The 62nd NHL Entry Draft took place in the iconic Sphere in Las Vegas on June 28-29, 2024. This year's event marked a historic shift in the league, with the newly established Utah Hockey Club making its debut after acquiring the draft rights of the deactivated Arizona Coyotes.
Sharks Make History with Top Pick
For the first time in franchise history, the San Jose Sharks held the coveted first overall pick. They chose Macklin Celebrini, a highly anticipated talent, to lead their future. Celebrini's selection signals a new era for the Sharks, who are looking to rebuild and strengthen their roster.
Top Three Picks: Future Stars Emerge
The Chicago Blackhawks followed by selecting Artyom Levshunov, adding a promising player to their lineup. Meanwhile, the Anaheim Ducks rounded out the top three by picking Beckett Sennecke, a move that fans hope will bring renewed energy and success to the team.
Utah Hockey Club's First Steps
The draft was particularly significant for the Utah Hockey Club, marking its first appearance on the NHL stage. With the draft rights from the Coyotes, the club is set to build a competitive team from the ground up, bringing fresh excitement to the league and its fans.
Round 1, Picks 1-32
San Jose Sharks - Macklin Celebrini, Center
Chicago Blackhawks - Artyom Levshunov, Defenseman, from MSU (BIG 10)
Anaheim Ducks - Beckett Sennecke, Right Winger
Columbus Blue Jackets - Cayden Lindstrom, Center
Montreal Canadiens - Ivan Demidov, Right Winger
Utah Hockey Club - Tij Iginla, Center
Ottawa Senators - Carter Yakemchuk, Defenseman
Seattle Kraken - Berkly Catton, Center
Calgary Flames - Zayne Parekh, Defenseman
New Jersey Devils - Anton Silayev, Defenseman
San Jose Sharks - Sam Dickinson, Defenseman
Minnesota Wild - Zeev Buium, Defenseman
Philadelphia Flyers - Jett Luchanko, Center
Buffalo Sabres - Konsta Helenius, Center
Detroit Red Wings - Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Right Winger
St. Louis Blues - Adam Jiricek, Defenseman
Washington Capitals - Terik Parascak, Right Winger
Chicago Blackhawks - Sacha Boisvert, Center, from Muskegon (USHL)
Las Vegas Golden Knights - Trevor Connelly, Left Winger
New York Islanders - Cole Eiserman, Left Winger
Montreal Canadiens - Michael Hage, Center
Nashville Predators - Yegor Surin, Center
Anaheim Ducks - Stian Solberg, Defenseman
Utah Hockey Club - Cole Beaudoin, Center
Boston Bruins - Dean Letourneau, Center
Los Angeles Kings - Liam Greentree, Right Winger
Chicago Blackhawks - Marek Vanacker, Left Winger, from Brantford (OHL)
Calgary Flames - Matvei Gridin, Right Winger
Dallas Stars - Emil Hemming, Right Winger
New York Rangers - EJ Emery, Defenseman
Toronto Maple Leafs - Ben Danford, Defenseman
Edmonton Oilers - Sam O’Reilly, Right Winger
Round 2, Picks 33-65
San Jose Sharks - Igor Chernyshov, Left Winger
Carolina Hurricanes - Dominik Badinka, Defenseman
Anaheim Ducks - Lucas Pettersson, Center
Columbus Blue Jackets - Charlie Elick, Defenseman
Winnipeg Jets - Alfons Freij, Defenseman
Colorado Avalanche - Ilya Nabokov, Goaltender
Ottowa Senators - Gabriel Eliasson, Defenseman
Seattle Kraken - Julius Miettinen, Center
Calgary Flames - Andrew Basha, Left Winger
Buffalo Sabres - Adam Kleber, Defenseman
Washington Capitals - Cole Hutson, Defenseman
Pittsburgh Penguins - Harrison Brunicke, Defenseman
Minnesota Wild - Ryder Ritchie, Right Winger
Pittsburgh Penguins - Tanner Howe, Left Winger
Detroit Red Wings - Max Plante, Left Winger
St. Louis Blues - Colin Ralph, Defenseman
New Jersey Devils - Mikhail Yegorov, Goaltender
Carolina Hurricanes - Nikita Artamonov, Left Winger
Philadelphia Flyers - Jack Berglund, Center
Washington Capitals - Leon Muggli, Defenseman
San Jose Sharks - Leo Sahlin Wellenius, Defenseman
New York Islanders - Jesse Pulkkinen, Defenseman
Nashville Predators - Teddy Stiga, Center
St. Louis Blues - Lukas Fischer, Defenseman
