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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 Flag of Canada Canada G 1995 1 25 28 0
Beaudoin, Nic Flag of Canada Canada LW 1995 2 51 0 0
Tripp, John Flag of Canada Canada RW 1995 3 77 0 0
Kallio, Tomi Flag of Finland Finland LW 1995 4 81 0 0
Johnson, Brent Flag of the United States USA G 1995 5 129 0 0
Cirjak, John Flag of Canada Canada RW 1995 6 155 0 0
Smith, Dan Flag of Canada Canada D 1995 7 181 15 0
Hirvonen, Tomi Flag of Finland Finland C 1995 8 207 0 0
George, Chris Flag of Canada Canada RW 1995 9 228 0 0
Ratchuk, Peter Flag of the United States USA D 1996 1 25 0 0
Babenko, Yuri Flag of Russia Russia C 1996 2 51 3 0
Parrish, Mark Flag of the United States USA LW 1996 3 79 0 0
Storey, Ben Flag of Canada Canada D 1996 4 98 0 0
Petruk, Randy Flag of Canada Canada G 1996 4 107 0 0
Curtin, Luke Flag of the United States USA LW 1996 5 134 0 0
Willsie, Brian Flag of Canada Canada RW 1996 6 146 111 10
Fischer, Kai Flag of Germany Germany G 1996 6 160 0 0
Hinote, Dan Flag of the United States USA RW 1996 7 167 353 69 2001
Pahlsson, Samuel Flag of Sweden Sweden C 1996 7 176 0 0
Pylner, Roman Flag of the Czech Republic Czech R. C 1996 7 188 0 0
Scorsune, Matthew Flag of the United States USA D 1996 8 214 0 0
Clark, Justin Flag of the United States USA RW 1996 9 240 0 0
Grimes, Kevin Flag of Canada Canada D 1997 1 26 0 0
Belak, Graham Flag of Canada Canada [3] 1997 2 53 0 0
Berry, Rick Flag of Canada Canada D 1997 3 55 76 0
Nieminen, Ville Flag of Finland Finland LW 1997 3 78 104 23 2001
Larsen, Brad Flag of Canada Canada LW 1997 4 87 92 21
Miskovich, Aaron Flag of the United States USA W 1997 5 133 0 0
Aebischer, David Flag of Switzerland Switzerland G 1997 6 161 174 13 2001
Schmidt, Doug Flag of the United States USA D 1997 8 217 0 0
Kidney, Kyle Flag of the United States USA LW 1997 9 243 0 0
Lafleur, Stephen Flag of Canada Canada D 1997 9 245 0 0
Tanguay, Alex Flag of Canada Canada C 1998 1 12 450 83 2001
Skoula, Martin Flag of the Czech Republic Czech R. D 1998 1 17 383 68 2001
Regehr, Robyn Flag of Canada Canada[4] D 1998 1 19 0 0
Parker, Scott Flag of the United States USA RW 1998 1 20 237 5 2001
Abid, Ramzi Flag of Canada Canada LW 1998 2 28 0 0
Sauve, Philippe Flag of the United States USA G 1998 2 38 17 0
Moore, Steve Flag of Canada Canada C 1998 2 53 69 0
Lazarev, Yevgeny Flag of Ukraine Ukraine W 1998 3 79 0 0
Timmons, Kristinn Flag of Canada Canada LW 1998 5 141 0 0
Ryazantsev, Alex Flag of Russia Russia D 1998 6 167 0 0
Kuleshov, Mikhail Flag of Russia Russia LW 1999 1 25 3 0
Grenier, Martin Flag of Canada Canada D 1999 2 45 0 0
Radivojevic, Branko Flag of Slovakia Slovakia RW 1999 3 93 0 0
Lindstrom, Sanny Flag of Sweden Sweden D 1999 4 112 0 0
Kovac, Kristian Flag of Slovakia Slovakia RW 1999 4 122 0 0
Magnuson, William Flag of the United States USA D 1999 5 142 0 0
Krestanovich, Jordan Flag of Canada Canada LW 1999 5 152 22 0
Lovdahl, Anders Flag of Sweden Sweden C 1999 6 158 0 0
