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This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
Entry Draft by the
Atlanta Flames
The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta from 1972 until 1980. They played home games in the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along with t ...
franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, from
1972
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to
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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, regardless of whether they played for the team.
Key
Played at least one game with the Flames
Spent entire NHL career with the Flames
Draft picks
File:Eric vail atlanta flames 1978.jpg, The Flames selected Eric Vail 21st overall in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.
File:Brad-marsh calgary-flames-v-st-louis 11-29-1980.jpg, The Flames selected Brad Marsh
Charles Bradley Marsh (born March 31, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played as a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). Marsh played for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Mapl ...
11th overall in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1978 NHL Amateur Draft was the 16th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 15, 1978. It was the last draft to be called the "Amateur Draft" before the process was renamed to the NHL Entry Dr ...
.
See also
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List of Atlanta Flames players
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1972 NHL Expansion Draft
The 1972 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1972. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two then-new expansion teams for the 1972–73 season, the New York Islanders and the Atlanta Flames.
Rules
Each expansion team was ...
*
List of Calgary Flames draft picks
References
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draft picks
Atlanta Flames
The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta from 1972 until 1980. They played home games in the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along with t ...