2005 NHL Entry Draft

2005 NHL Draft
General information
Date(s)	July 30–31, 2005
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
First selection	Sidney Crosby Selected by: Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL Entry Draft  < 2004 2006 >

The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft.

As a lockout cancelled the games of the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick. The draft was only seven rounds in length, compared to nine rounds in years past. The labor dispute caused the shortened draft.

The Pittsburgh Penguins won the draft lottery and, as expected, selected Sidney Crosby. The lottery associated with the draft has colloquially been referred to as the Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes due to the certainty of Crosby being selected first.

The draft was held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 2005, and unlike normal drafts it was not open to the public, for the first time since 1980. The draft was originally supposed to be held at the Corel Centre with the Ottawa Senators being the host beginning June 25, 2005, but was cancelled due to the lockout. The Corel Centre was available for the new date, but it would not have been possible to use it on such short notice. Only the top 20 prospects attended the draft. The Senators did not host the draft due to this.

As a result of the cancellation and scaling-back of this draft, what is now called ScotiaBank Place hosted the 2008 draft.

Lottery

Three balls

• Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins

Two balls

• Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Phoenix Coyotes

One ball

• Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals

Final central scouting rankings

Skaters

	North American	European
1	Sidney Crosby (Centre)	Anze Kopitar (Centre)
2	Benoit Pouliot (Left Wing)	Martin Hanzal (Centre)
3	Bobby Ryan (Right Wing)	Jakub Vojta (Defense)
4	Jack Johnson (Defense)	Denis Istomin (Right Wing)
5	Gilbert Brule (Centre)	Niclas Bergfors (Right Wing)
6	Luc Bourdon (Defense)	Vyacheslav Buravchikov (Defense)
7	Kenndal McArdle (Left Wing)	Ilya Zubov (Centre)
8	Ryan Parent (Defense)	Petr Kalus (Right Wing)
9	Marc Staal (Defense)	Anton Krysanov (Centre)
10	Devin Setoguchi (Right Wing)	Andrei Zubarev (Defense)

Goaltenders

	North American	European
1	Carey Price	Tuukka Rask
2	Pier-Olivier Pelletier	Ondrej Pavelec
3	Tyler Plante	Jakub Lev

Selections by round

= NHL All-Star[1] ·

= NHL All-Star[1] and NHL All-Star Team ·

Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.

Selections by round:

• Round one
• Round two
• Round three
• Round four
• Round five
• Round six
• Round seven

Round one

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Sidney Crosby (Centre)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
2	Bobby Ryan (Right Wing)	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3	Jack Johnson (Defence)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
4	Benoit Pouliot (Left Wing)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
5	Carey Price (Goaltender)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	Gilbert Brule (Centre)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7	Jack Skille (Right Wing)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	U.S. National Team Development Program
8	Devin Setoguchi (Right Wing)	Canada	San Jose Sharks (from Atlanta Thrashers)	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
9	Brian Lee (Defence)	United States	Ottawa Senators	Moorhead High School (USHS, MN)
10	Luc Bourdon (Defence)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
11	Anze Kopitar (Centre)	Slovenia	Los Angeles Kings	Södertälje SK (Sweden)
12	Marc Staal (Defence)	Canada	New York Rangers (from San Jose Sharks)	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
13	Marek Zagrapan (Centre)	Slovakia	Buffalo Sabres	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
14	Sasha Pokulok (Defence)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Cornell University (ECAC)
15	Ryan O'Marra (Centre)	Canada	New York Islanders	Erie Otters (OHL)
16	Alex Bourret (Right Wing)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers (from New York Rangers)	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
17	Martin Hanzal (Centre)	Czech Republic	Phoenix Coyotes	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
18	Ryan Parent (Defence)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Guelph Storm (OHL)
19	Jakub Kindl (Defence)	Czech Republic	Detroit Red Wings	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
20	Kenndal McArdle (Left Wing)	Canada	Florida Panthers (from Philadelphia Flyers)	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
21	Tuukka Rask (Goaltender)	Finland	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ilves (Finland)
22	Matt Lashoff (Defence)	United States	Boston Bruins	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
23	Nicklas Bergfors (Right Wing)	Sweden	New Jersey Devils	Södertälje SK (Sweden)
24	T. J. Oshie (Centre)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Warroad High School (USHS, MN)
25	Andrew Cogliano (Centre)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL)
26	Matt Pelech (Defence)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
27	Joe Finley (Defence)	United States	Washington Capitals (from Colorado Avalanche)	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
28	Matt Niskanen (Defence)	United States	Dallas Stars	Virginia High School (USHS, MN)
29	Steve Downie (Right Wing)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers (from Florida Panthers)	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
30	Vladimir Mihalik (Defence)	Slovakia	Tampa Bay Lightning	Prešov II (Slovakia)

