This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of if he ever played for the team. The Colorado Avalanche franchise was originally founded in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, with the name Quebec Nordiques. In 1995, the franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, and since then has won 2 Stanley Cups.
Draft picks[]
This list does not include data from the Quebec Nordiques (WHA & NHL). All the players that were part of a Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup winning roster have a blue background on their row. All the players that are part of the current Colorado Avalanche roster are in bold. List complete as of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and data correct as of the end of the 2008–09 NHL season.
| Nat | Pos | Draft | Rnd | Pick | RS[1] | PO[2] | SC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis, Marc |  Canada
|
G | 1995 | 1 | 25 | 28 | 0 | |
| Beaudoin, Nic | Canada
|
LW | 1995 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tripp, John | Canada
|
RW | 1995 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kallio, Tomi |  Finland
|
LW | 1995 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnson, Brent |  USA
|
G | 1995 | 5 | 129 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cirjak, John | Canada
|
RW | 1995 | 6 | 155 | 0 | 0 | |
| Smith, Dan | Canada
|
D | 1995 | 7 | 181 | 15 | 0 | |
| Hirvonen, Tomi | Finland
|
C | 1995 | 8 | 207 | 0 | 0 | |
| George, Chris | Canada
|
RW | 1995 | 9 | 228 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ratchuk, Peter | USA
|
D | 1996 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Babenko, Yuri |  Russia
|
C | 1996 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 0 | |
| Parrish, Mark | USA
|
LW | 1996 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storey, Ben | Canada
|
D | 1996 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 0 | |
| Petruk, Randy | Canada
|
G | 1996 | 4 | 107 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtin, Luke | USA
|
LW | 1996 | 5 | 134 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willsie, Brian | Canada
|
RW | 1996 | 6 | 146 | 111 | 10 | |
| Fischer, Kai |  Germany
|
G | 1996 | 6 | 160 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hinote, Dan | USA
|
RW | 1996 | 7 | 167 | 353 | 69 | 2001 |
| Pahlsson, Samuel |  Sweden
|
C | 1996 | 7 | 176 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pylner, Roman |  Czech R.
|
C | 1996 | 7 | 188 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scorsune, Matthew | USA
|
D | 1996 | 8 | 214 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clark, Justin | USA
|
RW | 1996 | 9 | 240 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grimes, Kevin | Canada
|
D | 1997 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belak, Graham | Canada
|
[3] | 1997 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Berry, Rick | Canada
|
D | 1997 | 3 | 55 | 76 | 0 | |
| Nieminen, Ville | Finland
|
LW | 1997 | 3 | 78 | 104 | 23 | 2001 |
| Larsen, Brad | Canada
|
LW | 1997 | 4 | 87 | 92 | 21 | |
| Miskovich, Aaron | USA
|
W | 1997 | 5 | 133 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aebischer, David |  Switzerland
|
G | 1997 | 6 | 161 | 174 | 13 | 2001 |
| Schmidt, Doug | USA
|
D | 1997 | 8 | 217 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kidney, Kyle | USA
|
LW | 1997 | 9 | 243 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lafleur, Stephen | Canada
|
D | 1997 | 9 | 245 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tanguay, Alex | Canada
|
C | 1998 | 1 | 12 | 450 | 83 | 2001 |
| Skoula, Martin | Czech R.
|
D | 1998 | 1 | 17 | 383 | 68 | 2001 |
| Regehr, Robyn | Canada[4]
|
D | 1998 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parker, Scott | USA
|
RW | 1998 | 1 | 20 | 237 | 5 | 2001 |
| Abid, Ramzi | Canada
|
LW | 1998 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sauve, Philippe | USA
|
G | 1998 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 0 | |
| Moore, Steve | Canada
|
C | 1998 | 2 | 53 | 69 | 0 | |
| Lazarev, Yevgeny |  Ukraine
|
W | 1998 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Timmons, Kristinn | Canada
|
LW | 1998 | 5 | 141 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryazantsev, Alex | Russia
|
D | 1998 | 6 | 167 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuleshov, Mikhail | Russia
|
LW | 1999 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | |
| Grenier, Martin | Canada
|
D | 1999 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Radivojevic, Branko |  Slovakia
|
RW | 1999 | 3 | 93 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindstrom, Sanny | Sweden
|
D | 1999 | 4 | 112 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kovac, Kristian | Slovakia
|
RW | 1999 | 4 | 122 | 0 | 0 | |
| Magnuson, William | USA
|
D | 1999 | 5 | 142 | 0 | 0 | |
| Krestanovich, Jordan | Canada
|
LW | 1999 | 5 | 152 | 22 | 0 | |
| Lovdahl, Anders | Sweden
|
C | 1999 | 6 | 158 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hahl, Riku | Finland
|
C | 1999 | 6 | 183 | 92 | 34 | |
| Vrbata, Radim | Czech R.
