The WHL had 31 players selected in the NHL’s 2009 draft, led by the Red Deer Rebels, who had four players selected. . . . The rest: Kelowna, Saskatoon, each 3; Brandon, Calgary, Kamloops, Everett, Spokane, each 2; Chilliwack, Edmonton, Kootenay, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Portland, Prince Albert, Prince George, Regina, Swift Current, Vancouver, each 1.
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Here is where the drafted players came from:
OHL: 44
WHL: 31
QMJHL, Sweden: 23 each
U.S. high schools: 19
USHL: 16
U.S. National Team Development Program: 10
Finland: 9
U.S. colleges: 7
Russia: 6
BCHL: 5
AJHL, CJHL, OJHL: 3 each
Czech Republic, U.S. midget AAA: 2 each
EJHL, Germany, NAHL, Slovakia: 1 each
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A look at WHL players selected:
FIRST ROUND (5)
4. Atlanta, C Evander Kane, Vancouver
5. Los Angeles, C Brayden Schenn, Brandon
8. Dallas, RW Scott Glennie, Brandon
9. Ottawa, D Jared Cowen, Ottawa
29. Tampa Bay, RW Carter Ashton, Lethbridge
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SECOND ROUND (3)
32. Detroit, C Landon Ferraro, Red Deer
48. St. Louis, D Brett Ponich, Portland
49. Colorado, D Stefan Elliott, Saskatoon
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THIRD ROUND (7)
64. Colorado, D Tyson Barrie, Kelowna
66. Buffalo, D Brayden McNabb, Kootenay
74. Calgary, LW Ryan Howse, Chilliwack
81. Philadelphia, G Adam Morrison, Saskatoon
82. Edmonton, RW Cameron Abney, Everett
85. Washington, C Cody Eakin, Swift Current
86. Boston, D Ryan Button, Prince Albert
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FOURTH ROUND (5)
96. Los Angeles, RW Linden Vey, Medicine Hat
103. Minnesota, LW Kris, Foucault, Calgary
105. Phoenix, D Justin Weller, Red Deer
108. St. Louis, RW Tyler Shattock, Kamloops
119. Chicago, C Byron Froese, Everett
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FIFTH ROUND (1)
129. C Tomas Vincour, Edmonton
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SIXTH ROUND (6)
155. Atlanta, C Jimmy Bubnick, Kamloops
157. Phoenix, LW Evan Bloodoff, Kelowna
161. Minnesota, G Darcy Kuemper, Red Deer
175. Washington, RW Garrett Mitchell, Regina
179. Los Angeles, RW Brandon Kozun, Calgary
180. Detroit, RW Mitchell Callahan, Kelowna.
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SEVENTH ROUND (4)
185. Atlanta, LW Levko Koper, Spokane
189. San Jose, C Marek Viedensky, Prince George
201. Calgary, C Gaelan Patterson, Saskatoon
208. Carolina, D Tommi Kivisto, Red Deer
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4 comments:
Gregg what do you make of Bubnick falling so far down like he did? I'm pretty puzzled, and so are alot of people.
I havent had a closer look at the demographics other than what you have posted but, my oh my, the sport of hockey is dying.
Virtually no Czechs or Slovaks to speak of, once a rich source of players to the game.
I am not seeing players emerge from nations like Khazacstan, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belarus, France...
Sweden is one of the few who has improved their system.
I know the sport is super expensive but it is sad to see, quite possibly the worlds greatest game, diminish.
The only thing that I can think of is that Jimmy mustn't have interviewed well at the scouting combine in Toronto. He needs to be more consistent with his physical play and in going to the net, but he's young. He's also 6-2, 190, improved a lot from his first season to his second . . . It will be interesting to see if he is able to use this for motivation to show 29 other teams that they made a mistake.
gregg
I didn't see anyone determine how many players got drafted after their first year of eligibility (born before the Sept. 15,1990 cutoff date).
I get:
28-1990's
19-89's
1-1988
Total 48 players or ~23% of the draft. This leaves only 162 spots for first year draftees, which makes it even more impressive to be drafted in your first opportunity.
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