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2005 NHL Draft

2005 NHL Draft - July 30th, 2005 through July 31st, 2005, in Ottawa, Canada

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Pick	Team	Player	Position	School	Height	Weight
1	Pittsburgh	Sidney Crosby	C	Rimouski (QMJHL)
2	Anaheim	Bobby Ryan	RW	Owen Sound (OHL)
3	Carolina	Jack Johnson	D	USNTDP (USHL)
4	Minnesota	Benoit Pouliot	LW	Sudbury (OHL)
5	Montreal	Carey Price	G	Tri-City (WHL)
6	Columbus	Gilbert Brule	C	Vancouver (WHL)
7	Chicago	Jack Skille	RW	USNTDP (USHL)
8	San Jose	Devin Setoguchi	RW	Saskatoon (WHL)
9	Ottawa	Brian Lee	D	Moorhead Senior High School
10	Vancouver	Luc Bourdon	D	Val-d'Or (QMJHL)
11	Los Angeles	Anze Kopitar	C	Sodertalje SK (Allsvenskan)
12	NY Rangers	Marc Staal	D	Sudbury (OHL)
13	Buffalo	Marek Zagrapan	C	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
14	Washington	Sasha Pokulok	D	Cornell
15	NY Islanders	Ryan O'Marra	C	Erie (OHL)
16	Atlanta	Alex Bourret	RW	Lewiston (QMJHL)
17	Phoenix	Martin Hanzal	C	Budejovice (Czech)
18	Nashville	Ryan Parent	D	Guelph (OHL)
19	Detroit	Jakub Kindl	D	Kitchener (OHL)
20	Florida	Kenndal McArdle	LW	Moose Jaw (WHL)
21	Toronto	Tuukka Rask	G	Ilves Tampere (SM-liiga)
22	Boston	Matt Lashoff	D	Kitchener (OHL)
23	New Jersey	Nicklas Bergfors	RW	Sodertalje SK (Allsvenskan)
24	St. Louis	T.J. Oshie	C	Warroad High School
25	Edmonton	Andrew Cogliano	C	St. Michael's (CCHL)
26	Calgary	Matt Pelech	D	Sarnia (OHL)
27	Washington	Joe Finley	D	Sioux Falls (USHL)
28	Dallas	Matt Niskanen	D	Virginia High School
29	Philadelphia	Steve Downie	RW	Windsor (OHL)
30	Tampa Bay	Vladimir Mihalik	D	Praha Slavia (Czech)
31	Anaheim	Brendan Mikkelson	D	Portland (WHL)
32	Florida	Tyler Plante	G	Brandon (WHL)
33	Dallas	James Neal	LW	Plymouth (OHL)
34	Colorado	Ryan Stoa	C	USNTDP (USHL)
35	San Jose	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	Quebec (QMJHL)
36	Edmonton	Taylor Chorney	D	Shattuck-St. Marys School
37	St. Louis	Scott Jackson	D	Seattle (WHL)
38	New Jersey	Jeff Frazee	G	USNTDP (USHL)
39	Boston	Petr Kalus	C	Vitkovice (Czech)
40	NY Rangers	Michael Sauer	D	Portland (WHL)
41	Atlanta	Ondrej Pavelec	G	Kladno (Czech)
42	Detroit	Justin Abdelkader	LW	Cedar Rapids (USHL)
43	Chicago	Michael Blunden	RW	Erie (OHL)
44	Colorado	Paul Stastny	C	Denver
45	Montreal	Guillaume Latendresse	RW	Drummondville (QMJHL)
46	NY Islanders	Dustin Kohn	D	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
47	Colorado	Tom Fritsche	LW	Ohio State
48	Buffalo	Philipp Gogulla	LW	Cologne (DEL)
49	Atlanta	Chad Denny	D	Lewiston (QMJHL)
50	Los Angeles	Dany Roussin	LW	Rimouski (QMJHL)
51	Vancouver	Mason Raymond	LW	Camrose (AJHL)
52	Colorado	Chris Durand	C	Seattle (WHL)
53	Atlanta	Andrew Kozek	LW	Surrey (BCHL)
54	Chicago	Dan Bertram	RW	Boston College
55	Columbus	Adam McQuaid	D	Sudbury (OHL)
56	NY Rangers	Marc-Andre Cliche	RW	Lewiston (QMJHL)
