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2002 NHL Entry Draft

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 22-23, 2002

The 2002 NHL Entry Draft was held June 22-23 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 291 players were drafted: 35 from the OHL; 23 from the QMJHL; 43 from the WHL; 41 from the NCAA; 6 from U.S High Schools and 110 from outside North America.

Selections by round

Round one | Round two | Round three | Round four | Round five | Round six | Round seven | Round eight | Round nine

[edit] Round one

†	= All-Star[1]

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Rick Nash (forward) †	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	London Knights
2	Kari Lehtonen (goaltender)	Finland	Atlanta Thrashers	Jokerit
3	Jay Bouwmeester (defence) †	Canada	Florida Panthers	Medicine Hat Tigers
4	Joni Pitkanen (defence)	Finland	Philadelphia Flyers	Kärpät
5	Ryan Whitney (defence)	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Boston University
6	Scottie Upshall (forward)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Kamloops Blazers
7	Joffrey Lupul (forward)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Medicine Hat Tigers
8	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (forward)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
9	Petr Taticek (forward)	Czech Republic	Florida Panthers	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
10	Eric Nystrom (forward)	United States	Calgary Flames	University of Michigan
11	Keith Ballard (defence)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	University of Minnesota
12	Steve Eminger (defence)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Kitchener Rangers
13	Alexander Semin (forward)	Russia	Washington Capitals	Traktor Chelyabinsk Jr.
14	Chris Higgins (forward)	United States	Montreal Canadiens	Yale University
15	Jesse Niinimaki (forward)	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	Ilves
16	Jakub Klepis (forward)	Czech Republic	Ottawa Senators	Portland Winter Hawks
17	Boyd Gordon (forward)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Red Deer Rebels
18	Denis Grebeshkov (defence)	Russia	Los Angeles Kings	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
19	Jakub Koreis (forward)	Czech Republic	Phoenix Coyotes	Plzeň HC
20	Daniel Paille (forward)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Guelph Storm
21	Anton Babchuk (defence)	Russia	Chicago Blackhawks	Elemash Elektrostal
22	Sean Bergenheim (forward)	Finland	New York Islanders	Jokerit
23	Ben Eager (forward)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Oshawa Generals
24	Alexander Steen (forward)	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	Frölunda HC
25	Cam Ward (goaltender)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Red Deer Rebels
26	Martin Vagner (defence)	Czech Republic	Dallas Stars	Hull Olympiques
27	Mike Morris (forward)	United States	San Jose Sharks	St. Sebastian's High School
28	Jonas Johansson (forward)	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	HV 71
29	Hannu Toivonen (goaltender)	Finland	Boston Bruins	HPK
30	Jim Slater (forward)	United States	Atlanta Thrashers	Michigan State University

