2002 NHL Entry Draft

The 2002 NHL Entry Draft was held June 22-23 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 291 players were drafted: 35 from the OHL; 23 from the QMJHL; 43 from the WHL; 41 from the NCAA; 6 from U.S High Schools and 110 from outside North America.
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Selections By Round
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 |
Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9
===Round 1===
# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	Rick Nash (F) 	Canada 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	London Knights
2 	Kari Lehtonen (G) 	 	Atlanta Thrashers 	Jokerit
3 	Jay Bouwmeester (D) 	Canada 	Florida Panthers 	Medicine Hat Tigers
4 	Joni Pitkänen (D) 	 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Kärpät
5 	Ryan Whitney (D) 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Boston University
6 	Scottie Upshall (F) 	Canada 	Nashville Predators 	Kamloops Blazers
7 	Joffrey Lupul (F) 	Canada 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Medicine Hat Tigers
8 	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (F)	Canada 	Minnesota Wild 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
9 	Petr Taticek (F) 	 	Florida Panthers 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
10	Eric Nystrom (F) 	 	Calgary Flames 	University of Michigan
11	Keith Ballard (D) 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	University of Minnesota
12	Steve Eminger (D) 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	Kitchener Rangers
13	Alexander Semin (F) 	 	Washington Capitals 	Traktor Chelyabinsk Jr.
14	Chris Higgins (F) 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	Yale University
15	Jesse Niinimäki (F) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Ilves
16	Jakub Klepis (F) 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Portland Winter Hawks
17	Boyd Gordon (F) 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	Red Deer Rebels
18	Denis Grebeshkov (D) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
19	Jakub Koreis (F) 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Plzeň HC
20	Daniel Paille (F) 	Canada 	Buffalo Sabres 	Guelph Storm
21	Anton Babchuk (D) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Elemash Elektrostal
22	Sean Bergenheim (F) 	 	New York Islanders 	Jokerit
23	Ben Eager (F) 	Canada 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Oshawa Generals
24	Alexander Steen (F) 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Frölunda HC
25	Cam Ward (G) 	Canada 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Red Deer Rebels
26	Martin Vagner (D) 	 	Dallas Stars 	Hull Olympiques
27	Mike Morris (F) 	 	San Jose Sharks 	St. Sebastian's High School
28	Jonas Johansson (F) 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	HV 71
29	Hannu Toivonen (G) 	 	Boston Bruins 	HPK
30	Jim Slater (F) 	 	Atlanta Thrashers 	Michigan State University
==2nd Round==
# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team
31.	Jeff Deslauriers (G) 	Canada 	Edmonton Oilers 	Chicoutimi Sagueneens
32.	János Vas (F) 	 	Dallas Stars 	Malmö IF
33.	Lee Falardeau (F) 	 	New York Rangers 	Michigan State University
34.	Tobias Stephan (G) 	 	Dallas Stars 	EHC Chur
35.	Ondrej Nemec (D) 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Vsetín HC
36.	Jarret Stoll (F) 	Canada 	Edmonton Oilers 	Kootenay Ice
37.	Tim Brent (F) 	Canada 	Anaheim Mighty Ducks 	Toronto St. Michael's Majors
38.	Josh Harding (G) 	Canada 	Minnesota Wild 	Regina Pats
39.	Brian McConnell (F) 	 	Calgary Flames 	Boston University
40.	Rob Globke (F) 	 	Florida Panthers 	Notre Dame
41.	Joakim Lindstrom (F) 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	MODO
42.	Marius Holtet (F) 	 	Dallas Stars 	Färjestads BK
43.	Trevor Daley (D) 	Canada 	Dallas Stars 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
44.	Matt Greene (D) 	 	Edmonton Oilers 	Green Bay Gamblers
45.	Tomas Linhart (D) 	 	Montreal Canadiens 	HC Pardubice
46.	David LeNeveu (G) 	Canada 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Cornell University
47.	Alexei Kaigorodov (F)	 	Ottawa Senators 	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
48.	Alexei Shkotov (F) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Elektrostal
49.	Kirill Koltsov (D) 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Avangard Omsk
50.	Sergei Anshakov (F) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	HC CSKA Moscow Jr.
51.	Anton Kadeykin (D) 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Elektrostal
52.	Dan Spang (D) 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Winchester High School
53.	Barry Tallackson (F) 	 	New Jersey Devils 	University of Minnesota
54.	Duncan Keith (D) 	Canada 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Michigan State University
55.	Denis Grot (D) 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Elektrostal
56.	Vladislav Evseev (F) 	 	Boston Bruins 	HC CSKA Moscow Jr.
57.	Matt Stajan (F) 	Canada 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Belleville Bulls
58.	Jiri Hudler (F) 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Vsetín HC
59.	Maxime Daigneault (G)	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	Val-d'Or Foreurs
60.	Adam Henrich (F) 	Canada 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	Brampton Battalion
61.	Johnny Boychuk (D) 	Canada 	Colorado Avalanche 	Calgary Hitmen
62.	Andrei Mikhnov (F) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Sudbury Wolves
63.	Tomas Fleischmann (F)	 	Detroit Red Wings 	HC Vítkovice
==Round 3==
# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team
64.	Jason Ryznar (F) 	 	New Jersey Devils 	University of Michigan
65.	Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (D) 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Brandon Wheat Kings