Round two

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
31	Brendan Mikkelson (Defence)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (from Tampa Bay Lightning)	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
32	Tyler Plante (Goaltender)	United States	Florida Panthers	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
33	James Neal (Left Wing)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
34	Ryan Stoa (Centre)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	U.S. National Team Development Program
35	Marc-Edouard Vlasic (Defence)	Canada	San Jose Sharks (from Calgary Flames)	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
36	Taylor Chorney (Defence)	United States	Edmonton Oilers	Shattuck-St. Mary's (USHS, MN)
37	Scott Jackson (Defence)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
38	Jeff Frazee (Goaltender)	United States	New Jersey Devils	U.S. National Team Development Program
39	Petr Kalus (Centre)	Czech Republic	Boston Bruins	HC Vítkovice (Czech)/Regina Pats (WHL)
40	Michael Sauer (Defence)	United States	New York Rangers (from Toronto Maple Leafs)	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
41	Ondrej Pavelec (Goaltender)	Czech Republic	Atlanta Thrashers (from Philadelphia Flyers)	Rabat Kladno (Czech Republic)
42	Justin Abdelkader (Left Wing)	United States	Detroit Red Wings	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
43	Michael Blunden (Right Wing)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Nashville Predators)	Erie Otters (OHL)
44	Paul Stastny (Centre)	United States	Colorado Avalanche (from Phoenix Coyotes)	University of Denver (WCHA)
45	Guillaume Latendresse (Right Wing)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (from New York Rangers)	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
46	Dustin Kohn (Defence)	Canada	New York Islanders	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
47	Tom Fritsche (Left Wing)	United States	Colorado Avalanche (from Washington Capitals)	Ohio State University (CCHA)
48	Philipp Gogulla (Winger)	Germany	Buffalo Sabres	Kölner Haie (Germany)
49	Chad Denny (Defence)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers (from San Jose Sharks)	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
50	Dany Roussin (Left Wing)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
51	Mason Raymond (Left Wing)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
52	Chris Durand (Centre)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche (from Ottawa Senators)	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
53	Andrew Kozek (Winger)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	South Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
54	Dan Bertram (Right Wing)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Boston College (Hockey East)
55	Adam McQuaid (Defence)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
56	Marc-Andre Cliche (Right Wing)	Canada	New York Rangers (from Montreal Canadiens)	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
57	Matt Kassian (Left Wing)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
58	Nate Hagemo (Defence)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
59	Pier-Olivier Pelletier (Goaltender)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes (from Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
60	T. J. Fast (Defence)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
61	Michael Gergen (Defence/forward)	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Shattuck-St. Mary's (USHS, MN)