57	Minnesota	Matt Kassian	LW	Kamloops (WHL)
58	Carolina	Nate Hagemo	D	Minnesota
59	Phoenix	Pier-Olivier Pelletier	G	Drummondville (QMJHL)
60	Los Angeles	T.J. Fast	D	Camrose (AJHL)
61	Pittsburgh	Michael Gergen	D	Shattuck-St. Marys School
62	Pittsburgh	Kristopher Letang	D	Val-d'Or (QMJHL)
63	Anaheim	Jason Bailey	RW	USNTDP (USHL)
64	Carolina	Joe Barnes	C	Saskatoon (WHL)
65	Minnesota	Kristofer Westblom	G	Kelowna (WHL)
66	Montreal	Brodie Dupont	C	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
67	Columbus	Kris Russell	C	Belleville (OHL)
68	Chicago	Evan Brophey	LW	Belleville (OHL)	6' 2"	199
69	Calgary	Gord Baldwin	D	Medicine Hat (WHL)
70	Ottawa	Vitaly Anikeenko	D	Yaroslavl (KHL)
71	Dallas	Richard Clune	LW	Sarnia (OHL)
72	Los Angeles	Jon Quick	G	Avon High School
73	Tampa Bay	Radek Smolenak	LW	Kingston (OHL)
74	Calgary	Dan Ryder	C	Peterborough (OHL)
75	Dallas	Perttu Lindgren	C	Ilves Tampere (SM-liiga)
76	NY Islanders	Shea Guthrie	RW	St. George's School
77	NY Rangers	Dalyn Flatt	D	Saskatoon (WHL)
78	Nashville	Teemu Laakso	D	HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
79	Nashville	Cody Franson	D	Vancouver (WHL)
80	Detroit	Christofer Lofberg	C	Djurgardens IF (SEL)
81	Edmonton	Danny Syvret	D	London (OHL)
82	Toronto	Phil Oreskovic	D	Brampton (OHL)
83	Boston	Mikko Lehtonen	RW	Blues Espoo (SM-liiga)
84	New Jersey	Mark Fraser	D	Kitchener (OHL)
85	St. Louis	Ben Bishop	G	Texas (NAHL)
86	Edmonton	Robby Dee	C	Breck School
87	Buffalo	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	P.E.I. (QMJHL)
88	Colorado	T.J. Hensick	C	Michigan
89	Tampa Bay	Chris Lawrence	C	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
90	Florida	Dan Collins	RW	Plymouth (OHL)
91	Philadelphia	Oskars Bartulis	D	Moncton (QMJHL)
92	Tampa Bay	Marek Bartanus	RW	Koice (Slovak)
93	Florida	Olivier Legault	LW	Lewiston (QMJHL)
94	Carolina	Jakub Vojta	D	Praha Sparta (Czech)
95	Ottawa	Cody Bass	C	Mississauga (OHL)
96	Buffalo	Chris Butler	D	Sioux City (USHL)
97	Edmonton	Chris Vande Velde	C	Moorhead Senior High School
98	Ottawa	Ilya Zubov	C	Chelyabinsk (KHL)
99	New Jersey	Patrick Davis	LW	Kitchener (OHL)
100	Boston	Jonathan Sigalet	D	Bowling Green
101	Columbus	Jared Boll	RW	Lincoln (USHL)
102	Tampa Bay	Blair Jones	C	Moose Jaw (WHL)
103	Detroit	Mattias Ritola	C	Leksands (Allsvenskan)
104	Florida	Matt Duffy	D	New Hampshire Jr. (EJHL)
105	Phoenix	Keith Yandle	D	Cushing Academy
106	Boston	Vladimir Sobotka	C	Praha Slavia (Czech)
107	NY Rangers	Tom Pyatt	C	Saginaw (OHL)
108	Chicago	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	HV71 (SEL)
109	Washington	Andrew Thomas	D	Denver
110	Minnesota	Kyle Bailey	C	Portland (WHL)
111	Calgary	J.D. Watt	RW	Vancouver (WHL)
112	San Jose	Alex Stalock	G	Cedar Rapids (USHL)
113	Chicago	Nathan Davis	C	Miami (Ohio)
114	Vancouver	Alexandre Vincent	G	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
