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American players in the 2022 NHL Draft
49 American players were picked in the 2022 NHL Draft, seven of them in the first round. Logan Cooley went first, at number 3 to the Arizona Coyotes. That was the second most of the 13 countries with a player picked. 20 of them have played in the NHL.
49
Picked
7
In the first round
20
Have played in the NHL
Every pick, round by round
Round 1
7 picks
5
13
14
23
25
31
Round 2
5 picks
34
37
Ryan Chesley (D)Defenseman
46
51
Jack Hughes (C)Center
62
Round 3
6 picks
66
Gavin Hayes (L)Left wing
69
76
Michael Fisher (D)Defenseman
78
Quinn Finley (L)Left wing
90
Aidan Thompson (C)Center
91
Ben MacDonald (C)Center
Round 4
7 picks
99
Garrett Brown (D)Defenseman
103
111
117
Cole Spicer (C)Center
121
Ryan Healey (D)Defenseman
124
Cruz Lucius (R)Right wing
126
Charlie Leddy (D)Defenseman
Round 5
5 picks
133
143
Cameron O'Neill (R)Right wing
153
154
Michael Callow (R)Right wing
159
Round 6
13 picks
164
Barrett Hall (C)Center
165
169
170
Jake Richard (R)Right wing
172
Joey Muldowney (R)Right wing
173
176
Jackson Dorrington (D)Defenseman
179
Matthew Seminoff (R)Right wing
182
Luke Devlin (C)Center
189
Tyler Muszelik (G)Goaltender
191
Zakary Karpa (C)Center
192
Connor Kurth (R)Right wing
193
Chris Romaine (D)Defenseman
Round 7
6 picks
203
James Fisher (R)Right wing
210
Ben Strinden (C)Center
212
Brennan Ali (C)Center
217
Reese Laubach (C)Center
219
Cade Littler (C)Center
221
The teams that drafted them
CHIChicago Blackhawks5 picks, first at 13
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers4 picks, first at 5
SJSSan Jose Sharks4 picks, first at 34
LAKLos Angeles Kings3 picks, first at 51
NYRNew York Rangers3 picks, first at 111
WPGWinnipeg Jets2 picks, first at 14
TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 picks, first at 31
NJDNew Jersey Devils2 picks, first at 46
SEASeattle Kraken2 picks, first at 91
MINMinnesota Wild2 picks, first at 121
FLAFlorida Panthers2 picks, first at 189
ARIArizona CoyotesNo. 3
STLSt. Louis BluesNo. 23
WSHWashington CapitalsNo. 37
MTLMontréal CanadiensNo. 62
NYINew York IslandersNo. 78
BOSBoston BruinsNo. 117
CARCarolina HurricanesNo. 124
OTTOttawa SenatorsNo. 143
ANAAnaheim DucksNo. 154
BUFBuffalo SabresNo. 170
VANVancouver CanucksNo. 176
DALDallas StarsNo. 179
PITPittsburgh PenguinsNo. 182
COLColorado AvalancheNo. 193
CBJColumbus Blue JacketsNo. 203
NSHNashville PredatorsNo. 210
DETDetroit Red WingsNo. 212
CGYCalgary FlamesNo. 219
The class in the NHL
The class against the other years
- 2026Chase Reid · 757
- 2025James Hagens · 752
- 2024Zeev Buium · 1239
- 2023Will Smith · 448
- 2022Logan Cooley · 349
- 2021Matty Beniers · 250
- 2020Jake Sanderson · 552
- 2019Jack Hughes · 158
- 2018Brady Tkachuk · 454
- 2017Casey Mittelstadt · 850
- 2016Auston Matthews · 154
- 2015Jack Eichel · 255
- 2014Dylan Larkin · 1566
- 2013Seth Jones · 456
- 2012Alex Galchenyuk · 353
- 2011Sean Couturier · 864
- 2010Jack Campbell · 1158
- 2009Nick Leddy · 1655
- 2008Zach Bogosian · 346
- 2007Patrick Kane · 164
- 2006Erik Johnson · 160
- 2005Bobby Ryan · 262
- 2004Blake Wheeler · 564
- 2003Ryan Suter · 759
- 2002Ryan Whitney · 559
- 2001Mike Komisarek · 742
- 2000Rick DiPietro · 154
- 1999Tim Connolly · 550
- 1998David Legwand · 240
- 1997Paul Mara · 738
- 1996Erik Rasmussen · 731
- 1995Bryan Berard · 117
- 1994Jason Bonsignore · 448
- 1993Landon Wilson · 1956
- 1992Ryan Sittler · 739
- 1991Scott Lachance · 467
- 1990Derian Hatcher · 872
- 1989Bill Guerin · 576
- 1988Mike Modano · 182
- 1987John LeClair · 3398
- 1986Jimmy Carson · 266
- 1985Craig Wolanin · 366
- 1984Eddie Olczyk · 361
- 1983Brian Lawton · 160
- 1982Phil Housley · 662
- 1981Bobby Carpenter · 337
- 1980Rik Wilson · 1235
- 1979Mike Ramsey · 1110
- 1978Curt Fraser · 2247
- 1977Jere Gillis · 437
- 1976Reed Larson · 2223
- 1975Peter Scamurra · 1944
- 1974Lee Fogolin Jr. · 1137
- 1973Ron Serafini · 5013