[edit] Round two

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
31.	Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (goaltender)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
32.	Janos Vas (forward)	Hungary	Dallas Stars	Malmö IF
33.	Lee Falardeau (forward)	United States	New York Rangers	Michigan State University
34.	Tobias Stephan (goaltender)	Switzerland	Dallas Stars	EHC Chur
35.	Ondrej Nemec (defence)	Czech Republic	Pittsburgh Penguins	Vsetín HC
36.	Jarret Stoll (forward)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Kootenay Ice
37.	Tim Brent (forward)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Toronto St. Michael's Majors
38.	Josh Harding (goaltender)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Regina Pats
39.	Brian McConnell (forward)	United States	Calgary Flames	Boston University
40.	Rob Globke (forward)	United States	Florida Panthers	Notre Dame
41.	Joakim Lindstrom (forward)	Sweden	Columbus Blue Jackets	Modo Hockey
42.	Marius Holtet (forward)	Norway	Dallas Stars	Färjestads BK
43.	Trevor Daley (defence)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
44.	Matt Greene (defence)	United States	Edmonton Oilers	Green Bay Gamblers
45.	Matthew Daley (defence)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Quebec Ramparts
46.	David LeNeveu (goaltender)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Cornell University
47.	Alexei Kaigorodov (forward)	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
48.	Alexei Shkotov (forward)	Russia	St. Louis Blues	Elektrostal
49.	Kirill Koltsov (defence)	Russia	Vancouver Canucks	Avangard Omsk
50.	Sergei Anshakov (forward)	Russia	Los Angeles Kings	HC CSKA Moscow Jr.
51.	Anton Kadeykin (defence)	Russia	New Jersey Devils	Elektrostal
52.	Dan Spang (defence)	United States	San Jose Sharks	Winchester High School
53.	Barry Tallackson (forward)	United States	New Jersey Devils	University of Minnesota
54.	Duncan Keith (defence) †	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Michigan State University
55.	Denis Grot (defence)	Russia	Vancouver Canucks	Elektrostal
56.	Vladislav Evseev (forward)	Russia	Boston Bruins	HC CSKA Moscow Jr.
57.	Matt Stajan (forward)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Belleville Bulls
58.	Jiri Hudler (forward)	Czech Republic	Detroit Red Wings	Vsetín HC
59.	Maxime Daigneault (goaltender)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Val-d'Or Foreurs
60.	Adam Henrich (forward)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brampton Battalion
61.	Johnny Boychuk (defence)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Calgary Hitmen
62.	Andrei Mikhnov (forward)	Ukraine	St. Louis Blues	Sudbury Wolves
63.	Tomas Fleischmann (forward)	Czech Republic	Detroit Red Wings	HC Vítkovice

[edit] Round three

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
64.	Jason Ryznar (forward)	United States	New Jersey Devils	University of Michigan
65.	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (defence)	Norway	Columbus Blue Jackets	Brandon Wheat Kings
66.	Petr Kanko (forward)	Czech Republic	Los Angeles Kings	Kitchener Rangers
67.	Gregory Campbell (forward)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Plymouth Whalers
68.	Brett Skinner (defence)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Des Moines Buccaneers
69.	Erik Christensen (forward)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kamloops Blazers
70.	Joe Callahan (defence)	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	Yale University
71.	Brian Lee (defence)	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Erie Otters
72.	Mike Erickson (forward)	United States	Minnesota Wild	University of Minnesota
73.	Barry Brust (goaltender)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Spokane Chiefs
74.	Todd Ford (goaltender)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Swift Current Broncos
75.	Arttu Luttinen (forward)	Finland	Ottawa Senators	HIFK Jr.
76.	Michael Tessier (forward)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Acadie-Bathurst Titan
77.	Patrick Wellar (defence)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Portland Winter Hawks
78.	Geoff Waugh (defence)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Kindersley Klippers
79.	Brock Radunske (forward)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Michigan State University
80.	Matt Jones (defence)	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	University of North Dakota
81.	Marcus Jonasen (forward)	Sweden	New York Rangers	Västerås IK Jr.
82.	John Adams (defence)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Boston College
83.	Lukas Mensator (goaltender)	Czech Republic	Vancouver Canucks	HC Energie Karlovy Vary Jr.
84.	Marek Chvatal (defence)	Czech Republic	New Jersey Devils	HC Oceláři Třinec Jr.
85.	Ahren Nittel (forward)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Windsor Spitfires
86.	Jonas Fiedler (forward)	Czech Republic	San Jose Sharks	Plymouth Whalers
87.	Frans Nielsen (forward)	Denmark	New York Islanders	Malmö IF
88.	Dominic D'Amour (defence)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Hull Olympiques
89.	Tomas Troliga (forward)	Slovakia	St. Louis Blues	Spišská Nová Ves
90.	Matthew Lombardi (forward)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Victoriaville Tigres
91.	Jesse Lane (defence)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Hull Olympiques
92.	Derek Krestanovich (forward)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Moose Jaw Warriors
93.	Alexander Kozhevnikov (forward)	Russia	Chicago Blackhawks	Krylia Sovetov Jr.
94.	Eric Lundberg (defence)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Providence College
95.	Valtteri Filppula (forward)	Finland	Detroit Red Wings	Jokerit
96.	Jeff Genovy (forward)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets	Des Moines Buccaneers

