Alexander Ovechkin First Overall Washington Capitals 2004
2004 NHL Entry Draft
1 1 Washington Alexander Ovechkin L Moscow Dynamo [Russia] 324 219 201 420 216
1 2 Pittsburgh Evgeni Malkin C Magnitogorsk Metallurg [Russia] 242 115 189 304 238
1 3 Chicago Cam Barker D Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL] 149 13 53 66 161
1 4 Carolina Andrew Ladd L Calgary Hitmen [WHL] 239 46 65 111 113
1 5 Phoenix Blake Wheeler R Breck School (Minn.) 81 21 24 45 46
1 6 NY Rangers Al Montoya G U. of Michigan [NCAA] 5 0 0 0 0
1 7 Florida Rostislav Olesz L Vitkovice HC [Czech] 227 37 49 86 76
1 8 Columbus Alexandre Picard L Lewiston MAINEiacs [QMJHL] 58 0 2 2 48
1 9 Anaheim Ladislav Smid D Liberec Bili Tygri HC [Czech] 202 3 22 25 152
1 10 Atlanta Boris Valabik D Kitchener Rangers [OHL] 57 0 5 5 174
1 11 Los Angeles Lauri Tukonen R Blues [FNL] 5 0 0 0 0
1 12 Minnesota A.J. Thelen D Michigan State University [NCAA]
1 13 Buffalo Drew Stafford R U. of North Dakota [NCAA] 184 49 61 110 113
1 14 Edmonton Devan Dubnyk G Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
1 15 Nashville Alexander Radulov R Tver (Russia) 145 44 51 95 70
1 16 NY Islanders Petteri Nokelainen R SaiPa Lappeenranta [FNL] 122 12 9 21 39
1 17 St. Louis Marek Schwarz G Sparta Praha [Czech] 6 0 0 0 0
1 18 Mtl. Canadiens Kyle Chipchura C Prince Albert Raiders [WHL] 49 4 10 14 15
1 19 NY Rangers Lauri Korpikoski L TPS Jrs. (Finland) 68 6 8 14 14
1 20 New Jersey Travis Zajac C Salmon Arm Silverbacks [BCHL] 244 51 87 138 76
1 21 Colorado Wojtek Wolski L Brampton Battalion [OHL] 240 56 90 146 60
1 22 San Jose Lukas Kaspar L Litvinov CHP HC [Czech] 16 2 2 4 8
1 23 Ottawa Andrej Meszaros D Trencin Dukla [Slovak] 298 28 98 126 249
1 24 Calgary Kris Chucko R Salmon Arm Silverbacks [BCHL] 2 0 0 0 2
1 25 Edmonton Rob Schremp C London Knights [OHL] 7 0 3 3 2
1 26 Vancouver Cory Schneider G Phillips-Andover (Mass.) 8 0 0 0 0
1 27 Washington Jeff Schultz D Calgary Hitmen [WHL] 174 6 27 33 65
1 28 Dallas Mark Fistric D Vancouver Giants [WHL] 73 0 6 6 66
1 29 Washington Mike Green D Saskatoon Blades [WHL] 242 52 92 144 184
1 30 Tampa Bay Andy Rogers D Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
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1 1 Pittsburgh Marc-Andre Fleury G Cape Breton Screaming Eagles [QMJHL] 235 0 6 6 12
1 2 Carolina Eric Staal C Peterborough Petes [OHL] 409 164 194 358 289
1 3 Florida Nathan Horton C Oshawa Generals [OHL] 357 122 116 238 340
1 4 Columbus Nikolai Zherdev R CSKA Moscow [Russia] 365 99 140 239 203
1 5 Buffalo Thomas Vanek W U. of Minnesota [NCAA] 318 144 116 260 220
1 6 San Jose Milan Michalek L Ceske Budejovice HC [Czech] 317 91 123 214 184
1 7 Nashville Ryan Suter D U.S. Junior National Team [Intl] 311 23 93 116 264
1 8 Atlanta Braydon Coburn D Portland Winter Hawks [WHL] 216 19 57 76 221
1 9 Calgary Dion Phaneuf D Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 323 65 141 206 473
1 10 Mtl. Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn R CSKA Moscow [Russia] 186 52 56 108 87
1 11 Philadelphia Jeff Carter C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL] 307 112 104 216 211
1 12 NY Rangers Hugh Jessiman R Dartmouth College [NCAA]
1 13 Los Angeles Dustin Brown R Guelph Storm [OHL] 349 89 103 192 269
1 14 Chicago Brent Seabrook D Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL] 314 26 88 114 316