66.	Petr Kanko (F) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Kitchener Rangers
67.	Gregory Campbell (F) 	Canada 	Florida Panthers 	Plymouth Whalers
68.	Brett Skinner (D) 	Canada 	Vancouver Canucks 	Des Moines Buccaneers
69.	Erik Christensen (F) 	Canada 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Kamloops Blazers
70.	Joe Callahan (D) 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Yale University
71.	Brian Lee (D) 	 	Anaheim Mighty Ducks 	Erie Otters
72.	Mike Erickson (F) 	 	Minnesota Wild 	University of Minnesota
73.	Barry Brust (G) 	Canada 	Minnesota Wild 	Spokane Chiefs
74.	Todd Ford (G) 	Canada 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Swift Current Broncos
75.	Arttu Luttinen (F) 	 	Ottawa Senators 	HIFK Jr.
76.	Michael Tessier (F) 	Canada 	Buffalo Sabres 	Acadie-Bathurst Titan
77.	Patrick Wellar (D) 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	Portland Winter Hawks
78.	Geoff Waugh (D) 	Canada 	Dallas Stars 	Kindersley Klippers
79.	Brock Radunske (F) 	Canada 	Edmonton Oilers 	Michigan State University
80.	Matt Jones (D) 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	University of North Dakota
81.	Marcus Jonasen (F) 	 	New York Rangers 	Västerås IK Jr.
82.	John Adams (D) 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Boston College
83.	Lukas Mensator (G) 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	HC Energie Karlovy Vary Jr.
84.	Marek Chvatal (D) 	 	New Jersey Devils 	HC Oceláři Třinec Jr.
85.	Ahren Nittel (F) 	Canada 	New Jersey Devils 	Windsor Spitfires
86.	Jonas Fiedler (F) 	 	San Jose Sharks 	Plymouth Whalers
87.	Frans Nielsen (F) 	 	New York Islanders 	Malmö IF
88.	Dominic D'Amour (D) 	Canada 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Hull Olympiques
89.	Tomas Troliga (F) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Spisska Nova Ves
90.	Matthew Lombardi (F) 	Canada 	Calgary Flames 	Victoriaville Tigres
91.	Jesse Lane (D) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Hull Olympiques
92.	Derek Krestanovich (F) 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	Moose Jaw Warriors
93.	Alexander Kozhevnikov (b. (F)	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Krylia Sovetov Jr.
94.	Eric Lundberg (D) 	 	Colorado Avalanche 	Providence College
95.	Valtteri Filppula (F) 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Jokerit
96.	Jeff Genovy (F) 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets	Des Moines Buccaneers
==Round 4==
# 	Player 	Nationality 	NHL team 	College/junior/club team
97. 	Lance Monych 	Canada 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
98. 	Ivan Tkachenko 	Russia 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
99. 	Michael Lambert 	Canada 	Montreal Canadiens 	Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
100.	Dmitri Kazionov 	Russia 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	HC CSKA (Russia)
101.	Daniel Fernholm 	Sweden 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Djurgardens IF (Jr.) (Sweden)
102.	Brandon Segal 	Canada 	Nashville Predators 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
103.	Joonas Vihko 	Finland 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	HIFK (Jr.) (Finland)
104.	Aaron Rome 	Canada 	Los Angeles Kings 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
105.	Rosario Ruggeri 	Canada 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
