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2002 NHL Draft

2002 NHL Draft - June 22nd, 2002 through June 23rd, 2002, in Toronto, Canada

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Pick	Team	Player	Position	School	Height	Weight
1	Columbus	Rick Nash	LW	London (OHL)
2	Atlanta	Kari Lehtonen	G	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
3	Florida	Jay Bouwmeester	D	Medicine Hat (WHL)
4	Philadelphia	Joni Pitkanen	D	Karpat Oulu (SM-liiga)
5	Pittsburgh	Ryan Whitney	D	Boston University
6	Nashville	Scottie Upshall	RW	Kamloops (WHL)
7	Anaheim	Joffrey Lupul	RW	Medicine Hat (WHL)
8	Minnesota	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	RW	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
9	Florida	Petr Taticek	C	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
10	Calgary	Eric Nystrom	C	Michigan
11	Buffalo	Keith Ballard	D	Minnesota
12	Washington	Steve Eminger	D	Kitchener (OHL)
13	Washington	Alexander Semin	RW	Chelyabinsk (KHL)
14	Montreal	Chris Higgins	LW	Yale
15	Edmonton	Jesse Niinimaki	C	Ilves Tampere (SM-liiga)
16	Ottawa	Jakub Klepis	C	Portland (WHL)
17	Washington	Boyd Gordon	C	Red Deer (WHL)
18	Los Angeles	Denis Grebeshkov	D	Yaroslavl (KHL)
19	Phoenix	Jakub Koreis	C	Plze (Czech)
20	Buffalo	Daniel Paille	C	Guelph (OHL)
21	Chicago	Anton Babchuk	D	Russia
22	NY Islanders	Sean Bergenheim	C	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
23	Phoenix	Ben Eager	LW	Oshawa (OHL)
24	Toronto	Alexander Steen	C	Frolunda HC (SEL)
25	Carolina	Cam Ward	G	Red Deer (WHL)
26	Dallas	Martin Vagner	D	Hull (EIHL)
27	San Jose	Mike Morris	C	St. Sebastian's School
28	Colorado	Jonas Johansson	RW	HV71 (SEL)
29	Boston	Hannu Toivonen	G	HPK Hameenlinna (SM-liiga)
30	Atlanta	Jim Slater	C	Michigan State
31	Edmonton	Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers	G	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
32	Dallas	Janos Vas	LW	Malmo (Allsvenskan)
33	NY Rangers	Lee Falardeau	C	Michigan State
34	Dallas	Tobias Stephan	G	Switzerland
35	Pittsburgh	Ondrej Nemec	D	Vsetin HC (Czech)
36	Edmonton	Jarret Stoll	C	Kootenay (WHL)
37	Anaheim	Tim Brent	C	St. Michael's (CCHL)
38	Minnesota	Josh Harding	G	Regina (WHL)
39	Calgary	Brian McConnell	RW	Boston College
40	Florida	Rob Globke	RW	Notre Dame
41	Columbus	Joakim Lindstrom	LW	Modo Hockey (SEL)
42	Dallas	Marius Holtet	RW	Farjestads BK (SEL)
43	Dallas	Trevor Daley	D	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
44	Edmonton	Matt Greene	D	Green Bay (USHL)
45	Montreal	Tomas Linhart	D	Mississauga (OHL)
46	Phoenix	David LeNeveu	G	Cornell
47	Ottawa	Alexei Kaigorodov	C	Magnitogorsk (KHL)
48	St. Louis	Alexei Shkotov	RW	Russia
49	Vancouver	Kirill Koltsov	D	Omsk (KHL)
50	Los Angeles	Sergei Anshakov	C	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
51	New Jersey	Anton Kadeykin	D	Russia
52	San Jose	Dan Spang	D	Winchester High School
53	New Jersey	Barry Tallackson	C	Minnesota
54	Chicago	Duncan Keith	D	Michigan State
55	Vancouver	Denis Grot	D	Russia
