{"id":31505,"date":"2003-09-21T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2003-09-22T03:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=31505"},"modified":"2010-09-30T22:31:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T03:31:34","slug":"nhl-draft-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2003\/09\/21\/nhl-draft-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Draft 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 21-22<\/b><\/p>\n

NASHVILLE — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2003 entry draft:<\/p>\n

(I)<\/b> = Incoming Recruit
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Round One<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n  5   Buffalo Sabres         Thomas Vanek, LW           Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n  7   Nashville Predators    Ryan Suter, D (I)          Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n 12   New York Rangers       Hugh Jessiman, RW          Dartmouth (ECAC)\r\n 17   New Jersey Devils      Zach Parise, C             North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n 21   Boston Bruins          Mark Stuart, D             Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n 23   Vancouver Canucks      Ryan Kesler, C             Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n 26   Los Angeles Kings      Brian Boyle, C (I)         Boston College (HEA)\r\n 27   Los Angeles Kings      Jeff Tambellini, LW        Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 29   Ottawa Senators        Pat Eaves, RW              Boston College (HEA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Two<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 31   Carolina Hurricanes    Danny Richmond, D          Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 41   Tampa Bay Lightning    Matt Smaby, D (I)          North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n 47   San Jose Sharks        Matthew Carle, D (I)       Denver (WCHA)\r\n 51   Edmonton Oilers        Colin McDonald, RW (I)     Providence (HEA)\r\n 57   Toronto Maple Leafs    John Doherty, D (I)        New Hampshire (HEA)\r\n 62   Tampa Bay Lightning    David Backes, F (I)        Minnesota St. (WCHA)\r\n 64   Detroit Red Wings      James Howard, G            Maine (HEA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Three<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 75   New York Rangers       Ken Roche, C (I)           Boston University (HEA)\r\n 78   Minnesota Wild         Danny Irmen, C (I)         Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 79   Montreal Canadiens     Ryan O'Byrne, D (I)        Cornell (ECAC)\r\n 83   Washington Capitals    Stephen Werner, RW         Massachusetts (HEA)\r\n 86   Anaheim Mighty Ducks   Shane Hynes, RW            Cornell (ECAC)\r\n 87   Philadelphia Flyers    Ryan Potulny, C (I)        Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 90   Anaheim Mighty Ducks   Juha Alen, D               Northern Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 99   Dallas Stars           Matt Nickerson, D (I)      Clarkson (ECAC)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Four<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n103   Columbus Blue Jackets  Kevin Jarman, LW (I)       Massachusetts (HEA)\r\n107   Boston Bruins          Byron Bitz, RW (I)         Cornell (ECAC)\r\n122   New York Rangers       Corey Potter, D            Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n124   Florida Panthers       James Pemberton, D         Providence (HEA)\r\n128   Vancouver Canucks      Ty Morris, LW (I)          Denver (WCHA)\r\n136   Atlanta Thrashers      Michael Vannelli, D (I)    Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Five<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n137   Carolina Hurricanes    Tyson Strachan, D (I)      Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n141   Florida Panthers       Dan Travis, RW (I)         New Hampshire (HEA)\r\n142   Ottawa Senators        Tim Cook, D (I)            Michigan (CCHA)\r\n143   Calgary Flames         Greg Moore, RW             Maine (HEA)\r\n145   Atlanta Thrashers      Brett Sterling, LW         Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n146   Colorado Avalanche     Mark McCutcheon, C (I)     Cornell (ECAC)\r\n148   St. Louis Blues        Lee Stempniak, RW          Dartmouth (ECAC)\r\n150   Buffalo Sabres         Thomas Morrow, D (I)       Boston University (HEA)\r\n152   Los Angeles Kings      Brady Murray, C (I)        North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n154   Edmonton Oilers        David Rohlfs, RW (I)       Michigan (CCHA)\r\n155   Washington Capitals    Josh Robertson, C (I)      Northeastern-'04 (HEA)\r\n165   Dallas Stars           Gino Guyer, C              Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n167   New Jersey Devils      Zach Tarkir, D (I)         Northern Michigan (CCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Six<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n175   Atlanta Thrashers      Mike Hamilton, F (I)       Maine (HEA)\r\n180   New York Rangers       Chris Holt, G (I)          Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA)\r\n186   Anaheim Mighty Ducks   Andrew Miller, LW (I)      Michigan St. (CCHA)\r\n189   St. Louis Blues        Jonathan Lehun, C (*)      St. Cloud State (WCHA)\r\n190   Vancouver Canucks      Chad Brownlee, D (I)       Minnesota St. (WCHA)\r\n195   Dallas Stars           Drew Bagnall, D (I)        St. Lawrence (ECAC)\r\n197   New Jersey Devils      Jason Smith, G (I)         Sacred Heart (MAAC)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Seven<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n205   San Jose Sharks        Joe Pavelski, C (I)        Wisconsin-'04 (WCHA)\r\n209   New York Rangers       Dylan Reese, D (I)         Harvard (ECAC)\r\n\r\n218   Anaheim Mighty Ducks   Dirk Southern, C           Northern Michigan (CCHA)\r\n225   Colorado Avalanche     Brett Hemingway, W (I)     New Hampshire (HEA)\r\n227   Tampa Bay Lightning    Jay Rosehill, D (I)        uncommitted\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Eight<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n230   Carolina Hurricanes    Jamie Hoffman, C (I)       Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n231   Los Angeles Kings      Matt Zaba, G (I)           Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n232   Pittsburgh Penguins    Joe Jensen, C              St. Cloud State (WCHA)\r\n238   New York Islanders     Cody Blanshan, D           Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA)\r\n244   Los Angeles Kings      Mike Sullivan, C (I)       Clarkson (ECAC)\r\n249   Washington Capitals    Andrew Joudrey, C (I)      Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n256   Tampa Bay Lightning    Brady Greco, D (I)         Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Nine<\/h4>\n
Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n263   Pittsburgh Penguins    Matt Moulson, LW           Cornell (ECAC)\r\n265   Florida Panthers       Tanner Glass, F (I)        Dartmouth (ECAC)\r\n267   San Jose Sharks        Brian O'Hanley, D (I)      Boston College-'04 (HEA)\r\n269   Atlanta Thrashers      Rylan Kaip, C (I)          uncommitted\r\n270   Calgary Flames         Kevin Harvey, LW (I)       uncommitted\r\n272   Phoenix Coyotes        Sean Sullivan, D (I)       Boston University (HEA)\r\n274   Los Angeles Kings      Martin Guerin, RW (I)      Miami (CCHA)\r\n275   Chicago Blackhawks     Michael Grenzy, D (I)      Clarkson (ECAC)\r\n276   San Jose Sharks        Carter Lee, F (I)          uncommitted\r\n277   Boston Bruins          Kevin Regan, G (I)         New Hampshire-'04 (HEA)\r\n282   Toronto Maple Leafs    Chris Porter, C (I)        North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n288   Colorado Avalanche     David Jones, RW (I)        Dartmouth (ECAC)\r\n291   Ottawa Senators        Brian Elliott, G (I)       Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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