|
RW | 1999 | 7 | 212 | 118 | 9 | |
| Finger, Jeff | USA
|
D | 1999 | 8 | 240 | 94 | 5 | |
| Nedorost, Vaclav | Czech R.
|
C | 2000 | 1 | 14 | 69 | 0 | |
| Aulin, Jared | Canada
|
C | 2000 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soin, Sergei | Russia
|
C | 2000 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saviels, Agris |  Latvia
|
D | 2000 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sauer, Kurt | USA
|
D | 2000 | 3 | 88 | 153 | 22 | |
| Kliazmine, Sergei | Russia
|
LW | 2000 | 3 | 92 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fahey, Brian | USA
|
D | 2000 | 4 | 119 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liles, John-Michael | USA
|
D | 2000 | 5 | 159 | 388 | 30 | |
| Bahen, Chris | Canada
|
D | 2000 | 6 | 189 | 0 | 0 | |
| Molnar, Aaron | Canada
|
D | 2000 | 7 | 221 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bootland, Darryl | Canada
|
RW | 2000 | 8 | 252 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kotary, Sean | USA
|
C | 2000 | 9 | 266 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ward, Blake | Canada
|
G | 2000 | 9 | 285 | 0 | 0 | |
| Budaj, Peter | Slovakia
|
G | 2001 | 2 | 63 | 182 | 3 | |
| Bois, Danny | Canada
|
RW | 2001 | 3 | 97 | 0 | 0 | |
| King, Colt | Canada
|
LW | 2001 | 4 | 130 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skladany, Frantisek | Slovakia
|
LW | 2001 | 5 | 143 | 0 | 0 | |
| McCormick, Cody | Canada
|
C | 2001 | 5 | 144 | 190 | 4 | |
| Viitanen, Mikko | Finland
|
D | 2001 | 5 | 149 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emond, Pierre-Luc | Canada
|
C | 2001 | 5 | 165 | 0 | 0 | |
| Horvath, Scott | USA
|
RW | 2001 | 6 | 184 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephens, Charlie | Canada
|
C | 2001 | 6 | 196 | 8 | 0 | |
| Svatos, Marek | Slovakia
|
RW | 2001 | 7 | 227 | 262 | 11 | |
| Johansson, Jonas | Sweden
|
RW | 2002 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boychuk, Johnny | Canada
|
D | 2002 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lundberg, Eric | USA
|
D | 2002 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kalteva, Mikko | Finland
|
D | 2002 | 4 | 107 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilbert, Tom | USA
|
D | 2002 | 4 | 129 | 0 | 0 | |
| Weiman, Tyler | Canada
|
G | 2002 | 5 | 164 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christie, Taylor | Canada
|
D | 2002 | 6 | 195 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steeves, Ryan | Canada
|
C/RW | 2002 | 7 | 227 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shemetov, Sergei | Russia
|
FW | 2002 | 8 | 258 | 0 | 0 | |
| Collins, Sean | USA
|
FW | 2002 | 9 | 289 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liffiton, David | Canada
|
D | 2003 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Svagrovsky, David | Czech R.
