2005 NHL Draft
Chris VandeVelde in the 2005 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Chris VandeVelde 97th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 4.
It was the fifth of the 8 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 278 games put him 46th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 97
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 6
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 94–100 in the 2005 draft
- 94Jakub VojtaDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 95Cody BassC75 GP · 5 POTTOttawa Senators
- 96Chris ButlerD407 GP · 86 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 97Chris VandeVeldeC278 GP · 48 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 98Ilya ZubovC11 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators
- 99Patrick DavisR9 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 100Jonathan SigaletD1 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
97th
of 230 players selected
52nd
of 120 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Sidney CrosbyC1436 GP · 1771 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 220 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Chris VandeVelde made his NHL debut on March 17, 2011, 5 years and 230 days after the draft.
278
Games
18
Goals
30
Assists
48
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 2005 draft
- 25Andrew CoglianoC1294 GP · 464 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 36Taylor ChorneyD166 GP · 22 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 81Danny SyvretD59 GP · 7 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 86Robby DeeFEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 97Chris VandeVeldeC278 GP · 48 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 120Viacheslav TrukhnoCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 157Fredrik PetterssonLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 220Matthew GlasserLEDMEdmonton Oilers