115	Ottawa	Janne Kolehmainen	LW	SaiPa Lappeenranta (SM-liiga)
116	Atlanta	Jordan LaVallee	LW	Quebec (QMJHL)
117	Chicago	Denis Istomin	RW	Chelyabinsk (KHL)
118	Washington	Patrick McNeill	D	Saginaw (OHL)
119	Phoenix	Jeremy Duchesne	G	Halifax (QMJHL)
120	Edmonton	Slava Trukhno	C	P.E.I. (QMJHL)
121	Montreal	Juraj Mikus	C	Skalica (Slovak)
122	Minnesota	Morten Madsen	C	Frolunda HC (SEL)
123	Carolina	Ondrej Otcenas	C	Trenin (Slovak)
124	Colorado	Ray Macias	D	Kamloops (WHL)
125	Pittsburgh	Tommi Leinonen	D	Karpat Oulu (SM-liiga)
126	Pittsburgh	Tim Crowder	RW	Surrey (BCHL)
127	Anaheim	Bobby Bolt	LW	Kingston (OHL)
128	Calgary	Kevin Lalande	LW	Kingston (OHL)
129	Minnesota	Anthony Aiello	D	Thayer Academy
130	Montreal	Mathieu Aubin	C	Lewiston (QMJHL)
131	Columbus	Tomáš Pöpperle	G	Praha Sparta (Czech)
132	Detroit	Darren Helm	C	Medicine Hat (WHL)
133	Tampa Bay	Stanislav Lascek	RW	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
134	Chicago	Brennan Turner	D	Notre Dame (SJHL)
135	Atlanta	Tomáš Pospíšil	RW	Trinec (Czech)
136	Ottawa	Tomas Kudelka	D	Zlin (Czech)
137	Detroit	Johan Ryno	LW	Sweden
138	Vancouver	Matt Butcher	C	Chilliwack (WHL)
139	Los Angeles	Patrik Hersley	D	Malmo (Allsvenskan)
140	San Jose	Taylor Dakers	G	Kootenay (WHL)
141	Anaheim	Brian Salcido	D	Colorado College
142	Buffalo	Nathan Gerbe	C	USNTDP (USHL)
143	Washington	Daren Machesney	G	Brampton (OHL)
144	NY Islanders	Masi Marjamaki	RW	Moose Jaw (WHL)
145	Carolina	Tim Kunes	D	New England Jr. (EJHL)
146	Dallas	Tom Wandell	D	Sodertalje SK (Allsvenskan)
147	NY Rangers	Trevor Koverko	D	Owen Sound (OHL)
148	Phoenix	Anton Krysanov	C	Tolyatti Lada (KHL)
149	San Jose	Derek Joslin	D	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
150	Nashville	Cal O'Reilly	C	Windsor (OHL)
151	Detroit	Jeff May	D	Prince Albert (WHL)
152	Philadelphia	Josh Beaulieu	C	London (OHL)
153	Toronto	Alex Berry	RW	Chilliwack (WHL)
154	Boston	Wacey Rabbit	C	Saskatoon (WHL)
155	New Jersey	Mark Fayne	C	Noble & Greenough School
156	St. Louis	Ryan Reaves	RW	Brandon (WHL)
157	Edmonton	Fredrik Pettersson	LW	Frolunda HC (SEL)
158	Calgary	Matt Keetley	G	Medicine Hat (WHL)
159	Carolina	Risto Korhonen	D	Karpat Oulu (SM-liiga)
160	Dallas	Matt Watkins	RW	Vernon (BCHL)
161	Florida	Brian Foster	G	New Hampshire Jr. (EJHL)
162	San Jose	P.J. Fenton	C	Massachusetts
163	Tampa Bay	Marek Kvapil	RW	Saginaw (OHL)
164	Florida	Roman Derlyuk	D	Spartak Moscow (KHL)
165	Tampa Bay	Kevin Beech	G	Sudbury (OHL)
166	Colorado	Jason Lynch	D	Spokane (WHL)
167	Chicago	Joe Fallon	G	Vermont
168	Colorado	Justin Mercier	C	USNTDP (USHL)
169	St. Louis	Mike Gauthier	D	Prince Albert (WHL)
170	New Jersey	Sean Zimmerman	D	Spokane (WHL)
171	St. Louis	Nick Drazenovic	C	Prince George (WHL)
172	Boston	Lukas Vantuch	C	Liberec White Tigers (Czech)
173	Toronto	Johan Dahlberg	RW	Modo Hockey (SEL)
174	Philadelphia	John Flatters	D	Red Deer (WHL)
175	Detroit	Juho Mielonen	D	Ilves Tampere (SM-liiga)
