NHL First Round Draft Picks Who Played College Hockey


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Year Rd. Overall First Name Last Name Nationality NHL Team NCAA Team Team Drafted From (if not NCAA)
1964 1 2 Alex Campbell Canada Boston Bruins St. Lawrence Strathroy Midgets
1968 1 9 John Marks Canada Chicago Blackhawks North Dakota
1971 1 8 Larry Wright Canada Philadelphia Flyers Minnesota Duluth Regina (WHL)
1976 1 8 David Shand Canada Atlanta Flames Michigan Peterborough (OHL)
1979 1 11 Mike Ramsey USA Buffalo Sabres Minnesota
1980 1 11 Mike Blaisdell Canada Detroit Red Wings Wisconsin Regina (WHL)
1981 1 9 James Patrick Canada New York Rangers North Dakota Prince Albert (SJHL)
1982 1 21 Patrick Flatley Canada New York Islanders Wisconsin
1983 1 10 Normand Lacombe Canada Buffalo Sabres New Hampshire
1984 1 13 David Quinn USA Minnesota North Stars Boston University Cranston HS (RI)
1984 1 6 Craig Redmond Canada Los Angeles Kings Denver
1985 1 17 Chris Biotti USA Calgary Flames Harvard Waltham HS (MA)
1985 1 2 Craig Simpson Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Michigan State
1985 1 16 Tom Chorske USA Montreal Canadiens Minnesota Minneapolis SW HS (MN)
1986 1 13 Craig Janney USA Boston Bruins Boston College
1986 1 9 Brian Leetch USA New York Rangers Boston College Avon Old Farms PS (CT)
1986 1 11 Scott Young USA Hartford Whalers Boston University
1986 1 1 Joe Murphy Canada Detroit Red Wings Michigan State
1986 1 17 Tom Fitzgerald USA New York Islanders Providence Austin Prep (MA)
1987 1 19 Bryan Deasley Canada Calgary Flames Michigan
1988 1 21 Jason Muzzatti Canada Calgary Flames Michigan State
1988 1 9 Rod Brind’Amour Canada St. Louis Blues Michigan State Notre Dame Jr. A
1989 1 5 Bill Guerin USA New Jersey Devils Boston College Springfield Jr. B
1989 1 7 Doug Zmolek USA Minnesota North Stars Minnesota John Marshall HS (MN)
1989 1 8 Jason Herter Canada Vancouver Canucks North Dakota
1990 1 19 Keith Tkachuk USA Winnipeg Jets Boston University Malden Catholic HS (MA)
1990 1 13 Michael Stewart Canada New York Rangers Michigan State
1990 1 21 Bryan Smolinski USA Boston Bruins Michigan State
1991 1 4 Scott Lachance USA New York Islanders Boston University
1991 1 11 Brian Rolston USA New Jersey Devils Lake Superior State Detroit Compuware
1991 1 5 Aaron Ward Canada Winnipeg Jets Michigan
1992 1 24 Peter Ferraro USA New York Rangers Maine Waterloo (USHL)
1992 1 7 Ryan Sittler USA Philadelphia Flyers Michigan Nichols Prep (NY)
1992 1 13 Joe Hulbig USA Edmonton Oilers Providence St. Sebastian’s Prep (MA)
1993 1 4 Paul Kariya Canada Anaheim Mighty Ducks Maine
1993 1 25 Kevyn Adams USA Boston Bruins Miami
1993 1 19 Landon Wilson USA Toronto Maple Leafs North Dakota Dubuque (USHL)
1994 1 22 Jeff Kealty USA Quebec Nordiques Boston University Catholic Memorial HS (MA)
1994 1 20 Jason Botterill Canada Dallas Stars Michigan
