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National Hockey League - 2006 Round 1 Entry Draft History

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
1	1	St Louis Blues	Erik Johnson	D	US National Under 18 Team
1	2	Pittsburgh Penquins	Jordan Staal	C	Peterborough Petes	OHL
1	3	Chicago Blackhawks	Jonathan Toews	C	U. of North Dakota	NCAA
1	4	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	C	Brynas IF Gavle	SEL
1	5	Boston Bruins	Phil Kessel	C	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
1	6	Columbus Blue Jackets	Derick Brassard	C	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL
1	7	New York Islanders	Kyle Okposo	R	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL
1	8	Arizona Coyotes	Peter Mueller	C	Everett Silvertips	WHL
1	9	Minnesota Wild	James Sheppard	C	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	QMJHL
1	10	Florida Panthers	Michael Frolik	C	Kladno	Czech
1	11	Los Angeles Kings	Jonathan Bernier	G	Lewiston MAINEiacs	QMJHL
1	12	Atlanta Thrashers	Bryan Little	C	Barrie Colts	OHL
1	13	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jiri Tlusty	L	Kladno	Czech
1	14	Vancouver Canucks	Michael Grabner	R	Spokane Chiefs	WHL
1	15	Tampa Bay Lightning	Riku Helenius	G	Ilves Tampere	FNL
1	16	San Jose Sharks	Ty Wishart	D	Prince George Cougars	WHL
1	17	Los Angeles Kings	Trevor Lewis	C	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL
1	18	Colorado Avalanche	Chris Stewart	R	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
1	19	Anaheim Ducks	Mark Mitera	D	U. of Michigan	NCAA
1	20	Montreal Canadiens	David Fischer	D	Apple Valley H.S.	MN
1	21	New York Rangers	Bob Sanguinetti	D	Owen Sound Attack	OHL
1	22	Philadelphia Flyers	Claude Giroux	R	Gatineau Olympiques	QMJHL
1	23	Washington Capitals	Semen Varlamov	G	Yaroslavl-2	Russia
1	24	Buffalo Sabres	Dennis Persson	D	Vasteras IK	Swe-1
1	25	St Louis Blues	Patrik Berglund	C	Vasteras IK	Swe-1
1	26	Calgary Flames	Leland Irving	G	Everett Silvertips	WHL
1	27	Dallas Stars	Ivan Vishnevskiy	D	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL
1	28	Ottawa Senators	Nick Foligno	L	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
1	29	Arizona Coyotes	Chris Summers	D	US National Under 18 Team
1	30	New Jersey Devils	Matt Corrente	D	Saginaw Spirit	OHL

2006 Round 2 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
2	31	St Louis Blues	Tomas Kana	C	Vitkovice HC	Czech
2	32	Pittsburgh Penquins	Carl Sneep	D	Brainerd H.S.	MN
2	33	Chicago Blackhawks	Igor Makarov	R	Krylja-2	Russia
2	34	Washington Capitals	Michal Neuvirth	G	Sparta Jrs.	Czech Repu
2	35	Washington Capitals	Francois Bouchard	R	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	QMJHL
2	36	San Jose Sharks	Jamie McGinn	L	Ottawa 67's	OHL
2	37	Boston Bruins	Yuri Alexandrov	D	Cherepovets Severstal	Russia
2	38	Anaheim Ducks	Bryce Swan	R	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
2	39	Philadelphia Flyers	Andreas Nodl	R	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL
2	40	Minnesota Wild	Ondrej Fiala	L	Everett Silvertips	WHL
2	41	Detroit Red Wings	Cory Emmerton	C	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
2	42	Philadelphia Flyers	Michael Ratchuk	D	US National Under 18 Team
2	43	Atlanta Thrashers	Riley Holzapfel	C	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL
2	44	Toronto Maple Leafs	Nikolai Kulemin	W	Magnitogorsk Metallurg	Russia
2	45	Edmonton Oilers	Jeff Petry	D	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL
2	46	Buffalo Sabres	Jhonas Enroth	G	Sodertalje SK	SEL
2	47	Detroit Red Wings	Shawn Matthias	C	Belleville Bulls	OHL
2	48	Los Angeles Kings	Joey Ryan	D	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
2	49	Montreal Canadiens	Ben Maxwell	C	Kootenay Ice	WHL
2	50	Boston Bruins	Milan Lucic	L	Vancouver Giants	WHL
2	51	Colorado Avalanche	Nigel Williams	D	US National Under 18 Team
2	52	Washington Capitals	Keith Seabrook	D	Burnaby Express	BCHL
2	53	Montreal Canadiens	Mathieu Carle	D	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	QMJHL
2	54	New York Rangers	Artem Anisimov	C	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv	Russia
2	55	Philadelphia Flyers	Denis Bodrov	D	Tolyatti Lada	Russia
2	56	Nashville Predators	Blake Geoffrion	L	US National Under 18 Team
2	57	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Weber	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
2	58	New Jersey Devils	Alexander Vasyunov	L	Yaroslavl Jrs.	Russia
2	59	Colorado Avalanche	Codey Burki	C	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
2	60	New York Islanders	Jesse Joensuu	W	Assat Pori	FNL
2	61	Chicago Blackhawks	Simon Danis-Pepin	D	U. of Maine	NCAA
2	62	Detroit Red Wings	Dick Axelsson	L	Huddinge	Sweden
2	63	Carolina Hurricanes	Jamie McBain	D	US National Under 18 Team