176	Nashville	Ryan Maki	RW	Harvard
177	Columbus	Derek Reinhart	D	Regina (WHL)
178	NY Rangers	Greg Beller	RW	Lake Of The Woods School
179	Calgary	Brett Sutter	C	Kootenay (WHL)
180	NY Islanders	Tyrell Mason	D	Salmon Arm (BCHL)
181	Washington	Tim Kennedy	LW	Sioux City (USHL)
182	Buffalo	Adam Dennis	G	London (OHL)
183	San Jose	Will Colbert	D	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
184	Los Angeles	Ryan McGinnis	D	Plymouth (OHL)
185	Vancouver	Kris Fredheim	D	Notre Dame (SJHL)
186	Ottawa	Dmitri Megalinsky	D	Yaroslavl (KHL)
187	Atlanta	Andrei Zubarev	D	Ufa (KHL)
188	Chicago	Joe Charlebois	D	Sioux City (USHL)
189	Columbus	Kirill Starkov	C	Frolunda HC (SEL)
190	Montreal	Matt D'Agostini	RW	Guelph (OHL)
191	Buffalo	Vyacheslav Buravchikov	D	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (Vysshaya)
192	Carolina	Nicolas Blanchard	C	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
193	San Jose	Tony Lucia	LW	Wayzata High School
194	Pittsburgh	Jean-Philippe Paquet	D	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
195	Pittsburgh	Joe Vitale	C	Sioux Falls (USHL)
196	NY Islanders	Nick Tuzzolino	D	Sarnia (OHL)
197	Anaheim	Jean-Philippe Levasseur	G	Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
198	Carolina	Kyle Lawson	D	USNTDP (USHL)
199	Minnesota	Riley Emmerson	D	Tri-City (WHL)
200	Montreal	Sergei Kostitsyn	LW	Gomel (Belarusian)
201	Columbus	Trevor Hendrikx	D	Peterborough (OHL)
202	Chicago	David Kuchejda	RW	Budejovice (Czech)
203	Chicago	Adam Hobson	C	Spokane (WHL)
204	Ottawa	Colin Greening	C	Canada
205	Vancouver	Mario Bliznak	C	Slovakia
206	Los Angeles	Josh Meyers	D	Sioux City (USHL)
207	Atlanta	Myles Stoesz	D	Spokane (WHL)
208	Buffalo	Matt Generous	D	New England Jr. (EJHL)
209	Washington	Viktor Dovgan	D	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
210	NY Islanders	Luciano Aquino	C	Brampton (OHL)
211	NY Rangers	Ryan Russell	C	Kootenay (WHL)
212	Phoenix	Pat Brosnihan	RW	Worcester Academy
213	Nashville	Scott Todd	D	Windsor (OHL)
214	Detroit	Bretton Stamler	D	Seattle (WHL)
215	Philadelphia	Matt Clackson	LW	Chicago (USHL)
216	Toronto	Anton Starlman	D	SK LSPA Riga (Latvian)
217	Boston	Brock Bradford	C	Omaha (USHL)
218	New Jersey	Alexander Sundstrom	C	Bjorkloven (Allsvenskan)
219	St. Louis	Nikolay Lemtyugov	RW	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
220	Edmonton	Matt Glasser	LW	Fort McMurray (AJHL)
221	Calgary	Myles Rumsey	D	Swift Current (WHL)
222	Colorado	Kyle Cumiskey	D	Kelowna (WHL)
223	Dallas	Pat McGann	G	Cedar Rapids (USHL)
224	Florida	Zach Bearson	RW	Waterloo (USHL)
225	Tampa Bay	John Wessbecker	D	Blake School Upper Campus
226	Los Angeles	John Seymour	LW	Brampton (OHL)
227	Buffalo	Andrew Orpik	D	Thayer Academy
228	Toronto	Chad Rau	C	Des Moines (USHL)
229	Montreal	Philippe Paquet	D	Salisbury School
230	Nashville	Patric Hornqvist	RW	Djurgardens IF (SEL)