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2002 NHL Draft

Cam Ward in the 2002 NHL Draft

Carolina Hurricanes selected Cam Ward 25th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 4 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 701 games put him 18th in the class.

Overall pick
25
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 25
Drafting team
CARCarolina Hurricanes
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 22–28 in the 2002 draft

  1. 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYI
  2. 23Ben EagerL407 GP · 85 PPHX
  3. 24Alexander SteenL1018 GP · 622 PTOR
  4. 25Cam WardG701 GP · 334 WCAR
  5. 26Martin VagnerDDAL
  6. 27Mike MorrisRSJS
  7. 28Jonas JohanssonR1 GP · 0 PCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

25th
of 290 players selected
2nd
of 33 goaltenders selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJ
  2. 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATL
  3. 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLA
  4. 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHI
  5. 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPIT
  6. 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSH
  7. 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANA
  8. 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMIN
  9. 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLA
  10. 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGY

+ 280 more

The 2002 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Cam Ward made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 3 years and 105 days after the draft.

701
Games
334
Wins
27
Shutouts
.908
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 25Cam WardG701 GP · 334 WCAR
  2. 91Jesse LaneDCAR
  3. 160Daniel ManzatoGCAR
  4. 224Adam TaylorCCAR