski | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1974 | 14 | 213 | Willie Wing | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 1 | 2 | Barry Dean | Canada | LW | 165 | 25 | 56 | 81 | 146 | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 2 | 20 | Don Cairns # | Canada | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 3 | 38 | Neil Lyseng | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 4 | 56 | Ron Delorme | Canada | RW | 524 | 83 | 83 | 166 | 667 | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 5 | 74 | Terry McDonald ↑ | Canada | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 6 | 92 | Eric Sanderson | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 7 | 110 | Bill Oleschuk # | Canada | G | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 3.98 |
1975 | 8 | 128 | Joe Baker | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1975 | 9 | 145 | Scott Williams | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1976 | 1 | 11 | Paul Gardner | Canada | C | 447 | 201 | 201 | 402 | 207 | — | — | — | — |
1976 | 3 | 38 | Mike Kitchen | Canada | D | 474 | 12 | 62 | 74 | 370 | — | — | — | — |
1976 | 5 | 74 | Rick McIntyre | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1976 | 6 | 92 | Larry Skinner | Canada | C | 47 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
The Kansas City Scouts were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 to 1976. In 1976, the franchise relocated to Denver and became the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, the Rockies relocated to New Jersey where they have since been known as the New Jersey Devils.
Wilfrid Paiement, Jr. is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1974 through 1988, for seven different NHL teams. He is the younger brother of former NHL hockey player Rosaire Paiement.
Michel Pierre Plasse was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1982. He was selected first overall in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft by the Montreal Canadiens
Donald Cairns is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 9 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies between 1975 and 1977, as well as several years in various minor leagues during his career, which lasted from 1975 to 1978. Selected by the Scouts in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft and the Michigan Stags of the World Hockey Association in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft, Cairns signed with the Scouts and made his NHL debut that year, playing 7 games in the NHL and 33 in and the minor leagues. He played a further 2 NHL games the following year with Colorado, where the Scouts had relocated to, again spending time in the minors, and briefly played one further season before retiring in 1978.
The 1975–76 Kansas City Scouts season was the second and final season for the NHL franchise in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at Kemper Arena. The Scouts started the season by going 11–21–4 in their first 36 games, but after their December 28 win against the California Golden Seals, the Scouts would win only once in their final 44 games going 1–35–8, to finish with a record of 12 wins, 56 losses, and 12 ties.
The 1976 NHL Amateur Draft was the 14th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec, on June 1, 1976. It's notable as featuring one of the weakest first rounds in draft history, as only two players played more than 450 career NHL games. In 2002, Federko was elected into the Hockey Hall-of-Fame after playing fourteen seasons (1976–1990), with 13 of those with the St. Louis Blues. The Cleveland Barons drafted as the California Golden Seals and the Colorado Rockies took part as the Kansas City Scouts. The two franchises would relocate to their new cities on July 15 of that year.