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2008 NHL Draft

André Petersson in the 2008 NHL Draft

Ottawa Senators selected André Petersson 109th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 4.

He was the seventh of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the fourth of the 7 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 100th in the class.

Overall pick
109
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 18
Drafting team
OTTOttawa Senators
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 106–112 in the 2008 draft

  1. 106Harri SateriG15 GP · 6 WSJS
  2. 107Steven DelisleDCBJ
  3. 108Nicholas LarsonLCGY
  4. 109André PeterssonR1 GP · 0 POTT
  5. 110Kelsey TessierCCOL
  6. 111Dale WeiseR513 GP · 125 PNYR
  7. 112Matt DelaheyDNJD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

7th
of 17 Swedes selected
56th
of 110 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 15Erik KarlssonD1174 GP · 952 POTT
  2. 21Anton GustafssonCWSH
  3. 24Mattias TedenbyR120 GP · 30 PNJD
  4. 31Jacob MarkströmG585 GP · 267 WFLA
  5. 102David UllströmL49 GP · 13 PNYI
  6. 103Johan MotinD1 GP · 0 PEDM
  7. 109André PeterssonR1 GP · 0 POTT
  8. 121Gustav NyquistR914 GP · 543 PDET
  9. 124Nicklas LasuLATL
  10. 125Kristoffer BerglundDSTL

+ 7 more

Every Swede in the 2008 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

André Petersson made his NHL debut on January 21, 2012, 3 years and 214 days after the draft.

1
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Ottawa Senators picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 15Erik KarlssonD1174 GP · 952 POTT
  2. 42Patrick WierciochD268 GP · 74 POTT
  3. 79Zack SmithC662 GP · 204 POTT
  4. 109André PeterssonR1 GP · 0 POTT
  5. 119Derek GrantC427 GP · 132 POTT
  6. 139Mark BorowieckiD458 GP · 56 POTT
  7. 199Emil SandinLOTT