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National Hockey League - 2023 Round 1 Entry Draft History

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
1	1	Chicago Blackhawks	Connor Bedard	C	Regina Pats	WHL
1	2	Anaheim Ducks	Leo Carlsson	C	Orebro	Sweden
1	3	Columbus Blue Jackets	Adam Fantilli	C	Michigan	Big Ten
1	4	San Jose Sharks	William Smith	C	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
1	5	Montreal Canadiens	David Reinbacher	D	Kloten	Swiss
1	6	Arizona Coyotes	Dmitriy Simashev	D	Yaroslavl Jr.	Russia-Jr.
1	7	Philadelphia Flyers	Matvei Michkov	RW	Ska St. Petersburg	Russia
1	8	Washington Capitals	Ryan Leonard	RW	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
1	9	Detroit Red Wings	Nate Danielson	C	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
1	10	St Louis Blues	Dalibor Dvorsky	C	Aik	Sweden-2
1	11	Vancouver Canucks	Tom Willander	D	Rogle Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
1	12	Arizona Coyotes	Danil But	LW	Yaroslavl Jr.	Russia-Jr.
1	13	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson	LW	Winnipeg Ice	WHL
1	14	Pittsburgh Penquins	Brayden Yager	C	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL
1	15	Nashville Predators	Matthew Wood	RW	Connecticut	H-East
1	16	Calgary Flames	Samuel Honzek	LW	Vancouver Giants	WHL
1	17	Detroit Red Wings	Axel Sandin Pellikka	D	Skelleftea Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
1	18	Winnipeg Jets	Colby Barlow	LW	Owen Sound Attack	OHL
1	19	Chicago Blackhawks	Oliver Moore	C	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
1	20	Seattle Kraken	Eduard Sale	LW	Brno	Czechia
1	21	Minnesota Wild	Charlie Stramel	C	Wisconsin	Big Ten
1	22	Philadelphia Flyers	Oliver Bonk	D	London Knights	OHL
1	23	New York Rangers	Gabriel Perreault	RW	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
1	24	Nashville Predators	Tanner Molendyk	D	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
1	25	St Louis Blues	Otto Stenberg	C	Frolunda Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
1	26	San Jose Sharks	Quentin Musty	LW	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
1	27	Colorado Avalanche	Calum Ritchie	C	Oshawa Generals	OHL
1	28	Toronto Maple Leafs	Easton Cowan	RW	London Knights	OHL
1	29	St Louis Blues	Theo Lindstein	D	Brynas	Sweden
1	30	Carolina Hurricanes	Bradly Nadeau	LW	Penticton	BCHL
1	31	Colorado Avalanche	Mikhail Gulyayev	D	Omsk Jr.	Russia-Jr.
1	32	Las Vegas Golden Knights	David Edstrom	C	Frolunda Jr.	Sweden-Jr.

2023 Round 2 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
2	33	Anaheim Ducks	Nico Myatovic	LW	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
2	34	Columbus Blue Jackets	Gavin Brindley	C	Michigan	Big Ten
2	35	Chicago Blackhawks	Adam Gajan	G	Chippewa	NAHL
2	36	San Jose Sharks	Kasper Halttunen	RW	Hifk	Finland
2	37	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ethan Gauthier	RW	Sherbrooke Phoenix	QMJHL
2	38	Arizona Coyotes	Michael Hrabal	G	Omaha	USHL
2	39	Buffalo Sabres	Anton Wahlberg	C	Malmo Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
2	40	Washington Capitals	Andrew Cristall	LW	Kelowna Rockets	WHL
2	41	Detroit Red Wings	Trey Augustine	G	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
2	42	Detroit Red Wings	Andrew Gibson	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
2	43	Nashville Predators	Felix Nilsson	C	Rogle Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
2	44	Chicago Blackhawks	Roman Kantserov	RW	Magnitogorsk Jr.	Russia-Jr.