56	Boston	Vladislav Evseev	C	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
57	Toronto	Matt Stajan	C	Belleville (OHL)
58	Detroit	Jiri Hudler	C	Vsetin HC (Czech)
59	Washington	Maxime Daigneault	G	Val-d'Or (QMJHL)
60	Tampa Bay	Adam Henrich	C	Brampton (OHL)
61	Colorado	Johnny Boychuk	D	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
62	St. Louis	Andrei Mikhnov	C	Sudbury (OHL)
63	Detroit	Tomas Fleischmann	RW	Vitkovice (Czech)
64	New Jersey	Jason Ryznar	LW	Michigan
65	Columbus	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen	D	Brandon (WHL)
66	Los Angeles	Petr Kanko	LW	Kitchener (OHL)
67	Florida	Gregory Campbell	C	Plymouth (OHL)
68	Vancouver	Brett Skinner	D	Des Moines (USHL)
69	Pittsburgh	Erik Christensen	C	Kamloops (WHL)
70	Phoenix	Joe Callahan	D	Yale
71	Anaheim	Brian Lee	D	Erie (OHL)
72	Minnesota	Mike Erickson	RW	Minnesota
73	Minnesota	Barry Brust	G	Spokane (WHL)
74	Toronto	Todd Ford	G	Swift Current (WHL)
75	Ottawa	Arttu Luttien	C	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
76	Buffalo	Michael Tessier	RW	Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
77	Washington	Patrick Wellar	D	Portland (WHL)
78	Dallas	Geoff Waugh	D	Kindersley (SJHL)
79	Edmonton	Brock Radunske	RW	Michigan State
80	Phoenix	Matt Jones	D	North Dakota
81	NY Rangers	Marcus Jonasen	LW	Vasteras (Allsvenskan)
82	Buffalo	John Adams	D	Boston College
83	Vancouver	Lukas Mensator	G	Karlovy Vary (Czech)
84	New Jersey	Marek Chvatal	D	Trinec (Czech)
85	New Jersey	Ahren Nittel	RW	Windsor (OHL)
86	San Jose	Jonas Fiedler	RW	Plymouth (OHL)
87	NY Islanders	Frans Nielsen	C	Malmo (Allsvenskan)
88	Toronto	Dominic D'Amour	D	Hull (EIHL)
89	St. Louis	Tomas Troliga	C	Slovakia
90	Calgary	Matthew Lombardi	C	Victoriaville (QMJHL)
91	Carolina	Jesse Lane	D	Hull (EIHL)
92	Washington	Derek Krestanovich	C	Moose Jaw (WHL)
93	Chicago	Alexander Kojevnikov	LW	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (Vysshaya)
94	Colorado	Eric Lundberg	D	Providence
95	Detroit	Valtteri Filppula	C	Jokerit Helsinki (SM-liiga)
96	Columbus	Jeff Genovy	RW	Des Moines (USHL)
97	Phoenix	Lance Monych	RW	Brandon (WHL)
98	Columbus	Ivan Tkachenko	RW	Yaroslavl (KHL)
99	Montreal	Michael Lambert	LW	Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL)
100	Tampa Bay	Dmitri Kazionov	C	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
101	Pittsburgh	Daniel Fernholm	D	Djurgardens IF (SEL)
102	Nashville	Brandon Segal	RW	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
103	Anaheim	Joonas Vihko	C	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
104	Los Angeles	Aaron Rome	D	Swift Current (WHL)
105	Philadelphia	Rosario Ruggeri	D	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
106	Edmonton	Ivan Koltsov	D	Cherepovets (KHL)
107	Colorado	Mikko Kalteva	D	Jokerit Helsinki (SM-liiga)
108	Buffalo	Jakub Hulva	RW	Vitkovice (Czech)
109	Washington	Jevon Desautels	LW	Spokane (WHL)
110	Dallas	Jarkko Immonen	C	Assat Pori (SM-liiga)
111	Edmonton	Jonas Almtorp	C	Modo Hockey (SEL)