Los Angeles Kings - Carter George, Goaltender
Florida Panthers - Linus Eriksson, Center
Philadelphia Flyers - Spencer Gill, Defenseman
Columbus Blue Jackets - Evan Gardner, Goaltender
New York Islanders - Kamil Bednarik, Center
Calgary Flames - Jacob Battaglia, Right Winger
Seattle Kraken - Nathan Villeneuve, Center
Edmonton Oilers - Eemil Vinni, Goaltender
Utah Hockey Club - Will Skahan, Defenseman
Round 3, Picks 66-97
Anaheim Ducks - Maxim Masse, Right Winger
Chicago Blackhawks - John Mustard, Center, from Waterloo (USHL)
Anaheim Ducks - Ethan Procyszyn, Center
Carolina Hurricanes - Noel Fransen, Defenseman
Montreal Canadiens - Atos Koivu, Center
Buffalo Sabres - Brodie Ziemer, Right Winger
Chicago Blackhawks - AJ Spellacy, Right Winger, from Windsor (OHL)
Seattle Kraken - Alexis Bernier, Defenseman
Calgary Flames - Henry Mews, Defenseman
Washington Capitals - Ilya Protas, Left Winger
Colorado Avalanche - William Zellers, Left Winger
Nashville Predators - Viggo Gustafsson, Defenseman
Montreal Canadiens - Logan Sawyer, Center
Anaheim Ducks - Train Smith, Defenseman
Detroit Red Wings - Ondrej Becher, Center
St. Louis Blues - Ondrej Kos, Left Winger
San Jose Sharks - Carson Wetsch, Right Winger
Las Vegas Golden Knights - Pavel Moysevich, Goaltender
Calgary Flames - Kirill Zarubin, Goaltender
New Jersey Devils - Kasper Pikkarainen, Right Winger
Columbus Blue Jackets - Luca Marrelli, Defenseman
Nashville Predators - Miguel Marques, Right Winger
Seattle Kraken - Kim Saarinen, Goaltender
Utah Hockey Club - Tomas Lavoie, Defenseman
Washington Capitals - Eriks Mateiko, Left Winger
New Jersey Devils - Herman Traff, Right Winger
Chicago Blackhawks - Jack Pridham, Right Winger, from Kelowna (BCHL)
Vancouver Canucks - Melvin Fernstrom, Right Winger
Nashville Predators - Hiroki Gojsic, Right Winger
St. Louis Blues - Adam Jecho, Center
Utah Hockey Club - Veeti Vaisanen, Defenseman
Florida Panthers - Matvei Shuravin, Defenseman
Round 4, Picks 98-129
Utah Hockey Club - Gregor Biber, Defenseman
Nashville Predators - Jakub Milota, Goaltender
Anaheim Ducks - Alexandre Blais, Center
Columbus Blue Jackets - Tanner Henricks, Defenseman
Montreal Canadiens - Owen Protz, Defenseman
Utah Hockey Club - Gabe Smith, Center
Ottawa Senators - Lucas Ellinas, Left Winger
Seattle Kraken - Oliver Josephson, Center
Calgary Flames - Trevor Hoskin, Right Winger
Philadelphia Flyers - Heikki Ruohonen, Center
Buffalo Sabres - Luke Osborn, Defenseman
Winnipeg Jets - Kevin He, Left Winger
Boston Bruins - Elliott Groenewold, Defenseman
Pittsburgh Penguins - Chase Pietila, Defenseman
Ottawa Senators - Javan Moore, Left Winger
St. Louis Blues - Tomas Mrsic, Center
Washington Capitals - Nicholas Kempf, Goaltender
New York Islanders - Dmitry Gamzin, Goaltender
San Jose Sharks - Christian Kirsch, Goaltender
Ottawa Senators - Blake Montgomery, Left Winger
Tampa Bay Lightning - Jan Golicic, Defenseman
New York Rangers - Raoul Boilard, Center
Toronto Maple Leafs - Victor Johansson, Defenseman
Colorado Avalanche, Jake Fisher, Center
Minnesota Wild - Aron Kiviharju, Defenseman
Buffalo Sabres - Simon-Pier Brunet, Defenseman
Carolina Hurricanes - Alexander Siyatsky, Defenseman
Vancouver Canucks - Riley Patterson, Center
Detroit Red Wings - Landon Miller, Goaltender
Nashville Predators - Viktor Norringer, Left Winger
Tampa Bay Lightning - Hagen Burrows, Right Winger
Florida Panthers - Simon Zether, Center
Round 5, Picks 130-161
Montreal Canadiens - Tyler Thorpe, Right Winger
San Jose Sharks - Colten Roberts, Defenseman
Colorado Avalanche - Louka Cloutier, Goaltender
Carolina Hurricanes - Oskar Vuollet, Left Winger
Montreal Canadiens - Mius Vecvanags, Goaltender
Utah Hockey Club - Owen Allard, Center
Ottawa Senators - Eerik Wallenius, Defenseman
Colorado Avalanche - Ivan Yurin, Goaltender
Chicago Blackhawks - Joel Svensson, Center, from Vaxjo, Jr. (SWEDEN - JR.)