2	45	Buffalo Sabres	Maxim Strbak	D	Sioux Falls	USHL
2	46	Nashville Predators	Kalan Lind	LW	Red Deer Rebels	WHL
2	47	Detroit Red Wings	Brady Cleveland	D	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
2	48	Calgary Flames	Etienne Morin	D	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL
2	49	New York Islanders	Danny Nelson	C	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
2	50	Seattle Kraken	Carson Rehkopf	LW	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
2	51	Philadelphia Flyers	Carson Bjarnason	G	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
2	52	Seattle Kraken	Oscar Fisker Molgaard	C	Hv 71	Sweden
2	53	Minnesota Wild	Rasmus Kumpulainen	C	Pelicans Jr.	Finland-Jr
2	54	Los Angeles Kings	Jakub Dvorak	D	Liberec	Czechia
2	55	Chicago Blackhawks	Martin Misiak	RW	Youngstown	USHL
2	56	Edmonton Oilers	Beau Akey	D	Barrie Colts	OHL
2	57	Seattle Kraken	Lukas Dragicevic	D	Tri-City Americans	WHL
2	58	New Jersey Devils	Lenni Hameenaho	RW	Assat	Finland
2	59	Anaheim Ducks	Carey Terrance	C	Erie Otters	OHL
2	60	Anaheim Ducks	Damian Clara	G	Farjestad Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
2	61	Dallas Stars	Tristan Bertucci	D	Flint Firebirds	OHL
2	62	Carolina Hurricanes	Felix Unger Sorum	RW	Leksand Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
2	63	Florida Panthers	Gracyn Sawchyn	C	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
2	64	Minnesota Wild	Riley Heidt	C	Prince George Cougars	WHL

2023 Round 3 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
3	65	Anaheim Ducks	Coulson Pitre	RW	Flint Firebirds	OHL
3	66	Columbus Blue Jackets	William Whitelaw	RW	Youngstown	USHL
3	67	Chicago Blackhawks	Nick Lardis	LW	Hamilton Bulldogs	OHL
3	68	Nashville Predators	Jesse Kiiskinen	RW	Pelicans Jr.	Finland-Jr
3	69	Montreal Canadiens	Jacob Fowler	G	Youngstown	USHL
3	70	Arizona Coyotes	Jonathan Castagna	C	St. Andrews College	HIGH-ON
3	71	San Jose Sharks	Brandon Svoboda	C	Youngstown	USHL
3	72	Arizona Coyotes	Noel Nordh	LW	Brynas Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
3	73	Detroit Red Wings	Noah Dower Nilsson	LW	Frolunda Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
3	74	St Louis Blues	Quinton Burns	D	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
3	75	Vancouver Canucks	Hunter Brzustewicz	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
3	76	St Louis Blues	Juraj Pekarcik	LW	Nitra	Slovakia
3	77	Las Vegas Golden Knights	Mathieu Cataford	C	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
3	78	Los Angeles Kings	Koehn Ziemmer	RW	Prince George Cougars	WHL
3	79	Dallas Stars	Brad Gardiner	C	Ottawa 67's	OHL
3	80	Calgary Flames	Aydar Suniev	LW	Penticton	BCHL
3	81	Arizona Coyotes	Tanner Ludtke	C	Lincoln	USHL
3	82	Winnipeg Jets	Zach Nehring	RW	Shattuck-St. Mary'S	High-MN
3	83	Nashville Predators	Dylan Mackinnon	D	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
3	84	Seattle Kraken	Caden Price	D	Kelowna Rockets	WHL
3	85	Anaheim Ducks	Yegor Sidorov	RW	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
3	86	Buffalo Sabres	Gavin Mccarthy	D	Muskegon	USHL
3	87	Philadelphia Flyers	Egor Zavragin	G	Khanty-Mansiysk Jr.	Russia-Jr.
3	88	Arizona Coyotes	Vadim Moroz	RW	Minsk	Russia
3	89	Vancouver Canucks	Sawyer Mynio	D	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
3	90	New York Rangers	Drew Fortescue	D	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
3	91	Pittsburgh Penquins	Emil Pieniniemi	D	Karpat Jr.	Finland-Jr
3	92	Boston Bruins	Christopher Pelosi	C	Sioux Falls	USHL
3	93	Chicago Blackhawks	Jiri Felcman	C	Langnau Jr.	SWISS-JR.
