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Round 1 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
1 Boston Bruins Joe Thornton Sault Ste. Marie 904 283 639 922 130 873
2 San Jose Sharks Patrick Marleau Seattle 939 317 365 682 21 321
3 Los Angeles Kings Olli Jokinen HIFK Helsinki 868 250 312 562 -84 859
4 New York Islanders Roberto Luongo Val d'Or 602 0 13 13 0 30 602 266 250 66 2.55 .919
5 New York Islanders Eric Brewer Prince George 668 54 137 191 -108 519
6 Calgary Flames Daniel Tkaczuk Barrie 19 4 7 11 1 14
7 Tampa Bay Lightning Paul Mara Sudbury 681 63 184 247 -111 688
8 Boston Bruins Sergei Samsonov Detroit 796 221 306 527 16 193
9 Washington Capitals Nick Boynton Ottawa 547 33 102 135 16 810
10 Vancouver Canucks Brad Ference Spokane 250 4 30 34 -44 565
11 Montreal Canadiens Jason Ward Erie 336 36 45 81 -29 171
12 Ottawa Senators Marian Hossa Dukla Trencin 818 359 400 759 132 472
13 Chicago Blackhawks Daniel Cleary Belleville 670 111 167 278 23 365
14 Edmonton Oilers Michel Riesen Biel-Bienne 12 0 1 1 2 4
15 Los Angeles Kings Matt Zultek Ottawa
16 Chicago Blackhawks Ty Jones Spokane 14 0 0 0 -1 19
17 Pittsburgh Penguins Robert Dome Las Vegas (IHL) 53 7 7 14 0 12
18 Anaheim Ducks Michael Holmqvist Djurgarden 156 18 17 35 -25 72
19 New York Rangers Stefan Cherneski Brandon
20 Florida Panthers Mike Brown Red Deer 34 1 2 3 1 130
21 Buffalo Sabres Mika Noronen Tappara Tampere 71 1 0 1 0 4 71 23 32 6 2.68 .901
22 Carolina Hurricanes Nikos Tselios Belleville 2 0 0 0 -2 6
23 San Jose Sharks Scott Hannan Kelowna 739 30 142 172 24 444
24 New Jersey Devils Jean-Francois Damphousse Moncton 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 0 2.45 .896
25 Dallas Stars Brenden Morrow Portland 654 188 236 424 112 1004
26 Colorado Avalanche Kevin Grimes Kingston
Round 2 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
27 Boston Bruins Ben Clymer U. of Minnesota 438 52 77 129 -64 367
28 Carolina Hurricanes Brad DeFauw North Dakota 9 3 0 3 -2 2
29 Los Angeles Kings Scott Barney Peterborough 27 5 6 11 1 4
30 Philadelphia Flyers Jean-Marc Pelletier Cornell 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 4 0 3.90 .857
31 New York Islanders Jeff Zehr Windsor 4 0 0 0 -1 2
32 Calgary Flames Evan Lindsay Prince Albert
33 Tampa Bay Lightning Kyle Kos Red Deer
34 Vancouver Canucks Ryan Bonni Saskatoon 3 0 0 0 -1 0
35 Washington Capitals Jean-Francois Fortin Sherbrooke 71 1 4 5 -4 42
36 Vancouver Canucks Harold Druken Detroit 146 27 36 63 18 36
37 Montreal Canadiens Gregor Baumgartner Laval
38 New Jersey Devils Stanislav Gron Slovan Bratislava 1 0 0 0 1 0
39 Chicago Blackhawks Jeremy Reich Seattle 99 2 4 6 -18 161
40 St. Louis Blues Tyler Rennette North Bay
41 Edmonton Oilers Patrick Dovigi Erie
42 Calgary Flames John Tripp Oshawa 43 2 7 9 -3 35
43 Phoenix Coyotes Juha Gustafsson Kiekko-Espoo
44 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Gaffaney North Iowa Jr. A
45 Anaheim Ducks Maxim Balmochnykh Lada Togliatti 6 0 1 1 2 2
46 New York Rangers Wes Jarvis Kitchener
47 Florida Panthers Kristian Huselius Farjestad 608 171 243 414 -3 240
48 Buffalo Sabres Henrik Tallinder AIK Solna 453 19 85 104 43 272
49 Detroit Red Wings Yuri Butsayev Lada Togliatti 99 10 4 14 -13 28
50 Philadelphia Flyers Pat Kavanagh Peterborough 14 2 0 2 0 4
51 Calgary Flames Dmitri Kokorev Dynamo-2 Moscow
52 Dallas Stars Roman Lyashenko Torpedo Yaroslavl 139 14 9 23 -7 55
53 Colorado Avalanche Graham Belak Edmonton
Round 3 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
54 Boston Bruins Mattias Karlin MoDo Ornskoldsvik
55 Colorado Avalanche Rick Berry Seattle 197 2 13 15 -6 314
56 Florida Panthers Vratislav Cech Kitchener
57 Toronto Maple Leafs Jeff Farkas Boston College 11 0 2 2 -1 6
58 Ottawa Senators Jani Hurme TPS Turku 76 0 0 0 0 19 76 29 25 11 2.61 .906
59 New York Islanders Jarrett Smith Prince George
60 Calgary Flames Derek Schutz Spokane
