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This is a page to give a general guideline for creating pages about the various [[NHL Entry Draft]]s (NHL Amateur Draft prior to 1979).

==Introduction==
The first paragraph should lead with the year, date, and where it was held.
Example:
The '''1963 [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[NHL Entry Draft|Amateur Draft]]''' was held on [[June 5]] at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]].

This first major section should also include any interesting information or statistics about the draft.

== Draft list ==
The second major section is a listing of the people drafted. 

* The player's name should be a link only if they meet [[Wikipedia:HOCKEY/PPF#NOTE|notability guidelines]]. Use your discretion and common sense regarding this.
* The player positions should be spelled out and not abbreviated with the first occurrence of that position linked. 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Positions key
|'''ABRV''' || '''CODE''' || '''RENDERED LINK''' || '''NON LINKED'''
|-
| C || <nowiki> [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] </nowiki> || [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] || Centre
|-
| LW || <nowiki>[[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]</nowiki> || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]] || Left wing
|-
| D || <nowiki>[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]</nowiki> || [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] || Defence
|-
| RW || <nowiki>[[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]</nowiki> || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]] || Right wing
|-
| G || <nowiki>[[Goaltender]]</nowiki> || [[Goaltender]] || Goaltender
|-
| F || <nowiki>[[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]]</nowiki> || [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]] || Forward
|}
* Nationality is considered the players pace of birth using the [[Template:Flag|Flag]] Template. The flag used should be that which was in use the year the draft took place. This data should also be accurate for the time the draft occurred. So [[David Volek]] (drafted [[1984 NHL Entry Draft|1984]]) and [[Radek Dvorak]] (drafted [[1995 NHL Entry Draft|1995]]), both from what is now the Czech Republic, have "Czechoslovakia" and "Czech Republic" respectively given as their nationalities.
* Team, club, and league articles should also be linked first occurrence only and once each page. 


=== List format ===
* The list should include the head <nowiki>== Selections by round ==</nowiki>
* The list should include a header for each round (e.g. <nowiki>=== Round one ===</nowiki> <nowiki>=== Round two ===</nowiki> etc). 
* Each round of the list should be referenced.
* If the listing is incomplete include the template <nowiki>{{Hockey Draft info missing}}</nowiki>. 

The list format is as follows <sup>(copied from [[1963 NHL Amateur Draft]])</sup>:

<pre>
== Selections by round ==
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] <ref name="All-Star note">Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]
|}
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY ALL STAR  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#FFCC00"|  -->
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY HALL OF FAMER  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|  -->
=== Round one ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Garry Monahan]]  || [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Montreal Canadiens]] || St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Peter Mahovlich]] || Centre || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Detroit Red Wings]] || St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
|-
|align=center| 3 || Orest Romashyma || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]  || {{FRG}} || [[Boston Bruins]] || New Hamburg (OHA Jr. C)
|-
|align=center| 4 || Al Osborne || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[New York Rangers]] || Weston (OHA Jr. B)
|-
|align=center| 5 || Art Hampson || [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] || Trenton (Ont. Midgets)
|-
|align=center| 6 || [[Walt McKechnie]] || Centre || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] || London (OHA Jr. B)
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: {{cite web |title=1966 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1966/66main.htm |accessdate=11 January 2009}} </sup>
|}
</pre>

This generates the following table:

== Selections by round ==
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] <ref name="All-Star note">Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]
|}
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY ALL STAR  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#FFCC00"|  -->
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY HALL OF FAMER  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|  -->
=== Round one ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Garry Monahan]]  || [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Montreal Canadiens]] || St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Peter Mahovlich]] || Centre || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Detroit Red Wings]] || St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
|-
|align=center| 3 || Orest Romashyma || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]  || {{FRG}} || [[Boston Bruins]] || New Hamburg (OHA Jr. C)
|-
|align=center| 4 || Al Osborne || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[New York Rangers]] || Weston (OHA Jr. B)
|-
|align=center| 5 || Art Hampson || [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] || Trenton (Ont. Midgets)
|-
|align=center| 6 || [[Walt McKechnie]] || Centre || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] || London (OHA Jr. B)
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: {{cite web |title=1966 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1966/66main.htm |accessdate=11 January 2009}} </sup>
|}

== Additional headings ==

== Hall of Famers ==
* This section heading can be commented out until it is suitably edited.
* <sup>a layout format for this section has not yet been refined</sup>

== See also ==
* This section could include a small bulleted list of pertinent and related articles not previously linked within the article.
* [[1963-64 NHL season]]
* [[List of NHL players]]
* Expansion drafts held the same year

== References ==
* <nowiki>{{cite book}}</nowiki> references should be listed first followed by 
* <nowiki><references/></nowiki> which are auto generated.

== External Links ==
* External links related to the draft belong in this section and should be bulleted
* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/ hockeydraftcentral.com]
* [http://hockeydb.com/ hockeydb.com]
* [http://www.nhl.com NHL.com]

<nowiki>
{{NHL entry drafts}}
</nowiki>
Finally, the article should have the following category listings:
:A category for the year in ice hockey (e.g. <nowiki>
[[Category:1963 in ice hockey|NHL Amateur Draft]]
[[Category:National Hockey League Entry Draft]]
</nowiki>

== Article template ==
Below is the complete article template.
<pre>
The '''xxxx [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[NHL Entry Draft|Entry Draft]]''' was hosted by [[NHL TEAM]] on [[MONTH X]] at the [[WHERE IS WAS HOSTED]] in [[CITY/PROVINCE]], [[STATE]], [[COUNTRY]].

== Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the XXXX NHL Entry Draft.
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] <ref name="All-Star note">Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]
|}
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY ALL STAR  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#FFCC00"|  -->
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY HALL OF FAMER  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|  -->
=== Round one ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| 1  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center| 2  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: <!-- {{cite web |title= |url= |accessdate=XX Month YEAR}} --></sup>
|}

=== Round two ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| # ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: <!-- {{cite web |title= |url= |accessdate=XX Month YEAR}} --></sup>
|}
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= NHL All-Star<ref name="All-Star note"> Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= Hall of Famers
|}
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== Hall of Famers ==

-->
== See also ==
* 
* 

== References ==
* 
<references/>

== External links ==
* 
* 


{{NHL entry drafts}}

[[Category:National Hockey League Entry Draft]]
[[Category:XXXX in ice hockey|NHL Entry Draft]]
</pre>

This generates the following article layout:

The '''xxxx [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[NHL Entry Draft|Entry Draft]]''' was hosted by [[NHL TEAM]] on [[MONTH X]] at the [[WHERE IS WAS HOSTED]] in [[CITY/PROVINCE]], [[STATE]], [[COUNTRY]].

== Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the XXXX NHL Entry Draft.
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] <ref name="All-Star note">Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]
|}
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY ALL STAR  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#FFCC00"|  -->
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY HALL OF FAMER  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|  -->
=== Round one ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| 1  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center| 2  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: <!-- {{cite web |title= |url= |accessdate=XX Month YEAR}} --></sup>
|}

=== Round two ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| #  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: <!-- {{cite web |title= |url= |accessdate=XX Month YEAR}} --></sup>
|}

{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= NHL All-Star <ref name="All-Star note">Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= Hall of Famers
|}
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== Hall of Famers ==

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== See also ==
* 
* 

== References ==
* 
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* 
* 


{{NHL entry drafts}}


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