Round three

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
62	Kristopher Letang (Defence)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
63	Jason Bailey (Right Wing)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	U.S. National Team Development Program
64	Joe Barnes (Centre)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
65	Kristofer Westblom (Goaltender)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
66	Brodie Dupont (Centre)	Canada	New York Rangers (from Montreal Canadiens)	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
67	Kris Russell (Defence)	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
68	Evan Brophey (C/LW)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
69	Gord Baldwin (Defence)	Canada	Calgary Flames (from Atlanta Thrashers)	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
70	Vitaly Anikeenko (Defence)	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
71	Richard Clune (Left Wing)	Canada	Dallas Stars (from Vancouver Canucks)	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
72	Jon Quick (Goaltender)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Avon Old Farms (USHS, CT)
73	Radek Smolenak (Left Wing)	Czech Republic	Tampa Bay Lightning (from San Jose Sharks)	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
74	Dan Ryder (Centre)	Canada	Calgary Flames (from Buffalo Sabres)	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
75	Perttu Lindgren (Centre)	Finland	Dallas Stars (from Washington Capitals)	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
76	Shea Guthrie (Winger)	Canada	New York Islanders	St. George's School (USHS)
77	Dalyn Flatt (Defence)	Canada	New York Rangers	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
78	Teemu Laakso (Defence)	Finland	Nashville Predators (from Phoenix Coyotes)	HIFK Jr. (Finland)
79	Cody Franson (Defence)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
80	Christofer Lofberg (Centre)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)
81	Danny Syvret (Defence)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from Philadelphia Flyers)	London Knights (OHL)
82	Phil Oreskovic (Defence)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
83	Mikko Lehtonen (Right Wing)	Finland	Boston Bruins	Blues Jr. (Finland)
84	Mark Fraser (Defence)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
85	Ben Bishop (Goaltender)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Texas Tornado (NAHL)
86	Robby Dee (C/W)	United States	Edmonton Oilers	Breck School (USHS)
87	Marc-Andre Gragnani (Defence)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres (from Calgary Flames)	P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)
88	T. J. Hensick (Centre)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	University of Michigan (CCHA)
89	Chris Lawrence (Centre)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning (from Dallas Stars)	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
90	Dan Collins (Right Wing)	United States	Florida Panthers	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
91	Oskars Bartulis (Defence)	Latvia	Philadelphia Flyers (from Tampa Bay Lightning)	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

Round four

#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
92	Marek Bartanus (Right Wing)	Slovakia	Tampa Bay Lightning	HC Košice (Slovakia)
93	Olivier Legault (Left Wing)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
94	Jakub Vojta (Defence)	Czech Republic	Carolina Hurricanes (from Dallas Stars)	HC Sparta Praha Jr. (Czech Republic)
95	Cody Bass (Centre)	Canada	Ottawa Senators (from Colorado Avalanche)	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
96	Chris Butler (Defence)	United States	Buffalo Sabres (from Calgary Flames)	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
97	Chris VandeVelde (Centre)	United States	Edmonton Oilers	Moorhead High School (USHS, MN)
98	Ilya Zubov (Centre)	Russia	Ottawa Senators (from St. Louis Blues)	Chelyabinsk (Russia)
99	Patrick Davis (Left Wing)	United States	New Jersey Devils	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
100	Jonathan Sigalet (Defence)	United States	Boston Bruins	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
101	Jared Boll (Right Wing)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs)	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
102	Blair Jones (Centre)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning (from Philadelphia Flyers)	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
103	Mattias Ritola (C/W)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Leksand Jr. (Sweden)
104	Matt Duffy (Defence)	United States	Florida Panthers (from Nashville Predators)	New Hampshire Jr Monarchs (EJHL)
105	Keith Yandle (Defence)	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	Cushing Academy (USHS, MA)
106	Vladimir Sobotka (C/W)	Czech Republic	Boston Bruins	Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech Republic)
107	Tom Pyatt (Centre)	Canada	New York Rangers	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
108	Niklas Hjalmarsson (Defence)	Sweden	Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders)	HV 71 Jr. (Sweden)
109	Andrew Thomas (Defence)	United States	Washington Capitals	University of Denver (WCHA)
110	Kyle Bailey (Centre)	Canada	Minnesota Wild (from Buffalo Sabres)	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
111	J. D. Watt (Right Wing)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
112	Alex Stalock (Goaltender)	United States	San Jose Sharks	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
113	Nathan Davis (C/LW)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks (from Los Angeles Kings)	Miami University (CCHA)
114	Alexandre Vincent (Goaltender)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
115	Janne Kolehmainen (Left Wing)	Finland	Ottawa Senators	SaiPa (Finland)
116	Jordan LaVallee (Left Wing)	United States	Atlanta Thrashers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
117	Denis Istomin (Right Wing)	Russia	Chicago Blackhawks	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
118	Patrick McNeill (Defence)	Canada	Washington Capitals (from Boston Bruins)	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
119	Jeremy Duchesne (Goaltender)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes (from Columbus Blue Jackets)	Halifax Mooseheads (QML)
120	Slava Trukhno (Centre)	Russia	Edmonton Oilers	P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)
121	Juraj Mikus (C/W)	Slovakia	Montreal Canadiens	Skalica HK 36 Jr. (Slovakia)
122	Morten Madsen (C/W)	Denmark	Minnesota Wild	Frölunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
123	Ondrej Otcenas (C/W)	Slovakia	Carolina Hurricanes	Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia)
124	Raymond Macias (Defence)	United States	Colorado Avalanche (from Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
125	Tommi Leinonen (Defence)	Finland	Pittsburgh Penguins	Kärpät Jr. (Finland)