[edit] Round four

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
97.	Lance Monych	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Brandon Wheat Kings
98.	Ivan Tkachenko	Russia	Columbus Blue Jackets	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
99.	Michael Lambert	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Rocket
100.	Dmitri Kazionov	Russia	Tampa Bay Lightning	HC CSKA
101.	Daniel Fernholm	Sweden	Pittsburgh Penguins	Djurgården Jr
102.	Brandon Segal (forward)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Calgary Hitmen
103.	Joonas Vihko	Finland	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	HIFK
104.	Aaron Rome (defence)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Swift Current Broncos
105.	Rosario Ruggeri	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
106.	Ivan Koltsov	Russia	Edmonton Oilers	Cherepovec Jrs.
107.	Mikko Kalteva	Finland	Colorado Avalanche	Jokerit Jr.
108.	Jakub Hulva	Czech Republic	Buffalo Sabres	Vitkovice Jrs.
109.	Jevon Desautels	Canada	Washington Capitals	Spokane Chiefs
110.	Jarkko A. Immonen	Finland	Dallas Stars	Blues Jr.
111.	Jonas Almtorp	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	Modo Jr.
112.	Yuri Artemenkov	Russia	Calgary Flames	Krylja Jrs
113.	Scott Dobben	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Erie Otters
114.	John Laliberte	United States	Vancouver Canucks	New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
115.	Mark Rooneem	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Kamloops Blazers
116.	Pat Dwyer	United States	Atlanta Thrashers	Western Michigan University
117.	Cam Janssen (forward)	United States	New Jersey Devils	Windsor Spitfires
118.	Petr Dvorak	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	Havirov Jr.
119.	Jēkabs Rēdlihs	Latvia	Columbus Blue Jackets	Apple Core
120.	Robin Jonsson (forward)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Bofors IK
121.	Marty Magers	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Omaha Lancers
122.	David Turon	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs	Havirov Femax HC
123.	Robin Kovar (pick voided because player was ineligible)	Czech Republic	Edmonton Oilers	Vancouver Giants
124.	Lane Manson	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Moose Jaw Warriors
125.	Johan Bjork	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	Malmö Redhawks Jr.
126.	Konstantin Baranov	Russia	Philadelphia Flyers	Chelyabinsk Mechel
127.	Nate Guenin (defence)	United States	New York Rangers	Green Bay Gamblers
128.	Matt Ellison (forward)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Cowichan Valley Capitals
129.	Tom Gilbert (defence)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Chicago Steel
130.	Jan Kubista	Czech Republic	Boston Bruins	Pardubice Jr.
131.	Johan Berggren	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Sunne

[edit] Round five

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
132.	John Zeiler (forward)	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	Sioux City
133.	Lasse Pirjeta (forward)	Finland	Columbus Blue Jackets	Kärpät
134.	Topi Jaakola (defence)	Finland	Florida Panthers	Kärpät
135.	Joseph Pearce (goaltender)	United States	Tampa Bay Lightning	New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
136.	Andy Sertich (defence)	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Greenway H.S.
137.	Cam Paddock (forward)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kelowna Rockets
138.	Patrick Jarrett (forward)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Owen Sound Attack
139.	Kris Newbury (forward)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Sarnia Sting
140.	George Davis (forward)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
141.	Jiri Cetkovsky (forward)	Czech Republic	Calgary Flames	Zlin Jr.
142.	Emanuel Peter (forward)	Switzerland	Calgary Flames	Kloten Swiss-A
143.	Mike Walsh (forward)	United States	New York Rangers	Detroit Compuware
144.	Paul Flache (defence)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Brampton Battalion
145.	Robert Gherson (goaltender)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Sarnia Sting
146.	Viktor Bobrov (forward)	Russia	Calgary Flames	HC CSKA
147.	David Bararuk (forward)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Moose Jaw Warriors
151.	Rob McVicar (goaltender)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Brandon Wheat Kings
154.	Krisjanis Redlihs (defence)	Latvia	New Jersey Devils	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
155.	Armands Berzins (forward)	Latvia	Minnesota Wild	Shawinigan Cataractes
156.	James Wisniewski (defence)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Plymouth Whalers
161.	Dov Grumet-Morris (goaltender)	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Harvard University
164.	Tyler Weiman (goaltender)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Tri-City Americans

