2006 NHL DRAFT

2006 NHL DRAFT
At Vancouver, British Columbia
First Round
1. St. Louis, Erik Johnson, d, U.S. National Under-18 (NTDP).
2. Pittsburgh, Jordan Staal, c, Peterborough (OHL).
3. Chicago, Jonathan Toews, c, University of North Dakota (WCHA).
4. Washington, Nicklas Backstrom, c, Brynas (Sweden).
5. Boston, Phil Kessel, c, U.S. National Under-18 (NTDP).
6. Columbus, Derick Brassard, c, Drummondville (QMJHL).
7. N.Y. Islanders, Kyle Okposo, rw, Des Moines (USHL).
8. Phoenix, Peter Mueller, c, Everett (WHL).
9. Minnesota, James Sheppard, c, Cape Breton (QMJHL).
10. Florida, Michael Frolik, c, Kladno (Czech Republic).
11. Los Angeles, Jonathan Bernier, g, Lewiston (QMJHL).
12. Atlanta, Bryan Little, c, Barrie (OHL).
13. Toronto, Jiri Tlusty, lw, Kladno (Czech Republic).
14. Vancouver, Michael Grabner, rw, Spokane (WHL).
15. Tampa Bay, Riku Helenius, g, Ilves (Finland).
16. San Jose (from Montreal), Ty Wishart, d, Prince George (WHL).
17. Los Angeles (from Edmonton via Minnesota), Trevor Lewis, c, Des Moines (USHL).
18. Colorado, Chris Stewart, rw, Kingston (OHL).
19. Anaheim, Mark Mitera, d, University of Michigan (CCHA).
20. Montreal (from San Jose), David Fischer, d, Apple Valley (Minn.) H.S.
21. N.Y. Rangers, Bobby Sanguinetti, d, Owen Sound (OHL).
22. Philadelphia, Claude Giroux, rw, Gatineau (QMJHL).
23. Washington (from Nashville), Semen Varlamov, g, Yaroslavl 2 (Russia).
24. Buffalo, Dennis Persson, d, Vasteras (Sweden).
25. St. Louis (from New Jersey), Patrik Berglund, c, Vasteras (Sweden).
26. Calgary, Leland Irving, g, Everett (WHL).
27. Dallas, Ivan Vishnevski, d, Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL).
28. Ottawa, Nick Foligno, lw, Sudbury (OHL).
29. Phoenix (from Detroit), Chris Summers, d, U.S. National Under-18 (NTDP).
30. New Jersey (from Carolina via St. Louis), Matthew Corrente, d, Saginaw (OHL).
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