3	94	Carolina Hurricanes	Jayden Perron	RW	Chicago	USHL
3	95	Philadelphia Flyers	Denver Barkey	C	London Knights	OHL
3	96	Las Vegas Golden Knights	Arttu Karki	D	Tappara Jr.	Finland-Jr

2023 Round 4 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
4	97	Anaheim Ducks	Konnor Smith	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
4	98	Columbus Blue Jackets	Andrew Strathmann	D	Youngstown	USHL
4	99	Chicago Blackhawks	Alex Pharand	C	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
4	100	Carolina Hurricanes	Alexander Rykov	RW	Chelmet	RUSSIA-2
4	101	Montreal Canadiens	Florian Xhekaj	LW	Hamilton Bulldogs	OHL
4	102	Arizona Coyotes	Terrell Goldsmith	D	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL
4	103	Philadelphia Flyers	Cole Knuble	C	Fargo	USHL
4	104	Washington Capitals	Patrick Thomas	C	Hamilton Bulldogs	OHL
4	105	Vancouver Canucks	Ty Mueller	C	Nebraska-Omaha	NCHC
4	106	St Louis Blues	Jakub Stancl	C	Vaxjo Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
4	107	Vancouver Canucks	Vilmer Alriksson	LW	Djurgarden Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
4	108	Ottawa Senators	Hoyt Stanley	D	Victoria	BCHL
4	109	Buffalo Sabres	Ethan Miedema	LW	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
4	110	Montreal Canadiens	Bogdan Konyushkov	D	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia
4	111	Nashville Predators	Joey Willis	C	Saginaw Spirit	OHL
4	112	Calgary Flames	Jaden Lipinski	C	Vancouver Giants	WHL
4	113	New York Islanders	Jesse Nurmi	LW	Kookoo Jr.	Finland-Jr
4	114	Columbus Blue Jackets	Luca Pinelli	C	Ottawa 67's	OHL
4	115	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jayson Shaugabay	RW	Warroad	High-MN
4	116	Seattle Kraken	Andrei Loshko	C	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
4	117	Detroit Red Wings	Larry Keenan	D	Culver Academy	High-IN
4	118	Los Angeles Kings	Hampton Slukynsky	G	Warroad	High-MN
4	119	Vancouver Canucks	Matthew Perkins	C	Youngstown	USHL
4	120	Philadelphia Flyers	Alex Ciernik	LW	Sodertalje	Sweden-2
4	121	Nashville Predators	Juha Jatkola	G	Kalpa	Finland
4	122	New Jersey Devils	Cam Squires	RW	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	QMJHL
4	123	San Jose Sharks	Luca Cagnoni	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
4	124	Boston Bruins	Beckett Hendrickson	C	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
4	125	Dallas Stars	Aram Minnetian	D	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
4	126	Carolina Hurricanes	Stanislav Yarovoi	RW	Vityaz	Russia
4	127	Florida Panthers	Albert Wikman	D	Farjestad Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
4	128	Montreal Canadiens	Quentin Miller	G	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL

2023 Round 5 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
5	129	Anaheim Ducks	Rodwin Dionicio	D	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
5	130	San Jose Sharks	Axel Landen	D	Hv 71 Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
5	131	Chicago Blackhawks	Marcel Marcel	LW	Gatineau Olympiques	QMJHL
5	132	San Jose Sharks	Eric Pohlkamp	D	Cedar Rapids	USHL
5	133	Montreal Canadiens	Sam Harris	LW	Sioux Falls	USHL
5	134	Arizona Coyotes	Melker Thelin	G	Bjorkloven U18	Sweden-Jr.