2006 Round 3 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
3	64	St Louis Blues	Jonas Junland	D	Linkoping Jr.	Sweden
3	65	Pittsburgh Penquins	Brian Strait	D	US National Under 18 Team
3	66	Montreal Canadiens	Ryan White	C	Calgary Hitmen	WHL
3	67	New Jersey Devils	Kirill Tulupov	D	Almetyevsk Neftyanik	Rus-1
3	68	Ottawa Senators	Eric Gryba	D	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL
3	69	Columbus Blue Jackets	Steve Mason	G	London Knights	OHL
3	70	New York Islanders	Robin Figren	L	Vastra Frolunda Juniors	Sweden
3	71	Boston Bruins	Brad Marchand	C	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL
3	72	Minnesota Wild	Cal Clutterbuck	R	Oshawa Generals	OHL
3	73	Florida Panthers	Brady Calla	R	Everett Silvertips	WHL
3	74	Los Angeles Kings	Jeff Zatkoff	G	Miami University (Ohio)	NCAA
3	75	Edmonton Oilers	Theo Peckham	D	Owen Sound Attack	OHL
3	76	Chicago Blackhawks	Tony Lagerstrom	C	Sodertalje Jr.	Sweden
3	77	New Jersey Devils	Vladimir Zharkov	R	CSKA-2	Russia
3	78	Tampa Bay Lightning	Kevin Quick	D	Salisbury School	Conn. H.S.
3	79	Philadelphia Flyers	Jonathan Matsumoto	C	Bowling Green State University	NCAA
3	80	Atlanta Thrashers	Michael Forney	L	Thief River Falls	Minn. H.S.
3	81	Colorado Avalanche	Mike Carman	C	US National Under 18 Team
3	82	Vancouver Canucks	Daniel Rahimi	D	Bjorkloven Jr.	Sweden
3	83	Anaheim Ducks	John DeGray	D	Brampton Battalion	OHL
3	84	New York Rangers	Ryan Hillier	L	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
3	85	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tom Sestito	L	Plymouth Whalers	OHL
3	86	Los Angeles Kings	George Holloway	C	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
3	87	Calgary Flames	John Armstrong	C	Plymouth Whalers	OHL
3	88	Arizona Coyotes	Jonas Ahnelov	D	Vastra Frolunda HC Goteborg	SEL
3	89	Calgary Flames	Aaron Marvin	C	Warroad H.S.	MN
3	90	Dallas Stars	Aaron Snow	L	Brampton Battalion	OHL
3	91	Ottawa Senators	Kaspars Daugavins	L	Riga	Latvia
3	92	Detroit Red Wings	Daniel Larsson	G	Hammarby	Sweden
3	93	Carolina Hurricanes	Harrison Reed	R	Sarnia Sting	OHL

