List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

All-time official Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks since 1967.

The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft

Pittsburgh's first players were selected from these Original Six Teams

=Chicago=

*Roy Edwards
*Art Stratton
*Billy Dea
*Mel Pearson

=Boston=

*Bob Dillabough
*Jeannot Gilbert

=Detroit=

*Joe Daley
*Ab McDonald
*Leo Boivin
*Val Fonteyne
*Andy Bathgate

=Montr

*Noel Price
*Keith McCreary
*Tom McGarthy
*Bob Rivard

=New York=

*Earl Ingarfield
*Al MacNeil
*Ken Schinkel
*Les Hunt

=Toronto=

*Larry Jeffery

Penguins Selected in the Amateur/Entry Draft

1967 NHL Amateur Draft

*2 G Steve Rexe
*11 C Bob Smith

1968 NHL Amateur Draft

*4 C Garry Swain
*14 R Ron Snell
*21 D Dave Simpson

1969 NHL Amateur Draft

*15 C Rick Kessell
*26 C Michel Briere
*38 D Yvon Labre
*50 R Ed Patenaude
*62 G Paul Hoganson

1970 NHL Amateur Draft

*7 L Greg Polis
*21 L John Stewart
*35 D Larry Bignell
*49 L Connie Forey
*63 L Steve Cardwell
*77 C Bob Fitchner
*90 D Jim Pearson
*102 G Cam Newton
*110 Ron Lemieux

1971 NHL Amateur Draft

*18 C Brian McKenzie
*32 C Joe Noris
*46 D Gerry Methe
*60 G Dave Murphy
*74 Ian Williams
*88 Doug Elliott

1972 NHL Amateur Draft

*24 D Jack Lynch
*30 F Bernie Lukowich
*40 G Denis Herron
*56 F Ron Lalonde
*72 Brian Walker
*88 L Jeff Ablett
*104 R D'Arcy Keating
*120 R Yves Bergeron
*136 L Jay Babcock
*149 G Don Atchison

1973 NHL Amateur Draft

*7 F Blaine Stoughton
*23 L Wayne Bianchin
*27 D Colin Campbell
*55 D Dennis Owchar
*71 D Guido Tenesi
*87 F Don Seiling
*103 L Terry Ewasiuk
*119 Fred Comrie
*134 D Gord Lane
*150 D Randy Aimoe
*164 Don McLeod

1974 NHL Amateur Draft

*8 F Pierre Larouche
*27 R Jacques Cossette
*62 D Mario Faubert
*80 G Bruce Aberhart
*98 L William Schneider
*116 L Rob Laird
*133 Larry Finck
*150 Jim Chicoyne
*166 Rick Uhrich
*181 Serge Gamelin
*195 D Rich Perron
*206 F Rick Hindmarch
*216 Bill Davis
*223 James Mathers

1975 NHL Amateur Draft

*13 G Gordie Laxton
*31 D Russ Anderson
*49 D Paul Baxter
*67 Stu Younger
*85 D Kim Clackson
*103 L Peter Morris
*121 C Mike Will
*139 D Tapio Levo
*155 Byron Shutt
*170 G Frank Salive
*185 D John Glynne
*196 D Lex Hudson
*202 Dan Tsubouchi
*206 Bronisla Stankovsky
*217 F Kelly Secord

1976 NHL Amateur Draft

*2 R Blair Chapman
*19 C Greg Malone
*29 L Peter Marsh
*47 L Morris Lukowich
*65 G Greg Redquest
*83 Brendan Lowe
*101 Vic Sirko

1977 NHL Amateur Draft

*30 L Jim Hamilton
*48 C Kim Davis
*66 F Mark Johnson
*102 G Greg Millen

1978 NHL Amateur Draft

*25 Mike Meeker
*61 Shane Pearsall
*75 C Rob Garner

1979 NHL Entry Draft

*31 Paul Marshall
*52 D Bennett Wolf
*73 D Brian Cross
*94 G Nick Ricci
*115 D Marc Chorney

1980 NHL Entry Draft

*9 F Mike Bullard
*51 D Randy Boyd
*72 D Tony Feltrin
*93 C Doug Shedden
*114 L Pat Graham
*156 C Rob Geale
*177 D Brian Lundberg
*198 Steve McKenzie

1981 NHL Entry Draft

*28 F Steve Gatzos
*49 D Tom Thornbury
*70 D Norm Schmidt
*109 Paul Edwards
*112 D Rod Buskas
*133 Geoff Wilson
*154 C Mitch Lamoureux
*175 F Dean De Fazio
*196 L Dave Hannan

1982 NHL Entry Draft

*10 F Rich Sutter
*38 F Tim Hrynewich
*52 F Troy Loney
*94 C Grant Sasser
*136 Grant Couture
*157 Peter Derksen
*178 Greg Gravel
*199 Stu Wenaas
*220 Chris McCauley
*241 Stan Bautch

