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NHL Entry Draft history from 1979 to present, and NHL Amateur Draft history from 1963 to 1978. Search for players by draft status and more with our Season Finder . First Overall Selections, Year-by-Year
NHL & WHA Draft History. This is a list of various drafts that have occurred in both the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association. Amateur Drafts. The NHL Amateur Draft was instituted in 1963 in order to break the existing NHL teams' monopoly on junior players, which they had gained by the NHL Sponsorship System.
The NHL entry draft was known as the NHL amateur draft until 1979. The entry draft has only been a public event since 1980, and a televised event since 1984. [1] Up to 1994, the order was solely determined by the standings at the end of the regular season.
PuckPedia is your reliable online source for NHL draft results, providing complete and accurate information on which players were picked by what team, at any given draft. Access results for all the Entry drafts held throughout NHL draft history, including Amateur Drafts and Expansion Drafts.
NHL Draft History: Swedish Prospects. Trading Draft Picks? Seller Beware! The Draft Analyst presents you with our yearly NHL Entry Draft results, displayed with sortable tables for each year, and the addition of the player’s final ranking from the NHL’s Central Scouting Bureau (CSB).
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First overall picks. Billy Harris, drafted by the New York Islanders in 1972. Mario Lemieux, drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1984. Mats Sundin, drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in 1989, the first European player to be picked first overall.
Complete history, facts and stats from the NHL Entry Draft.
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Picks for the NHL Draft as ranked by year.