Hahl, Riku Flag of Finland Finland C 1999 6 183 92 34
Vrbata, Radim Flag of the Czech Republic Czech R. RW 1999 7 212 118 9
Finger, Jeff Flag of the United States USA D 1999 8 240 94 5
Nedorost, Vaclav Flag of the Czech Republic Czech R. C 2000 1 14 69 0
Aulin, Jared Flag of Canada Canada C 2000 2 47 0 0
Soin, Sergei Flag of Russia Russia C 2000 2 50 0 0
Saviels, Agris Flag of Latvia Latvia D 2000 2 63 0 0
Sauer, Kurt Flag of the United States USA D 2000 3 88 153 22
Kliazmine, Sergei Flag of Russia Russia LW 2000 3 92 0 0
Fahey, Brian Flag of the United States USA D 2000 4 119 0 0
Liles, John-Michael Flag of the United States USA D 2000 5 159 388 30
Bahen, Chris Flag of Canada Canada D 2000 6 189 0 0
Molnar, Aaron Flag of Canada Canada D 2000 7 221 0 0
Bootland, Darryl Flag of Canada Canada RW 2000 8 252 0 0
Kotary, Sean Flag of the United States USA C 2000 9 266 0 0
Ward, Blake Flag of Canada Canada G 2000 9 285 0 0
Budaj, Peter Flag of Slovakia Slovakia G 2001 2 63 182 3
Bois, Danny Flag of Canada Canada RW 2001 3 97 0 0
King, Colt Flag of Canada Canada LW 2001 4 130 0 0
Skladany, Frantisek Flag of Slovakia Slovakia LW 2001 5 143 0 0
McCormick, Cody Flag of Canada Canada C 2001 5 144 190 4
Viitanen, Mikko Flag of Finland Finland D 2001 5 149 0 0
Emond, Pierre-Luc Flag of Canada Canada C 2001 5 165 0 0
Horvath, Scott Flag of the United States USA RW 2001 6 184 0 0
Stephens, Charlie Flag of Canada Canada C 2001 6 196 8 0
Svatos, Marek Flag of Slovakia Slovakia RW 2001 7 227 262 11
Johansson, Jonas Flag of Sweden Sweden RW 2002 1 28 0 0
Boychuk, Johnny Flag of Canada Canada D 2002 2 61 4 0
Lundberg, Eric Flag of the United States USA D 2002 3 94 0 0
Kalteva, Mikko Flag of Finland Finland D 2002 4 107 0 0
Gilbert, Tom Flag of the United States USA D 2002 4 129 0 0
Weiman, Tyler Flag of Canada Canada G 2002 5 164 1 0
Christie, Taylor Flag of Canada Canada D 2002 6 195 0 0
Steeves, Ryan Flag of Canada Canada C/RW 2002 7 227 0 0
Shemetov, Sergei Flag of Russia Russia FW 2002 8 258 0 0
Collins, Sean Flag of the United States USA FW 2002 9 289 0 0
Liffiton, David Flag of Canada Canada D 2003 2 63 0 0
Svagrovsky, David Flag of the Czech Republic Czech R. RW 2003 4 131 0 0
McCutcheon, Mark Flag of the United States USA C 2003 5 146 0 0
Richardson, Brad Flag of Canada Canada C 2003 5 163 136 9
Videll, Linus Flag of Sweden Sweden W 2003 7 204 0 0
Hemingway, Brett Flag of Canada Canada FW 2003 7 225 0 0
Yacboski, Darryl Flag of Canada Canada [5] 2003 8 257 0 0
Jones, David Flag of Canada Canada RW 2003 9 228 67 10
Wolski, Wojtek Flag of Canada Canada[6] LW 2004 1 21 240 15
Oreskovich, Victor Flag of Canada Canada RW 2004 2 55 0 0
Parshin, Denis Flag of Russia Russia W 2004 3 72 0 0
Demen-Willaume, Richard Flag of Sweden Sweden D 2004 5 154 0 0
Peltier, Derek Flag of the United States USA D 2004 6 184 11 0
Keserich, Ian Flag of the United States USA G 2004 7 215 0 0
Yip, Brandon Flag of Canada Canada RW 2004 8 239 0 0
