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2004 NHL Draft

Ben Walter in the 2004 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Ben Walter 160th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 31st pick of round 5.

It was the fifth of the 7 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 24 games put him 92nd in the class.

Overall pick
160
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 31
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 157–163 in the 2004 draft

  1. 157Dmitri VorobievDTOR
  2. 158Brandon ElliottDTBL
  3. 159Mike BrownR407 GP · 36 PVAN
  4. 160Ben WalterC24 GP · 1 PBOS
  5. 161Jean-Claude SawyerDMIN
  6. 162Tyler HaskinsCDET
  7. 163Dustin CollinsFTBL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2004 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2004 class

160th
of 291 players selected
98th
of 172 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Alex OvechkinL1587 GP · 1691 PWSH
  2. 2Evgeni MalkinC1283 GP · 1418 PPIT
  3. 3Cam BarkerD310 GP · 96 PCHI
  4. 4Andrew LaddL1001 GP · 550 PCAR
  5. 5Blake WheelerR1172 GP · 943 PPHX
  6. 6Al MontoyaG168 GP · 67 WNYR
  7. 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLA
  8. 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJ
  9. 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANA
  10. 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATL

+ 281 more

The 2004 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ben Walter made his NHL debut on January 12, 2006, 1 year and 199 days after the draft.

24
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 2004 draft

  1. 63David KrejciC1032 GP · 786 PBOS
  2. 64Martins KarsumsR24 GP · 6 PBOS
  3. 108Ashton RomeRBOS
  4. 134Kris VersteegR643 GP · 358 PBOS
  5. 160Ben WalterC24 GP · 1 PBOS
  6. 224Matt HunwickD535 GP · 119 PBOS
  7. 255Anton HedmanFBOS