This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Atlanta Flames franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, from 1972 to 1979, regardless of whether they played for the team.
This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Atlanta Flames franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, from 1972 to 1979, regardless of whether they played for the team.
# Played at least one game with the Flames
↑ Spent entire NHL career with the Flames
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| Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | W | L | T | GAA |
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| 1972 | 1 | 2 | Jacques Richard # |  Canada | C | 556 | 160 | 187 | 347 | 307 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 2 | 18 | Dwight Bialowas # | Canada | D | 164 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 46 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 3 | 34 | Jean Lemieux # | Canada | D | 204 | 23 | 63 | 86 | 39 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 4 | 50 | Don Martineau # | Canada | RW | 90 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 63 | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 78 | John Martin | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 82 | Frank Blum | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 98 | Scott Smith | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 114 | Dave Murphy | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 130 | Pierre Roy | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 132 | Jean Lamarre | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 1 | 2 | Tom Lysiak # | Canada | F | 919 | 292 | 551 | 843 | 569 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 1 | 16 | Vic Mercredi ↑ | Canada | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 2 | 21 | Eric Vail # | Canada | F | 591 | 216 | 260 | 476 | 281 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 4 | 53 | Dean Talafous # |  United States | F | 497 | 104 | 154 | 258 | 163 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 69 | John Flesch | Canada | LW | 124 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 112 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 6 | 85 | Ken Houston # | Canada | D | 570 | 161 | 167 | 328 | 624 | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 7 | 101 | Tom Machowski | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 8 | 117 | Bob Law | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 9 | 133 | Bob Bilodeau | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 10 | 148 | Glen Surbey | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 10 | 149 | Guy Ross | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973 | 11 | 162 | Greg Fox # | Canada | D | 494 | 14 | 93 | 107 | 637 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 2 | 28 | Guy Chouinard # | Canada | F | 578 | 205 | 370 | 575 | 120 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 3 | 46 | Dick Spannbauer | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 4 | 58 | Pat Ribble # | Canada | D | 349 | 19 | 60 | 79 | 365 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 4 | 64 | Cam Botting ↑ | Canada | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 82 | Jerry Badiuk | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 6 | 100 | Bill Moen | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 7 | 118 | Peter Brown | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 135 | Tom Lindskog | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 9 | 152 | Larry Hopkins | Canada | LW | 60 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 10 | 167 | Louis Loranger | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974 | 11 | 182 | Randy Montgomery | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 1 | 8 | Richard Mulhern # | Canada | D | 303 | 27 | 93 | 120 | 217 | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 2 | 26 | Rick Bowness # | Canada | C | 173 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 191 | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 4 | 62 | Dale Ross | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 80 | Willi Plett # | Canada | RW | 834 | 222 | 215 | 437 | 2572 | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 98 | Paul Heaver | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 116 | Dale McMullin | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 8 | 134 | Rick Piche | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 9 | 150 | Nick Sanza | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 10 | 167 | Brian O'Connell | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 11 | 181 | Joe Augustine | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 192 | Torbjorn Nilsson |  Sweden | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975 | 16 | 216 | Gary Gill | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 1 | 8 | David Shand # | Canada | D | 421 | 19 | 84 | 103 | 544 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 1 | 10 | Harold Phillipoff # | Canada | W | 141 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 267 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 2 | 28 | Bobby Simpson # | Canada | LW | 175 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 98 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 3 | 46 | Rick Hodgson | Canada | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 4 | 64 | Kent Nilsson # | Sweden | F | 553 | 264 | 422 | 686 | 116 | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 5 | 82 | Mark Earp | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 2 | 20 | Miles Zaharko # | Canada | D | 129 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 84 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 2 | 28 | Don Laurence # | Canada | C | 79 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 2 | 31 | Brian Hill | Canada | RW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 4 | 72 | Jim Craig # | United States | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3.78 |
| 1977 | 5 | 82 | Curt Christopherson | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 6 | 100 | Bernie Harbec | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 7 | 118 | Bob Gould # | Canada | F | 697 | 145 | 159 | 304 | 572 | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 133 | Jimmy Bennett | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 148 | Tim Harrer ↑ | United States | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 1 | 11 | Brad Marsh # | Canada | D | 1086 | 23 | 175 | 198 | 1241 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 3 | 47 | Tim Bernhardt # | Canada | G | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 4.27 |
| 1978 | 4 | 64 | Jim MacRae | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 5 | 80 | Gord Wappel ↑ | Canada | D | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 6 | 97 | Greg Meredith ↑ | Canada | F | 38 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 7 | 114 | Dave Hindmarch ↑ | Canada | F | 99 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 8 | 131 | Dave Morrison | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 148 | Doug Todd | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 10 | 165 | Mark Green | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 11 | 180 | Bob Sullivan | Canada | LW | 62 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 196 | Bernhard Engelbrecht |  Germany | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 1 | 12 | Paul Reinhart # | Canada | D | 648 | 133 | 427 | 560 | 277 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 2 | 23 | Mike Perovich | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 2 | 33 | Pat Riggin # | Canada | G | 350 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 153 | 120 | 52 | 3.43 |
| 1979 | 3 | 54 | Tim Hunter # | Canada | F | 815 | 62 | 76 | 138 | 3146 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 4 | 75 | Jim Peplinski ↑ | Canada | F | 711 | 161 | 263 | 424 | 1467 | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 5 | 96 | Brad Kempthorne | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 117 | Glenn Johnson | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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The following is a chronicle of events during the year 1972 in ice hockey.
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