2012 NHL Draft
Ben Thomson in the 2012 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Ben Thomson 96th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 102nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 96
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 5
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 93–99 in the 2012 draft
- 93Erik GustafssonD529 GP · 245 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 94Brady VailCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 95Josh AndersonR704 GP · 283 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 96Ben ThomsonL3 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 97Kevin RoyC28 GP · 7 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 98Adam GilmourCMINMinnesota Wild
- 99Erik KarlssonC/LCARCarolina Hurricanes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
96th
of 211 players selected
55th
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 LindholmD846 GP · 344 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
Ben Thomson made his NHL debut on April 4, 2017, 4 years and 285 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2012 draft
- 29Stefan MatteauC92 GP · 11 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 60Damon SeversonD867 GP · 354 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 90Ben JohnsonC/LNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 96Ben ThomsonL3 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 135Graham BlackCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 150Alexander KerfootC655 GP · 310 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 180Artur GavrusC/LNJDNew Jersey Devils