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2005 NHL Draft

Matt Pelech in the 2005 NHL Draft

Calgary Flames selected Matt Pelech 26th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 8 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 13 games put him 83rd in the class.

Overall pick
26
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 26
Drafting team
CGYCalgary Flames
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 23–29 in the 2005 draft

  1. 23Niclas BergforsR173 GP · 83 PNJD
  2. 24T.J. OshieR1010 GP · 695 PSTL
  3. 25Andrew CoglianoC1294 GP · 464 PEDM
  4. 26Matt PelechR13 GP · 4 PCGY
  5. 27Joe FinleyD21 GP · 1 PWSH
  6. 28Matt NiskanenD949 GP · 356 PDAL
  7. 29Steve DownieR434 GP · 196 PPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2005 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2005 class

26th
of 230 players selected
9th
of 87 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Sidney CrosbyC1437 GP · 1773 PPIT
  2. 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANA
  3. 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCAR
  4. 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMIN
  5. 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTL
  6. 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJ
  7. 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHI
  8. 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJS
  9. 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTT
  10. 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVAN

+ 220 more

The 2005 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Matt Pelech made his NHL debut on April 3, 2009, 3 years and 247 days after the draft.

13
Games
1
Goals
3
Assists
4
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Calgary Flames picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 26Matt PelechR13 GP · 4 PCGY
  2. 69Gord BaldwinDCGY
  3. 74Dan RyderCCGY
  4. 111J.D. WattRCGY
  5. 128Kevin LalandeGCGY
  6. 158Matt KeetleyG1 GP · 0 WCGY
  7. 179Brett SutterL60 GP · 10 PCGY
  8. 221Myles RumseyDCGY