1983 NHL Entry Draft

*15 L Bob Errey
*22 D Todd Charlesworth
*58 D Mike Rowe
*63 G Frank Pietrangelo
*103 C Patrick Emond
*123 Paul Ames
*163 Marty Ketola
*183 F Alex Haidy
*203 Garth Hildebrand
*223 D Dave Goertz

1984 NHL Entry Draft

*1 F Mario Lemieux
*9 D Doug BodgerQuote box
quote= "For once, we control our own destiny. The impact that Lemieux is going to have on our franchise is something we need. It won't just be the Pittsburgh Penguins; it will be Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins."
source=—ED JOHNSTON, General Manager of the Penguins in 1984. [ [http://www.penguinjersey.com/PensPages/draftpicks.html Pittsburgh Penguins Draft Pick History ] ]
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*16 F Roger Belanger
*64 R Mark Teevens
*85 F Arto Javanainen
*127 Tom Ryan
*169 John Del Col
*189 Steve Hurt
*210 Jim Steen
*230 Mark Ziliotto

1985 NHL Entry Draft

*2 L Craig Simpson
*23 R Lee Giffin
*58 G Bruce Racine
*86 C Steve Gotaas
*107 Kevin Clemens
*114 Stuart-Lee Marston
*128 G Steve Titus
*149 D Paul Stanton
*170 D Jim Paek
*191 D Steve Shaunessy
*212 D Doug Greschuk
*233 L Gregory Choules

1986 NHL Entry Draft

*4 D Zarley Zalapski
*25 L Dave Capuano
*46 L Brad Aitken
*67 R Rob Brown
*88 R Sandy Smith
*109 L Jeff Daniels
*130 D Doug Hobson
*151 L Steve Rohlik
*172 C Dave McLlwain
*193 C Kelly Cain
*214 R Stan Drulia
*235 D Rob Wilson

1987 NHL Entry Draft

*5 D Chris Joseph
*26 G Rick Tabaracci
*47 R Jamie Leach
*68 L Risto Kurkinen
*89 D Jeff Waver
*110 L Shawn McEachern
*131 C Jim Bodden
*152 C Jiri Kucera
*173 John MacDougall
*194 R Daryn McBride
*215 Mark Carlson
*236 G Ake Lilljebjorn

1988 NHL Entry Draft

*4 L Darrin Shannon
*25 L Mark Major
*62 C Daniel Gauthier
*67 R Mark Recchi
*88 D Greg Andrusak
*130 D Troy Mick
*151 Jeff Blaeser
*172 R Rob Gaudreau
*193 Don Pancoe
*214 L Cory Laylin
*235 D Darren Stolk

1989 NHL Entry Draft

*16 D Jamie Heward
*37 D Paul Laus
*58 L John Brill
*79 D Todd Nelson
*100 W Tom Nevers
*121 Mike Markovich
*126 R Mike Needham
*142 Pat Schafhauser
*163 L David Shute
*184 Andrew Wolf
*205 F Greg Hagen
*226 Scott Farrell
*247 C Jason Smart

1990 NHL Entry Draft

*5 R Jaromir Jagr
*61 L Joe Dziedzic
*68 D Chris Tamer
*89 L Brian Farrell
*107 R Ian Moran
*110 G Denis Casey
*130 Mika Valila
*131 D Ken Plaquin
*145 D Patrick Neaton
*152 Petteri Koskimaki
*173 L Ladislav Karabin
*194 L Tim Fingerhut
*215 F Michael Thompson
*236 D Brian Bruininks

1991 NHL Entry Draft

*16 L Markus Naslund
*38 C Rusty Fitzgerald
*60 D Shane Peacock
*82 Joe Tamminen
*104 D Rob Melanson
*126 R Brian Clifford
*148 R Ed Patterson
*170 D Peter McLaughlin
*192 G Jeff Lembke
*214 D Chris Tok
*236 D Paul Dyck
*258 D Pasi Huura

1992 NHL Entry Draft

*19 C Martin Straka
*43 D Marc Hussey
*67 D Travis Thiessen
*91 Todd Klassen
*115 G Philippe DeRouville
*139 Artem Kopot
*163 F Jan Alinc
*187 L Fran Bussey
*211 C Brian Bonin
*235 L Brian Callahan

1993 NHL Entry Draft

*26 D Stefan Bergkvist
*52 C Domenic Pittis
*62 L David Roche
*104 D Jonas Junkka
*130 D Chris Kelleher
*156 G Patrick Lalime
*182 L Sean Selmser
*208 Larry McMorran
*234 C Tim Harberts
*260 C Leonid Toropchenko
*286 D Hans Jonsson

1994 NHL Entry Draft

*24 C Chris Wells
*50 C Richard Park
*57 D Sven Butenschon
*73 L Greg Crozier
*76 D Alexei Krivchenkov
*102 D Tom O'Connor
*128 W Clint Johnson
*154 F Valentin Morozov
*161 C Serge Aubin
*180 D Drew Palmer
*206 C Boris Zelenko
*232 D Jason Godbout
*258 Mikhail Kazakevich
*284 G Brian Leitza

