NHL Draft 2006

June 24

VANCOUVER — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2006 entry draft:

(I) = Incoming Recruit
(*) = No Longer With Team


Round One


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

Round Two


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

Round Three


Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
  65  Pittsburgh             Brian Strait, D (I)        Boston Univ. (HEA)
  68  Ottawa                 Eric Gryba, D (I)          Boston Univ. (HEA)
  74  Los Angeles            Jeff Zatkoff, G            Miami (CCHA)
  79  Philadelphia           Jonathan Matsumoto, F      Bowling Green (CCHA)
  80  Atlanta                Michael Forney, F (I)      North Dakota (WCHA)
  81  Colorado               Michael Carman, F (I)      Minnesota (WCHA)

Round Four


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

Round Five


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

Round Six


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

Round Seven


Pick  NHL Team               Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
 186  Chicago                Peter LeBlanc, F (I)       New Hampshire (HEA)
 188  Phoenix                Chris Frank, D             Western Michigan (CCHA)
 191  Detroit                Nick Oslund, F (07)        St. Cloud State (WCHA)
 192  Minnesota              Chris Hickey, F (08)       Wisconsin (WCHA)
 193  Florida                Marc Cheverie, G (07)      Denver (WCHA)
 195  Atlanta                Jesse Martin, F (07)       Denver (WCHA)
 196  Phoenix                Benn Ferriero, F           Boston College (HEA)
 201  Colorado               Billy Sauer, G             Michigan (CCHA) 
 202  San Jose               John McCarthy, F           Boston University (HEA)
 203  San Jose               Jay Barriball, F (07)      Minnesota (WCHA)
 211  Ottawa                 Erik Condra, F             Notre Dame (CCHA)
 213  Carolina               Justin Krueger, F (I)      Cornell (ECACHL)