Garry Monahan

Garry Michael Monahan (born October 20, 1946) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League. He holds the distinction of being the first draft pick in NHL history, selected first overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1963 NHL amateur draft of sixteen-year-old players, the inaugural pick of the league's first draft. The draft was held behind closed doors with little press coverage and was obscure enough that Monahan was surprised by his selection; his father wondered aloud whether the team had instead drafted Pat Monahan, Garry's older brother. Monahan was one of only five of the twenty-one players drafted who reached the NHL.

The following season he played junior B hockey with the St. Michael's Buzzers in Toronto before moving up to the junior A Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey Association, where he played from 1964 to 1967. In his final junior year he became a top scorer on a line with Mickey Redmond, the league's leading goal scorer, recording 30 goals and 84 points in 47 games on an otherwise weak Petes team. He made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in the 1967–68 season.