1996 1 14 Marty Reasoner USA St. Louis Blues Boston College
1996 1 25 Peter Ratchuk USA Colorado Avalanche Bowling Green Shattuck-St. Mary’s (MN)
1996 1 7 Erik Rasmussen USA Buffalo Sabres Minnesota
1998 1 26 Mike Van Ryn Canada New Jersey Devils Michigan
1999 1 20 Barrett Heisten USA Buffalo Sabres Maine
1999 1 14 Jeff Jillson USA San Jose Sharks Michigan
1999 1 16 Dave Tanabe USA Carolina Hurricanes Wisconsin
2000 1 18 Brooks Orpik USA Pittsburgh Penguins Boston College
2000 1 19 Krys Kolanos Canada Phoenix Coyotes Boston College
2000 1 1 Rick DiPietro USA New York Islanders Boston University
2000 1 30 Jeff Taffe USA St. Louis Blues Minnesota
2000 1 22 David Hale USA New Jersey Devils North Dakota Sioux City (USHL)
2000 1 13 Ron Hainsey USA Montreal Canadiens UMass Lowell
2000 1 2 Dany Heatley Canada Atlanta Thrashers Wisconsin
2001 1 14 Chuck Kobasew Canada Calgary Flames Boston College
2001 1 7 Mike Komisarek USA Montreal Canadiens Michigan
2001 1 16 R.J. Umberger USA Vancouver Canucks Ohio State
2001 1 30 Dave Steckel USA Los Angeles Kings Ohio State
2002 1 5 Ryan Whitney USA Pittsburgh Penguins Boston University
2002 1 10 Eric Nystrom USA Calgary Flames Michigan
2002 1 30 Jim Slater USA Atlanta Thrashers Michigan State
2002 1 11 Keith Ballard USA Buffalo Sabres Minnesota
2002 1 27 Mike Morris USA San Jose Sharks Northeastern St. Sebastian’s Prep (MA)
2002 1 14 Chris Higgins USA Montreal Canadiens Yale
2003 1 29 Patrick Eaves USA Ottawa Senators Boston College
2003 1 26 Brian Boyle USA Los Angeles Kings Boston College St. Sebastian’s Prep (MA)
2003 1 21 Mark Stuart USA Boston Bruins Colorado College
2003 1 12 Hugh Jessiman USA New York Rangers Dartmouth
2003 1 27 Jeff Tambellini Canada Los Angeles Kings Michigan
2003 1 5 Thomas Vanek Austria Buffalo Sabres Minnesota
2003 1 17 Zach Parise USA New Jersey Devils North Dakota
2003 1 23 Ryan Kesler USA Vancouver Canucks Ohio State
2003 1 7 Ryan Suter USA Nashville Predators Wisconsin U.S. NTDP
2004 1 26 Cory Schneider USA Vancouver Canucks Boston College Phillips Andover (MA)
2004 1 6 Al Montoya USA New York Rangers Michigan
2004 1 12 A.J. Thelen USA Minnesota Wild Michigan State
2004 1 24 Kris Chucko Canada Calgary Flames Minnesota Salmon Arm (BCHL)
2004 1 5 Blake Wheeler USA Phoenix Coyotes Minnesota Breck HS (MN)
2004 1 13 Drew Stafford USA Buffalo Sabres North Dakota
2004 1 20 Travis Zajac Canada New Jersey Devils North Dakota Salmon Arm (BCHL)
2005 1 14 Sasha Pokulok Canada Washington Capitals Cornell
2005 1 3 Jack Johnson USA Carolina Hurricanes Michigan U.S. NTDP
2005 1 25 Andrew Cogliano Canada Edmonton Oilers Michigan St. Michael’s (OJHL)
2005 1 28 Matt Niskanen USA Dallas Stars Minnesota Duluth Virginia HS (MN)
2005 1 9 Brian Lee USA Ottawa Senators North Dakota Moorhead HS (MN)
2005 1 24 T.J. Oshie USA St. Louis Blues North Dakota Warroad HS (MN)
2005 1 27 Joe Finley USA Washington Capitals North Dakota Sioux Falls (USHL)
