NHL Amateur Draft Database

In the listings below is contained an amateur draft database from Hockey Draft Central (1963-1984) and Wikipedia (1985 to present). Between the hyperlinks of each section, you will find access to information on every player drafted since 1963. The search drop boxes in either site are extremely useful and can bring up much valuable and interesting information on various players and draft years.

For simplification, I have noted each year in reverse order along with the #1 picks. The names in brackets feature players who were also chosen in the same year. Those players were chosen here on a criteria of next best, or better than the first overall picks themselves.


2006 Erik Johnson - St. Louis Blues (#2 Jordan Staal - Pittsburgh Penguins, #3 Jonathan Toews - Chicago Blackhawks, #5 Phil Kessel - Boston Bruins)

2005 Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins (#5 Carey Price - Montreal Canadiens, #11 Anze kopitar - Los Angeles Kings, #29 Steve Downie - Philadelphia Flyers, #44 Paul Stastny - Colorado Avalanche, #45 Guillaume Latendresse - Montreal Canadiens)

2004 Alexander Ovechkin - Washington Capitals (#2 Evgeni Malkin - Pittsburgh Penguins, #15 Alexander Radulov - Nashville Predators, #21 Wojtek Wolski - Colorado Avalanche)

2003 Marc-Andre Fleury - Pittsburgh Penguins (#2 Eric Staal - Carolina Hurricanes, #5 Thomas Vanek - Buffalo Sabres, #9 Dion Phaneuf - Calgary Flames)

2002 Rick Nash - Columbus Blue Jackets (#2 Kari Lehtonen - Atlanta Thrashers, #7 Joffrey Lupul - Anaheim Mighty Ducks, #14 Chris Higgins - Montreal Canadiens, #25 Cam Ward - Carolina Hurricanes)

2001 Ilya Kovalchuk - Atlanta Thrashers (#2 Jason Spezza - Ottawa Senators, #13 Ales Hemsky - Edmonton Oilers)

2000 Rick DiPietro - New York Islanders (#2 Dany Heatley - Atlanta Thrashers, #3 Marian Gaborik - Minnesota Wild)

1999 Patrik Stephan - Atlanta Thrashers (#2 Daniel Sedin - Vancouver Canucks, #3 Henrik Sedin - Vancouver Canucks, #26 Martin Havlat - Ottawa Senators, #210 Henrik Zetterberg - Detroit red Wings)

1998 Vincent Lecavalier - Tampa Bay Lightening (#2 David Legwand - Nashville Predators, #12 Alex Tanguay - Colorado Avalanche, #64 Brad Richards - Tampa Bay Lightening)

1997 Joe Thornton - Boston Bruins (#2 Patrick Marleau - San Jose Sharks, #4 Roberto Luongo - New York Islanders, #12 Marian Hossa - Ottawa Senators)

1996 Chris Philips - Ottawa Senators (#24 Daniel Briere - Phoenix Coyotes, #56 Zdeno Chara - New York Islanders)

1995 Bryan Berard - Ottawa Senators (#2 Wade Redden - New york Islanders, #11 Jerome Iginla - Dallas Stars, #91 Marc Savard - New York Rangers)

1994 Ed Jovanovski - Florida Panthers (#51 Patrik Elias - New Jersey Devils, #87 Milan Hedjuk - Quebec Nordiques)

1993 Alexandre Daigle - Ottawa Senators (#2 Chris Pronger - Hartford Whalers, #4 Paul Kariya - Anaheim Mighty Ducks)

1992 Roman Hamrlik - Tampa Bay Lightening (#2 Alexei Yashin - Ottawa Senators)

1991 Eric Lindros - Quebec Nordiques (#3 Scott Neidermayer - New Jersey Devils, #6 Peter Forsberg - Philadelphia Flyers, #16 Markus naslind - Pittsburgh Penguins)

1990 Owen Nolan - Quebec Nordiques (#5 Jaromir Jagr - Pittsburgh Penguins, #20 Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils)