Corbin, J. D. Flag of the United States USA LW 2004 8 249 0 0
McClellan, Stephen Flag of the United States USA D 2004 9 281 0 0
Stoa, Ryan Flag of the United States USA C 2005 2 34 0 0
Stastny, Paul Flag of the United States USA[7] C 2005 2 44 193 9
Fritsche, Tom Flag of the United States USA LW 2005 2 47 0 0
Durand, Chris Flag of Canada Canada C 2005 2 52 0 0
Hensick, T. J. Flag of the United States USA C 2005 3 88 92 2
Macias, Raymond Flag of the United States USA D 2005 4 124 6 0
Lynch, Jason Flag of Canada Canada D 2005 6 166 0 0
Mercier, Justin Flag of the United States USA C 2005 6 168 0 0
Cumiskey, Kyle Flag of Canada Canada D 2005 7 222 53 0
Stewart, Chris Flag of Canada Canada RW 2006 1 18 53 0
Williams, Nigel Flag of the United States USA D 2006 2 51 0 0
Burki, Codey Flag of Canada Canada C 2006 2 56 0 0
Carman, Michael Flag of the United States USA C 2006 3 81 0 0
Montgomery, Kevin Flag of the United States USA D 2006 4 110 0 0
Sauer, Billy Flag of the United States USA G 2006 7 201 0 0
Shattenkirk, Kevin Flag of the United States USA D 2007 1 14 0 0
Cohen, Colby Flag of the United States USA D 2007 2 45 0 0
Cann, Trevor Flag of Canada Canada G 2007 2 49 0 0
Galiardi, T. J. Flag of Canada Canada LW 2007 2 55 11 0
Malone, Brad Flag of Canada Canada C 2007 4 105 0 0
Patterson, Kent Flag of the United States USA G 2007 4 113 0 0
Carey, Paul Flag of the United States USA C 2007 5 135 0 0
Hellgren, Jens Flag of Sweden Sweden D 2007 6 155 0 0
Alcen, Johan Flag of Sweden Sweden W 2007 7 195 0 0
Gaunce, Cameron Flag of Canada Canada D 2008 2 50 0 0
Delmas, Peter Flag of Canada Canada G 2008 2 61 0 0
Tessier, Kelsey Flag of Canada Canada C 2008 4 110 0 0
Olver, Mark Flag of Canada Canada C 2008 5 140 0 0
Chouinard, Joel Flag of Canada Canada D 2008 6 167 0 0
Holos, Jonas Flag of Norway Norway D 2008 6 170 0 0
Condon, Nathan Flag of the United States USA C 2008 7 200 0 0
Duchene, Matt Flag of Canada Canada C 2009 1 3 0 0
O'Reilly, Ryan Flag of Canada Canada C 2009 2 33 0 0
Elliot, Stefan Flag of Canada Canada D 2009 2 49 0 0
Barrie, Tyson Flag of Canada Canada D 2009 3 64 0 0
Millan, Kieran Flag of Canada Canada G 2009 5 124 0 0
Maxwell, Brandon Flag of the United States USA G 2009 6 154 0 0
Young, Gus Flag of the United States USA D 2009 7 184 0 0

Key[]

Footnotes[]

  1. NHL regular season games played for the Colorado Avalanche.
  2. NHL playoff games played for the Colorado Avalanche.
  3. NHL Entry Draft 2007 Media Guide lists player as a defenseman. HockeyDB.com and Hockeyfights.com list player as a right wing.
  4. Born in Brazil.
  5. NHL Entry Draft Media Guide lists player as a defenseman. HockeyDB.com and Hockeyfights.com list player as a left wing.
  6. Wojtek Wolski was born in Poland, but plays for the Canadian national ice hockey team.
  7. Paul Stastny has both Canadian and American citizenship, but plays for the American national ice hockey team.


References[]

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