2003 NHL Draft
Brandon Nolan in the 2003 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Brandon Nolan 111th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 4.
It was the third of the 10 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 109th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 111
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 10
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
New Jersey Devils had already picked him in 2001, 72nd overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.
The picks around it
Picks 108–114 in the 2003 draft
- 108Kevin RomyFPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 109Andreas ValdixLWSHWashington Capitals
- 110James SharrowDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 111Brandon NolanC6 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 112Jamie TardifR2 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 113Corey LockeC9 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 114Denis EzhovDBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brandon Nolan made his NHL debut on December 22, 2007, 4 years and 183 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2003 draft
- 23Ryan KeslerC1001 GP · 573 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 60Marc-Andre BernierRVANVancouver Canucks
- 111Brandon NolanC6 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 128Ty MorrisLVANVancouver Canucks
- 160Nicklas DanielssonRVANVancouver Canucks
- 190Chad BrownleeDVANVancouver Canucks
- 222Francois-Pierre GuenetteFVANVancouver Canucks
- 252Sergei TopolFVANVancouver Canucks
- 254Nathan McIverD36 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 285Matthew HansenDVANVancouver Canucks