2005 1 7 Jack Skille USA Chicago Blackhawks Wisconsin U.S. NTDP
2006 1 19 Mark Mitera USA Anaheim Mighty Ducks Michigan
2006 1 29 Chris Summers USA Phoenix Coyotes Michigan U.S. NTDP
2006 1 5 Phil Kessel USA Boston Bruins Minnesota
2006 1 1 Erik Johnson USA St. Louis Blues Minnesota U.S. NTDP
2006 1 7 Kyle Okposo USA New York Islanders Minnesota Des Moines (USHL)
2006 1 20 David Fischer USA Montreal Canadiens Minnesota Apple Valley HS (MN)
2006 1 3 Jonathan Toews Canada Chicago Blackhawks North Dakota
2007 1 28 Nick Petrecki USA San Jose Sharks Boston College Omaha (USHL)
2007 1 14 Kevin Shattenkirk USA Colorado Avalanche Boston University U.S. NTDP
2007 1 21 Riley Nash Canada Edmonton Oilers Cornell Salmon Arm (BCHL)
2007 1 22 Max Pacioretty USA Montreal Canadiens Michigan Sioux City (USHL)
2007 1 29 Jim O’Brien USA Ottawa Senators Minnesota
2007 1 25 Patrick White USA Vancouver Canucks Minnesota Tri-City (USHL)
2007 1 2 James van Riemsdyk USA Philadelphia Flyers New Hampshire U.S. NTDP
2007 1 18 Ian Cole USA St. Louis Blues Notre Dame U.S. NTDP
2007 1 3 Kyle Turris Canada Phoenix Coyotes Wisconsin Burnaby (BCHL)
2007 1 12 Ryan McDonagh USA Montreal Canadiens Wisconsin Cretin-Durham HS (MN)
2007 1 27 Brendan Smith Canada Detroit Red Wings Wisconsin St. Michael’s (OJHL)
2008 1 7 Colin Wilson USA Nashville Predators Boston University
2008 1 16 Joe Colborne Canada Boston Bruins Denver Camrose (AJHL)
2008 1 29 Daultan Leveille Canada Atlanta Thrashers Michigan State St. Catherines (GOJHL)
2008 1 17 Jake Gardiner USA Anaheim Ducks Wisconsin Minnetonka HS (MN)
2009 1 19 Chris Kreider USA New York Rangers Boston College Phillips Andover (MA)
2009 1 18 Louis Leblanc Canada Montreal Canadiens Harvard Omaha (USHL)
2009 1 22 Jordan Schroeder USA Vancouver Canucks Minnesota
2009 1 16 Nick Leddy USA Minnesota Wild Minnesota Eden Prairie HS (MN)
2009 1 28 Dylan Olsen Canada Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Duluth Camrose (AJHL)
2009 1 26 Kyle Palmieri USA Anaheim Ducks Notre Dame U.S. NTDP
2010 1 24 Kevin Hayes USA Chicago Blackhawks Boston College Nobles & Greenough (MA)
2010 1 28 Charlie Coyle USA San Jose Sharks Boston University South Shore (EJHL)
2010 1 14 Jaden Schwartz Canada St. Louis Blues Colorado College Tri-City (USHL)
2010 1 20 Beau Bennett USA Pittsburgh Penguins Denver Penticton (BCHL)
2010 1 19 Nick Bjugstad USA Florida Panthers Minnesota Blaine HS (MN)
2010 1 30 Brock Nelson USA New York Islanders North Dakota Warroad HS (MN)
2010 1 15 Derek Forbort USA Los Angeles Kings North Dakota U.S. NTDP
2010 1 21 Riley Sheahan Canada Detroit Red Wings Notre Dame
2011 1 22 Tyler Biggs USA Toronto Maple Leafs Miami U.S. NTDP
2011 1 14 Jamie Oleksiak Canada Dallas Stars Northeastern
2012 1 23 Michael Matheson Canada Florida Panthers Boston College Dubuque (USHL)
2012 1 9 Jacob Trouba USA Winnipeg Jets Michigan U.S. NTDP
