2025 NHL Draft
Anton Frondell in the 2025 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Anton Frondell 3rd overall in the 2025 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 30 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2025, 10 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 28, and only 4 have scored more points than his 17.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 2025 draft
- 1Matthew SchaeferD96 GP · 73 PNYINew York Islanders
- 2Michael MisaC61 GP · 28 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Anton FrondellC28 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Caleb DesnoyersCUTAUtah Mammoth
- 5Brady MartinC3 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 6Porter MartoneR26 GP · 18 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2025 class
1st
of 30 Swedes selected
2nd
of 131 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 3Anton FrondellC28 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 16Victor EklundR15 GP · 6 PNYINew York Islanders
- 28Sascha BoumedienneDWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 37Milton GästrinCNo NHL gamesWSHWashington Capitals
- 44Eddie GenborgRNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 45Eric NilsonCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 52Theodor HallquisthDNo NHL gamesMINMinnesota Wild
- 54Theo StockseliusCNo NHL gamesCGYCalgary Flames
- 55Jakob Ihs WozniakRVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 61Liam PetterssonDNo NHL gamesBOSBoston Bruins
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Anton Frondell made his NHL debut on March 24, 2026, 270 days after the draft.
28
Games
6
Goals
11
Assists
17
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2025 draft
- 3Anton FrondellC28 GP · 17 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 25Vaclav NestrasilRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 29Mason WestCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 66Nathan BehmRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 98Julius SumpfCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 107Parker HolmesLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 162Ashton CumbyDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 194Ilya KanarskyGCHIChicago Blackhawks