106.	Ivan Koltsov 	Russia 	Edmonton Oilers 	Cherepovec Jrs. (Russia)
107.	Mikko Kalteva 	Finland 	Colorado Avalanche 	Jokerit Jr. (Finland)
108.	Jakub Hulva 	Czech Republic	Buffalo Sabres 	HC Vitkovice (Jr.) (Czech Republic)
109.	Jevon Desautels 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
110.	Jarkko A. Immonen 	Finland 	Dallas Stars 	Blues (Jr.) (Finland)
111.	Jonas Almtorp 	Sweden 	Edmonton Oilers 	MoDo Ornskoldsvik (Jr.) (Sweden)
112.	Yuri Artemenkov 	Russia 	Calgary Flames 	Krylja Jrs (Russia)
113.	Scott Dobben 	Canada 	Ottawa Senators 	Erie Otters (OHL)
114.	John Laliberte 	United States 	Vancouver Canucks 	New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
115.	Mark Rooneem 	Canada 	Los Angeles Kings 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
116.	Patrick Dwyer 	United States 	Atlanta Thrashers 	Western Michigan University
117.	Cam Janssen (forward) 	United States 	New Jersey Devils 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
118.	Petr Dvorak 	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals 	Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic)
119.	Jēkabs Rēdlihs 	Latvia 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	Apple Core (Latvia)
120.	Robin Jonsson (forward) 	Sweden 	St. Louis Blues 	Bofors IK Karlskoga (Sweden)
121.	Marty Magers 	United States 	Buffalo Sabres 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
122.	David Turon 	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs 	Havirov Femax HC (Czech Republic)
123.	Robin Kovar (pick voided because player was ineligible)	Czech Republic	Edmonton Oilers 	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
124.	Lane Manson 	Canada 	Atlanta Thrashers 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
125.	Johan Bjork 	Sweden 	Ottawa Senators 	Malmo Redhawks Jr. (Sweden)
126.	Konstantin Baranov 	Russia 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Chelyabinsk Mechel (Russia)
127.	Nate Guenin (defence) 	United States 	New York Rangers 	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
128.	Matt Ellison (forward) 	Canada 	Chicago Blackhawks 	BCHL]])
129.	Tom Gilbert (defence) 	United States 	Colorado Avalanche 	Chicago Steel (USHL)
130.	Jan Kubista 	Czech Republic	Boston Bruins 	HC Pardubice Jr. (Czech Republic)
131.	Johan Berggren 	Sweden 	Detroit Red Wings 	Sunne (Sweden)
==Round 5==
5	132	Phoenix 	John Zeiler 	R	Sioux City Musketeers [USHL] 					
5	133	Columbus 	Lasse Pirjeta 	L	Karpat [FNL] 					
5	134	Florida 	Topi Jaakola 	D	Karpat [FNL] 					
5	135	Tampa Bay 	Joseph Pearce 	G	New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 					
5	136	Pittsburgh 	Andy Sertich 	D	Greenway [Minn H.S.] 					
5	137	Pittsburgh 	Cam Paddock 	C	Kelowna Rockets [WHL] 					
5	138	Nashville 	Patrick Jarrett 	C	Owen Sound Attack [OHL] 					
5	139	San Jose 	Kris Newbury 	C	Sarnia Sting [OHL] 					
5	140	Anaheim 	George Davis 	R	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles [QMJHL]					
5	141	Calgary 	Jiri Cetkovsky 	R	Zlin Jr. (Czech. Rep) 					
5	142	Calgary 	Emanuel Peter 	 	Kloten [Swiss-A] 					
5	143	NY Rangers 	Mike Walsh 	L	Detroit Compuware [NAHL] 					
5	144	Atlanta 	Paul Flache 	D	Brampton Battalion [OHL] 					
5	145	Washington 	Robert Gherson 	G	Sarnia Sting [OHL] 					
5	146	Calgary 	Viktor Bobrov 	 	HC CSKA (Russian Jr.) 					
