2012 NHL Draft
Alex Galchenyuk in the 2012 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Alex Galchenyuk 3rd overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 654 games put him 30th in the class, but only 8 have scored more points than his 354.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 2012 draft
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD968 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
3rd
of 211 players selected
2nd
of 110 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD968 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 9Jacob TroubaD923 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alex Galchenyuk made his NHL debut on January 19, 2013, 211 days after the draft.
654
Games
146
Goals
208
Assists
354
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2012 draft
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 33Sebastian CollbergRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 51Dalton ThrowerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 64Tim BozonLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 94Brady VailCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 122Charles HudonL134 GP · 41 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 154Erik NystromLMTLMontréal Canadiens