5	135	Philadelphia Flyers	Carter Sotheran	D	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
5	136	Washington Capitals	Cameron Allen	D	Guelph Storm	OHL
5	137	Detroit Red Wings	Jack Phelan	D	Sioux Falls	USHL
5	138	St Louis Blues	Paul Fischer	D	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
5	139	Carolina Hurricanes	Charles-Alexis Legault	D	Quinnipiac	ECAC
5	140	Ottawa Senators	Matthew Andonovski	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
5	141	Buffalo Sabres	Scott Ratzlaff	G	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
5	142	Pittsburgh Penquins	Mikhail Ilyin	RW	Cherepovets Jr.	Russia-Jr.
5	143	Nashville Predators	Sutter Muzzatti	C	RPI	ECAC
5	144	Montreal Canadiens	Yevgeni Volokhin	G	Khanty-Mansiysk Jr.	Russia-Jr.
5	145	New York Islanders	Justin Gill	C	Sherbrooke Phoenix	QMJHL
5	146	Winnipeg Jets	Jacob Julien	C	London Knights	OHL
5	147	Detroit Red Wings	Kevin Bicker	LW	Mannheim Jr.	Germany-Jr
5	148	Seattle Kraken	Kaden Hammell	D	Everett Silvertips	WHL
5	149	Minnesota Wild	Aaron Pionk	D	Waterloo	USHL
5	150	Los Angeles Kings	Matthew Mania	D	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
5	151	Winnipeg Jets	Thomas Milic	G	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
5	152	New York Rangers	Rasmus Larsson	D	Vasteras Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
5	153	Toronto Maple Leafs	Hudson Malinoski	C	Brooks	AJHL
5	154	New Jersey Devils	Chase Cheslock	D	Rogers	High-MN
5	155	Colorado Avalanche	Nikita Ishimnikov	D	Yekaterinburg Jr.	Russia-Jr.
5	156	Columbus Blue Jackets	Melvin Strahl	G	Modo Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
5	157	Dallas Stars	Arno Tiefensee	G	Mannheim	GERMANY
5	158	Carolina Hurricanes	Ruslan Khazheyev	G	Chelyabinsk Jr.	Russia-Jr.
5	159	Florida Panthers	Olof Glifford	G	Hv 71 U18	Sweden-Jr.
5	160	Arizona Coyotes	Justin Kipkie	D	Victoria Royals	WHL

2023 Round 6 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
6	161	Anaheim Ducks	Vojtech Port	D	Edmonton Oil Kings	WHL
6	162	Arizona Coyotes	Samu Bau	C	Ilves	Finland
6	163	Carolina Hurricanes	Timur Mukhanov	LW	Omsk Jr.	Russia-Jr.
6	164	New Jersey Devils	Cole Brown	LW	Hamilton Bulldogs	OHL
6	165	Montreal Canadiens	Filip Eriksson	C	Vaxjo Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
6	166	Arizona Coyotes	Carsen Musser	G	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
6	167	Chicago Blackhawks	Milton Oscarson	C	Orebro	Sweden
6	168	Seattle Kraken	Visa Vedenpaa	G	Karpat Jr.	Finland-Jr
6	169	Detroit Red Wings	Rudy Guimond	G	Taft School	HIGH-CT
6	170	St Louis Blues	Matthew Mayich	D	Ottawa 67's	OHL
6	171	Vancouver Canucks	Aiden Celebrini	D	Brooks	AJHL
6	172	Philadelphia Flyers	Ryan Macpherson	C	Leamington	GOJHL
6	173	Buffalo Sabres	Sean Keohane	D	Dexter School	High-MA
6	174	Pittsburgh Penquins	Cooper Foster	C	Ottawa 67's	OHL
6	175	Nashville Predators	Austin Roest	C	Everett Silvertips	WHL
6	176	Calgary Flames	Yegor Yegorov	G	Dynamo Moscow Jr.	Russia-Jr.
6	177	New York Islanders	Zachary Schulz	D	Usa U-18	U.S. NTDP
6	178	New York Rangers	Dylan Roobroeck	C	Oshawa Generals	OHL
6	179	Tampa Bay Lightning	Warren Clark	D	Steinbach	MJHL
6	180	Seattle Kraken	Zeb Forsfjall	C	Skelleftea Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
6	181	Minnesota Wild	Kalem Parker	D	Victoria Royals	WHL
6	182	Los Angeles Kings	Ryan Conmy	RW	Sioux City	USHL
6	183	New York Rangers	Ty Henricks	LW	Muskegon	USHL
6	184	Edmonton Oilers	Nathaniel Day	G	Flint Firebirds	OHL
6	185	Toronto Maple Leafs	Noah Chadwick	D	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL
6	186	New Jersey Devils	Daniil Karpovich	D	Yekaterinburg Jr.	Russia-Jr.