112	Calgary	Yuri Artemenkov	C	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (Vysshaya)
113	Ottawa	Scott Dobben	C	Erie (OHL)
114	Vancouver	John Laliberte	C	New Hampshire Jr. (EJHL)
115	Los Angeles	Mark Rooneem	LW	Kamloops (WHL)
116	Atlanta	Pat Dwyer	RW	Western Michigan
117	New Jersey	Cam Janssen	RW	Windsor (OHL)
118	Washington	Petr Dvorak	RW	Czech Republic
119	Columbus	Jekabs Redlihs	RW	Latvia
120	St. Louis	Robin Jonsson	RW	Bofors (Allsvenskan)
121	Buffalo	Marty Magers	G	Omaha (USHL)
122	Toronto	David Turon	D	Czech Republic
123	Edmonton	Robin Kovar	D	Vancouver (WHL)
124	Atlanta	Lane Manson	D	Moose Jaw (WHL)
125	Ottawa	Johan Bjork	D	Malmo (Allsvenskan)
126	Philadelphia	Konstantin Baranov	C	Chelyabinsk (KHL)
127	NY Rangers	Nate Guenin	D	Green Bay (USHL)
128	Chicago	Matt Ellison	C	Cowichan Valley (BCHL)
129	Colorado	Tom Gilbert	D	Chicago (USHL)
130	Boston	Jan Kubista	RW	Pardubice (Czech)
131	Detroit	Johan Berggren	D	Sweden
132	Phoenix	John Zeiler	RW	Sioux City (USHL)
133	Columbus	Lasse Pirjeta	LW	Karpat Oulu (SM-liiga)
134	Florida	Topi Jaakola	D	Karpat Oulu (SM-liiga)
135	Tampa Bay	Joseph Pearce	G	New Hampshire Jr. (EJHL)
136	Pittsburgh	Andy Sertich	D	Greenway High School
137	Pittsburgh	Cam Paddock	C	Kelowna (WHL)
138	Nashville	Patrick Jarrett	C	Owen Sound (OHL)
139	San Jose	Kris Newbury	C	Sarnia (OHL)
140	Anaheim	George Davis	RW	Cape Breton (QMJHL)
141	Calgary	Jiri Cetkovsky	RW	Zlin (Czech)
142	Calgary	Emanuel Peter	C	Kloten (NLA)
143	NY Rangers	Mike Walsh	LW	Detroit Compuware (MWEHL)
144	Atlanta	Paul Flache	D	Brampton (OHL)
145	Washington	Robert Gherson	G	Sarnia (OHL)
146	Calgary	Viktor Bobrov	C	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
147	Dallas	David Bararuk	LW	Moose Jaw (WHL)
148	Edmonton	Glenn Fisher	G	Fort Saskatchewan (AJHL)
149	NY Islanders	Marcus Paulsson	C	Sweden
150	Ottawa	Brock Hooton	RW	Quesnel (BCHL)
151	Vancouver	Rob McVicar	G	Brandon (WHL)
152	Los Angeles	Greg Hogeboom	C	Miami (Ohio)
153	Boston	Peter Hamerlik	G	Skalica (Slovak)
154	New Jersey	Krisjanis Redlihs	D	Liepijas Metalurgs-2 (Latvian)
155	Minnesota	Armands Berzins	C	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
156	Chicago	James Wisniewski	D	Plymouth (OHL)
157	Los Angeles	Joel Andresen	D	St. Albert (AJHL)
158	Florida	Vince Bellissimo	C	Topeka (NAHL)
159	Calgary	Kristofer Persson	RW	Modo Hockey (SEL)
160	Carolina	Daniel Manzato	G	Victoriaville (QMJHL)
161	Philadelphia	Dov Grumet-Morris	G	Harvard
162	Tampa Bay	Gerard Dicaire	D	Seattle (WHL)
163	San Jose	Tom Walsh	D	Deerfield Academy
164	Colorado	Tyler Weiman	G	Tri-City (WHL)
165	St. Louis	Justin Maiser	LW	Boston University
166	Detroit	Logan Koopmans	G	Lethbridge (WHL)
167	Atlanta	Brad Schell	C	Spokane (WHL)
168	Columbus	Tim Konsorada	RW	Brandon (WHL)
169	Florida	Jeremy Swanson	D	Barrie (OHL)
170	Tampa Bay	P.J. Atherton	D	Cedar Rapids (USHL)
171	Pittsburgh	Bobby Goepfert	G	Cedar Rapids (USHL)
172	Nashville	Mike McKenna	G	St. Lawrence University
173	Anaheim	Luke Fritshaw	D	Prince Albert (WHL)
174	Tampa Bay	Karri Akkanen	C	Ilves Tampere (SM-liiga)