61 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Elich Windsor 16 1 1 2 -6 0
62 Philadelphia Flyers Kris Mallette Kelowna
63 Boston Bruins Lee Goren North Dakota 67 5 4 9 -16 44
64 Vancouver Canucks Kyle Freadrich Regina 23 0 1 1 -2 75
65 Montreal Canadiens Ilkka Mikkola Karpat Oulu
66 Ottawa Senators Josh Langfeld Lincoln 143 9 23 32 8 60
67 Chicago Blackhawks Mike Souza New Hampshire
68 Edmonton Oilers Sergei Yerkovich Las Vegas (IHL)
69 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov Dynamo Moscow 637 155 231 386 -35 480
70 Calgary Flames Erik Andersson U. of Denver 12 2 1 3 -4 8
71 Pittsburgh Penguins Josef Melichar Ceske Budejovice 349 7 42 49 -26 300
72 Anaheim Ducks Jay Legault London
73 New York Rangers Burke Henry Brandon 39 2 6 8 -13 33
74 Florida Panthers Nick Smith Barrie 15 0 0 0 -1 0
75 Buffalo Sabres Jeff Martin Windsor
76 Detroit Red Wings Petr Sykora Pardubice 12 2 2 4 -1 6
77 Dallas Stars Steve Gainey Kamloops 33 0 2 2 -3 34
78 Colorado Avalanche Ville Nieminen Tappara Tampere 385 48 69 117 -28 333
79 New York Islanders Robert Schnabel Slavia Praha 22 0 3 3 6 34
80 Carolina Hurricanes Francis Lessard Val d'Or 91 1 3 4 -6 268
Round 4 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
81 Boston Bruins Karol Bartanus Drummondville
82 San Jose Sharks Adam Colagiacomo Oshawa
83 Los Angeles Kings Joe Corvo Western Michigan 474 66 148 214 42 186
84 Toronto Maple Leafs Adam Mair Owen Sound 535 35 71 106 -8 760
85 New York Islanders Petr Mika Slavia Praha 3 0 0 0 -1 0
86 St. Louis Blues Didier Tremblay Halifax
87 Colorado Avalanche Brad Larsen Swift Current 294 19 29 48 -23 134
88 Carolina Hurricanes Shane Willis Lethbridge 174 31 43 74 -16 77
89 Washington Capitals Curtis Cruickshank Kingston
90 Vancouver Canucks Chris Stanley Belleville
91 Montreal Canadiens Daniel Tetrault Brandon
92 Calgary Flames Chris St. Croix Kamloops
93 New York Rangers Tomi Kallarsson HPK Hameenlinna
94 Edmonton Oilers Jonas Elofsson Farjestad
95 Florida Panthers Ivan Novoseltsev Krylja Sovetov 234 31 44 75 -47 112
96 Phoenix Coyotes Scott McCallum Tri-City
97 Pittsburgh Penguins Alexandre Mathieu Halifax
98 St. Louis Blues Jan Horacek Slavia Praha
99 Los Angeles Kings Sean Blanchard Ottawa
100 Calgary Flames Ryan Ready Belleville 7 0 1 1 0 0
101 Buffalo Sabres Luc Theoret Lethbridge
102 Detroit Red Wings Quintin Laing Kelowna 71 3 6 9 9 31
103 Philadelphia Flyers Mikhail Chernov Torpedo Yaroslavl 2
104 New Jersey Devils Lucas Nehrling Sarnia
105 Dallas Stars Marcus Kristoffersson Mora
106 St. Louis Blues Jame Pollock Seattle 9 0 0 0 -1 6
Round 5 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
107 San Jose Sharks Adam Nittel Erie
108 Tampa Bay Lightning Mark Thompson Regina
109 Tampa Bay Lightning Jan Sulc Chemopetrol Litvinov
110 Chicago Blackhawks Ben Simon U. of Notre Dame 81 3 1 4 -13 47
111 Toronto Maple Leafs Frantisek Mrazek Ceske Budejovice
112 Tampa Bay Lightning Karel Betik Kelowna 3 0 2 2 -3 2
113 Calgary Flames Martin Moise Beauport
114 Vancouver Canucks David Darguzas Edmonton
115 New York Islanders Adam Edinger Bowling Green
116 Washington Capitals Kevin Caulfield Boston College
117 Vancouver Canucks Matt Cockell Saskatoon
118 Montreal Canadiens Konstantin Sidulov Traktor Chelyabinsk
119 Ottawa Senators Magnus Arvedson Farjestad 434 100 125 225 109 241
120 Chicago Blackhawks Peter Gardiner RPI
121 Edmonton Oilers Jason Chimera Medicine Hat 487 86 98 184 -11 495
122 Montreal Canadiens Gennady Razin Kamloops
123 Phoenix Coyotes Curtis Suter Spokane
124 Pittsburgh Penguins Harlan Pratt Prince Albert
125 Anaheim Ducks Luc Vaillancourt Beauport
126 New York Rangers Jason McLean Moose Jaw
127 Florida Panthers Pat Parthenais Detroit
128 Buffalo Sabres Torrey DiRoberto Seattle
129 Detroit Red Wings John Wikstrom Lulea
130 Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder Regina 590 114 180 294 -71 309