Round five

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
126	Tim Crowder (Right Wing)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	South Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
127	Bobby Bolt (Left Wing)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
128	Kevin Lalande (Goaltender)	Canada	Calgary Flames (from Carolina Hurricanes)	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
129	Anthony Aiello (Defence)	United States	Minnesota Wild	Thayer Academy (USHS)
130	Mathieu Aubin (Centre)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
131	Tomas Popperle (Goaltender)	Czech Republic	Columbus Blue Jackets	Sparta Praha (Czech Republic)
132	Darren Helm (C/W)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
133	Stanislav Lascek (Right Wing)	Slovakia	Tampa Bay Lightning	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
134	Brennan Turner (Defence)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
135	Tomas Pospisil (Right Wing)	Czech Republic	Atlanta Thrashers	Trinec Jr. (Czech Republic)
136	Tomas Kudelka (Defence)	Czech Republic	Ottawa Senators	Zlín Jr. (Czech Republic)
137	Johan Ryno (C/W)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Kumla Jr. (Sweden)
138	Matt Butcher (Centre)	United States	Vancouver Canucks	Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL)
139	Patrik Hersley (Defence)	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	Malmö Jr. (Sweden)
140	Taylor Dakers (Goaltender)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
141	Brian Salcido (Defence)	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (from San Jose Sharks)	Colorado College (WCHA)
142	Nathan Gerbe (Centre)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	U.S. National Team Development Program
143	Daren Machesney (Goaltender)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
144	Masi Marjamaki (Right Wing)	Finland	New York Islanders	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
145	Tim Kunes (Defence)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	New England Jr. Falcons (EJHL)
146	Tom Wandell (C/W)	Sweden	Dallas Stars	Södertälje SK Jr. (Sweden)
147	Trevor Koverko (Defence)	Canada	New York Rangers	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
148	Anton Krysanov (Centre)	Russia	Phoenix Coyotes	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
149	Derek Joslin (Defence)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
150	Cal O'Reilly (Centre)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
151	Jeff May (Defence)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
152	Josh Beaulieu (Centre)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	London Knights (OHL)
153	Alex Berry (Right Wing)	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Bruins Jr. (EJHL)
154	Wacey Rabbit (Centre)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
155	Mark Fayne (Defence)	United States	New Jersey Devils	Noble and Greenough (USHS)
156.	Ryan Reaves (Right Wing)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
157.	Fredrik Pettersson (Left Wing)	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	Frölunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
158.	Matt Keetley (Goaltender)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
159.	Risto Korhonen (Defence)	Finland	Carolina Hurricanes (from Colorado Avalanche)	Kärpät Jr. (Finland)
160.	Matt Watkins (Right Wing)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
161.	Brian Foster (Goaltender)	United States	Florida Panthers	New Hampshire Jr Monarchs (EJHL)
162.	P. J. Fenton (C/W)	United States	San Jose Sharks (from Tampa Bay Lightning)	University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hockey East)

Round six

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
163	Marek Kvapil	Czech Republic	Tampa Bay Lightning	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
164	Roman Derlyuk	Russia	Florida Panthers	Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia)
165	Kevin Beech	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning (from Dallas Stars)	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
166	Jason Lynch	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
167	Joe Fallon	United States	Chicago Blackhawks (from Calgary Flames)	University of Vermont (ECAC)
168	Justin Mercier	United States	Colorado Avalanche (from Edmonton Oilers)	U.S. National Team Development Program
169	Mike Gauthier	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
170	Sean Zimmerman	United States	New Jersey Devils	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
171	Nick Drazenovic	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
172	Lukas Vantuch	Czech Republic	Boston Bruins	Liberec Jr. (Czech Republic)
173	Johan Dahlberg	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	Modo Jr. (Sweden)
174	John Flatters	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
175	Juho Mielonen	Finland	Detroit Red Wings	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
176	Ryan Maki	United States	Nashville Predators	Harvard University (ECAC)
177	Derek Reinhart	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Phoenix Coyotes)	Regina Pats (WHL)
178	Greg Beller	Canada	New York Rangers	Lake of the Woods (USHS, MN)
179	Brett Sutter	Canada	Calgary Flames	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
180	Tyrell Mason	Canada	New York Islanders	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
181	Tim Kennedy	United States	Washington Capitals	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
182	Adam Dennis	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	London Knights (OHL)
183	Will Colbert	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
184	Ryan McGinnis	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
185	Kris Fredheim	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
186	Dmitri Megalinsky	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
187	Andrei Zubarev	Russia	Atlanta Thrashers	Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
188	Joe Charlebois	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
189	Kirill Starkov	Denmark*	Columbus Blue Jackets	Frolunda Jr. (Sweden)
190	Matt D'Agostini	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Guelph Storm (OHL)
191	Vyacheslav Buravchikov	Russia	Buffalo Sabres (from Minnesota Wild)	Krylia Sovetov Samara (Russia)
192	Nicolas Blanchard	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
193	Tony Lucia	United States	San Jose Sharks (from Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)	Wayzata (USHS, MN)
194	Jean-Philippe Paquet	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

