2015 NHL Draft
Joel Eriksson Ek in the 2015 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Joel Eriksson Ek 20th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 19 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 631 games put him 20th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 20
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 20
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 17–23 in the 2015 draft
- 17Kyle ConnorL711 GP · 689 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 18Thomas ChabotD581 GP · 341 POTTOttawa Senators
- 19Evgeny SvechnikovL172 GP · 45 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 20Joel Eriksson EkC631 GP · 365 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 21Colin WhiteC323 GP · 113 POTTOttawa Senators
- 22Ilya SamsonovG200 GP · 118 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 23Brock BoeserR645 GP · 495 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
1st
of 19 Swedes selected
15th
of 114 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 20Joel Eriksson EkC631 GP · 365 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 27Jacob LarssonD172 GP · 24 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 29Gabriel CarlssonD81 GP · 18 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 45Jakob Forsbacka KarlssonC29 GP · 9 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 53Rasmus AnderssonD634 GP · 283 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 58Kevin StenlundC384 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 60Oliver KylingtonD220 GP · 60 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 62Robin KovacsRNYRNew York Rangers
- 70Felix SandströmG30 GP · 4 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 83Jens LookeRARIArizona Coyotes
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Joel Eriksson Ek made his NHL debut on October 22, 2016, 1 year and 118 days after the draft.
631
Games
161
Goals
204
Assists
365
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2015 draft
- 20Joel Eriksson EkC631 GP · 365 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 50Jordan GreenwayL489 GP · 166 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 111Ales StezkaG1 GP · 0 WMINMinnesota Wild
- 135Kirill KaprizovL414 GP · 500 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 171Nicholas BokaDMINMinnesota Wild
- 201Gustav BourammanDMINMinnesota Wild
- 204Jack SadekDMINMinnesota Wild