2012 1 28 Brady Skjei USA New York Rangers Minnesota U.S. NTDP
2012 1 25 Jordan Schmaltz USA St. Louis Blues North Dakota Green Bay (USHL)
2012 1 21 Mark Jankowski Canada Calgary Flames Providence Stanstead College
2014 1 18 Alex Tuch USA Minnesota Wild Boston College U.S. NTDP
2014 1 15 Dylan Larkin USA Detroit Red Wings Michigan U.S. NTDP
2014 1 20 Nick Schmaltz USA Chicago Blackhawks North Dakota Green Bay (USHL)
2015 1 5 Noah Hanifin USA Carolina Hurricanes Boston College
2015 1 21 Colin White USA Ottawa Senators Boston College U.S. NTDP
2015 1 2 Jack Eichel USA Buffalo Sabres Boston University
2015 1 25 Jack Roslovic USA Winnipeg Jets Miami U.S. NTDP
2015 1 8 Zach Werenski USA Columbus Blue Jackets Michigan
2015 1 17 Kyle Connor USA Winnipeg Jets Michigan Youngstown (USHL)
2015 1 23 Brock Boeser USA Vancouver Canucks North Dakota Waterloo (USHL)
2016 1 14 Charlie McAvoy USA Boston Bruins Boston University
2016 1 7 Clayton Keller USA Arizona Coyotes Boston University U.S. NTDP
2016 1 19 Kieffer Bellows USA New York Islanders Boston University U.S. NTDP
2016 1 17 Dante Fabbro Canada Nashville Predators Boston University Penticton (BCHL)
2016 1 26 Tage Thompson USA St. Louis Blues Connecticut
2016 1 23 Henrik Borgstrom Finland Florida Panthers Denver HIFK (Finland)
2016 1 25 Riley Tufte USA Dallas Stars Minnesota Duluth Blaine HS (MN)
2016 1 10 Tyson Jost Canada Colorado Avalanche North Dakota Penticton (BCHL)
2016 1 20 Dennis Cholowski Canada Detroit Red Wings St. Cloud State Chilliwack (BCHL)
2016 1 15 Luke Kunin USA Minnesota Wild Wisconsin
2016 1 29 Trent Frederic USA Boston Bruins Wisconsin U.S. NTDP
2017 1 26 Jake Oettinger USA Dallas Stars Boston University
2017 1 28 Shane Bowers Canada Ottawa Senators Boston University Waterloo (USHL)
2017 1 4 Cale Makar Canada Colorado Avalanche Massachusetts Brooks (AJHL)
2017 1 19 Josh Norris USA San Jose Sharks Michigan U.S. NTDP
2017 1 8 Casey Mittelstadt USA Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Eden Prairie HS (MN)
2017 1 25 Ryan Poehling USA Montreal Canadiens St. Cloud State
2018 1 11 Oliver Wahlstrom USA New York Islanders Boston College U.S. NTDP
2018 1 4 Brady Tkachuk USA Ottawa Senators Boston University
2018 1 14 Joel Farabee USA Philadelphia Flyers Boston University NTDP (USHL)
2018 1 7 Quinn Hughes USA Vancouver Canucks Michigan
2018 1 26 Jacob Bernard-Docker Canada Ottawa Senators North Dakota Okotoks (AJHL)
2018 1 19 Jay O’Brien USA Philadelphia Flyers Providence, Boston University Thayer Academy
2018 1 22 K’Andre Miller USA New York Rangers Wisconsin NTDP (USHL)
2019 1 12 Matthew Boldy USA Minnesota Wild Boston College U.S. NTDP
2019 1 13 Spencer Knight USA Florida Panthers Boston College U.S. NTDP
2019 1 16 Alex Newhook Canada Colorado Avalanche Boston College Victoria (BCHL)
2019 1 9 Trevor Zegras USA Anaheim Ducks Boston University U.S. NTDP
