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The 2023 NHL entry draft was the 61st NHL entry draft.The draft was held on June 28–29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. [1]The first three selections were Connor Bedard going to the Chicago Blackhawks, Leo Carlsson being selected by the Anaheim Ducks, and Adam Fantilli being picked by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The CSS collaborates with NHL general managers to select players for the annual CHL/USA Prospects Challenge, a two-game junior ice hockey series between the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) and the USA Hockey National Team Development Program to showcase the talents of top prospects for the upcoming NHL entry draft. [2]
Shane Wright (born January 5, 2004) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Projected as the likely first overall pick leading up to the 2022 NHL entry draft, Wright was selected fourth overall by the Kraken.
Ice hockey players born between January 1, 2004, and September 15, 2006, were eligible for selection in the 2024 NHL entry draft. Additionally, un-drafted, non-North American players born in 2003 were eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2022 NHL entry draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who were born after June 30, 2004, were also eligible to re-enter the draft.
The 2022 NHL entry draft was the 60th NHL entry draft. The draft was held on July 7–8, 2022, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. [1] Montreal were originally scheduled to host the 2020 draft but were unable to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since 1985, the team hosting the draft selected first overall. [2]
Ice hockey players born between January 1, 2005, and September 15, 2007, are eligible for selection in the 2025 NHL entry draft. Additionally, undrafted non-North American players born in 2004 (who had not previously played a complete draft season in North America) are eligible for the draft; and those players who were drafted in the 2023 NHL entry draft, but not signed by an NHL team and who ...
The draft has grown, and in 2021, 223 players were selected over seven rounds. [2] A total of 61 different players have been selected first. Of those, 44 have been Canadian, eight American, three Russian, two Czech, two Swedish, one Slovak and one Swiss. Every first overall pick taken between 1968 and 2016 has played in at least 299 NHL games. [3]
On March 5, 2024, Catton surpassed the 100-point mark for the season and recorded his first WHL hat-trick with a career-high five points in a 6–3 win over the Victoria Royals. [7] He finished the season with 54 goals and 116 points, good for fourth in the league in points and top-five in goals, and led the league with seven shorthanded goals. [2]