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The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey franchise based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1971 as the New England Whalers, and relocated to North Carolina in 1997. Since arriving in North Carolina, the Hurricanes have drafted 90 players. The 2008 draft was the 12th in which Hurricanes participated.

The NHL Entry Draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team.[1] The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playoff teams, allowing the winner to move up a maximum of four positions in the entry draft.[2] The team with the fewest points has the best chance of winning the lottery, with each successive team given a lower chance of moving up in the draft.[1] The Flames have never won the lottery.[3] Between 1986 and 1994, the NHL also held a Supplemental Draft for players in American colleges.[4]

Carolina's first draft pick was Nikos Tselios, taken 22nd overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The highest that Carolina has drafted is second overall. They selected Eric Staal in 2003. Zero picks went on to play over 1,000 NHL games. No players have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Key[]

General
Pos Position
S Supplemental draft selection
Positions
G Goaltender C Centre
D Defenceman LW Left Wing
RW Right Wing F Forward

Statistics
GP Games played G Goals
A Assists Pts Points
PIM Penalties in minutes GAA Goals against average
W Wins L Losses
T Ties OT Overtime/Shootout losses
GAA Goals against average

Statistics are complete as of the 2007–08 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. This list includes players drafted by the team in Carolina only.


Draft Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T OT GAA
1997 1 22 Tselios, NikosNikos Tselios Flag of the United States United States D 2 0 0 0 6
1997 2 28 DeFauw, BradBrad DeFauw Flag of the United States United States LW 9 3 0 3 2
1997 3 80 Lessard, FrancisFrancis Lessard Flag of Canada Canada RW
1997 4 88 Willis, ShaneShane Willis Flag of Canada Canada RW 141 27 34 61 69
1997 6 142 Kyle Dafoe Flag of Canada Canada D
1997 7 169 Andrew Merrick Flag of the United States United States LW
1997 8 195 Nordgren, NiklasNiklas Nordgren Flag of Sweden Sweden LW 43 4 2 6 30
1997 8 199 Randy Fitzgerald Flag of Canada Canada LW
1997 9 225 McDonell, KentKent McDonell Flag of Canada Canada RW
1998 1 11 Jeff Heerema Flag of Canada Canada RW
1998 3 Kevin Holdridge Flag of the United States United States D
1998 3 Erik Cole Flag of the United States United States LW
1998 4 Josef Vasicek Flag of the Czech Republic Czech C
1998 4 Tommy Vestlund Flag of Sweden Sweden LW
1998 4 Chris Madden Flag of the United States United States G
1998 7 Donald Smith Flag of the United States United States C
1998 8 Jaroslav Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic Czech LW
1998 8 Mark Kosick Flag of Canada Canada C
1998 9 Brent McDonald Flag of Canada Canada C
1999 1 16 David Tanabe Flag of the United States United States D
1999 2 Brett Lysak Flag of Canada Canada C
1999 3 Brad Fast Flag of Canada Canada D
1999 4 Ryan Murphy Flag of the United States United States LW
1999 6 Damian Surma Flag of the United States United States LW
1999 7 Jim Baxter Flag of Canada Canada D
1999 8 David Evans Flag of the United States United States RW
1999 8 Antti Jokela Flag of Finland Finland G
1999 9 Yauhenni Kurilin Flag of the United States United States C
2000 2 Tomas Kurka Flag of the Czech Republic Czech LW
2000 3 Ryan Bayda Flag of Canada Canada LW
2000 4 Niclas Wallin Flag of Sweden Sweden D
2000 4 Jared Newman Flag of the United States United States D
2000 6 Justin Forrest Flag of the United States United States D
2000 7 Magnus Kahnberg Flag of Sweden Sweden F
2000 8 Craig Kowalski Flag of the United States United States G
2000 9 Troy Ferguson Flag of Canada Canada F
2001 1 15 Igor Knyazev Flag of Russia Russia D
2001 2 Michael Zigomanis Flag of Canada Canada C
2001 3 Kevin Estrada Flag of Canada Canada LW
2001 4 Rob Zepp Flag of Canada Canada G
2001 6 Daniel Boisclair Flag of Canada Canada G
2001 7 Sean Curry Flag of the United States United States D
2001 8 Carter Trevisani Flag of Canada Canada D
2001 9 Peter Reynolds Flag of Canada Canada D
2002 1 25 Cam Ward Flag of Canada Canada G
2002 3 Jesse Lane Flag of the United States United States D
2002 5 Daniel Manzato Flag of Canada Canada G
2002 7 Adam Taylor Flag of Canada Canada C
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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHL FAQ – Hockey Operations Guidelines. National Hockey League. Retrieved on 2008-10-24.
  2. Lightning win NHL draft lottery. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (2008-04-07). Retrieved on 2008-10-24.
  3. Blackhawks are No. 1. TSN. Retrieved on 2008-10-24.
  4. Podnieks, Andrew (2007). The Complete Hockey Dictionary. Fenn Publishing, 211. ISBN 1-55168-309-1. 
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