1995 NHL Entry Draft

*24 R Alexei Morozov
*76 G Jean-Sebastien Aubin
*102 R Oleg Belov
*128 C Jan Hrdina
*154 C Alexei Kolkunov
*180 Derrick Pyke
*206 D Sergei Voronov
*232 G Frank Ivankovic

1996 NHL Entry Draft

*23 G Craig Hillier
*28 D Pavel Skrbek
*72 L Boyd Kane
*77 R Boris Protsenko
*105 D Michal Rozsival
*150 Peter Bergman
*186 W Eric Meloche
*238 Timo Seikkula

1997 NHL Entry Draft

*17 R Robert Dome
*44 C Brian Gaffaney
*71 D Josef Melichar
*97 C Alexander Mathieu
*124 D Harlan Pratt
*152 L Petr Havelka
*179 D Mark Moore
*208 D Andrew Ference
*234 D Eric Lind

1998 NHL Entry Draft

*23 C Milan Kraft
*54 L Alexander Zevakhin
*80 C David Cameron
*110 G Scott Myers
*134 D Rob Scuderi
*169 C Jan Fadrny
*196 C Joel Scherban
*224 G Mika Lehto
*244 C Toby Petersen
*254 C Matt Hussey

1999 NHL Entry Draft

*18 R Konstantin Koltsov
*51 F Matt Murley
*57 D Jeremy Van Hoof
*86 G Sebastien Caron
*115 F Ryan Malone
*144 L Tomas Skvaridlo
*157 D Vladimir Malenkikh
*176 W Doug Meyer
*204 R Tom Kostopoulos
*233 D Darcy Robinson
*261 F Andrew McPherson

2000 NHL Entry Draft

*18 D Brooks Orpik
*52 C Shane Endicott
*84 G Peter Hamerlik
*124 R Michel Ouellet
*146 D David Koci
*185 F Patrick Foley
*216 F Jim Abbott
*248 R Steven Crampton
*273 C Roman Simicek
*280 G Nick Boucher

2001 NHL Entry Draft

*21 W Colby Armstrong
*54 D Noah Welch
*86 D Drew Fata
*96 D Alexandre Rouleau
*120 L Tomas Surovy
*131 C Ben Eaves
*156 Andy Schneider
*217 G Tomas Duba
*250 G Brandon Crawford-West

2002 NHL Entry Draft

*5 D Ryan Whitney
*35 D Ondrej Nemec
*69 C Erik Christensen
*101 R Daniel Fernholm
*136 Andy Sertich
*137 C Cam Paddock
*171 G Bobby Goepfert
*202 Patrick Bartschi
*234 C Maxime Talbot
*239 D Ryan Lannon
*265 G Dwight LaBrosse

2003 NHL Entry Draft

*1 G Marc-Andre Fleury
*32 C Ryan Stone
*70 R Jonathan Filewich
*73 L Daniel Carcillo
*121 D Paul Bissonnette
*161 L Evgeny Isakov
*169 L Lukas Bolf
*199 G Andy Chiodo
*229 C Stephen Dixon
*232 C Joe Jensen
*263 F Matt Moulson

2004 NHL Entry Draft

*2 C Evgeni Malkin
*31 W Johannes Salmonsson
*61 D Alex Goligoski
*67 R Nick Johnson
*85 C Brian Gifford
*99 C Tyler Kennedy
*130 D Michal Sersen
*164 R Moises Gutierrez
*194 D Chris Peluso
*222 C Jordan Morrison
*228 G David Brown
*259 C Brian Ihnacak

2005 NHL Entry Draft

*1 C Sidney Crosby
*61 Michael Gergen Quote box
quote= "This is huge for the franchise to be able to get a player of his caliber."
source=—MARIO LEMIEUX, Player and owner of the Penguins after the Penguins won the draft lottery to select Sidney Crosby in 2005
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*62 D Kristopher Letang
*125 Tommi Leinonen
*126 F Tim Crowder
*194 D Jean-Philipp Paquet
*195 F Joe Vitale

2006 NHL Entry Draft

*2 C Jordan Staal
*32 D Carl Sneep
*65 D Brian Strait
*125 G Chad Johnson
*185 D Timo Seppanen

2007 NHL Entry Draft

*20 C Angelo Esposito
*51 C Keven Veilleux
*78 D Robert Bortuzzo
*80 C Casey Pierro-Zabotel
*111 L Luca Caputi
*118 D Alex Grant
*141 D Jake Muzzin
*171 D Dustin Jeffery

2008 NHL Entry Draft

*29 traded to Atlanta
*60 traded to Toronto
*90 traded to NYR
*120 C Nathan Moon
*150 G Alex Pechurski
*180 G Patrick Killeen
*210 D Nick D'Agostino

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