5	147	Dallas 	David Bararuk 	L	Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL] 					
5	148	Edmonton 	Glenn Fisher 	G	Fort Saskatchewan Traders [AJHL] 					
5	149	NY Islanders	Markus Pahlsson 	 	Morrum (Sweden) 					
5	150	Ottawa 	Brock Hooton 	R	Quesnel Millionaires [BCHL] 					
5	151	Vancouver 	Rob McVicar 	G	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL] 					
5	152	Los Angeles 	Greg Hogeboom 	C	Miami University (Ohio) [NCAA] 					
5	153	Boston 	Peter Hamerlik 	G	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL] 					
5	154	New Jersey 	Krisjanis Redlihs	D	Metalurgs Liepaja [Latvia] 					
5	155	Minnesota 	Armands Berzins 	C	Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL] 					
5	156	Chicago 	James Wisniewski 	D	Plymouth Whalers [OHL] 					
5	157	Los Angeles 	Joel Andresen 	D	St. Albert Saints [AJHL] 					
5	158	Florida 	Vince Bellissimo 	C	Topeka Scarecrows [USHL] 					
5	159	Calgary 	Kristofer Persson	R	MoDo Jr. (Sweden) 					
5	160	Carolina 	Daniel Manzato 	G	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL] 					
5	161	Philadelphia	Dov Grumet-Morris	G	Harvard University [NCAA] 					
5	162	Tampa Bay 	Gerard Dicaire 	D	Kootenay Ice [WHL] 					
5	163	San Jose 	Tom Walsh 	D	Deerfield Academy [Mass H.S.] 					
5	164	Colorado 	Tyler Weiman 	G	Tri-City Americans [WHL] 					
5	165	St. Louis 	Justin Maiser 	L	Boston University [NCAA] 					
5	166	Detroit 	Logan Koopmans 	G	Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL] 					
==Round 6==
6	167	Atlanta 	Brad Schell 	C	Spokane Chiefs [WHL] 					
6	168	Columbus 	Tim Konsorada 	R	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL] 					
6	169	Florida 	Jeremy Swanson 	D	Barrie Colts [OHL] 					
6	170	Tampa Bay 	P.J. Atherton 	D	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders [USHL] 					
6	171	Pittsburgh 	Bobby Goepfert 	G	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders [USHL] 					
6	172	Nashville 	Mike McKenna 	G	St. Lawrence University [NCAA] 					
6	173	Anaheim 	Luke Fritshaw 	D	Prince Albert Raiders [WHL] 					
6	174	Tampa Bay 	Karri Akkanen 	 	Ilves Jrs (Finland) 					
6	175	Minnesota 	Matt Foy 	R	Merrimack College [NCAA] 					
6	176	Calgary 	Curtis McElhinney	G	Colorado College [NCAA] 					
6	177	NY Rangers 	Jake Taylor 	D	Green Bay Gamblers [USHL] 					
6	178	Buffalo 	Maxim Schevjev 	C	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia) 					
6	179	Washington 	Marian Havel 	C	Vancouver Giants [WHL] 					
6	180	Dallas 	Kirill Sidorenko 	W	Kurgan (Russia) 					
6	181	Edmonton 	Mikko Luoma 	D	Tappara Tampere [FNL] 					
6	182	Mtl. Canadiens	Andre Deveaux 	C	Belleville Bulls [OHL] 					
6	183	Tampa Bay 	Paul Ranger 	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL] 					
6	184	Columbus 	Jaroslav Balastik	L	Zlin ZPS HC [Czech] 					
6	185	Los Angeles 	Ryan Murphy 	R	Boston College [NCAA] 					
6	186	Phoenix 	Jeff Pietrasiak 	G	Berkshire H.S. (Mass.) 					
6	187	New Jersey 	Eric Johansson 	C	Tri-City Americans [WHL] 					
6	188	Chicago 	Kevin Kantee 	D	Jokerit Jrs (Finland) 					
6	189	NY Islanders 	Alexei Stonkus 	D	Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia) 					
6	190	St. Louis 	D.J. King 	L	Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL] 					
6	191	Toronto 	Ian White 	D	Swift Current Broncos [WHL] 					
6	192	Philadelphia 	Nikita Korovkin 	D	Kamloops Blazers [WHL] 					
