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NHL Entry Draft history from 1979 to present, and NHL Amateur Draft history from 1963 to 1978. Search for players by draft status and more with our Season Finder.
NHL & WHA Draft History. This is a list of various drafts that have occurred in both the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association. Amateur Drafts. The NHL Amateur Draft was instituted in 1963 in order to break the existing NHL teams' monopoly on junior players, which they had gained by the NHL Sponsorship System.
The NHL entry draft was known as the NHL amateur draft until 1979. The entry draft has only been a public event since 1980, and a televised event since 1984. Up to 1994, the order was solely determined by the standings at the end of the regular season.
PuckPedia is your reliable online source for NHL draft results, providing complete and accurate information on which players were picked by what team, at any given draft. Access results for all the Entry drafts held throughout NHL draft history, including Amateur Drafts and Expansion Drafts.
The draft has grown, and in 2021, 223 players were selected over seven rounds. A total of 60 different players have been selected first. Of those, 43 have been Canadian, eight American, three Russian, two Czech, two Swedish, one Slovak and one Swiss. Every first overall pick taken between 1968 and 2016 has played in at least 299 NHL games.
NHL Scoring Stats NHL Goalie Stats; Overall Team Player Nat. Pos Age To Amateur Team GP G A PTS +/-PIM GP W L T/O SV% GAA PS; 63: Detroit Red Wings: Donovan Sebrango: CA: D: 18: Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 64: Toronto Maple Leafs: Topi Niemela: FI: D: 18: Karpat (Finland) 65: Minnesota Wild: Daemon Hunt: CA: D: 18: 2024: Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) 12 ...
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