The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey franchise based in Oakland, California from 1967–76. They played their first seven seasons in the West Division and their final two seasons in the Adams Division. During their time in Oakland the Golden Seals drafted 72 players and participated in ten National Hockey League Amateur Drafts before the franchise relocated to Cleveland, Ohio on July 14, 1976.
This list features every player drafted by the Golden Seals and his regular season stats for his career.
The Golden Seals' first draft pick was Ken Hicks who was selected third overall in the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft. The highest that California ever drafted was third overall, which they did three times, selecting Ken Hicks (1967), Rick Hampton (1974) and Ralph Klassen (1975). No Golden Seals' draft pick ever played in over 1,000 NHL games, the closest any player selected by the team came to this mark was Ron Stackhouse who played in 889 regular season games. To date no Golden Seals' draft pick has ever been selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Key Played at least one game with the Seals Spent entire NHL career with the Seals
+ General terms and abbreviations Term or abbreviation Definition Draft The year that the player was selected Round The round of the draft in which the player was selected Pick The overall position in the draft at which the player was selected + Position abbreviations Abbreviation DefinitionG GoaltenderD DefenseLW Left wingC CenterRW Right wingF Forward
+ Abbreviations for statistical columns Abbreviation DefinitionPos PositionGP Games playedG GoalsA AssistsPts PointsPIM Penalties in minutesW WinsL LossesT TiesGAA Goals against average— Does not apply
Draft picks DraftRoundPickPlayerNationalityPosGPGAPtsPIMWLTGAA196713 C 1967212 D 1967318 D 1968213 C 1968320 D 196917 RW 130 17 21 38 65 1969218 D 889 87 372 459 824 1969329 RW 125 18 17 35 35 1969441 D 1969553 C 1969665 D 39 3 1 4 23 1969776 LW 3 0 0 0 0 1970110 C 524 95 191 286 464 1970219 LW 227 33 55 88 70 1970333 C 212 38 39 87 60 1970447 D 158 8 35 43 141 1970561 G 1970675 LW 1970788 D 302 4 76 80 199 19708100 D 1971215 D 10 0 2 2 15 1971329 C 130 28 38 66 69 1971443 RW 334 61 80 141 163 1971557 G 1971671 D 1971785 D 11 0 1 1 21 1971899 C 19718104 LW 1972222 C 26 3 4 7 15 1972228 C 642 139 207 346 183 1972338 D 21 0 4 4 12 1972454 C 79 24 24 48 23 1972570 D 46 0 10 10 35 1972686 G 19727102 D 19 0 0 0 2 19728118 F 75 9 22 31 8 19729134 F 1973334 RW 1973450 D 2 0 0 0 2 1973566 F 127 22 27 49 59 1973682 F 1973798 LW 19738114 LW 9 0 1 1 46 19739130 C 717 153 163 316 631 197310145 RW 197311160 C 5 1 2 3 2 197413 D 337 59 113 172 147 1974117 C 83 22 24 46 34 1974221 D 280 14 66 80 86 1974339 F 712 342 369 711 544 1974457 D 29 0 2 2 12 1974575 G 1974693 F 19747111 D 19748128 C 197513 F 497 52 93 145 120 1975221 C 888 356 522 878 761 1975339 F 1975457 D 829 56 232 288 1112 1975575 D 1975693 G 19757111 C 63 5 16 21 10 19758129 D 19759146 G 197510162 RW 197615 D 15 1 1 2 10 1976223 C 4 0 0 0 0 1976341 LW 271 84 97 181 124 1976459 F 236 72 77 149 472 1976577 D 26 0 2 2 35 1976579 D 1976695 F
See also List of California Golden Seals players List of Cleveland Barons draft picks 1967 NHL Expansion Draft
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