The PHL held it's second-ever expansion draft of June 10, 1974, to fill the rosters for the Seattle Grey Wolves and Dallas Metros. Each team selected one goalie, four defensemen, and eight forwards. The most notable selections for Seattle were Bruce Walker, a 15-year PHL and GHL veteran coming off his first Lewis Cup victory with Detroit, goaltender Bruce Wallace, who played 16 years between Chicago and St. Louis, and Allan Fox, a steady forward who had been very popular with the Nova Scotia Claymores. Among Dallas' most notable selections were James Steger, Nova Scotia's number one goalie throughout most of their existence, Jeff Nichols, a young, up-and-coming defenseman who had only four years under his belt with the Chicago Shamrocks, and former New York Civics legend David Riley, who had played alongside Skippy Cleveland and Bernie Bassen during the Civics' back-to-back title runs in the 1950s. The Metros took a major risk selecting Riley, who had hinted that he might retire before the 1974-75 season. Here are the rest of the selections;
POS - Name - Previous Team
Seattle:
G - Bruce Wallace - STL
D - Glen Welton - BOS
D - Pat Lawson - CGY
D - Kerry Floyd - QUE
D - Mike Peters - LA
F - Bruce Walker - DET
F- Jeff Morris - MIN
F - Brian Hardy - CAL
F - Allan Fox - NSC
F - David Strickland - VAN
F - Cliff Bates - PHI
F - Jeff Ryan - WPG
F - Chase Watts - OTT
Dallas:
G - James Steger - NSC
D - Jeff Nichols - CHI
D - Glen Park - STL
D - Gilbert Tucker - NYC
D - Bobby Fisher - DET
F - Jeff Perry - BOS
F - Jake Fowler - OTT
F - Ervin Cole - MTL
F - Dave Roberts - PHI
F - Freddy Brown - QUE
F - Dave Riley - NYC
F - Greg Tyler - MIN
F - Ross Becker - PIT
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