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1976 NHL Draft

Rick Green in the 1976 NHL Draft

Washington Capitals selected Rick Green first overall in the 1976 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 9 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 135 players selected in 1976, 73 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 845.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
WSHWashington Capitals
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 1976 draft

  1. 1Rick GreenD845 GP · 263 PWSH
  2. 2Blair ChapmanR402 GP · 231 PPIT
  3. 3Glen SharpleyC389 GP · 278 PMNS
  4. 4Fred WilliamsR44 GP · 7 PDET

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

1st
of 135 players selected
1st
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 Green made his NHL debut on October 5, 1976, 126 days after the draft.

845
Games
43
Goals
220
Assists
263
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Washington Capitals picks in the 1976 draft

  1. 1Rick GreenD845 GP · 263 PWSH
  2. 15Greg CarrollC131 GP · 54 PWSH
  3. 37Tom RoweR357 GP · 185 PWSH
  4. 55Al GlendenningDWSH
  5. 73Douglas PateyR45 GP · 6 PWSH
  6. 91Jim BedardG73 GP · 17 WWSH
  7. 100Don WilsonDWSH
  8. 109Dale RideoutGWSH
  9. 119Allan DumbaRWSH