131 New Jersey Devils Jiri Bicek Kosice 62 6 7 13 6 29
132 Dallas Stars Teemu Elomo TPS Turku
133 Colorado Avalanche Aaron Miskovich Green Bay
134 New York Rangers Johan Lindbom HV 71 Jonkoping 38 1 3 4 4 28
Round 6 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
135 Boston Bruins Denis Timofeev CSKA Moscow 2
136 New York Rangers Mike York Michigan State 579 127 195 322 -34 135
137 Los Angeles Kings Richard Seeley Prince Albert
138 Toronto Maple Leafs Eric Gooldy Detroit
139 New York Islanders Bobby Leavins Brandon
140 Calgary Flames Ilja Demidov Dynamo-2 Moscow
141 Edmonton Oilers Peter Sarno Windsor 7 1 0 1 2 2
142 Carolina Hurricanes Kyle Dafoe Owen Sound
143 Washington Capitals Henrik Petre Djurgarden
144 Vancouver Canucks Matt Cooke Windsor 726 112 156 268 34 841
145 Montreal Canadiens Jonathan Desroches Granby
146 Ottawa Senators Jeff Sullivan Halifax
147 Chicago Blackhawks Heath Gordon Green Bay
148 Vancouver Canucks Larry Shapley Welland Jr. B
149 St. Louis Blues Nicholas Bilotto Beauport
150 Los Angeles Kings Jeff Katcher Brandon
151 Phoenix Coyotes Robert Francz Peterborough
152 Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Havelka Sparta Praha
153 Tampa Bay Lightning Andrei Skopintsev TPS Turku 40 2 4 6 -10 32
154 New York Rangers Shawn Degagne Kitchener
155 Florida Panthers Keith Delaney Barrie
156 Buffalo Sabres Brian Campbell Ottawa 561 49 236 285 25 161
157 Detroit Red Wings B.J. Young Red Deer 1 0 0 0 0 0
158 Philadelphia Flyers Jordon Flodell Moose Jaw
159 New Jersey Devils Sascha Goc Schwenningen 22 0 0 0 5 4
160 Dallas Stars Alexei Timkin Torpedo Yaroslavl 2
161 Colorado Avalanche David Aebischer Fribourg 214 0 5 5 0 30 214 106 74 17 2.52 .912
Round 7 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
162 Boston Bruins Joel Trottier Ottawa
163 San Jose Sharks Joe Dusbabek U. of Notre Dame
164 Philadelphia Flyers Todd Fedoruk Kelowna 533 31 65 96 -21 1022
165 Toronto Maple Leafs Hugo Marchand Victoriaville
166 New York Islanders Kris Knoblauch Imperial
167 Calgary Flames Jeremy Rondeau Swift Current
168 Tampa Bay Lightning Justin Jack Kelowna
169 Carolina Hurricanes Andrew Merrick U. of Michigan
170 Tampa Bay Lightning Eero Somervuori Jokerit Helsinki
171 Vancouver Canucks Rod Leroux Seattle
172 Montreal Canadiens Ben Guite U. of Maine 175 19 26 45 -4 97
173 Ottawa Senators Robin Bacul Slavia Praha Jr.
174 Chicago Blackhawks Jerad Smith Portland
175 New York Rangers Johan Holmqvist Brynas Gavle 99 0 4 4 0 6 99 48 34 9 2.99 .890
176 Edmonton Oilers Kevin Bolibruck Peterborough
177 St. Louis Blues Ladislav Nagy Dragon Presov 435 115 196 311 35 358
178 Anaheim Ducks Tony Mohagen Seattle
179 Pittsburgh Penguins Mark Moore Harvard
180 Boston Bruins Jim Baxter Oshawa
181 Anaheim Ducks Mat Snesrud North Iowa Jr. A
182 New York Rangers Mike Mottau Boston College 244 7 41 48 9 131
183 Florida Panthers Tyler Palmer Lake Superior State
184 Buffalo Sabres Jeremy Adduono Sudbury
185 Tampa Bay Lightning Samuel St-Pierre Victoriaville
186 Detroit Red Wings Mike Laceby Kingston
187 Edmonton Oilers Chad Hinz Moose Jaw
188 New Jersey Devils Mathieu Benoit Chicoutimi
189 Dallas Stars Jeff McKercher Barrie
190 Toronto Maple Leafs Shawn Thornton Peterborough 279 15 25 40 -13 464