175	Minnesota	Matt Foy	RW	Merrimack
176	Calgary	Curtis McElhinney	G	Colorado College
177	NY Rangers	Jake Taylor	D	Green Bay (USHL)
178	Buffalo	Maxim Schevjev	C	Russia
179	Washington	Marian Havel	C	Vancouver (WHL)
180	Dallas	Kirill Sidorenko	C	Kurgan Zauralie (Vysshaya)
181	Edmonton	Mikko Luoma	D	Tappara Tampere (SM-liiga)
182	Montreal	Andre Deveaux	C	Belleville (OHL)
183	Tampa Bay	Paul Ranger	D	Oshawa (OHL)
184	Columbus	Jaroslav Balastik	LW	Zlin (Czech)
185	Los Angeles	Ryan Murphy	RW	Boston College
186	Phoenix	Jeff Pietrasiak	G	Berkshire Co Christian School
187	New Jersey	Eric Johansson	C	Tri-City (WHL)
188	Chicago	Kevin Kantee	D	Jokerit Helsinki (SM-liiga)
189	NY Islanders	Alexei Stonkus	D	Yaroslavl (KHL)
190	St. Louis	D.J. King	LW	Lethbridge (WHL)
191	Toronto	Ian White	RW	Swift Current (WHL)
192	Philadelphia	Nikita Korovkin	D	Kamloops (WHL)
193	Philadelphia	Joey Mormina	D	Colgate
194	NY Rangers	Kim Hirschovits	C	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
195	Colorado	Taylor Christie	D	Bowling Green
196	Florida	Mikael Vuorio	C	Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga)
197	Detroit	Jimmy Cuddihy	C	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
198	Atlanta	Nathan Oystrick	D	Surrey (BCHL)
199	Columbus	Greg Mauldin	RW	Massachusetts
200	Florida	Denis Yachmenev	LW	North Bay (NOJHL)
201	Philadelphia	Mathieu Brunelle	LW	Victoriaville (QMJHL)
202	Pittsburgh	Patrik Bartschi	C	Kloten (NLA)
203	Nashville	Josh Morrow	D	Tri-City (WHL)
204	Minnesota	Nicklas Eckerblom	RW	Djurgardens IF (SEL)
205	Edmonton	Jean-Francois Dufort	LW	Cape Breton (QMJHL)
206	Calgary	David Van Der Gulik	RW	Chilliwack (WHL)
207	Calgary	Pierre Johnsson	RW	Farjestads BK (SEL)
208	Buffalo	Radoslav Hecl	D	Bratislava (Slovak)
209	Washington	Joni Lindlof	C	Tappara Tampere (SM-liiga)
210	Dallas	Bryan Hamm	D	Peterborough (OHL)
211	Edmonton	Patrick Murphy	LW	Newmarket (CCHL)
212	Montreal	Jonathan Ferland	RW	Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL)
213	Tampa Bay	Fredrik Norrena	G	TPS Turku (SM-liiga)
214	Vancouver	Marc-Andre Roy	LW	Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
215	Los Angeles	Mikhail Lyubushin	D	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (Vysshaya)
216	Phoenix	Ladislav Kouba	LW	Red Deer (WHL)
217	San Jose	Tim Conboy	RW	Topeka (NAHL)
218	New Jersey	Ilkka Pikkarainen	RW	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
219	Chicago	Tyson Kellerman	G	North Bay (NOJHL)
220	NY Islanders	Brad Topping	G	Brampton (OHL)
221	St. Louis	Jonas Johnson	C	Frolunda HC (SEL)
222	Toronto	Scott May	C	Ohio State
223	Vancouver	Ilya Krikunov	C	Russia
224	Carolina	Adam Taylor	RW	Kootenay (WHL)
225	Columbus	Steven Goertzen	RW	Seattle (WHL)
226	NY Rangers	Joey Crabb	RW	Green Bay (USHL)
227	Colorado	Ryan Steeves	C	Yale
228	Boston	Dmitri Utkin	C	Yaroslavl (KHL)
229	Detroit	Derek Meech	D	Red Deer (WHL)
230	Atlanta	Colton Fretter	C	Chatham Maroons (GOJHL)
231	Columbus	Jaroslav Kracik	RW	Plze (Czech)
