South Korean players in the NHL Draft

5 South Korean players have been picked in 5 NHL Drafts from 1985 to 2004, 0 of them in the first round. The highest pick of all time is Richard Park (1994), at number 50.

2000s

2 South Koreans

2004JUN 26–JUN 27 · Raleigh, NC, USA

Cohort: 1986

South Koreans

Round 1

EDM#146Bryan Young

2002JUN 22–JUN 23 · Toronto, ON, CAN

Cohort: 1984

South Koreans

Round 1

EDM#79Brock Radunske

Draft statistics of all time

Highest draft picks

1#50Richard Park (R)1994PIT

2#79Brock Radunske (L)2002EDM

3#146Bryan Young (D)2004EDM

4#170Jim Paek (D)1985PIT

5#181Kyuin Shim (R)1992EDM

Most in round 1

Most picked overall

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The best draft picks

By regular-season NHL career: skaters by points, goalies by games.

Richard Park

PIT

No. 50 in 1994 · 738 GP

102G 139A241P

Jim Paek

PIT

No. 170 in 1985 · 217 GP

5G 29A34P

1990s

2 South Koreans

1994JUN 28–JUN 29 · Hartford, CT, USA

Cohort: 1976

South Koreans

Round 1

PIT#50Richard Park

1992JUN 19 · Montreal, QC CAN

Cohort: 1974

South Koreans

Round 1

EDM#181Kyuin Shim

1980s

1 South Koreans

1985JUN 15 · Toronto, ON, CAN

Cohort: 1967

South Koreans

Round 1

PIT#170Jim Paek