[edit] Round six

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
175.	Matt Foy (forward)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Merrimack College
176.	Curtis McElhinney (goaltender)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Colorado College
181.	Mikko Luoma (defence)	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	Tappara
183.	Paul Ranger (defence)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Oshawa Generals
184.	Jaroslav Balastik (forward)	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets	HC Zlín
190.	D. J. King (forward)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Lethbridge Hurricanes
191.	Ian White (defence)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Swift Current Broncos
193.	Joey Mormina (defence)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Colgate University

[edit] Round seven

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
199.	Greg Mauldin (forward)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets	University of Massachusetts-Amherst
208.	Radoslav Hecl (defence)	Slovakia	Buffalo Sabres	Bratislava Slovan Harvard
212.	Jonathan Ferland (forward)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Acadie-Bathurst Titan
213.	Fredrik Norrena (goaltender)	Finland	Tampa Bay Lightning	TPS
225.	Steve Goertzen (forward)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Seattle Thunderbirds
229.	Derek Meech (defence)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Red Deer Rebels

[edit] Round eight

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
234.	Maxime Talbot (forward)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Hull Olympiques
237.	Christoph Brandner (forward)	Austria	Minnesota Wild	Krefeld Pinguine
238.	Jyri Marttinen (defence)	Finland	Calgary Flames	JYP
239.	Ryan Lannon (defence)	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Harvard University
240.	Petr Prucha (forward)	Czech Republic	New York Rangers	Pardubice HC
241.	Dennis Wideman (defence)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	London Knights
244.	Dwight Helminen (forward)	United States	Edmonton Oilers	University of Michigan
252.	Martin Chabada (forward)	Czech Republic	New York Islanders	HC Sparta Praha
253.	Tom Koivisto (defence)	Finland	St. Louis Blues	Jokerit
254.	Jarkko Immonen (forward)	Finland	Toronto Maple Leafs	JYP
255.	Ryan Craig (forward)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brandon Wheat Kings
256.	Darren Reid (forward)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Medicine Hat Tigers
259.	Yan Stastny (forward)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Notre Dame

[edit] Round nine

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
261.	Francois Caron (defence)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Moncton Wildcats
262.	Christian Soderstrom (forward)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Timrå IK
263.	Sergei Mozyakin (forward)	Russia	Columbus Blue Jackets	HC CSKA Moscow
264.	Matthew Davis (goaltender)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Moncton Wildcats
265.	Dwight LaBosse (goaltender)	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Guelph Storm
266.	Steven Spencer (defence)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Swift Current Broncos
267.	Chris Petrow (defence)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Oshawa Generals
268.	Mikhail Tyulyapkin (defence)	Russia	Minnesota Wild	Novgorod Jr.
276.	Vitaly Atyushov (defence)	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Molot-Prikamie Perm
279.	Connor James (forward)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	University of Denver
282.	Adam Burish (forward)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Green Bay Gamblers
285.	Staffan Kronwall (defence)	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	Huddinge IK
291.	Jonathan Ericsson (defence)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Grand Rapids Griffins

[edit] See also

• 2002–03 NHL season
• List of NHL first overall draft choices
• List of NHL players

[edit] References

1. ^ Players are identified as a All Stars if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

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