6	193	Philadelphia 	Joey Mormina 	D	Colgate University [NCAA] 					
6	194	NY Rangers 	Kim Hirschovits 	C	HIFK Helsinki [FNL] 					
6	195	Colorado 	Taylor Christie 	D	Bowling Green State University [NCAA]					
6	196	Florida 	Mikael Vuorio 	G	Lukko Rauma [FNL] 					
6	197	Detroit 	Jimmy Cuddihy 	C	Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL] 					
==Round 7==
7	198	Atlanta 	Nathan Oystrick 	D	South Surrey Eagles [BCHL] 					
7	199	Columbus 	Greg Mauldin 	R	UMass-Amherst [NCAA] 					
7	200	Florida 	Denis Yachmenev 	L	North Bay Centennials [OHL] 					
7	201	Philadelphia 	Mathieu Brunelle 	L	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL] 					
7	202	Pittsburgh 	Patrick Bartschi 	 	Kloten [Swiss-A] 					
7	203	Nashville 	Josh Morrow 	D	Tri-City Americans [WHL] 					
7	204	Minnesota 	Nicklas Eckerblom 	R	Djurgarden Jrs. (Sweden) 					
7	205	Edmonton 	Jean-Francois Dufort	L	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles [QMJHL]					
7	206	Calgary 	David Van Der Gulik 	R	Chilliwack Chiefs [BCHL] 					
7	207	Calgary 	Pierre Johnsson 	R	Farjestad Jrs. (Sweden) 					
7	208	Buffalo 	Radoslav Hecl 	D	Bratislava Slovan [Slovak] 					
7	209	Washington 	Joni Lindlof 	W	Tappara Jrs. (Finland) 					
7	210	Dallas 	Bryan Hamm 	D	Peterborough Petes [OHL] 					
7	211	Edmonton 	Patrick Murphy 	L	Newmarket Hurricanes [OPJHL] 					
7	212	Mtl. Canadiens	Jonathan Ferland 	R	Acadie-Bathurst Titan [QMJHL] 					
7	213	Tampa Bay 	Fredrik Norrena 	G	TPS Turku [FNL] 					
7	214	Vancouver 	Marc-Andre Roy 	L	Baie-Comeau Drakkar [QMJHL] 					
7	215	Los Angeles 	Mikhail Lyubushin 	D	Krylja Sovetov [Russia] 					
7	216	Phoenix 	Ladislav Kouba 	L	Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 					
7	217	San Jose 	Tim Conboy 	R	Topeka Scarecrows [USHL] 					
7	218	New Jersey 	Ilkka Pikkarainen 	R	HIFK Helsinki [FNL] 					
7	219	Chicago 	Tyson Kellerman 	G	North Bay Centennials [OHL] 					
7	220	NY Islanders 	Brad Topping 	G	Brampton Battalion [OHL] 					
7	221	St. Louis 	Jonas Johnson 	C	Vastra Frolunda HC Goteborg [SEL] 					
7	222	Toronto 	Scott May 	C	Ohio State University [NCAA] 					
7	223	Vancouver 	Ilya Krikunov 	F	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia) 					
7	224	Carolina 	Adam Taylor 	R	Kootenay Ice [WHL] 					
7	225	Columbus 	Steven Goertzen 	R	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL] 					
7	226	NY Rangers 	Joey Crabb 	R	Green Bay Gamblers [USHL] 					
7	227	Colorado 	Ryan Steeves 	C	Yale University [NCAA] 					
7	228	Boston 	Dmitri Utkin 	F	Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia) 					
7	229	Detroit 	Derek Meech 	D	Red Deer Rebels [WHL] 					
==Round 8==
8	230	Atlanta 	Colton Fretter 	F	Chatham (WJBHL) 					
8	231	Columbus 	Jaroslav Kracik 	R	Plzen Jrs. (Czech) 					
8	232	Florida 	Peter Hafner 	D	Taft H.S. (Conn.) 					
8	233	Tampa Bay 	Vasily Koshechkin 	G	N/A 					
8	234	Pittsburgh 	Maxime Talbot 	C	Hull Olympiques [QMJHL] 					
8	235	Nashville 	Kaleb Betts 	L	Chilliwack Chiefs [BCHL] 					
8	236	Atlanta 	Tyler Boldt 	D	Kamloops Blazers [WHL] 					
8	237	Minnesota 	Christoph Brandner 	L	Krefeld Penguins [DEL] 					
8	238	Calgary 	Jyri Marttinen 	D	JyP HT Jyvaskyla [FNL] 					
8	239	Pittsburgh 	Ryan Lannon 	D	Harvard University [NCAA] 					
8	240	NY Rangers 	Petr Prucha 	L	Pardubice HC [Czech] 					
8	241	Buffalo 	Dennis Wideman 	D	London Knights [OHL] 					
8	242	Washington 	Igor Ignatushkin 	F	Elemash Elektrostal (Russia) 					
