June 26-27
RALEIGH — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2004 entry draft:
(I) = Incoming Recruit
(*) = No Longer With Team
(#) = Chose not to Opt In
Round One
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 5 Phoenix Coyotes Blake Wheeler, F (I '05) Minnesota (WCHA) 6 New York Rangers Al Montoya, G Michigan (CCHA) 12 Minnesota Wild A.J. Thelen, D Michigan State (CCHA) 13 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford, F North Dakota (WCHA) 20 New Jersey Devils Travis Zajac, F (I) North Dakota (WCHA) 24 Calgary Flames Kris Chucko, F (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 26 Vancouver Canucks Cory Schneider, G (I) Boston College (HEA)
Round Two
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 33 Washington Capitals Chris Bourque, F (I) Boston University (HEA) 36 New York Rangers Darin Olver, F Northern Michigan (CCHA) 40 Atlanta Thrashers Grant Lewis, D Dartmouth (ECAC) 46 Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Pineault, F (*) Boston College (HEA) 52 Dallas Stars Raymond Sawada, F (I) Cornell (ECAC) 53 Florida Panthers David Booth, F Michigan State (CCHA) 55 Colorado Avalanche Victor Oreskovich, F (I) Notre Dame (CCHA) 57 Edmonton Oilers Geoff Paukovich, F (I) Denver (WCHA) 61 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Goligoski, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA)
Round Three
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 67 Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Johnson, F (I) Dartmouth (ECAC) 69 Carolina Hurricanes Casey Borer, D St. Cloud State (WCHA) 74 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Kyle Klubertanz, D (I) Wisconsin (WCHA) 77 Ottawa Senators Shawn Weller, LW (I) Clarkson (ECAC) 80 New York Rangers Billy Ryan, C (I) Maine (HEA) 85 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Gifford, C (uncommitted) 92 Philadelphia Flyers Rob Bellamy, RW (I) Maine (HEA) 95 Los Angeles Kings Paul Baier, D (I) Brown (ECAC)
Round Four
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 100 Montreal Canadiens J.T. Wyman, F (I) Dartmouth (ECAC) 101 Philadephia Flyers R.J. Anderson, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 102 Tampa Bay Lightning Mike Lundin, D Maine (HEA) 115 New York Islanders Wes O'Neill, D Notre Dame (CCHA) 119 Phoenix Coyotes Mike Porter, F (I) Michigan (CCHA) 125 Vancouver Canucks Andrew Sarauer, F (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA) 126 San Jose Sharks Torrey Mitchell, F (I) Vermont (ECAC)
Round Five
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 140 Chicago Blackhawks Jake Dowell, F Wisconsin (WCHA) 141 Ottawa Senators Jim McKenzie, F (I) Michigan State (CCHA) 145 Philadelphia Flyers Chris Zarb, D (2005) Ferris State (CCHA) 153 San Jose Sharks Stephen Zalewski, F (I) Clarkson (ECAC) 159 Vancouver Canucks Mike Brown, F Michigan (CCHA) 160 Boston Bruins Ben Walter, F Mass.-Lowell (HEA) 163 Tampa Bay Lightning Dustin Collins, F Northern Michigan (CCHA)
Round Six
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 165 Chicago Blackhawks Scott McCulloch, F (I) Colorado College (WCHA) 167 Columbus Blue Jackets Rob Page, D (I) Yale (ECAC) 169 New York Rangers Jordan Foote, F (I) Michigan Tech (WCHA) 172 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Matt Auffrey, F (I) Wisconsin (WCHA) 174 Los Angeles Kings Scott Parse, F Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA) 178 Nashville Predators Mike Santorelli, F (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA) 183 Dallas Stars Trevor Ludwig, D (I) Providence (HEA) 184 Colorado Avalanche Derek Peltier, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 185 Toronto Maple Leafs Robbie Earl, F Wisconsin (WCHA) 193 Nashville Predators Kevin Schaeffer, D Boston University (HEA)
Round Seven
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 197 Washington Capitals Andrew Gordon, F (I) St. Cloud (WCHA) 199 Phoenix Coyotes Chad Kolarik, F (I) Michigan (CCHA) 205 Los Angeles Kings Mike Curry, F (I) Minn.-Duluth (WCHA) 212 Montreal Canadiens Jon Gleed, D Cornell (ECAC) 215 Colorado Avalanche Ian Keserich, G (I) Ohio State (CCHA) 217 New Jersey Devils Tyler Eckford, D (2005) Alaska-Fairbanks (CCHA) 219 Ottawa Senators Joe Cooper, F Miami (CCHA) 224 Boston Bruins Matt Hunwick, D Michigan (CCHA) 225 San Jose Sharks David MacDonald, D (I) Harvard (ECAC)
Round Eight
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 228 Pittsburgh Penguins David Brown, G Notre Dame (CCHA) 230 Washington Capitals Justin Mrazek, G (I) Union (ECAC) 231 Columbus Blue Jackets Brian McGuirk, F (I) Boston University (HEA) 234 San Jose Sharks Derek MacIntyre, G (I) Ferris State (CCHA) 236 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Matt Christie, F Miami (CCHA) 237 Atlanta Thrashers Mitch Carefoot, F Cornell (ECAC) 239 Colorado Avalanche Brandon Yip, F (2005) Boston University (HEA) 249 Colorado Avalanche J.D. Corbin, F Denver (WCHA) 251 Ottawa Senators Matt McIlvane, F (I) Ohio State (CCHA) 253 Phildelphia Flyers Travis Gawryletz, D (I) Minn.-Duluth (WCHA) 256 Chicago Blackhawks Matt Ford, F (I) Wisconsin (WCHA)
Round Nine
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 259 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Ihnacak, F Brown (ECAC) 261 Phoenix Coyotes Will Engasser, F (I) Yale (ECAC) 263 Washington Capitals Travis Morin, F Minnesota State (WCHA) 265 Phoenix Coyotes Daniel Winnik, F New Hampshire (HEA) 270 Atlanta Thrashers Matt Siddall, F (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA) 271 Columbus Blue Jackets Grant Clitsome, D (I) Clarkson (ECAC) 272 Minnesota Wild Kyle Wilson, F Colgate (ECAC) 275 Nashville Predators Craig Switzer, D (I) New Hampshire (HEA) 281 Colorado Avalanche Stephen McClellan, D (2005)Northeastern (HEA) 285 Toronto Maple Leafs Pierce Norton, F (I) Providence (HEA) 291 Philadelphia Flyers John Carter, F (uncommitted)
