{"id":31497,"date":"2003-07-09T22:23:36","date_gmt":"2003-07-10T03:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=31497"},"modified":"2010-09-30T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T03:25:10","slug":"nhl-draft-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2003\/07\/09\/nhl-draft-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Draft 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"
June 22-23<\/b><\/p>\n
TORONTO, Ont. — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2002 entry draft:<\/p>\n
(I)<\/b> = Incoming Recruit
\n*<\/b> = No Longer With Team<\/p>\n
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Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 5 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Whitney, D Boston University (HEA)\r\n 10 Calgary Flames Eric Nystrom, F Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 11 Buffalo Sabres Keith Ballard, D Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 14 Montreal Canadiens Chris Higgins, F Yale (ECAC)\r\n 27 San Jose Sharks Mike Morris, RW (I) Northeastern (HEA)\r\n 30 Atlanta Thrashers Jim Slater, C Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Two<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 33 New York Rangers Lee Felardeau, C Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n 39 Calgary Flames Brian McConnell, C Boston University (HEA)\r\n 40 Florida Panthers Rob Globke, C\/RW Notre Dame (CCHA)\r\n 44 Edmonton Oilers Matt Greene, D (I) North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n 46 Phoenix Coyotes David LeNeveu, G Cornell (ECAC)\r\n 52 San Jose Sharks Dan Spang, D (I) Boston University (HEA)\r\n 53 New Jersey Devils Barry Tallackson, RW Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 54 Chicago Blackhawks Duncan Keith, D Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Three<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 64 New Jersey Devils Jason Ryznar, LW Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 68 Vancouver Canucks Brett Skinner, D Denver (WCHA)\r\n 70 Phoenix Coyotes Joe Callahan, D Yale (ECAC)\r\n 72 Minnesota Wild Michael Erickson, RW Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 78 Dallas Stars Geoff Waugh, D (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 79 Edmonton Oilers Brock Radunske, LW\/RW Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n 80 Phoenix Coyotes Matt Jones, D North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n 82 Buffalo Sabres John Adams, D Boston College (HEA)\r\n 94 Colorado Avalanche Eric Lundberg, D Providence (HEA)\r\n 96 Columbus Blue Jackets Jeff Genovy, C (I) Clarkson (ECAC)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Four<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n114 Vancouver Canucks John Laliberte, RW (I) Boston University (HEA)\r\n116 Atlanta Thrashers Patrick Dwyer, RW Western Michigan (CCHA)\r\n119 Columbus Blue Jackets Jekabs Redlihs, D (I) Boston University (HEA)\r\n121 Buffalo Sabres Marty Magers, G (I) Michigan Tech (WCHA)\r\n127 New York Rangers Nathan Guenin, D (I) Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n129 Colorado Avalanche Tom Gilbert, D (I) Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Five<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n132 Phoenix Coyotes John Zeiler, RW (I) St. Lawrence (ECAC)\r\n135 Tampa Bay Lightning Joseph Pearce, G (I) Boston College (HEA)\r\n136 Pittsburgh Penguins Andrew Sertich, LW (I) Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n143 New York Rangers Mike Walsh, LW (I) Notre Dame (CCHA)\r\n148 Edmonton Oilers Glenn Fisher, G (I-03) Denver (WCHA)\r\n150 Ottawa Senators Brock Hooton, C (I) St. Cloud State (WCHA)\r\n152 Los Angeles Kings Greg Hogeboom, RW Miami (CCHA)\r\n157 Los Angeles Kings Joel Andresen, D (I) Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA)\r\n158 Florida Panthers Vince Bellissimo, C (I) Western Michigan (CCHA)\r\n161 Philadelphia Flyers Dov Grumet-Morris, G Harvard (ECAC)\r\n163 San Jose Sharks Tom Walsh, D (I) Harvard (ECAC)\r\n165 St. Louis Blues Justin Maiser, C\/LW Boston University (HEA)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Six<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n170 Tampa Bay Lightning P.J. Atherton, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n171 Pittsburgh Penguins Robert Goepfert, G (I) Providence (HEA)\r\n172 Nashville Predators Mike McKenna, G St. Lawrence (ECAC)\r\n175 Minnesota Wild Matt Foy, RW (*) Merrimack (HEA)\r\n176 Calgary Flames Curtis McElhinney, G Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n177 New York Rangers Jake Taylor, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n185 Los Angeles Kings Ryan Murphy, RW Boston College (HEA)\r\n186 Phoenix Coyotes Jeff Pietrasiak, G (I) New Hampshire (HEA)\r\n193 Philadelphia Flyers Joey Mormina, D Colgate (ECAC)\r\n195 Colorado Avalanche Taylor Christie, D Bowling Green (CCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Seven<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n198 Atlanta Thrashers Nathan Oystrick, D (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA)\r\n199 Columbus Blue Jackets Greg Mauldin, C Massachusetts (HEA)\r\n206 Calgary Flames David Van der Gulik, RW(I) Boston University (HEA)\r\n\r\n217 San Jose Sharks Tim Conboy, D (I) St. Cloud (WCHA)\r\n222 Toronto Maple Leafs Scott May, F Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n226 New York Rangers Joseph Crabb, RW (I) Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n227 Colorado Avalanche Ryan Steeves, C\/LW Yale (ECAC)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Eight<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n230 Atlanta Thrashers Colton Fretter, C\/RW (I) Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n232 Florida Panthers Peter Hafner, D (I) Harvard (ECAC)\r\n235 Nashville Predators Kaleb Betts, C (I) Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA)\r\n239 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Lannon, D Harvard (ECAC)\r\n244 Edmonton Oilers Dwight Helminen, C Michigan (CCHA)\r\n247 Vancouver Canucks Matt Violin, G Lake Superior (CCHA)\r\n250 New Jersey Devils Dan Glover, D (I-03) Cornell (ECAC)\r\n259 Boston Bruins Yan Stastny, C\/LW Notre Dame (CCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\nRound Nine<\/h4>\n
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n270 New York Rangers Rob Flynn, RW Harvard (ECAC)\r\n272 Dallas Stars Ned Havern, LW Boston College (HEA)\r\n278 Vancouver Canucks Matt Gens, D St. Cloud State (WCHA)\r\n279 Los Angeles Kings Connor James, RW Denver (WCHA)\r\n280 Phoenix Coyotes Russell Spence, C (I) Alaska-Fairbanks (CCHA)\r\n282 Chicago Blackhawks Adam Burish, RW (I) Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n284 St. Louis Blues Ryan MacMurchy, RW (I) Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n287 Tampa Bay Lightning John Toffey, C Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n288 San Jose Sharks Michael Hutchins, D (I) New Hampshire (HEA)\r\n289 Colorado Avalanche Sean Collins, LW New Hampshire (HEA)\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 22-23 TORONTO, Ont. — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2002 entry draft: (I) = Incoming Recruit * = No Longer With Team Round One Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 5 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Whitney, D Boston University (HEA) 10 Calgary Flames Eric Nystrom, F […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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