|
RW | 2003 | 4 | 131 | 0 | 0 | |
| McCutcheon, Mark | USA
|
C | 2003 | 5 | 146 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richardson, Brad | Canada
|
C | 2003 | 5 | 163 | 136 | 9 | |
| Videll, Linus | Sweden
|
W | 2003 | 7 | 204 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hemingway, Brett | Canada
|
FW | 2003 | 7 | 225 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yacboski, Darryl | Canada
|
[5] | 2003 | 8 | 257 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jones, David | Canada
|
RW | 2003 | 9 | 228 | 67 | 10 | |
| Wolski, Wojtek | Canada[6]
|
LW | 2004 | 1 | 21 | 240 | 15 | |
| Oreskovich, Victor | Canada
|
RW | 2004 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parshin, Denis | Russia
|
W | 2004 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Demen-Willaume, Richard | Sweden
|
D | 2004 | 5 | 154 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peltier, Derek | USA
|
D | 2004 | 6 | 184 | 11 | 0 | |
| Keserich, Ian | USA
|
G | 2004 | 7 | 215 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yip, Brandon | Canada
|
RW | 2004 | 8 | 239 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corbin, J. D. | USA
|
LW | 2004 | 8 | 249 | 0 | 0 | |
| McClellan, Stephen | USA
|
D | 2004 | 9 | 281 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stoa, Ryan | USA
|
C | 2005 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stastny, Paul | USA[7]
|
C | 2005 | 2 | 44 | 193 | 9 | |
| Fritsche, Tom | USA
|
LW | 2005 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Durand, Chris | Canada
|
C | 2005 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hensick, T. J. | USA
|
C | 2005 | 3 | 88 | 92 | 2 | |
| Macias, Raymond | USA
|
D | 2005 | 4 | 124 | 6 | 0 | |
| Lynch, Jason | Canada
|
D | 2005 | 6 | 166 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mercier, Justin | USA
|
C | 2005 | 6 | 168 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cumiskey, Kyle | Canada
|
D | 2005 | 7 | 222 | 53 | 0 | |
| Stewart, Chris | Canada
|
RW | 2006 | 1 | 18 | 53 | 0 | |
| Williams, Nigel | USA
|
D | 2006 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burki, Codey | Canada
|
C | 2006 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carman, Michael | USA
|
C | 2006 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Montgomery, Kevin | USA
|
D | 2006 | 4 | 110 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sauer, Billy | USA
|
G | 2006 | 7 | 201 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shattenkirk, Kevin | USA
|
D | 2007 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cohen, Colby | USA
|
D | 2007 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cann, Trevor | Canada
|
G | 2007 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Galiardi, T. J. | Canada
|
LW | 2007 | 2 | 55 | 11 | 0 | |
| Malone, Brad | Canada
|
C | 2007 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patterson, Kent | USA
|
G | 2007 | 4 | 113 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carey, Paul | USA
|
C | 2007 | 5 | 135 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hellgren, Jens | Sweden
|
D | 2007 | 6 | 155 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alcen, Johan | Sweden
|
W | 2007 | 7 | 195 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gaunce, Cameron | Canada
|
D | 2008 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delmas, Peter | Canada
|
G | 2008 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tessier, Kelsey | Canada
|
C | 2008 | 4 | 110 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olver, Mark | Canada
|
C | 2008 | 5 | 140 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chouinard, Joel | Canada
|
D | 2008 | 6 | 167 | 0 | 0 | |
| Holos, Jonas |  Norway
|
D | 2008 | 6 | 170 | 0 | 0 | |
| Condon, Nathan | USA
|
C | 2008 | 7 | 200 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duchene, Matt | Canada
|
C | 2009 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| O'Reilly, Ryan | Canada
|
C | 2009 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elliot, Stefan | Canada
|
D | 2009 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barrie, Tyson | Canada
|
D | 2009 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 0 | |
| Millan, Kieran | Canada
|
G | 2009 | 5 | 124 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxwell, Brandon | USA
|
G | 2009 | 6 | 154 | 0 | 0 | |
| Young, Gus | USA
|
D | 2009 | 7 | 184 | 0 | 0 |
Key[]
- Nat - Nationality
- Pos - Position
- D - Defenseman
- LW - Left wing
- RW - Right wing
- C - Center
- W - Wing
- FW - Forward
- Draft - Year drafted
- Round - Round drafted
- Pick - Overall pick
- RS - NHL regular season games played for the Colorado Avalanche
- SC - Member of a Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup winning roster
Footnotes[]
- ↑ NHL regular season games played for the Colorado Avalanche.
- ↑ NHL playoff games played for the Colorado Avalanche.
- ↑ NHL Entry Draft 2007 Media Guide lists player as a defenseman. HockeyDB.com and Hockeyfights.com list player as a right wing.
- ↑ Born in Brazil.
- ↑ NHL Entry Draft Media Guide lists player as a defenseman. HockeyDB.com and Hockeyfights.com list player as a left wing.
- ↑ Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland, but plays for the Canadian national ice hockey team.
- ↑ Paul Stastny has both Canadian and American citizenship, but plays for the American national ice hockey team.
References[]
- NHL Entry Draft Media Guide 2007. National Hockey League. Retrieved on 2007-05-27.
- All-time roster for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL. The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved on 2007-05-27.
- Colorado Avalanche Draft History. The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved on 2007-05-27.
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