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1975 NHL Draft

Mel Bridgman in the 1975 NHL Draft

Philadelphia Flyers selected Mel Bridgman first overall in the 1975 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 8 picks Philadelphia Flyers made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 1975, 86 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 977, and only 2 have scored more points than his 701.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 1975 draft

  1. 1Mel BridgmanC977 GP · 701 PPHI
  2. 2Barry DeanL165 GP · 81 PKCS
  3. 3Ralph KlassenC497 GP · 145 PCGS
  4. 4Bryan MaxwellD330 GP · 95 PMNS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1975 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1975 class

1st
of 216 players selected
1st
of 126 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Mel BridgmanC977 GP · 701 PPHI
  2. 2Barry DeanL165 GP · 81 PKCS
  3. 3Ralph KlassenC497 GP · 145 PCGS
  4. 4Bryan MaxwellD330 GP · 95 PMNS
  5. 5Rick LapointeD664 GP · 219 PDET
  6. 6Don AshbyC188 GP · 96 PTOR
  7. 7Gregory VaydikC5 GP · 0 PCHI
  8. 8Richard MulhernD303 GP · 120 PAFM
  9. 9Robin SadlerDMTL
  10. 10Rick BlightR326 GP · 221 PVAN

+ 206 more

The 1975 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mel Bridgman made his NHL debut on October 9, 1975, 128 days after the draft.

977
Games
252
Goals
449
Assists
701
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Philadelphia Flyers picks in the 1975 draft

  1. 1Mel BridgmanC977 GP · 701 PPHI
  2. 54Bob RitchieL29 GP · 12 PPHI
  3. 72Rick St. CroixG131 GP · 49 WPHI
  4. 90Gary MorrisonR43 GP · 16 PPHI
  5. 108Paul HolmgrenR527 GP · 323 PPHI
  6. 126Dana DeckerRPHI
  7. 160Viktor KhatulevLPHI
  8. 175Duffy SmithDPHI