nhl entry draft

Below is a chart showing where players have been drafted from by year. The leagues represented are the Ontario Hockey League, Western Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, United States Colleges, United States High Schools, International players. Those player listed under Other do not fit any of the other listed categories. International players who were playing for teams in North American leagues are listed in the chart as being drafted from their respective league rather than being listed at international.

The NHL Entry Draft is the mechanism in the NHL for teams to select the rights to prospective players.

History

The first NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 5, 1963 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Any amateur player that was 17 years of age and older and was not already sponsored by an NHL club was eligible to be drafted. In 1969 the rules were changed so that any amateur player under the age of 20 was eligible to be drafted. 84 players (more than four times the average in each of the first six drafts) were selected that year. In 1979, the name of the Draft was changed from "Amateur" to "Entry" to accommodate a rule change that allowed players who had previously played professionally to be drafted. This rule change was made to facilitate the absorption of players from the now defunct World Hockey Association. Beginning in 1980 and continuing today, any player who is 18-20 years old is eligible to be drafted. In addition, any non-North American player over the age of 20 can be selected. Also in 1980, the Entry Draft became a public event. Prior to this year the Entry Draft was conducted in Montreal hotels or League offices and was closed to the general public. The 1980 draft was held in the Montreal Forum and there were more than 2,500 fans in attendance. In 1985 the first draft outside of Montreal was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario in 1985. The event was attended by 7,000 fans. Live television coverage of the Draft began in 1984 when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation covered the event in both English and French for Canadian audiences. SportsChannel America began covering the even in the United States in 1989.

List of Drafts

Year	OHL	WHL	QMJHL	US Colleges	USHS	Int'l	Other
2003	44	41	38	23	10	93	43
2002	35	43	23	41	6	110	32
2001	41	45	26	24	8	119	26
2000	39	41	21	35	7	123	27
1999	52	40	20	36	9	94	21
1998	50	44	41	27	7	75	14
1997	52	63	19	26	4	63	19
1996	51	54	31	25	6	58	16
1995	54	55	35	5	2	69	14
1994	45	66	28	6	28	80	33
1993	60	44	23	17	33	78	31
1992	57	45	22	9	25	84	22
1991	43	40	25	43	37	55	21
1990	39	33	14	38	57	53	16
1989	39	44	16	48	47	38	20
1988	32	30	22	48	56	39	25
1987	32	36	17	40	69	38	20
1986	66	32	22	22	40	28	42
1985	59	47	15	20	48	31	31
1984	55	37	16	22	44	40	36
1983	57	41	24	14	35	34	37
1982	60	55	17	20	47	35	18
1981	59	37	28	21	17	32	17
1980	73	41	24	42	7	13	10
1979	48	37	19	15	-	6	1
1978	59	48	22	73	-	16	16
1977	42	44	40	49	-	5	5
1976	47	33	18	26	-	8	3
1975	55	57	28	59	-	6	12
1974	69	66	40	41	-	6	25
1973	56	49	24	25	-	-	14
1972	46	44	30	21	-	-	11
1971	41	28	13	22	-	-	13
1970	51	22	13	16	-	-	13
1969	36	20	11	7	-	1	9
Total	1744	1503	825	1006	649	1530	713
Total Players Drafted (1969-2003):							7,970

Player Numbers By Team

This is a ranking of the minor teams who have provided the most players to the NHL as of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Rk - Team - Plays

Peterborough Petes, OHL - 153
Oshawa Generals, OHL - 141
Kitchener Rangers, OHL - 130
London Knights, OHL - 128
Ottawa 67's, OHL - 126
Regina Pats, WHL - 103
Sudbury Wolves, OHL - 101
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, OHL - 100
Portland Winter Hawks, WHL - 98
Kamloops Blazers, WHL - 97
Saskatoon Blades, WHL - 97
Toronto Marlboros, OHL - 97 (defunct)
Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL - 96
Brandon Wheat Kings, WHL - 94
Kingston Frontenacs, OHL - 91
Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL - 85
Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL - 83
Prince Albert Raiders, WHL - 74
Niagara Falls Thunder, OHL - 72 (defunct)
Victoria Cougars, WHL - 70 (defunct)
Windsor Spitfires, OHL - 69
Shawinigan Cataractes, QMJHL - 69
Gatineau Olympiques, QMJHL - 66
Calgary Wranglers, WHL - 66 (defunct)
University of Minnesota, NCAA - 65
Sherbrooke Castors, QMJHL - 63 (defunct)
Guelph Storm, OHL - 62
Hamilton Steelhawks, OHL - 62 (defunct)
New Westminster Bruins, WHL - 62 (defunct)
University of Michigan, NCAA - 60
CSKA Moscow, Russia - 56
North Bay Centennials, OHL - 56 (defunct)
Laval Titan, QMJHL - 54 (defunct)
Swift Current Broncos - 53
Belleville Bulls, OHL - 53
St. Catharines Fincups, OHA - 52 (defunct)
Moose Jaw Warriors, WHL - 51
Spokane Chiefs, WHL - 51
Drummondville Voltigeurs, QMJHL - 49
Boston University, NCAA - 49
Chicoutimi Saguenens, QMJHL - 47
Quebec Remparts, QMJHL - 47 (defunct)
Trois-Rivires Draveurs, QMJHL - 47 (defunct)
Michigan Tech, NCAA - 46
Plymouth Whalers, OHL - 45
Michigan State, NCAA - 45
Tri-Cities Americans, WHL - 45
Cornwall Royals, QMJHL - 45 (defunct)
Dynamo Moscow, Russia - 44
University of Wisconsin, NCAA - 41
University of Denver, NCAA - 40
Flin Flon Bombers, WCHL - 39 (defunct)
Red Deer Rebels, WHL - 38
Edmonton Oil Kings, WHL - 38 (defunct)
University of North Dakota, NCAA - 37
Cornwall Royals, OHL - 37 (defunct)
Boston College, NCAA - 34
Providence College, NCAA - 34
Djurgrdens IF, Sweden - 34
MODO Hockey, Sweden - 34
Winnipeg Warriors, WHL - 34 (defunct)
TPS Turku, Finland - 33
Jokerit, Finland - 33
Harvard University, NCAA - 33
HIFK Helsinki, Finland - 32
Frjestads BK, Sweden - 32
Clarkson University, NCAA - 32
Montreal Jr. Canadiens, QMJHL - 32 (defunct)
University of Colorado, NCAA - 31
Cornell University, NCAA - 31
HC Chemopetrol, Czech Extraliga - 31
Victoriaville Tigres, QMJHL - 30
University of New Hampshire, NCAA - 30
Granby Prdateurs, QMJHL - 30 (defunct)

Note: Totals for Canadian Hockey League teams include all teams from that city, regardless of franchise moves except for Toronto, Quebec City, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver

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