1989 Mats Sundin - Quebec Nordiques (#19 Olaf Kolzig - Washington Capitals, #53 Nicklas Lidstrom - Detroit Red Wings, #74 Sergei Federov - Detroit Red Wings, #113 Pavel Bure - Vancouver Canucks)

1988 Mike Modano - Minnesota North Stars (#8 Jeremy Roenick - Chicago Blackhawks, #9 Rod Brind'Amour - St. Louis Blues, #10 Teemu Selanne - Winnipeg Jets, #67 mark Recchi - Pittsburgh Penguins)

1987 Pierre Turgeon - Buffalo Sabres (#2 Brendan Shanahan - New Jersey Devils, #15 Joe Sakic - Quebec Nordiques, # 44 Mathieu Schneider - Montreal Canadiens, #166 Theoren Fleury - Calgary Flames)

1986 Joe Murphy - Detroit Red Wings (#2 Jimmy Carson - Los Angeles Kings, #7 Vincent Damphousse - Toronto Maple Leafs, #9 Brian Leetch - New York Rangers)

1985 Wendel Clark - Toronto Maple Leafs (#2 Craig Simpson - Pittsburgh Penguins, #27 Joe Nieuwendyk - Calgary Flames, #28 Mike Richter - New York Rangers)

1984 Mario Lemieux - Pittsburgh Penguins (#2 Kirk Muller - New Jersey Devils, #51 Patrick Roy - Montreal Canadiens, #117 Brett Hull - Calgary Flames, #171 Luc Robitaille - Los Angeles Kings)











1983 Brian Lawton - Minnesota North Stars (#3 Pat lafontaine - New York Islanders, #4 Steve Yzerman - Detroit Red Wings, #9 Cam Neely - Vancouver Canucks, #207 Dominik Hasek - Chicago Black Hawks)

1982 Gord Kluzak - Boston Bruins (#2 Brian Bellows - Minnesota North Stars, #5 Scott Stevens - Washington Capitals, #134 Doug Gilmour - St. Louis Blues)

1981 Dale Hawerchuk - Winnipeg Jets (#4 Ron Francis - Hartford Whalers, #15 Al McInnis - Calgary Flames, #40 Chris Chelios - Montreal Canadiens)












1980 Doug Wickenheiser - Montreal Canadiens (#6 Paul Coffey - Edmonton Oilers)

1979 Rob Ramage - Colorado Rockies (#8 Raymond Bourque - Boston Bruins, #48 Mark Messier - Edmonton Oilers)

1978 Bobby Smith - Minnesota North Stars (#2 Ryan Walter - Washington Capitals)

1977 Dale McCourt - Detroit Red Wings (#15 Mike Bossy - New York Islanders)

1976 Rick Green - Washington Capitals (#7 Bernie Federko - St. Louis Blues)

1975 Mel Bridgeman - Philadelphia Flyers (#24 Doug Jarvis - Toronto Maple Leafs)

1974 Greg Joly - Washington Capitals (#22 Bryan Trottier - New York Islanders)

1973 Denis Potvin - New York Islanders (#8 Bob Gainey - Montreal Canadiens)

1972 Billy Harris - New York Islanders (#4 Steve Shutt - Montreal Canadiens)

1971 Guy Lafleur - Montreal Canadiens (#2 Marcel Dionne - Detroit Red Wings)











1970 Gilbert Perreault - Buffalo Sabres (#8 Darryl Sittler - Toronto Maple Leafs)

1969 Rejean Houle - Montreal Canadiens (#17 Bobby Clarke - Philadelphia Flyers)












1968 Michel Plasse - Montreal Canadiens

1967 Rick Pagnutti - Los Angeles Kings (#16 J. Bob Kelly - Toronto Maple Leafs)

1966 Barry Gibbs - Boston Bruins (#2 Brad Park - New York Rangers)

1965 Andre Veilleux - New York Rangers (#5 Pierre Bouchard - Montreal Canadiens)

1964 Claude Gauthier - Detroit Red Wings (#14 Ken Dryden - Boston Bruins)

1963 Garry Monahan - Montreal Canadiens (#2 Peter Mahovlich - Detroit Red Wings)