2006 Round 4 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
4	94	St Louis Blues	Ryan Turek	C	Omaha Lancers	USHL
4	95	Chicago Blackhawks	Ben Shutron	D	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
4	96	Chicago Blackhawks	Joe Palmer	G	US National Under 18 Team
4	97	Washington Capitals	Oskar Osala	L	Mississauga Ice Dogs	OHL
4	98	San Jose Sharks	James DeLory	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
4	99	Toronto Maple Leafs	James Reimer	G	Red Deer Rebels	WHL
4	100	New York Islanders	Rhett Rakhshani	R	US National Under 18 Team
4	101	Philadelphia Flyers	Joonas Lehtivuori	D	Ilves Jrs	Finland
4	102	Minnesota Wild	Kyle Medvec	D	Apple Valley H.S.	MN
4	103	Florida Panthers	Michael Caruso	D	Guelph Storm	OHL
4	104	New York Rangers	David Kveton	R	Vsetin HC	Czech
4	105	Nashville Predators	Niko Snellman	R	Ilves Jrs	Finland
4	106	St Louis Blues	Reto Berra	G	Zurich	SwissA
4	107	New Jersey Devils	T.J. Miller	D	Penticton Vees	BCHL
4	108	New York Islanders	Jase Weslosky	G	Sherwood Park Crusaders	AJHL
4	109	Philadelphia Flyers	Jakub Kovar	G	Budejovice Jrs	Czech Repu
4	110	Colorado Avalanche	Kevin Montgomery	D	US National Under 18 Team
4	111	Toronto Maple Leafs	Korbinian Holzer	D	Bad Toelz EC	2.GBun
4	112	Anaheim Ducks	Matt Beleskey	L	Belleville Bulls	OHL
4	113	Columbus Blue Jackets	Ben Wright	D	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL
4	114	Los Angeles Kings	Niclas Andersen	D	Leksands IF	SEL
4	115	New York Islanders	Tomas Marcinko	C	Kosice Jr.	Slovakia
4	116	Florida Panthers	Derrick LaPoint	D	Eau Claire North H.S.	WI
4	117	Buffalo Sabres	Felix Schutz	C	Saint John Sea Dogs	QMJHL
4	118	Calgary Flames	Hugo Carpentier	C	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL
4	119	New York Islanders	Doug Rogers	C	St. Sebastian's	Mass. H.S.
4	120	Dallas Stars	Richard Bachman	G	Cushing Academy	Mass. H.S.
4	121	Ottawa Senators	Pierre-Luc Lessard	D	Gatineau Olympiques	QMJHL
4	122	Washington Capitals	Luke Lynes	C	Brampton Battalion	OHL
4	123	Carolina Hurricanes	Bobby Hughes	C	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL

2006 Round 5 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
5	124	St Louis Blues	Andy Sackrison	C	St. Louis Park	Minn. H.S.
5	125	Pittsburgh Penquins	Chad Johnson	G	U. of Alaska-Fairbanks	NCAA
5	126	New York Islanders	Shane Sims	D	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL
5	127	Washington Capitals	Maxime Lacroix	L	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
5	128	Boston Bruins	Andrew Bodnarchuk	D	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
5	129	Columbus Blue Jackets	Bobby Nyholm	R	IFK Jr.	Finland
5	130	Arizona Coyotes	Brett Bennett	G	US National Under 18 Team
5	131	Arizona Coyotes	Martin Latal	R	Plzen HC	Czech
5	132	Minnesota Wild	Niko Hovinen	G	Jokerit Helsinki	FNL
5	133	Edmonton Oilers	Bryan Pitton	G	Brampton Battalion	OHL
5	134	Los Angeles Kings	David Meckler	C	Yale University	NCAA
5	135	Atlanta Thrashers	Alex Kangas	G	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL
5	136	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nick Sucharski	L	Michigan State University	NCAA
5	137	New York Rangers	Tomas Zaborsky	W	Trencin	Slovakia
5	138	Dallas Stars	David Mcintyre	C	Newmarket Hurricanes	OPJHL
5	139	Montreal Canadiens	Pavel Valentenko	D	Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik	Russia
5	140	Edmonton Oilers	Cody Wild	D	Providence College	NCAA
5	141	New York Islanders	Kim Johansson	W	Malmo Jr.	Sweden
5	142	Columbus Blue Jackets	Maxime Frechette	D	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL
5	143	San Jose Sharks	Ashton Rome	R	Kamloops Blazers	WHL
5	144	Los Angeles Kings	Martin Nolet	D	College Champlain Cougars	QJAHL
5	145	Philadelphia Flyers	Jon Rheault	R	Providence College	NCAA
5	146	Nashville Predators	Mark Dekanich	G	Colgate University	NCAA
5	147	Buffalo Sabres	Alex Biega	D	Salisbury School	Conn. H.S.
5	148	New Jersey Devils	Olivier Magnan	D	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL
5	149	Calgary Flames	Juuso Puustinen	R	Kalpa Jrs.	Finland
5	150	Dallas Stars	Max Warn	L	IFK Jr.	Finland
5	151	Ottawa Senators	Ryan Daniels	G	Saginaw Spirit	OHL
5	152	Arizona Coyotes	Jordan Bendfeld	D	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
5	153	Carolina Hurricanes	Stephane Chaput	C	Lewiston MAINEiacs	QMJHL

