June 22-23
TORONTO, Ont. — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2002 entry draft:
(I) = Incoming Recruit
* = No Longer With Team
Round One
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 5 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Whitney, D Boston University (HEA) 10 Calgary Flames Eric Nystrom, F Michigan (CCHA) 11 Buffalo Sabres Keith Ballard, D Minnesota (WCHA) 14 Montreal Canadiens Chris Higgins, F Yale (ECAC) 27 San Jose Sharks Mike Morris, RW (I) Northeastern (HEA) 30 Atlanta Thrashers Jim Slater, C Michigan State (CCHA)
Round Two
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 33 New York Rangers Lee Felardeau, C Michigan State (CCHA) 39 Calgary Flames Brian McConnell, C Boston University (HEA) 40 Florida Panthers Rob Globke, C/RW Notre Dame (CCHA) 44 Edmonton Oilers Matt Greene, D (I) North Dakota (WCHA) 46 Phoenix Coyotes David LeNeveu, G Cornell (ECAC) 52 San Jose Sharks Dan Spang, D (I) Boston University (HEA) 53 New Jersey Devils Barry Tallackson, RW Minnesota (WCHA) 54 Chicago Blackhawks Duncan Keith, D Michigan State (CCHA)
Round Three
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 64 New Jersey Devils Jason Ryznar, LW Michigan (CCHA) 68 Vancouver Canucks Brett Skinner, D Denver (WCHA) 70 Phoenix Coyotes Joe Callahan, D Yale (ECAC) 72 Minnesota Wild Michael Erickson, RW Minnesota (WCHA) 78 Dallas Stars Geoff Waugh, D (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA) 79 Edmonton Oilers Brock Radunske, LW/RW Michigan State (CCHA) 80 Phoenix Coyotes Matt Jones, D North Dakota (WCHA) 82 Buffalo Sabres John Adams, D Boston College (HEA) 94 Colorado Avalanche Eric Lundberg, D Providence (HEA) 96 Columbus Blue Jackets Jeff Genovy, C (I) Clarkson (ECAC)
Round Four
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 114 Vancouver Canucks John Laliberte, RW (I) Boston University (HEA) 116 Atlanta Thrashers Patrick Dwyer, RW Western Michigan (CCHA) 119 Columbus Blue Jackets Jekabs Redlihs, D (I) Boston University (HEA) 121 Buffalo Sabres Marty Magers, G (I) Michigan Tech (WCHA) 127 New York Rangers Nathan Guenin, D (I) Ohio State (CCHA) 129 Colorado Avalanche Tom Gilbert, D (I) Wisconsin (WCHA)
Round Five
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 132 Phoenix Coyotes John Zeiler, RW (I) St. Lawrence (ECAC) 135 Tampa Bay Lightning Joseph Pearce, G (I) Boston College (HEA) 136 Pittsburgh Penguins Andrew Sertich, LW (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 143 New York Rangers Mike Walsh, LW (I) Notre Dame (CCHA) 148 Edmonton Oilers Glenn Fisher, G (I-03) Denver (WCHA) 150 Ottawa Senators Brock Hooton, C (I) St. Cloud State (WCHA) 152 Los Angeles Kings Greg Hogeboom, RW Miami (CCHA) 157 Los Angeles Kings Joel Andresen, D (I) Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA) 158 Florida Panthers Vince Bellissimo, C (I) Western Michigan (CCHA) 161 Philadelphia Flyers Dov Grumet-Morris, G Harvard (ECAC) 163 San Jose Sharks Tom Walsh, D (I) Harvard (ECAC) 165 St. Louis Blues Justin Maiser, C/LW Boston University (HEA)
Round Six
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 170 Tampa Bay Lightning P.J. Atherton, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 171 Pittsburgh Penguins Robert Goepfert, G (I) Providence (HEA) 172 Nashville Predators Mike McKenna, G St. Lawrence (ECAC) 175 Minnesota Wild Matt Foy, RW (*) Merrimack (HEA) 176 Calgary Flames Curtis McElhinney, G Colorado College (WCHA) 177 New York Rangers Jake Taylor, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 185 Los Angeles Kings Ryan Murphy, RW Boston College (HEA) 186 Phoenix Coyotes Jeff Pietrasiak, G (I) New Hampshire (HEA) 193 Philadelphia Flyers Joey Mormina, D Colgate (ECAC) 195 Colorado Avalanche Taylor Christie, D Bowling Green (CCHA)
Round Seven
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 198 Atlanta Thrashers Nathan Oystrick, D (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA) 199 Columbus Blue Jackets Greg Mauldin, C Massachusetts (HEA) 206 Calgary Flames David Van der Gulik, RW(I) Boston University (HEA) 217 San Jose Sharks Tim Conboy, D (I) St. Cloud (WCHA) 222 Toronto Maple Leafs Scott May, F Ohio State (CCHA) 226 New York Rangers Joseph Crabb, RW (I) Colorado College (WCHA) 227 Colorado Avalanche Ryan Steeves, C/LW Yale (ECAC)
Round Eight
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 230 Atlanta Thrashers Colton Fretter, C/RW (I) Michigan State (CCHA) 232 Florida Panthers Peter Hafner, D (I) Harvard (ECAC) 235 Nashville Predators Kaleb Betts, C (I) Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA) 239 Pittsburgh Penguins Ryan Lannon, D Harvard (ECAC) 244 Edmonton Oilers Dwight Helminen, C Michigan (CCHA) 247 Vancouver Canucks Matt Violin, G Lake Superior (CCHA) 250 New Jersey Devils Dan Glover, D (I-03) Cornell (ECAC) 259 Boston Bruins Yan Stastny, C/LW Notre Dame (CCHA)
Round Nine
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 270 New York Rangers Rob Flynn, RW Harvard (ECAC) 272 Dallas Stars Ned Havern, LW Boston College (HEA) 278 Vancouver Canucks Matt Gens, D St. Cloud State (WCHA) 279 Los Angeles Kings Connor James, RW Denver (WCHA) 280 Phoenix Coyotes Russell Spence, C (I) Alaska-Fairbanks (CCHA) 282 Chicago Blackhawks Adam Burish, RW (I) Wisconsin (WCHA) 284 St. Louis Blues Ryan MacMurchy, RW (I) Wisconsin (WCHA) 287 Tampa Bay Lightning John Toffey, C Ohio State (CCHA) 288 San Jose Sharks Michael Hutchins, D (I) New Hampshire (HEA) 289 Colorado Avalanche Sean Collins, LW New Hampshire (HEA)
