Saturday, June 25, 2011
61 Collegians Selected in NHL Draft
Sixty-one current or future college hockey players were selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, the same number that were drafted in 2010. It marked the sixth straight year – each season since the draft was shortened to seven rounds – that more than 60 college players were drafted.
Twenty-seven of the 30 NHL teams took at least one college player in the draft. Twenty-four colleges were represented among the selections, with three players yet to decide on a school.
Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak, who recently finished his freshman season at Northeastern, was the first of the college players taken at No. 14 to Dallas. He was one of 11 players who spent 2010-11 in the college ranks to be taken.
The first round featured two future Miami RedHawks. Round two had two current Boston University teammates, while the third round followed with two Notre Dame representatives. Wisconsin had two players taken in the fourth round, Cornell had two taken in the fifth, Ohio State and Minnesota each had two taken in the sixth and two recruits each from Harvard and Wisconsin went in the seventh round.
| Rd. | Pick | Team | Last Name | First Name | Pos. | 2010-11 Team | College Commitment |
| 1 | 14 | Dallas | Oleksiak | Jamie | D | Northeastern | |
| 1 | 15 | NY Rangers | Miller | JT | C | US NTDP | North Dakota |
| 1 | 20 | Phoenix | Murphy | Connor | D | US NTDP | Miami |
| 1 | 22 | Toronto | Biggs | Tyler | RW | US NTDP | Miami |
| 2 | 33 | Florida | Grimaldi | Rocco | C | US NTDP | North Dakota |
| 2 | 34 | NY Islanders | Mayfield | Scott | D | Youngstown (USHL) | Denver |
| 2 | 36 | Chicago | Clendening | Adam | D | Boston University | |
| 2 | 39 | Anaheim | Gibson | John | G | US NTDP | Michigan |
| 2 | 47 | San Jose | Nieto | Matt | LW | Boston University | |
| 2 | 60 | Minnesota | Lucia | Mario | LW | Wayzata HS | Undecided |
| 3 | 66 | Columbus | Tynan | TJ | C | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | 70 | Chicago | Paliotta | Michael | D | US NTDP | Vermont |
| 3 | 72 | NY Rangers | Fogarty | Steven | C | Edina HS | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 75 | New Jersey | Coleman | Blake | C | Indiana (USHL) | Miami |
| 3 | 78 | Winnipeg | Serville | Brennan | D | Stouffville (OPJHL) | Michigan |
| 3 | 82 | Los Angeles | Shore | Nick | C | Denver | |
| 3 | 83 | Anaheim | Welinski | Adam | D | Green Bay (USHL) | Minnesota Duluth |
| 3 | 91 | Florida | Rau | Kyle | C | Eden Prairie HS | Minnesota |
| 4 | 92 | Edmonton | Simpson | Dillon | D | North Dakota | |
| 4 | 95 | NY Islanders | Russo | Robbie | D | US NTDP | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 97 | Montreal | Didier | Josiah | D | Cedar Rapids (USHL) | Denver |
| 4 | 98 | Columbus | Reilly | Mike | D | Shattuck St. Mary’s | Minnesota |
| 4 | 99 | New Jersey | Boucher | Reid | C | US NTDP | Michigan State |
| 4 | 101 | Vancouver | Labate | Joseph | C | Holy Angels HS | Wisconsin |
| 4 | 104 | Calgary | Gaudreau | John | LW | Dubuque (USHL) | Undecided |
| 4 | 110 | Los Angeles | Mersch | Michael | LW | Wisconsin | |
| 4 | 112 | Nashville | Noonan | Garrett | D | Boston University | |
| 4 | 121 | Boston | Ferlin | Brian | RW | Indiana (USHL) | Cornell |
| 5 | 128 | Columbus | Ambroz | Seth | RW | Omaha (USHL) | Minnesota |
| 5 | 129 | New Jersey | Pietila | Blake | LW | US NTDP | Michigan Tech |
| 5 | 130 | Toronto | Cameranesi | Tony | C | Wayzata HS | Minnesota Duluth |
| 5 | 131 | Minnesota | Seeler | Nick | D | Eden Prairie HS | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 5 | 133 | San Jose | Kuraly | Sean | C | Indiana (USHL) | Miami |
| 5 | 140 | Los Angeles | Lowry | Joel | LW | Victoria (BCHL) | Cornell |
| 5 | 145 | Detroit | Hudon | Philippe | C/RW | Choate Prep | Cornell |
| 5 | 147 | Washington | Koudys | Patrick | D | Rensselaer | |
| 5 | 151 | Boston | O’Gara | Rob | D | Milton Prep | Yale |
| 6 | 154 | Florida | Wittchow | Edward | D | Burnsville HS | Undecided |
| 6 | 157 | Winnipeg | Kasdorf | Jason | G | Portage (MJHL) | Rensselaer |
| 6 | 160 | Anaheim | Manson | Josh | D | Salmon Arm (BCHL) | Quinnipiac |
| 6 | 161 | Minnesota | Michalek | Stephen | G | Loomis-Chaffee | Harvard |
| 6 | 169 | Chicago | Jardine | Sam | D | Camrose (AJHL) | Ohio State |
| 6 | 170 | Nashville | Balisy | Chase | C | Western Michigan | |
| 6 | 171 | Ottawa | McCormick | Max | LW | Sioux City (USHL) | Ohio State |
| 6 | 173 | Toronto | Robertson | Dennis | D | Brown | |
| 6 | 174 | Pittsburgh | Archibald | Josh | C | Brainerd HS | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 6 | 176 | Philadelphia | Placek | Petr | RW | Hotchkiss | Harvard |
| 6 | 177 | Washington | Boyd | Travis | C | US NTDP | Minnesota |
| 6 | 178 | Tampa Bay | Wilcox | Adam | G | Green Bay (USHL) | Minnesota |
| 7 | 187 | Winnipeg | Harstad | Aaron | D | Green Bay (USHL) | Colorado College |
| 7 | 189 | New Jersey | Daly | Patrick | D | Benilde-St. Margaret’s | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 194 | San Jose | Blackwell | Colin | C | St. John’s Prep | Harvard |
| 7 | 196 | Phoenix | Larraza | Zac | LW | US NTDP | Denver |
| 7 | 197 | Buffalo | Navin | Brad | C | Waupaca HS | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 198 | Montreal | Sullivan | Colin | D | Avon Old Farms | Yale |
| 7 | 199 | Chicago | Broadhurst | Alexander | C | Green Bay (USHL) | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 7 | 201 | Tampa Bay | Peca | Matthew | C | Pembroke (CCHL) | Quinnipiac |
| 7 | 203 | Toronto | Everson | Max | D | Edina HS | Harvard |
| 7 | 204 | Ottawa | Dzingel | Ryan | C | Lincoln (USHL) | Ohio State |
| 7 | 207 | Washington | Haar | Garrett | D | Fargo (USHL) | Northeastern |
| 7 | 209 | Pittsburgh | Wilson | Scott | C/LW | Georgetown (OPJHL) | UMass Lowell |