2019 1 14 Cam York USA Philadelphia Flyers Michigan U.S. NTDP
2019 1 30 John Beecher USA Boston Bruins Michigan U.S. NTDP
2019 1 31 Ryan Johnson USA Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Sioux Falls (USHL)
2019 1 15 Cole Caufield USA Montreal Canadiens Wisconsin U.S. NTDP
2019 1 5 Alex Turcotte USA Los Angeles Kings Wisconsin U.S. NTDP
2020 1 29 Brendan Brisson USA Vegas Golden Knights Michigan Chicago (USHL)
2020 1 5 Jake Sanderson USA Ottawa Senators North Dakota U.S. NTDP
2020 1 14 Dylan Holloway Canada Edmonton Oilers Wisconsin
2021 1 10 Tyler Boucher USA Ottawa Senators Boston University U.S. NTDP
2021 1 13 Matthew Coronato USA Calgary Flames Harvard Chicago (USHL)
2021 1 1 Owen Power Canada Buffalo Sabres Michigan
2021 1 2 Matty Beniers USA Seattle Kraken Michigan
2021 1 5 Kent Johnson Canada Columbus Blue Jackets Michigan
2021 1 4 Luke Hughes USA New Jersey Devils Michigan U.S. NTDP
2021 1 24 Mackie Samoskevich USA Florida Panthers Michigan Chicago (USHL)
2021 1 18 Chaz Lucius USA Winnipeg Jets Minnesota U.S. NTDP
2021 1 25 Corson Ceulemans Canada Columbus Blue Jackets Wisconsin Brooks (AJHL)
2022 1 3 Logan Cooley USA Arizona Coyotes Minnesota U.S. NTDP
2022 1 5 Cutter Gauthier USA Philadelphia Flyers Boston College U.S. NTDP
2022 1 13 Frank Nazar USA Chicago Blackhawks Michigan U.S. NTDP
2022 1 14 Rutger McGroarty USA Winnipeg Jets Michigan U.S. NTDP
2022 1 23 Jimmy Snuggerud USA St. Louis Blues Minnesota U.S. NTDP
2022 1 25 Sam Rinzel USA Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota Waterloo (USHL)
2022 1 31 Isaac Howard USA Tampa Bay Lightning Minnesota Duluth U.S. NTDP
2023 1 3 Adam Fantilli Canada Columbus Blue Jackets Michigan
2023 1 4 Will Smith USA San Jose Sharks Boston College U.S. NTDP
2023 1 8 Ryan Leonard USA Washington Capitals Boston College U.S. NTDP
2023 1 11 Tom Willander Sweden Vancouver Canucks Boston University Rogle BK Jr.
2023 1 15 Matthew Wood Canada Nashville Predators Connecticut
2023 1 19 Oliver Moore USA Chicago Blackhawks Minnesota U.S. NTDP
2023 1 21 Charlie Stramel USA Minnesota Wild Wisconsin
2023 1 23 Gabriel Perreault USA New York Rangers Boston College U.S. NTDP
2023 1 30 Bradly Nadeau Canada Carolina Hurricanes Maine Penticton (BCHL)
2024 1 1 Macklin Celebrini Canada San Jose Sharks Boston University Chicago (USHL)
2024 1 2 Artyom Levshunov Belarus Chicago Blackhawks Michigan State Green Bay (USHL)
2024 1 12 Zeev Buium USA Minnesota Wild Denver U.S. NTDP
2024 1 18 Sacha Boisvert Canada Chicago Blackhawks North Dakota Muskegon (USHL)
2024 1 19 Trevor Connelly USA Vegas Golden Knights Providence Tri-City (USHL)
2024 1 20 Cole Eiserman USA New York Islanders Boston University U.S. NTDP
2024 1 21 Michael Hage Canada Montreal Canadiens Michigan Chicago (USHL)
2024 1 25 Dean Letourneau Canada Boston Bruins Boston College St. Andrew’s College
2024 1 30 EJ Emery USA New York Rangers North Dakota U.S. NTDP