232	Florida	Peter Hafner	D	Taft School
233	Tampa Bay	Vasily Koshechkin	C	Russia
234	Pittsburgh	Maxime Talbot	C	Hull (EIHL)	5' 11"	190
235	Nashville	Kaleb Betts	LW	Chilliwack (WHL)
236	Atlanta	Tyler Boldt	D	Kamloops (WHL)
237	Minnesota	Christoph Brandner	LW	Krefeld (DEL)
238	Calgary	Jyri Marttinen	D	JYP Jyvaskyla (SM-liiga)
239	Pittsburgh	Ryan Lannon	D	Harvard
240	NY Rangers	Petr Prucha	LW	Pardubice (Czech)
241	Buffalo	Dennis Wideman	D	London (OHL)
242	Washington	Igor Ignatushkin	C	Russia
243	Dallas	Tuomas Mikkonen	LW	JYP Jyvaskyla (SM-liiga)
244	Edmonton	Dwight Helminen	C	Michigan
245	Edmonton	Tomas Micka	C	Praha Slavia (Czech)
246	Ottawa	Josef Vavra	LW	Vsetin HC (Czech)
247	Vancouver	Matt Violin	G	Lake Superior State
248	Los Angeles	Tuukka Pulliainen	C	Finland
249	Phoenix	Marcus Smith	D	Kitchener (OHL)
250	New Jersey	Dan Glover	D	Camrose (AJHL)
251	Chicago	Jason Kostadine	RW	Hull (EIHL)
252	NY Islanders	Martin Chabada	LW	Praha Sparta (Czech)
253	St. Louis	Tom Koivisto	D	Jokerit Helsinki (SM-liiga)
254	Toronto	Jarrko Immonen	C	Springfield Jr. (NAHL)
255	Tampa Bay	Ryan Craig	C	Brandon (WHL)
256	Tampa Bay	Darren Reid	RW	Medicine Hat (WHL)
257	Atlanta	Pauli Levokari	D	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
258	Colorado	Sergei Shemetov	C	Yaroslavl (KHL)
259	Boston	Yan Stastny	C	Notre Dame
260	Detroit	Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu	D	Quebec (QMJHL)
261	Anaheim	Francois Caron	D	Moncton (QMJHL)
262	Detroit	Christian Soderstrom	D	Timra IK (SEL)
263	Columbus	Sergei Mozyakin	C	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
264	Nashville	Matthew Davis	G	Moncton (QMJHL)
265	Pittsburgh	Dwight LaBrosse	G	Guelph (OHL)
266	Nashville	Steven Spencer	D	Swift Current (WHL)
267	Anaheim	Chris Petrow	D	Oshawa (OHL)
268	Minnesota	Mikhail Tyulyapkin	D	Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
269	Minnesota	Mika Hannula	C	Malmo (Allsvenskan)
270	NY Rangers	Rob Flynn	LW	Harvard
271	Buffalo	Martin Cizek	C	Praha Slavia (Czech)
272	Washington	Patric Blomdahl	RW	AIK (Allsvenskan)
273	Dallas	Ned Havern	LW	Boston College
274	Edmonton	Fredrik Johansson	C	Frolunda HC (SEL)
275	Montreal	Konstantin Korneev	D	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (Vysshaya)
276	Ottawa	Vitaly Atyushov	D	Perm Molot-Prikamye (Vysshaya)
277	Vancouver	Thomas Nussli	C	Zug (NLA)
278	Vancouver	Matt Gens	RW	St. Cloud State
279	Los Angeles	Connor James	C	Denver
280	Phoenix	Russell Spence	LW	OCN (MJHL)
281	New Jersey	Bill Kinkel	LW	Kitchener (OHL)
282	Chicago	Adam Burish	C	Green Bay (USHL)
283	NY Islanders	Per Braxenholm	D	Sweden
284	St. Louis	Ryan MacMurchy	RW	Notre Dame (SJHL)
285	Toronto	Staffan Kronwall	D	Sweden
286	Tampa Bay	Alexei Glukhov	C	Khimik Voskresensk (Vysshaya)
287	Tampa Bay	John Toffey	C	Ohio State
288	San Jose	Michael Hutchins	D	Des Moines (USHL)
289	Colorado	Sean Collins	C	Waywayseecappo (MJHL)	6' 3"	184
290	Boston	Pavel Frolov	C	Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
291	Detroit	Jonathan Ericsson	D	Sweden