8	243	Dallas 	Tuomas Mikkonen 	L	JyP HT Jyvaskyla [FNL] 					
8	244	Edmonton 	Dwight Helminen 	C	U. of Michigan [NCAA] 					
8	245	Edmonton 	Tomas Micka 	F	Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech) 					
8	246	Ottawa 	Josef Vavra 	L	Vsetin Jr. (Czech) 					
8	247	Vancouver 	Matt Violin 	G	Lake Superior State University [NCAA]					
8	248	Los Angeles 	Tuukka Pulliainen 	F	Tuto (Finland) 					
8	249	Phoenix 	Marcus Smith 	D	Kitchener Rangers [OHL] 					
8	250	New Jersey 	Dan Glover 	D	Camrose Kodiaks [AJHL] 					
8	251	Chicago 	Jason Kostadine 	R	Hull Olympiques [QMJHL] 					
8	252	NY Islanders	Martin Chabada 	L	Sparta Praha [Czech] 					
8	253	St. Louis 	Tom Koivisto 	D	Jokerit Helsinki [FNL] 					
8	254	Toronto 	Jarkko Immonen 	C	Assat Pori [FNL] 					
8	255	Tampa Bay 	Ryan Craig 	C	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL] 					
8	256	Tampa Bay 	Darren Reid 	R	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL] 					
8	257	Atlanta 	Pauli Levokari 	D	HIFK Helsinki [FNL] 					
8	258	Colorado 	Sergei Shemetov 	F	Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia) 					
8	259	Boston 	Yan Stastny 	C	Notre Dame [NCAA] 					
8	260	Detroit 	Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu	D	Quebec Remparts [QMJHL 					
==Round 9==
9	261	Anaheim 	Francois Caron 	D	Moncton Wildcats [QMJHL] 					
9	262	Detroit 	Christian Soderstrom	L	Timra IK [SEL] 					
9	263	Columbus 	Sergei Mozyakin 	F	HC CSKA (Russian Jr.) 					
9	264	Nashville 	Matthew Davis 	G	Moncton Wildcats [QMJHL] 					
9	265	Pittsburgh 	Dwight LaBrosse 	G	Guelph Storm [OHL] 					
9	266	Nashville 	Steven Spencer 	D	Swift Current Broncos [WHL] 					
9	267	Anaheim 	Chris Petrow 	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL] 					
9	268	Minnesota 	Mikhail Tyulyapkin 	D	Novgorod Jr. (Russia) 					
9	269	Minnesota 	Mika Hannula 	F	Malmo IF [SEL] 					
9	270	NY Rangers 	Rob Flynn 	L	Harvard University [NCAA] 					
9	271	Buffalo 	Martin Cizek 	 	Slavia Praha Jr. (Czech) 					
9	272	Washington 	Patric Blomdahl 	R	AIK Jr. (Sweden) 					
9	273	Dallas 	Ned Havern 	L	Boston College [NCAA] 					
9	274	Edmonton 	Fredrik Johansson 	C	Frolunda Jrs (Sweden) 					
9	275	Mtl. Canadiens	Konstantin Korneyev 	D	Krylja Sovetov [Russia] 					
9	276	Ottawa 	Vitaly Atyushov 	D	Perm Molot [Russia] 					
9	277	Vancouver 	Thomas Nussli 	 	Zug [Swiss-A] 					
9	278	Vancouver 	Matt Gens 	R	St. Cloud State [NCAA] 					
9	279	Los Angeles 	Connor James 	C	U. of Denver [NCAA] 					
9	280	Phoenix 	Russell Spence 	L	OCN Blizzard [MJHL] 					
9	281	New Jersey 	Bill Kinkel 	L	Kitchener Rangers [OHL] 					
9	282	Chicago 	Adam Burish 	C	Green Bay Gamblers [USHL] 					
9	283	NY Islanders 	Per Braxenholm 	D	Morrum (Sweden) 					
9	284	St. Louis 	Ryan MacMurchy 	R	Notre Dame Hounds [SJHL] 					
9	285	Toronto 	Staffan Kronwall 	D	Huddinge [Sweden] 					
9	286	Tampa Bay 	Alexei Glukhov 	F	Khimik (Russia) 					
9	287	Tampa Bay 	John Toffey 	F	Ohio State University [NCAA]					
9	288	San Jose 	Michael Hutchins 	D	Des Moines Buccaneers [USHL]					
9	289	Colorado 	Sean Collins 	C	U. of New Hampshire [NCAA] 					
9	290	Boston 	Pavel Frolov 	F	Novgorod Jr. (Russia) 					
9	291	Detroit 	Jonathan Ericsson 	D	Sweden 					
==See also==
*2002-03 NHL season
*List of NHL first overall draft choices
*List of NHL players
NHL Entry Draft
Category:National Hockey League entry draft
Category:NHL Drafts