1 15 NY Islanders Robert Nilsson C Leksands IF [SEL] 192 26 65 91 78
1 16 San Jose Steve Bernier R Moncton Wildcats [QMJHL] 258 60 62 122 155
1 17 New Jersey Zach Parise C U. of North Dakota [NCAA] 326 122 131 253 107
1 18 Washington Eric Fehr R Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL] 109 15 19 34 38
1 19 Anaheim Ryan Getzlaf C Calgary Hitmen [WHL] 297 88 182 270 303
1 20 Minnesota Brent Burns D Brampton Battalion [OHL] 326 35 82 117 195
1 21 Boston Mark Stuart D Colorado College [NCAA] 196 10 18 28 181
1 22 Edmonton Marc-Antoine Pouliot C Rimouski Oceanic [QMJHL] 141 14 25 39 53
1 23 Vancouver Ryan Kesler C Ohio State University [NCAA] 320 65 75 140 275
1 24 Philadelphia Mike Richards C Kitchener Rangers [OHL] 290 79 142 221 256
1 25 Florida Anthony Stewart R Kingston Frontenacs [OHL] 105 4 8 12 38
1 26 Los Angeles Brian Boyle C St. Sebastian's [Mass. H.S.] 36 8 2 10 46
1 27 Los Angeles Jeff Tambellini L U. of Michigan [NCAA] 144 11 21 32 56
1 28 Anaheim Corey Perry R London Knights [OHL] 286 91 104 195 322
1 29 Ottawa Patrick Eaves R Boston College [NCAA] 242 45 45 90 99
1 30 St. Louis Shawn Belle D Tri-City Americans [WHL] 9 0 1 1 0
2002 NHL Entry Draft
2002 NHL Entry Draft Kari Lehtonen Rick Nash Jay Booumeester
1 Columbus Rick Nash L London Knights [OHL] 441 194 161 355 436
1 2 Atlanta Kari Lehtonen G Jokerit Helsinki [FNL] 204 0 5 5 20
1 3 Florida Jay Bouwmeester D Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL] 471 53 150 203 329
1 4 Philadelphia Joni Pitkanen D Karpat [FNL] 340 40 135 175 324
1 5 Pittsburgh Ryan Whitney D Boston University [NCAA] 273 34 126 160 235
1 6 Nashville Scottie Upshall W Kamloops Blazers [WHL] 230 46 60 106 223
1 7 Anaheim Joffrey Lupul C Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL] 372 102 109 211 214
1 8 Minnesota Pierre-Marc Bouchard C Chicoutimi Sagueneens [QMJHL] 425 77 190 267 136
1 9 Florida Petr Taticek C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL] 3 0 0 0 0
1 10 Calgary Eric Nystrom L U. of Michigan [NCAA] 122 8 12 20 137
1 11 Buffalo Keith Ballard D U. of Minnesota [NCAA] 315 25 96 121 315
1 12 Washington Steve Eminger D Kitchener Rangers [OHL] 283 11 58 69 271
1 13 Washington Alexander Semin R Chelyabinsk Jrs. (Russia) 254 108 108 216 257
1 14 Mtl. Canadiens Chris Higgins L Yale University [NCAA] 282 84 67 151 96
1 15 Edmonton Jesse Niinimaki C Ilves Tampere [FNL]
1 16 Ottawa Jakub Klepis C Portland Winter Hawks [WHL] 66 4 10 14 36
1 17 Washington Boyd Gordon R Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 267 20 46 66 54
1 18 Los Angeles Denis Grebeshkov D Yaroslavl Lokomotiv [Russia] 176 10 53 63 80
1 19 Phoenix Jakub Koreis C Plzen HC [Czech]
1 20 Buffalo Daniel Paille L Guelph Storm [OHL] 193 35 41 76 54
1 21 Chicago Anton Babchuk D Elemash Elektrostal (Russia) 168 23 38 61 70
1 22 NY Islanders Sean Bergenheim L Jokerit Helsinki [FNL] 183 30 27 57 150
1 23 Phoenix Ben Eager L Oshawa Generals [OHL] 195 20 16 36 501
1 24 Toronto Alexander Steen C Vastra Frolunda HC Goteborg [SEL] 314 56 94 150 130
1 25 Carolina Cam Ward G Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 225 0 5 5 14
1 26 Dallas Martin Vagner D Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]
1 27 San Jose Mike Morris F St. Sebastian's [Mass. H.S.]
