{"id":31576,"date":"2006-06-25T23:23:35","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T04:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=31576"},"modified":"2010-09-30T23:24:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T04:24:18","slug":"nhl-draft-2006-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2006\/06\/25\/nhl-draft-2006-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Draft 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 24<\/b><\/p>\n

VANCOUVER — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2006 entry draft:<\/p>\n

(I)<\/b> = Incoming Recruit
\n(*)<\/b> = No Longer With Team<\/p>\n


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Round One<\/h4>\n
\r\n\r\nPick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n   1  St. Louis              Erik Johnson, D  (I)       Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n   3  Chicago                Jonathan Toews, F          North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n   5  Boston                 Phil Kessel, F             Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n   7  New York Islanders     Kyle Okposo, F  (I)        Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n  17  Los Angeles            Trevor Lewis, F  (I)       Michigan (CCHA)\r\n  19  Anaheim                Mark Mitera, D             Michigan (CCHA)\r\n  20  Montreal               David Fischer, D (I)       Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n  29  Phoenix                Chris Summers, D (I)       Michigan (CCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Two<\/h4>\n
\r\n\r\nPick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n  32  Pittsburgh             Carl Sneep, D (I)          Boston College (HEA)\r\n  39  Philadelphia           Andreas Nodl, F (I)        St. Cloud State (WCHA)\r\n  42  Philadelphia           Michael Ratchuk, D (I)     Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n  45  Edmonton               Jeff Petry, D (07)         Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n  51  Colorado               Nigel Williams, D (I)      Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n  52  Washington             Keith Seabrook, D (07)     Denver (WCHA)\r\n  56  Nashville              Blake Geoffrion, F (I)     Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n  61  Chicago                Simon Danis-Pepin, D       Maine (HEA)\r\n  63  Carolina               Jamie McBain, D (I)        Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Three<\/h4>\n
\r\nPick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n  65  Pittsburgh             Brian Strait, D (I)        Boston Univ. (HEA)\r\n  68  Ottawa                 Eric Gryba, D (I)          Boston Univ. (HEA)\r\n  74  Los Angeles            Jeff Zatkoff, G            Miami (CCHA)\r\n  79  Philadelphia           Jonathan Matsumoto, F      Bowling Green (CCHA)\r\n  80  Atlanta                Michael Forney, F (I)      North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n  81  Colorado               Michael Carman, F (I)      Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Four<\/h4>\n
\r\nPick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n  94  St. Louis              Ryan Turek, F (I)          Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n  96  Chicago                Joe Palmer, G (I)          Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n 100  New York Islanders     Rhett Rakhshani, F (I)     Denver (WCHA)\r\n 102  Minnesota              Kyle Medvec, D (07)        Vermont (HEA)\r\n 107  New Jersey             T.J. Miller, D (I)         Northern Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 108  New York Islanders     Jase Weselosky, G (07)     St. Cloud State (WCHA)\r\n 110  Colorado               Kevin Montgomery, D (I)    Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n 116  Florida                Derrick LaPoint, D (07)    North Dakota (WCHA)\r\n 119  New York Islanders     Doug Rogers, F (I)         Harvard (ECACHL)\r\n 120  Dallas                 Richard Bachman, G (07)    Colorado College (WCHA)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Five<\/h4>\n
\r\nPick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 124  St. Louis              Andy Sackrison, F (07)     Minnesota State (WCHA)\r\n 125  Pittsburgh             Chad Johnson, G            Alaska-Fairbanks (CCHA)\r\n 126  New York Islanders     Shane Sims, D (07)         Ohio State (CCHA)\r\n 130  Phoenix                Brett Bennett, G (I)       Boston Univ. (HEA)\r\n 134  Los Angeles            David Meckler, F           Yale (ECACHL)\r\n 135  Atlanta                Alex Kangas, G (07)        Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 136  Columbus               Nick Sucharski, F          Michigan State (CCHA)\r\n 138  Dallas                 David McIntyre, F (I)      Colgate (ECACHL)\r\n 140  Edmonton               Cody Wild, D               Providence (HEA)\r\n 144  Los Angeles            Martin Nolet, G (I)        Massachusetts (HEA)\r\n 145  Philadelphia           Jonathan Rheault, F        Providence (HEA)\r\n 146  Nashville              Mark Dekanich, G           Colgate (ECACHL)\r\n 147  Buffalo                Alex Biega, D (I)          Harvard (ECACHL)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Six<\/h4>\n
\r\nPick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 154  St. Louis              Matthew McCollem, F (07)   Harvard (ECACHL)\r\n 161  Toronto                Viktor St\ufffdlberg, F (I)     Vermont (HEA)\r\n 166  Toronto                Tyler Ruegsegger, F (07)   Denver (WCHA)\r\n 169  Chicago                Chris Auger, F (I)         Mass.-Lowell (HEA)\r\n 171  New York Islanders     Brian Day, F (07)          Colgate (ECACHL)\r\n 176  Nashville              Ryan Flynn, F (I)          Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 178  New Jersey             Tony Romano, F (I)         Cornell (ECACHL)\r\n 179  Calgary                Jordan Fulton, F (I)       Minn.-Duluth (WCHA)\r\n 181  Ottawa                 Kevin Koopman, D (07)      Brown (ECACHL)\r\n 183  Carolina               Nick Dodge, F              Clarkson (ECACHL)\r\n<\/pre>\n

Round Seven<\/h4>\n
\r\nPick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)<\/b>\r\n 186  Chicago                Peter LeBlanc, F (I)       New Hampshire (HEA)\r\n 188  Phoenix                Chris Frank, D             Western Michigan (CCHA)\r\n 191  Detroit                Nick Oslund, F (07)        St. Cloud State (WCHA)\r\n 192  Minnesota              Chris Hickey, F (08)       Wisconsin (WCHA)\r\n 193  Florida                Marc Cheverie, G (07)      Denver (WCHA)\r\n 195  Atlanta                Jesse Martin, F (07)       Denver (WCHA)\r\n 196  Phoenix                Benn Ferriero, F           Boston College (HEA)\r\n 201  Colorado               Billy Sauer, G             Michigan (CCHA) \r\n 202  San Jose               John McCarthy, F           Boston University (HEA)\r\n 203  San Jose               Jay Barriball, F (07)      Minnesota (WCHA)\r\n 211  Ottawa                 Erik Condra, F             Notre Dame (CCHA)\r\n 213  Carolina               Justin Krueger, F (I)      Cornell (ECACHL)\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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