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1976 NHL Draft

Ken Morrow in the 1976 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Ken Morrow 68th overall in the 1976 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 4.

It was the fourth of the 6 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. His 550 games put him 13th in the class.

Overall pick
68
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 14
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 65–71 in the 1976 draft

  1. 65Greg RedquestG1 GP · 0 WPIT
  2. 66Tim WilliamsDTOR
  3. 67Bob MearsGLAK
  4. 68Ken MorrowD550 GP · 105 PNYI
  5. 69Henry MazeCBUF
  6. 70Bob MillerC404 GP · 194 PBOS
  7. 71Dave HynekRPHI

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

68th
of 135 players selected
21st
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

Ken Morrow made his NHL debut on March 1, 1980, 3 years and 274 days after the draft.

550
Games
17
Goals
88
Assists
105
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 14Alex McKendryL46 GP · 9 PNYI
  2. 32Mike KaszyckiC226 GP · 122 PNYI
  3. 50Garth MacGuiganC5 GP · 1 PNYI
  4. 68Ken MorrowD550 GP · 105 PNYI
  5. 86Mike HordyD11 GP · 0 PNYI
  6. 104Yvon VautourR204 GP · 59 PNYI