New Jersey Devils - Max Graham, Center
Minnesota Wild - Sebastian Soini, Defenseman
Seattle Kraken - Clarke Caswell, Left Winger
Minnesota Wild - Chase Wutzke, Goaltender
San Jose Sharks - Nate Misskey, Defenseman
Detroit Red Wings - John Whipple, Defenseman
St. Louis Blues - William McIsaac, Defenseman
New Jersey Devils - Veeti Louhivaara, Goaltender
New York Islanders - Marcus Gidlof, Goaltender
Philadelphia Flyers - Noah Powell, Right Winger
Tampa Bay Lightning - Joona Saarelained, Center
Calgary Flames - Luke Misa, Center
Toronto Maple Leafs - Miroslav Holinka, Center
Toronto Maple Leafs - Alexander Plesovskikh, Left Winger
Utah Hockey Club - Ales Cech, Defenseman
Boston Bruins - Jonathan Morello, Center
Winnipeg Jets - Markus Loponen, Center
Carolina Hurricanes - Justin Poirer, Right Winger
Toronto Maple Leafs - Timofei Obvintsev, Goaltender
Dallas Stars - Niilopekka Muhonen, Defenseman
New York Rangers - Nathan Aspinall, Left Winger
Edmonton Oilers - Connor Clattenburg, Left Winger
Colorado Avalanche - Maximilian Curran, Center
Round 6, Picks 162-193
Vancouver Canucks - Anthony Romani, Right Winger
Chicago Blackhawks - Ty Henry, Defenseman, from Erie (OHL)
Los Angeles Kings - Jared Woolley, Defenseman
Columbus Blue Jackets - Luke Ashton, Defenseman
Montreal Canadiens - Ben Merrill, Center
Utah Hockey Club - Vojtech Hradec, Center
Carolina Hurricanes - Timur Kol, Defenseman
Florida Panthers - Stepan Gorbunov, Center
Calgary Flames - Hunter Laing, Center
New Jersey Devils - Matyas Melovsky, Center
Buffalo Sabres - Patrick Geary, Defenseman
Philadelphia Flyers - Ilya Pautov - Right Winger
Minnesota Wild - Stevie Leskovar, Defenseman
Pittsburgh Penguins - Joona Vaisanen, Defenseman
Detroit Red Wings - Charlie Forslund, Left Winger
Calgary Flames - Eric Jamieson, Defenseman
Washington Capitals - Petr Sikora, Center
New York Islanders - Xavier Veilleux, Defenseman
Las Vegas Golden Knights - Trent Swick, Left Winger
Tampa Bay Lightning - Kaden Pitre, Center
Anaheim Ducks - Austin Burnevik, Right Winger
Edmonton Oilers - Albin Sundin, Defenseman
Carolina Hurricanes - Roman Shokhrin, Defenseman
Colorado Avalanche - Tory Pitner, Defenseman
Boston Bruins - Loke Johansson, Defenseman
Winnipeg Jets - Kieron Walton, Center
Carolina Hurricanes - Fyodor Avramov, Left Winger
Vancouver Canucks - Parker Alcos, Defenseman
Utah Hockey Club - Ludvig Lafton, Defenseman
New York Rangers - Rico Gredig, Left Winger
Edmonton Oilers - Dalyn Wakely, Center
Florida Panthers - Hunter St. Martin, Left Winger
Round 7, Picks 194-225
San Jose Sharks - Yaroslav Korostelyov, Goaltender
Tampa Bay Lightning - Joe Connor, Left Winger
Edmonton Oilers - William Nicholl, Center
Las Vegas Golden Knights - Lucas Van Vliet, Center
Las Angeles Kings - James Reeder, Right Winger
Tampa Bay Lightning - Noah Steen, Left Winger
Toronto Maple Leafs - Matt Lahey, Defenseman
Florida Panthers - Denis Gabdrakhmanov, Goaltender
Seattle Kraken - Jakub Fibigr, Defenseman
Detroit Red Wings - Austin Maker, Left Winger
Buffalo Sabres - Vasily Zelnov, Right Winger
Philadelphia Flyers - Austin Moline, Defenseman
Tampa Bay Lightning - Harrison Meneghin, Goaltender
Pittsburgh Penguins - Mac Swanson, Center
Detroit Red Wings - Fisher Scott, Defenseman
St. Louis Blues - Antoine Dorion, Center
Montreal Canadiens - Makar Khanin, Right Winger
St. Louis Blues - Matvei Koroty, Center
Washington Capitals - Miroslav Satan, Center
Nashville Predators - Erik Pahlsson, Center
Anaheim Ducks - Darels Uljanskis, Defenseman
Colorado Avalanche - Christian Humphreys, Center
Toronto Maple Leafs - Sam McCue, Left Winger
Colorado Avalanche - Nikita Prishchepov, Center
Edmonton Oilers - Bauer Berry, Defenseman
Buffalo Sabres - Ryerson Leenders, Goaltender
Carolina Hurricanes - Andrey Krutov, Left Winger
Vancouver Canucks - Basile Sansonnens, Defenseman
Dallas Stars - William Samuelsson, Center
Pittsburgh Penguins - Finn Harding, Defenseman
Montreal Canadiens - Rasmus Berqvist, Defenseman
Toronto Maple Leafs - Nathan Mayes, Defenseman
Anticipation Builds for the 2024-2025 Season
This year's draft not only introduced new talents but also showcased the dynamic changes within the NHL. As teams like the Sharks, Blackhawks, and Ducks welcome their new players, the league anticipates thrilling developments and competitive play in the seasons to come. With the Utah Hockey Club stepping into the spotlight, the 2024 NHL Draft promises to be a turning point in the sport's history.
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