Gretzky in the draft

[Northern Dancer]

I will try and dig it up but I don't even think Gretzky went # 1 in the OHL Priority Draft, I think he went 2nd or 3rd over-all.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

It was 3rd.

Despite his offensive statistics, two teams bypassed him in the 1977 OMJHL Midget Draft of 16-year-olds. The Oshawa Generals picked Tom McCarthy, and the Niagara Falls Flyers picked Steve Peters second overall. With the third pick, the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds selected Gretzky

Per wiki, again.

 

[Northern Dancer]

It was 3rd.

Despite his offensive statistics, two teams bypassed him in the 1977 OMJHL Midget Draft of 16-year-olds. The Oshawa Generals picked Tom McCarthy, and the Niagara Falls Flyers picked Steve Peters second overall. With the third pick, the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds selected Gretzky

Per wiki, again.

Imagine the stories that Steve Peters can tell his kids. "Yup, back in the day I was drafted ahead of Wayne Gretzky into Junior hockey. If it weren't for my bad knee I would probably hold most of his records by now"