6	187	Colorado Avalanche	Jeremy Hanzel	D	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
6	188	Boston Bruins	Ryan Walsh	C	Cedar Rapids	USHL
6	189	Dallas Stars	Angus Macdonell	C	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL
6	190	Carolina Hurricanes	Michael Emerson	RW	Chicago	USHL
6	191	Florida Panthers	Luke Coughlin	D	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL
6	192	Las Vegas Golden Knights	Tuomas Uronen	RW	Hifk Jr.	Finland-Jr

2023 Round 7 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
7	193	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jack Harvey	C	Chicago	USHL
7	194	Columbus Blue Jackets	Oiva Keskinen	C	Tappara Jr.	Finland-Jr
7	195	Chicago Blackhawks	Janne Peltonen	D	Karpat Jr.	Finland-Jr
7	196	San Jose Sharks	David Klee	C	Waterloo	USHL
7	197	Montreal Canadiens	Luke Mittelstadt	D	Minnesota-Duluth	Big Ten
7	198	Florida Panthers	Stepan Zvyagin	LW	Dinamo-Shinnik Jr.	Russia-Jr.
7	199	Philadelphia Flyers	Matteo Mann	D	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QMJHL
7	200	Washington Capitals	Brett Hyland	C	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
7	201	Detroit Red Wings	Emmitt Finnie	C	Kamloops Blazers	WHL
7	202	St Louis Blues	Nikita Susuyev	RW	Spartak Jr.	Russia-Jr.
7	203	San Jose Sharks	Yegor Rimashevskiy	RW	Dynamo Moscow Jr.	Russia-Jr.
7	204	Ottawa Senators	Owen Beckner	C	Salmon Arm	BCHL
7	205	Buffalo Sabres	Norwin Panocha	D	Eisbaren Berlin Jr.	Germany-Jr
7	206	Washington Capitals	Antoine Keller	G	Geneve Jr.	SWISS-JR.
7	207	Ottawa Senators	Vladimir Nikitin	G	Barys Nur-Sultan U20	Kazak-Jr.U
7	208	Calgary Flames	Axel Hurtig	D	Rogle Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
7	209	New York Islanders	Dennis Good Bogg	D	Aik Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
7	210	Winnipeg Jets	Connor Levis	RW	Kamloops Blazers	WHL
7	211	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ethan Hay	C	Flint Firebirds	OHL
7	212	Seattle Kraken	Zaccharya Wisdom	RW	Cedar Rapids	USHL
7	213	Minnesota Wild	James Clark	LW	Green Bay	USHL
7	214	Boston Bruins	Casper Nassen	RW	Vasteras Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
7	215	Ottawa Senators	Nicholas Vantassell	RW	Green Bay	USHL
7	216	Edmonton Oilers	Matt Copponi	C	Merrimack	H-East
7	217	Pittsburgh Penquins	Emil Jarventie	LW	Ilves Jr.	Finland-Jr
7	218	Nashville Predators	Aiden Fink	RW	Brooks	AJHL
7	219	Colorado Avalanche	Maros Jedlicka	C	Zvolen	Slovakia
7	220	Boston Bruins	Kristian Kostadinski	D	Frolunda Jr.	Sweden-Jr.
7	221	Dallas Stars	Sebastian Bradshaw	LW	Elite Hockey Academy 18u	USMAAA
7	222	Carolina Hurricanes	Yegor Velmakin	G	Voronezh	RUSSIA-2
7	223	Pittsburgh Penquins	Kalle Kangas	D	Jokerit Jr.	Finland-Jr
7	224	Columbus Blue Jackets	Tyler Peddle	LW	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL