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The '''NHL Entry Draft''' is a collective meeting in which the franchises of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) systematically select the rights to available amateur players who meet the eligibility requirements to play professional hockey in the NHL.
==History==
The first NHL Amateur Draft was held on [[June 5]], [[1963]] at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. Any amateur player that was 17 years of age and older and was not already sponsored by an NHL club was eligible to be drafted.
In [[1969]] the rules were changed so that any amateur player under the age of 20 was eligible to be drafted. 84 players (more than four times the average in each of the first six drafts) were selected that year.
In [[1979]], the name of the Draft was changed from "Amateur" to "Entry" to accommodate a rule change that allowed players who had previously played professionally to be drafted. This rule change was made to facilitate the absorption of players from the now defunct [[World Hockey Association]].
Beginning in [[1980]] and continuing today, any player who is 18–20 years old is eligible to be drafted. In addition, any non-North American player over the age of 20 can be selected.
Also in 1980, the Entry Draft became a public event. Prior to this year the Entry Draft was conducted in Montreal hotels or League offices and was closed to the general public. The 1980 draft was held in the [[Montreal Forum]] and there were more than 2,500 fans in attendance.
In 1985 the first draft outside of Montreal was held at the [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] in [[1985]]. The event was attended by 7,000 fans.
Live television coverage of the Draft began in [[1984]] when the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] covered the event in both English and French for [[Canada|Canadian]] audiences. [[SportsChannel America]] began covering the event in the [[United States]] in [[1989]].
===C form===
The '''C form''' was the standard document issued by the [[National Hockey League]] to acquire amateur players in the [[Original Six]] era. Prior to the Universal Draft of 1969, amateur drafts were for players who were not on a sponsorship list.
The form, which usually led to a professional contract, would be signed by an amateur prospect at age 18 and it was permissible to be renewed only once. The player would usually be a member of a junior team that was affiliated with a [[National Hockey League]] franchise.
====Misconceptions about the C form====
There was a popular view at the time that parents signed very young children's hockey lives over to the teams. This comes from the fact that at the time, most Junior clubs were owned or subsidised by [[National Hockey League|NHL]] teams, and usually subsidised minor hockey in their areas.
However, a prospect had to be 18 years of age or older to sign a C-Form. Players as young as 14 could be put on a 4-name future negotiation list (as was the case for [[Bobby Orr]] in 1962).
==Draft order==
Draft order in the Entry Draft is determined by a combination of lottery, regular season standing, and playoff results. In all cases, the team considered is the original holder of the draft pick, not a team which may have acquired the pick via a trade or other means.
===Draft lottery===
At the conclusion of the regular season, the 14 NHL teams not qualifying for the playoffs are entered in a weighted lottery to determine the initial draft picks in each round, seeded according to regular season standing.<ref>[http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=StandingsPage&type=CON#tieBreak NHL Standings Tiebreaking procedures] at nhl.com</ref> The 30th-place team has a 25% chance of winning the lottery, with odds diminishing to a 0.5% chance for the 17th-place team. A single selection from the lottery pool is made, with the winning team eligible to improve its draft order by up to four places, and no team eligible to drop more than one place. Only the 26th- through 30th-place teams, then, are eligible to receive the first draft pick.<ref>[http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=359201 2008 NHL Draft lottery odds] at nhl.com</ref> Consequently, the 30th-place team's chance of retaining the first overall pick (as opposed to winning the lottery outright) improves to 48.2%.
===Draft order for playoff teams===
The remaining draft picks are ordered at the conclusion of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The newly-crowned Stanley Cup champion is awarded the 30th and last pick, and the runner-up the 29th pick. The teams eliminated in the conference finals are awarded the 28th and 27th picks, with the 28th pick going to the team with the better regular season record. Remaining division winners are next ranked starting at the 26th pick, and wild card participants are ranked to fill the balance. In both cases, better records result in later picks.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/draft2007/news/story?page=07draftorder 2007 NHL Entry Draft order] at espn.com</ref><ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings?season=2007&group=league&column=points&order=false&seasontype=2&standType=standings 2006-07 NHL final standings] at espn.com</ref><ref>[http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=362629 First-round order of selection for the 2008 Entry Draft] at nhl.com</ref>
==List of Drafts==
*[[2009 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Bell Centre]] - [[Montreal, Quebec]]
*[[2008 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Scotiabank Place]] - [[Ottawa, Ontario]]
*[[2007 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Nationwide Arena]] - [[Columbus, Ohio]]
*[[2006 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[GM Place]] - [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]
*[[2005 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Westin Hotels|The Westin Ottawa]] - [[Ottawa, Ontario]]
*[[2004 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[RBC Center]] - [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
*[[2003 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Gaylord Entertainment Center]] - [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
*[[2002 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Air Canada Centre]] - Toronto, Ontario
*[[2001 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[BankAtlantic Center|National Car Rental Center]] - [[Sunrise, Florida]]
*[[2000 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Pengrowth Saddledome]] - [[Calgary, Alberta]]
*[[1999 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[TD Banknorth Garden|FleetCenter]] - [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
*[[1998 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[HSBC Arena|Marine Midland Arena]] - [[Buffalo, New York]]
*[[1997 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Mellon Arena|Civic Arena]] - [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
*[[1996 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Scottrade Center|Kiel Center]] - [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
*[[1995 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Edmonton Coliseum]] - [[Edmonton, Alberta]]
*[[1994 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Hartford Civic Center Coliseum|Hartford Civic Center]] - [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
*[[1993 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Colisée Pepsi|Colisée de Quebec]] - [[Quebec City, Quebec]]
*[[1992 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Montreal Forum]] - [[Montreal, Quebec]]
*[[1991 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium|Memorial Auditorium]] - Buffalo, New York
*[[1990 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[BC Place Stadium|B.C. Place]], Vancouver, British Columbia
*[[1989 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Metropolitan Sports Center]] - [[Bloomington, Minnesota]]
*[[1988 NHL Entry Draft]] - Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1987 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Joe Louis Arena]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]]
*[[1986 NHL Entry Draft]] - Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1985 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Metro Toronto Convention Centre]] - [[Toronto, Ontario]]
*[[1984 NHL Entry Draft]] - Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1983 NHL Entry Draft]] - Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1982 NHL Entry Draft]] - Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1981 NHL Entry Draft]] - Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1980 NHL Entry Draft]] - Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1979 NHL Entry Draft]] - [[Queen Elizabeth Hotel]] - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1978 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1977 NHL Amateur Draft]] - [[Mount Royal Hotel]] - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1976 NHL Amateur Draft]] - NHL Office - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1975 NHL Amateur Draft]] - NHL Office - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1974 NHL Amateur Draft]] - NHL Office - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1973 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Mount Royal Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1972 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1971 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1970 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1969 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1968 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1967 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1966 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Mount Royal Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1965 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1964 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
*[[1963 NHL Amateur Draft]] - Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, Quebec
==Draft oddities==
In the 1974 entry draft, [[Buffalo Sabres]] General Manager [[Punch Imlach]] deliberately selected an imaginary Japanese center, [[Taro Tsujimoto]], supposedly of the Tokyo Katanas of the Japanese Ice Hockey League, in the 11th round (183rd overall). Only after weeks had passed did the league discover that Tsujimoto did not in fact exist. Imlach later revealed that he had played the prank because of his frustration with the excessive tedium and length of that year's draft proceedings. Today, the league officially records the 183rd selection of the 1974 entry draft as an "invalid claim".
Likewise, the [[Florida Panthers]] attempted to draft Russian hockey phenomenon [[Alexander Ovechkin]] in 2003, even though his birthday was two days after the cut-off. The Panther's GM claimed that, with the addition of extra days falling on [[Leap Year]], Ovechkin was actually eligible to be drafted.
==Player numbers by league summary==
Below is a chart showing where players have been drafted from by year. The leagues represented are the [[Ontario Hockey League]], [[Western Hockey League]], [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]], United States Colleges, United States High Schools, International players. Those player listed under Other do not fit any of the other listed categories. International players who were playing for teams in North American leagues are listed in the chart as being drafted from their respective league rather than being listed as international. [http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/default.asp?c=canoe&page=nhl/misc/DRAFT-HISTORICAL.htm ]
{| width="500" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| Year
| OHL
| WHL
| QMJHL
| NCAA
| USHS
| Int'l
| Other
|- align="center"
| 2007
| 35
| 27
| 25
| 8
| 15
| 35
| 56
|- align="center"
| 2006
| 29
| 24
| 25
| 22
| 18
| 63
| 35
|- align="center"
| 2005
| 43
| 43
| 23
| 13
| 18
| 50
| 40
|- align="center"
| 2004
| 42
| 44
| 27
| 28
| 18
| 88
| 44
|- align="center"
| 2003
| 44
| 41
| 38
| 23
| 10
| 93
| 43
|- align="center"
| 2002
| 35
| 43
| 23
| 41
| 6
| 110
| 32
|- align="center"
| 2001
| 41
| 45
| 26
| 24
| 8
| 119
| 26
|- align="center"
| 2000
| 39
| 41
| 21
| 35
| 7
| 123
| 27
|- align="center"
| 1999
| 52
| 40
| 20
| 36
| 9
| 94
| 21
|- align="center"
| 1998
| 50
| 44
| 41
| 27
| 7
| 75
| 14
|- align="center"
| 1997
| 52
| 63
| 19
| 26
| 4
| 63
| 19
|- align="center"
| 1996
| 51
| 54
| 31
| 25
| 6
| 58
| 16
|- align="center"
| 1995
| 54
| 55
| 35
| 5
| 2
| 69
| 14
|- align="center"
| 1994
| 45
| 66
| 28
| 6
| 28
| 80
| 33
|- align="center"
| 1993
| 60
| 44
| 23
| 17
| 33
| 78
| 31
|- align="center"
| 1992
| 57
| 45
| 22
| 9
| 25
| 84
| 22
|- align="center"
| 1991
| 43
| 40
| 25
| 43
| 37
| 55
| 21
|- align="center"
| 1990
| 39
| 33
| 14
| 38
| 57
| 53
| 16
|- align="center"
| 1989
| 39
| 44
| 16
| 48
| 47
| 38
| 20
|- align="center"
| 1988
| 32
| 30
| 22
| 48
| 56
| 39
| 25
|- align="center"
| 1987
| 32
| 36
| 17
| 40
| 69
| 38
| 20
|- align="center"
| 1986
| 66
| 32
| 22
| 22
| 40
| 28
| 42
|- align="center"
| 1985
| 59
| 47
| 15
| 20
| 48
| 31
| 31
|- align="center"
| 1984
| 55
| 37
| 16
| 22
| 44
| 40
| 36
|- align="center"
| 1983
| 57
| 41
| 24
| 14
| 35
| 34
| 37
|- align="center"
| 1982
| 60
| 55
| 17
| 20
| 47
| 35
| 18
|- align="center"
| 1981
| 59
| 37
| 28
| 21
| 17
| 32
| 17
|- align="center"
| 1980
| 73
| 41
| 24
| 42
| 7
| 13
| 10
|- align="center"
| 1979
| 48
| 37
| 19
| 15
| -
| 6
| 1
|- align="center"
| 1978
| 59
| 48
| 22
| 73
| -
| 16
| 16
|- align="center"
| 1977
| 42
| 44
| 40
| 49
| -
| 5
| 5
|- align="center"
| 1976
| 47
| 33
| 18
| 26
| -
| 8
| 3
|- align="center"
| 1975
| 55
| 57
| 28
| 59
| -
| 6
| 12
|- align="center"
| 1974
| 69
| 66
| 40
| 41
| -
| 6
| 25
|- align="center"
| 1973
| 56
| 49
| 24
| 25
| -
| -
| 14
|- align="center"
| 1972
| 46
| 44
| 30
| 21
| -
| -
| 11
|- align="center"
| 1971
| 41
| 28
| 13
| 22
| -
| -
| 13
|- align="center"
| 1970
| 51
| 22
| 13
| 16
| -
| -
| 13
|- align="center"
| 1969
| 36
| 20
| 11
| 7
| -
| 1
| 9
|- align="center"
| Total
| 1893
| 1641
| 925
| 1077
| 718
| 1766
| 888
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" align="center"
| colspan="7" align="right" | Total Players Drafted (1969–2007):
| 8,908
|}
==Player numbers by team==
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This is a ranking of the minor teams who have provided the most players to the NHL as of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
Rank - Team, League - Players
#[[Peterborough Petes]], [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]] - 162
#[[Oshawa Generals]], OHL - 146
#[[Kitchener Rangers]], OHL - 140
#[[London Knights]], OHL - 140
#[[Ottawa 67's]], OHL - 132
#[[Saskatoon Blades]], WHL - 108
#[[Regina Pats]], [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] - 107
#[[Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds]], OHL - 107
#[[Sudbury Wolves]], OHL - 107
#[[Kamloops Blazers]], WHL - 105
#[[Portland Winter Hawks]], WHL - 105
#[[Medicine Hat Tigers]], WHL - 101
#[[Brandon Wheat Kings]], WHL - 97
#[[Toronto Marlboros]], OHL - 97 (defunct)
#[[Kingston Frontenacs]], OHL - 94
#[[Seattle Thunderbirds]], WHL - 91
#[[Lethbridge Hurricanes]], WHL - 87
#[[Prince Albert Raiders]], WHL - 80
#[[Windsor Spitfires]], OHL - 76
#[[Shawinigan Cataractes]], [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]] - 74
#[[Gatineau Olympiques|Hull/Gatineau Olympiques]], QMJHL - 72
#[[Niagara Falls Thunder]], OHL - 72 (defunct)
#[[Victoria Cougars (WHL)|Victoria Cougars]], WHL - 70 (defunct)
#[[Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey|Minnesota]], [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association|WCHA]] - 68
#[[Guelph Storm]], OHL - 67
#[[Michigan Wolverines#Ice hockey|Michigan]], NCAA's [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association|CCHA]] - 66
#[[Calgary Wranglers]], WHL - 66 (defunct)
#[[Sherbrooke Castors]], QMJHL - 63 (defunct)
#[[Hamilton Steelhawks]], OHL - 62 (defunct)
#[[New Westminster Bruins]], WHL - 62 (defunct)
#[[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], [[Russian Super League|Russia]] - 60
#[[Spokane Chiefs]], WHL - 60
#[[Belleville Bulls]], OHL - 59
#[[Moose Jaw Warriors]], WHL - 58
#[[Swift Current Broncos]], WHL - 58
#[[North Bay Centennials]], OHL - 56 (defunct)
#[[Plymouth Whalers]], OHL - 54
#[[Laval Titan]], QMJHL - 54 (defunct)
#[[Drummondville Voltigeurs]], QMJHL - 53
#[[Hamilton Fincups]], [[Ontario Hockey League|OHA]] - 52 (defunct)
#[[Chicoutimi Saguenéens]], QMJHL - 51
#[[Tri-City Americans]], WHL - 51
#[[Boston University men's ice hockey|Boston University]], NCAA's [[Hockey East]] - 50
#[[Quebec Remparts]], QMJHL - 49
#[[Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey|Michigan State]], NCAA's CCHA - 47
#[[Trois-Rivières Draveurs]], QMJHL - 47 (defunct)
#[[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], [[Russian Super League|Russia]] - 46
#[[Michigan Technological University#Men's_ice_hockey|Michigan Tech]], NCAA's WCHA - 46
#[[Cornwall Royals]], QMJHL - 45 (defunct)
#[[Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey|Denver]], NCAA's WCHA - 43
#[[Yale University#Sports|Yale]], NCAA's [[ECAC Hockey|ECAC]] - 43
#[[Wisconsin Badgers#Ice Hockey|Wisconsin]], NCAA's WCHA - 41
#[[Red Deer Rebels]], WHL - 40
#[[Frölunda HC|Frölunda Indians]], [[Elitserien|Sweden]] - 39
#[[North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey|North Dakota]], NCAA's WCHA - 39
#[[Flin Flon Bombers]], [[Western Hockey League|WCHL]] - 39 (defunct)
#[[Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)|Edmonton Oil Kings]], WCHL - 38 (defunct)
#[[Djurgårdens IF Hockey|Djurgårdens IF]], [[Elitserien|Sweden]] - 37
#[[Cornwall Royals]], OHL - 37 (defunct)
#[[Boston College Eagles#Men's hockey|Boston College]], NCAA's Hockey East - 36
#[[HIFK (ice hockey)|HIFK Helsinki]], [[SM-liiga|Finland]] - 35
#[[MODO Hockey|MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik]], [[Elitserien|Sweden]] - 35
#[[Cornell Big Red|Cornell]], NCAA's [[ECAC Hockey|ECAC]] - 34
#[[Harvard University#Sports and athletic facilities|Harvard]], NCAA's ECAC - 34
#[[Jokerit| Jokerit Helsinki]], [[SM-liiga|Finland]] - 34
#[[Providence College#Athletics|Providence]], NCAA's Hockey East - 34
#[[TPS (ice hockey)|TPS Turku]], [[SM-liiga|Finland]] - 34
#[[Winnipeg Warriors]], WHL - 34 (defunct)
#[[Colorado College#Athletics|Colorado College]], NCAA's WCHA - 33
#[[HC Litvínov|HC Chemopetrol Litvínov]], [[Czech Extraliga|Czech Republic]] - 33
#[[Clarkson University#Athletics|Clarkson]], NCAA's ECAC - 32
#[[Färjestads BK|Färjestads BK Karlstad]], [[Elitserien|Sweden]] - 32
#[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey|Notre Dame]], NCAA's CCHA - 32
#[[Montreal Junior Canadiens]], QMJHL - 32 (defunct)
#[[Ilves|Ilves Tampere]], [[SM-liiga|Finland]] - 31
#[[Krylja Sovetov|Krylya Sovetov Moskva]], [[Vysshaya Liga (ice hockey)|Russia]] - 31
#[[New Hampshire Wildcats|New Hampshire]], NCAA's Hockey East - 31
#[[Victoriaville Tigres]], QMJHL - 31
#[[Granby Prédateurs]], QMJHL - 30 (defunct)
Note: Totals for [[Canadian Hockey League]] teams include all teams from that city, regardless of franchise moves except for Toronto, Quebec City, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.
==References==
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==See also==
*[[List of NHL first overall draft choices]]
*[[List of NHL players]]
*[[List of undrafted NHL players]]
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