2006 Round 6 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
6	154	St Louis Blues	Matthew McCollem	L	Belmont Hill H.S.	MA
6	155	Florida Panthers	Peter Aston	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
6	156	Chicago Blackhawks	Jan-Mikael Jutilainen	F	Jokerit Jrs	Finland
6	157	Washington Capitals	Brent Gwidt	C	Lakeland H.S.	WI
6	158	Boston Bruins	Levi Nelson	C	Swift Current Broncos	WHL
6	159	Columbus Blue Jackets	Jesse Dudas	D	Prince George Cougars	WHL
6	160	New York Islanders	Andrew MacDonald	D	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL
6	161	Toronto Maple Leafs	Viktor Stahlberg	L	Frolunda Jrs	Sweden
6	162	Minnesota Wild	Julian Walker	W	Basel	SwissA
6	163	Vancouver Canucks	Sergei Shirokov	W	CSKA Moscow	Russia
6	164	Los Angeles Kings	Constantin Braun	L	Berlin Polar Bears	DEL
6	165	Atlanta Thrashers	Jonas Enlund	C	IFK Jr.	Finland
6	166	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tyler Ruegsegger	C	Shattuck St. Mary's	Minn.
6	167	Vancouver Canucks	Juraj Simek	W	Kloten	SwissA
6	168	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dane Crowley	D	Swift Current Broncos	WHL
6	169	Chicago Blackhawks	Chris Auger	C	Wellington Dukes	OPJHL
6	170	Edmonton Oilers	Alexander Bumagin	W	Tolyatti Lada	Russia
6	171	New York Islanders	Brian Day	R	Governor Dummer Academy	MA
6	172	Anaheim Ducks	Petteri Wirtanen	C	HPK Hameenlinna	FNL
6	173	New York Islanders	Stefan Ridderwall	G	Djurgarden Jrs.	Sweden
6	174	New York Rangers	Eric Hunter	C	Prince George Cougars	WHL
6	175	Philadelphia Flyers	Michael Dupont	G	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	QMJHL
6	176	Nashville Predators	Ryan Flynn	R	US National Under 18 Team
6	177	Washington Capitals	Mathieu Perreault	C	Acadie-Bathurst Titan	QMJHL
6	178	New Jersey Devils	Tony Romano	C	NY Bobcats	Atlantic J
6	179	Calgary Flames	Jordan Fulton	C	Breck School	MN
6	180	Toronto Maple Leafs	Leo Komarov	C	Assat Pori	FNL
6	181	Ottawa Senators	Kevin Koopman	D	Beaver Valley Jr B -	KIJHL
6	182	Detroit Red Wings	Jan Mursak	L	Budejovice Jrs	Czech Repu
6	183	Carolina Hurricanes	Nick Dodge	R	Clarkson University	NCAA

2006 Round 7 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
7	184	St Louis Blues	Alexander Hellstrom	D	Bjorkloven IF	Swe-1
7	185	Pittsburgh Penquins	Timo Seppanen	D	HIFK Helsinki	FNL
7	186	Chicago Blackhawks	Peter Leblanc	C	Hamilton Red Wings	OPJHL
7	187	Calgary Flames	Devin DiDiomete	L	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
7	188	Arizona Coyotes	Chris Frank	D	Western Michigan University	NCAA
7	189	Columbus Blue Jackets	Derek Dorsett	R	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
7	190	New York Islanders	Troy Mattila	L	Springfield Junior Blues	NAHL
7	191	Detroit Red Wings	Nick Oslund	R	Burnsville H.S.	MN
7	192	Minnesota Wild	Chris Hickey	C	Cretin Derham Hall H.S.	MN
7	193	Florida Panthers	Marc Cheverie	G	Nanaimo Clippers	BCHL
7	194	Columbus Blue Jackets	Matt Marquardt	L	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL
7	195	Atlanta Thrashers	Jesse Martin	C	Spruce Grove Saints	AJHL
7	196	Arizona Coyotes	Benn Ferriero	C	Boston College	NCAA
7	197	Vancouver Canucks	Evan Fuller	C	Prince George Cougars	WHL
7	198	Tampa Bay Lightning	Denis Kazionov	L	Tver MVD HC	Russia
7	199	Montreal Canadiens	Cameron Cepek	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
7	200	Atlanta Thrashers	Arturs Kulda	D	CSKA-2	Russia
7	201	Colorado Avalanche	Billy Sauer	G	U. of Michigan	NCAA
7	202	San Jose Sharks	John McCarthy	L	Boston University	NCAA
7	203	San Jose Sharks	Jay Barriball	F	Sioux Falls Stampede	USHL
7	204	New York Rangers	Lukas Zeliska	C	Trinec Jr.	Czech Repu
7	205	Philadelphia Flyers	Andrei Popov	R	Chelyabinsk-2	Russia
7	206	Nashville Predators	Viktor Sjodin	L	Vasteras Jrs.	Sweden
7	207	Buffalo Sabres	Benjamin Breault	C	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	QMJHL
7	208	New Jersey Devils	Kyell Henegan	D	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
7	209	Calgary Flames	Per Jonsson	F	Farjestad Jrs.	Sweden
7	210	Atlanta Thrashers	Will O'Neill	D	Tabor Academy	MA
7	211	Ottawa Senators	Erik Condra	R	Notre Dame	NCAA
7	212	Detroit Red Wings	Logan Pyett	D	Regina Pats	WHL
7	213	Carolina Hurricanes	Justin Krueger	D	Penticton Vees	BCHL