1 28 Colorado Jonas Johansson R HV71 Jonkoping [SEL] 1 0 0 0 2
1 29 Boston Hannu Toivonen G HPK Hameenlinna [FNL] 61 0 0 0 10
1 30 Atlanta Jim Slater C Michigan State University [NCAA] 274 31 39 70 201
1 a-Tampa Bay Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski C
2 b-Nashville David Legwand, Plymouth C
3 San Jose Brad Stuart, Regina D
4 Vancouver Bryan Allen, Oshawa D
5 Anaheim Vitali Vishnevsky, Yaroslavl D
6 Calgary Rico Fata, London C
7 NY Rangers Manny Malhotra, Guelph C
8 c-Chicago Mark Bell, Ottawa C
9 NY Islanders Michael Rupp, Erie L
10 d-Toronto Nikolai Antropov, Ust-Kamenogorsk C
11 Carolina Jeff Heerema, Sarnia R
12 e-Colorado Alex Tanguay, Halifax C
13 Edmonton Michael Henrich, Barrie R
14 Phoenix Patrick DesRochers, Sarnia G
15 Ottawa Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan G
16 Montreal Eric Chouinard, Quebec C
17 f-Colorado Martin Skoula, Barrie D
18 Buffalo Dmitri Kalinin, Chelyabinsk D
19 g-Colorado Robyn Regehr, Kamloops D
20 h-Colorado Scott Parker, Kelowna R
21 i-Los Angeles Mathieu Biron, Shawinigan D
22 j-Philadelphia Simon Gagne, Quebec C
23 Pittsburgh Milan Kraft, Plzen Jr. C
24 St. Louis Christian Backman, Frolunda Jr. D
25 Detroit Jiri Fischer, Hull D
26 New Jersey Mike Van Ryn, Michigan D
27 k-New Jersey Scott Gomez, Tri-City C
1 1 Boston Joe Thornton C Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL] 836 265 577 842 831
1 2 San Jose Patrick Marleau L Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL] 871 276 334 610 303
1 3 Los Angeles Olli Jokinen C HIFK Helsinki [FNL] 799 237 281 518 794
1 4 NY Islanders Roberto Luongo G Val d'Or Foreurs [QMJHL] 544 0 13 13 30
1 5 NY Islanders Eric Brewer D Prince George Cougars [WHL] 623 48 131 179 491
1 6 Calgary Daniel Tkaczuk C Barrie Colts [OHL] 19 4 7 11 14
1 7 Tampa Bay Paul Mara D Sudbury Wolves [OHL] 639 63 176 239 640
1 8 Boston Sergei Samsonov L Detroit Vipers [IHL] 738 208 294 502 163
1 9 Washington Nick Boynton D Ottawa 67's [OHL] 505 32 96 128 751
1 10 Vancouver Brad Ference D Spokane Chiefs [WHL] 250 4 30 34 565
1 11 Mtl. Canadiens Jason Ward R Erie Otters [OHL] 336 36 45 81 171
1 12 Ottawa Marian Hossa R Trencin Dukla [Slovak] 775 339 380 719 458
1 13 Chicago Daniel Cleary L Belleville Bulls [OHL] 614 98 151 249 336
1 14 Edmonton Michel Riesen R Biel [Swiss-A] 12 0 1 1 4
1 15 Los Angeles Matt Zultek L Ottawa 67's [OHL]
1 16 Chicago Ty Jones W Spokane Chiefs [WHL] 14 0 0 0 19
1 17 Pittsburgh Robert Dome R Las Vegas Thunder [IHL] 53 7 7 14 12
1 18 Anaheim Michael Holmqvist C Djurgardens IF Stockholm [SEL] 156 18 17 35 72
