2009 NHL Entry Draft
Round one

2009 NHL Entry Draft

Section Title: Round one
Table Section Text: None

Pick #	Player	Nationality	Position	NHL team	Team from	League from

1	John Tavares	Canada	C	New York Islanders	London Knights	Ontario Hockey League

2	Victor Hedman	Sweden	D	Tampa Bay Lightning	Modo Hockey	Elitserien (Sweden)

3	Matt Duchene	Canada	C	Colorado Avalanche	Brampton Battalion	Ontario Hockey League

4	Evander Kane	Canada	LW	Atlanta Thrashers	Vancouver Giants	Western Hockey League

5	Brayden Schenn	Canada	C	Los Angeles Kings	Brandon Wheat Kings	Western Hockey League

6	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Sweden	D	Phoenix Coyotes	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan (Sweden)

7	Nazem Kadri	Canada	C	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights	Ontario Hockey League

8	Scott Glennie	Canada	RW	Dallas Stars	Brandon Wheat Kings	Western Hockey League

9	Jared Cowen	Canada	D	Ottawa Senators	Spokane Chiefs	Western Hockey League

10	Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson	Sweden	LW	Edmonton Oilers	Timra IK	Elitserien (Sweden)

11	Ryan Ellis	Canada	D	Nashville Predators	Windsor Spitfires	Ontario Hockey League

12	Calvin de Haan	Canada	D	New York Islanders (from Minnesota)1	Oshawa Generals	Ontario Hockey League

13	Zack Kassian	Canada	RW	Buffalo Sabres	Peterborough Petes	Ontario Hockey League

14	Dmitri Kulikov	Russia	D	Florida Panthers	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

15	Peter Holland	Canada	C	Anaheim Ducks	Guelph Storm	Ontario Hockey League

16	Nick Leddy	United States	D	Minnesota Wild (from Columbus via NY Islanders)2	Eden Prairie High School (Eden Prairie, Minnesota)	US High School-Minnesota

17	David Rundblad	Sweden	D	St. Louis Blues	Skelleftea AIK	Elitserien (Sweden)

18	Louis Leblanc	Canada	C	Montreal Canadiens	Omaha Lancers	United States Hockey League

19	Chris Kreider	United States	C	New York Rangers	Phillips Academy, Andover	United States High School-Massachusetts

20	Jacob Josefson	Sweden	C	New Jersey Devils (from Calgary)3	Djurgardens IF	Elitserien (Sweden)

21	John Moore	United States	D	Columbus Blue Jackets (from Philadelphia via Anaheim)4	Chicago Steel	United States Hockey League

22	Jordan Schroeder	United States	C	Vancouver Canucks	Minnesota Golden Gophers (University of Minnesota) (Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota)	Western Collegiate Hockey Association

23	Tim Erixon	Sweden	D	Calgary Flames (from New Jersey)5	Skelleftea AIK	Elitserien (Sweden)

24	Marcus Johansson	Sweden	C	Washington Capitals	Farjestad BK	Elitserien (Sweden)

25	Jordan Caron	Canada	RW	Boston Bruins	Rimouski Oceanic	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

26	Kyle Palmieri	United States	C/RW	Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose via Tampa Bay, Ottawa, New York Islanders, and Columbus)6	National Team Development Program	United States Hockey League

27	Philippe Paradis	Canada	C	Carolina Hurricanes	Shawinigan Cataractes	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

28	Dylan Olsen	Canada	D	Chicago Blackhawks	Camrose Kodiaks	Alberta Junior Hockey League

29	Carter Ashton	Canada	RW	Tampa Bay Lightning (from Detroit)7	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Western Hockey League

30	Simon Despres	Canada	D	Pittsburgh Penguins	Saint John Sea Dogs	Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Sentence(s)

The Tampa Bay Lightning drafted the second pick defenceman Victor Hedman from Modo Hockey of the SEL, and the Colorado Avalanche drafted the third pick Matt Duchene of the Brampton Battalion.

final_sentence: The Tampa Bay Lightning drafted the second pick defenceman Victor Hedman from Modo Hockey of the SEL, and the Colorado Avalanche drafted the third pick Matt Duchene of the Brampton Battalion.