* Kirill Starkov became a Danish citizen in the summer of 2006. [1]

Round seven

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
195	Joe Vitale	United States	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
196	Nick Tuzzolino	United States	New York Islanders	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
197	Jean-Philippe Levasseur	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
198	Kyle Lawson	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	U.S. National Team Development Program
199	Riley Emmerson	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
200	Sergei Kostitsyn	Belarus	Montreal Canadiens	HK Gomel (Belarus)
201	Trevor Hendrikx	Canada	Columbus Blue Jackets	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
202	David Kuchejda	Czech Republic	Chicago Blackhawks	HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
203	Adam Hobson	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Atlanta Thrashers)	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
204	Colin Greening	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Upper Canada College (CISAA)
205	Mario Bliznak	Slovakia	Vancouver Canucks	Spartak ZTS Dubnica (Slovakia)
206	Josh Meyers	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
207	Myles Stoesz	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers (from San Jose Sharks)	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
208	Matt Generous	United States	Buffalo Sabres	New England Junior Falcons (EJHL)
209	Viktor Dovgan	Russia	Washington Capitals	CSKA Moscow Jr. (Russia)
210	Luciano Aquino	Canada	New York Islanders	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
211	Ryan Russell	Canada	New York Rangers	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
212	Pat Brosnihan	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	Worcester Academy (USHS, MA)
213	Scott Todd	Canada	Nashville Predators	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
214	Bretton Stamler	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
215	Matt Clackson	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Chicago Steel (USHL)
216	Anton Stralman	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	Skovde (Sweden)
217	Brock Bradford	Canada	Boston Bruins	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
218	Alexander Sundstrom	Sweden	New Jersey Devils	IF Björklöven (Sweden)
219	Nikolay Lemtyugov	Russia	St. Louis Blues	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
220	Matt Glasser	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)
221	Myles Rumsey	Canada	Calgary Flames	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
222	Kyle Cumiskey	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
223	Pat McGann	United States	Dallas Stars	Illinois Midgets (USMHL)
224	Zach Bearson	United States	Florida Panthers	Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
225	John Wessbecker	United States	Tampa Bay Lightning	Blake (USHS)
226	John Seymour	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
227	Andrew Orpik	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Thayer Academy (USHS)
228	Chad Rau	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	US National Team Development Program
229	Philippe Paquet	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Salisbury (USHS)
230	Patric Hornqvist	Sweden	Nashville Predators	Vasby (Sweden)

Draftees based on nationality

Rank	Country	Number	Percent
	North America	172	74.8%
1	Canada	109	47.4%
2	United States	63	27.4%
	Europe	58	25.2%
3	Czech Republic	12	5.2%
3	Sweden	12	5.2%
5	Russia	11	4.9%
6	Finland	9	3.9%
7	Slovakia	8	3.5%
8	Denmark	2	0.9%
9	Germany	1	0.4%
9	Latvia	1	0.4%
9	Slovenia	1	0.4%
9	Belarus	1	0.4%

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season
• List of NHL first overall draft choices
• List of NHL players

References

• National Hockey League (2005). 2005 NHL Draft. Retrieved July 31, 2005.
• Hockey Database
• TSN
• ESPN
• Description of the lottery

1. ^ ^{a b} Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.