1 19 NY Rangers Stefan Cherneski R Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
1 20 Florida Mike Brown W Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 34 1 2 3 130
1 21 Buffalo Mika Noronen G Tappara Tampere [FNL] 71 1 0 1 4
1 22 Carolina Nikos Tselios D Belleville Bulls [OHL] 2 0 0 0 6
1 23 San Jose Scott Hannan D Kelowna Rockets [WHL] 671 28 130 158 410
1 24 New Jersey Jean-Francois Damphousse G Moncton Wildcats [QMJHL] 6 0 0 0 0
1 25 Dallas Brenden Morrow L Portland Winter Hawks [WHL] 591 173 216 389 943
1 26 Colorado Kevin Grimes D Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]
1 Ottawa Chris Phillips D Prince Albert Raiders [WHL] 781 51 153 204 578
1 2 San Jose Andrei Zyuzin D Salavat Yulajev (Russia) 496 38 82 120 446
1 3 NY Islanders J.P. Dumont R Val d'Or Foreurs [QMJHL] 678 187 272 459 328
1 4 Washington Alexandre Volchkov R Barrie Colts [OHL] 3 0 0 0 0
1 5 Dallas Richard Jackman D Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL] 231 19 58 77 166
1 6 Edmonton Boyd Devereaux C Kitchener Rangers [OHL] 627 67 112 179 205
1 7 Buffalo Erik Rasmussen C U. of Minnesota [NCAA] 545 52 76 128 305
1 8 Boston Johnathan Aitken D Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL] 44 0 1 1 70
1 9 Anaheim Ruslan Salei D Las Vegas Thunder [IHL] 828 42 146 188 1007
1 10 New Jersey Lance Ward D Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 209 4 12 16 391
1 11 Phoenix Dan Focht D Tri-City Americans [WHL] 82 2 6 8 145
1 12 Vancouver Josh Holden C Regina Pats [WHL] 60 5 9 14 16
1 13 Calgary Derek Morris D Regina Pats [WHL] 793 76 264 340 794
1 14 St. Louis Marty Reasoner C Boston College [NCAA] 544 78 128 206 295
1 15 Philadelphia Dainius Zubrus C Pembroke (COJHL) 853 166 272 438 556
1 16 Tampa Bay Mario Larocque D Hull Olympiques [QMJHL] 5 0 0 0 16
1 17 Washington Jaroslav Svejkovsky L Tri-City Americans [WHL] 113 23 19 42 56
1 18 Mtl. Canadiens Matt Higgins C Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL] 57 1 2 3 6
1 19 Edmonton Matthieu Descoteaux D Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL] 5 1 1 2 4
1 20 Florida Marcus Nilson R Djurgardens IF Stockholm [SEL] 521 67 101 168 270
1 21 San Jose Marco Sturm C Landshut EV [DEL] 779 212 217 429 368
1 22 NY Rangers Jeff Brown D Sarnia Sting [OHL]
1 23 Pittsburgh Craig Hillier G Ottawa 67's [OHL]
1 24 Phoenix Daniel Briere C Drummondville Voltigeurs [QMJHL] 591 204 269 473 459
1 25 Colorado Peter Ratchuk D Shattuck St. Mary's [Minn.] 32 1 1 2 10
1 26 Detroit Jesse Wallin D Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 49 0 2 2 34
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