2002 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

The '2002 NHL Entry Draft' was held June 22-23 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 290 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.
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'Selections By Round'

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 |Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 |Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12

Contents

Round 1

2nd Round

Round 3

Other picks

See also

Round 1

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

2nd Round

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

Round 3

#	Player	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
64.	Jason Ryznar W	New Jersey Devils	NCAA
65.	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D	Columbus Blue Jackets	Norway
66.	Petr Kanko W	Los Angeles Kings	OHL
67.	Gregory Campbell C	Florida Panthers	OHL
68.	Brett Skinner D	Vancouver Canucks	USHL
69.	Erik Christensen C	Pittsburgh Penguins	WHL
70.	Joe Callahan D	Phoenix Coyotes	NCAA
71.	Brian Lee D	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	OHL
72.	Mike Erickson W	Minnesota Wild	NCAA
73.	Barry Brust G	Minnesota Wild	WHL
74.	Todd Ford G	Toronto Maple Leafs	WHL
75.	Arttu Luttinen W	Ottawa Senators	Finland
76.	Michael Tessier	Buffalo Sabres	QMJHL
77.	Patrick Wellar	Washington Capitals	WHL
78.	Geoff Waugh	Dallas Stars	SJHL
79.	Brock Radunske	Edmonton Oilers	NCAA
80.	Matt Jones	Phoenix Coyotes	NCAA
81.	Marcus Jonasen	New York Rangers	Sweden
82.	John Adams	Buffalo Sabres	NCAA
83.	Lukas Mensator G	Vancouver Canucks	Czech
84.	Marek Chvatal	New Jersey Devils	Czech
85.	Ahren Nittel	New Jersey Devils	OHL
86.	Jonas Fiedler	San Jose Sharks	OHL
87.	Frans Nielsen C	New York Islanders	SEL
88.	Dominic D'Amour	Toronto Maple Leafs	QMJHL
89.	Tomas Troliga	St. Louis Blues	Slovakia
90.	Matthew Lombardi	Calgary Flames	QMJHL
91.	Jesse Lane	Carolina Hurricanes	QMJHL
92.	Derek Krestanovich	Washington Capitals	WHL
93.	Alexander Kozhevnikov	Chicago Blackhawks	Russia
94.	Eric Lundberg	Colorado Avalanche	NCAA
95.	Valtteri Filppula	Detroit Red Wings	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
96.	Jeff Genovy	Columbus Blue Jackets	USHL

Other picks

#	Player	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
117.	Cam Janssen	New Jersey Devils	Windsor Spitfires
128.	Matt Ellison	Chicago Blackhawks	Cowichan Valley Capitals
129.	Tom Gilbert	Colorado Avalanche	Chicago Steel
133.	Lasse Pirjetä	Columbus Blue Jackets	Kärpät
140.	George Davis	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
155.	Armands Berzins	Minnesota Wild	Shawinigan Cataractes
176.	Curtis McElhinney	Calgary Flames	Colorado College
181.	Mikko Luoma	Edmonton Oilers	Tappara
183.	Paul Ranger	Tampa Bay Lightning	Oshawa Generals
184.	Jaroslav Balastik	Columbus Blue Jackets	HC Zlin
199.	Greg Mauldin	Columbus Blue Jackets	University of Massachusetts-Amherst
208.	Radoslav Hecl	Buffalo Sabres	Bratislava Slovan Harvard
225.	Steve Goertzen	Columbus Blue Jackets	Seattle Thunderbirds
229.	Derek Meech	Detroit Red Wings	Red Deer Rebels
237.	Christoph Brandner	Minnesota Wild	Krefeld Pinguine
240.	Petr Prucha	New York Rangers	Pardubice HC
241.	Dennis Wideman	Buffalo Sabres	London Knights
253.	Tom Koivisto	St. Louis Blues	Jokerit
244.	Dwight Helminen	Edmonton Oilers	University of Michigan
254.	Jarkko Immonen	Toronto Maple Leafs	JYP
259.	Yan Stastny	Boston Bruins	Notre Dame
282.	Adam Burish	Chicago Blackhawks	Wisconsin High School

See also

★ 2002-03 NHL season

★ List of NHL first overall draft choices

★ List of NHL players