Round 8 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
191 Boston Bruins Antti Laaksonen U. of Denver 483 81 87 168 -11 152
192 San Jose Sharks Cam Severson Prince Albert 37 3 0 3 -3 63
193 Los Angeles Kings Jay Kopischke North Iowa Jr. A
194 Toronto Maple Leafs Russ Bartlett Exeter (High-NH)
195 Carolina Hurricanes Niklas Nordgren MoDo Ornskoldsvik 58 4 2 6 -8 34
196 New York Islanders Jeremy Symington Petrolia Jr. B
197 Montreal Canadiens Petr Kubos Petra Vsetin
198 Tampa Bay Lightning Shawn Skolney Seattle
199 Carolina Hurricanes Randy Fitzgerald Detroit
200 Washington Capitals Pierre-Luc Therrien Drummondville
201 Vancouver Canucks Denis Martynyuk CSKA Moscow 2
202 Montreal Canadiens Andrei Sidyakin Salavat Yulayev Ufa
203 Ottawa Senators Nick Gillis Cushing Academy (High-MA)
204 Chicago Blackhawks Sergei Shikhanov Lada Togliatti
205 Edmonton Oilers Chris Kerr Sudbury
206 St. Louis Blues Bobby Haglund Des Moines
207 Phoenix Coyotes Alexander Andreyev Weyburn
208 Pittsburgh Penguins Andrew Ference Portland 566 24 116 140 -33 504
209 Anaheim Ducks Rene Stussi Thurgau
210 New York Rangers Andrew Proskurnicki Sarnia
211 Florida Panthers Doug Schueller Twin Cities Jr.
212 Buffalo Sabres Kamil Piros Chemopetrol Litvinov 28 4 4 8 -2 10
213 Detroit Red Wings Steve Willejto Prince Albert
214 Philadelphia Flyers Marko Kauppinen JYP HT Jyvaskyla Jr.
215 New Jersey Devils Scott Clemmensen Des Moines 81 0 0 0 0 2 81 38 26 5 2.75 .904
216 Dallas Stars Alexei Komarov Dynamo-2 Moscow
217 Colorado Avalanche Doug Schmidt Waterloo Jr. A
Round 9 NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats
Overall Team Player Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
218 Boston Bruins Eric Van Acker Chicoutimi
219 San Jose Sharks Mark Smith Lethbridge 377 23 47 70 -10 457
220 Los Angeles Kings Konrad Brand Medicine Hat
221 Toronto Maple Leafs Jonathan Hedstrom Skelleftea 83 13 14 27 1 48
222 New York Islanders Ryan Clark Lincoln
223 Calgary Flames Dustin Paul Moose Jaw
224 Tampa Bay Lightning Paul Comrie U. of Denver 15 1 2 3 -2 4
225 Carolina Hurricanes Kent McDonell Guelph 32 1 2 3 -8 36
226 Washington Capitals Matt Oikawa St. Lawrence
227 Vancouver Canucks Peter Brady Powell River Jr. A
228 Montreal Canadiens Jarl Espen Ygranes Furuset
229 Ottawa Senators Karel Rachunek ZPS Zlin Jr. 371 22 118 140 49 227
230 Chicago Blackhawks Chris Feil Ohio State
231 Edmonton Oilers Alexander Fomichev St. Albert Jr. A
232 St. Louis Blues Dmitri Plekhanov Neftekhimik
233 Phoenix Coyotes Wyatt Smith Minnesota-Duluth 211 10 22 32 -18 65
234 Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Lind Avon Old Farms (High-CT)
235 Anaheim Ducks Tommi Degerman Boston U.
236 New York Rangers Richard Miller Providence
237 Florida Panthers Benoit Cote Shawinigan
238 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Kemp Lethbridge
239 Detroit Red Wings Greg Willers Kingston
240 Philadelphia Flyers Par Styf MoDo Ornskoldsvik
241 New Jersey Devils Jan Srdinko Petra Vsetin
242 Dallas Stars Brett McLean Kelowna 385 56 106 162 -28 204
243 Colorado Avalanche Kyle Kidney Salisbury (High-CT)
244 St. Louis Blues Marek Ivan Lethbridge
245 Colorado Avalanche Stephen Lafleur Ottawa
246 Boston Bruins Jay Henderson Edmonton 33 1 3 4 -1 37