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2005 NHL Draft

Mattias Ritola in the 2005 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Mattias Ritola 103rd overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 4.

He was the third of the 12 Swedes selected that year. It was the fourth of the 9 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 43 games put him 73rd in the class.

Overall pick
103
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 12
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 100–106 in the 2005 draft

  1. 100Jonathan SigaletD1 GP · 0 PBOS
  2. 101Jared BollR579 GP · 66 PCBJ
  3. 102Blair JonesC132 GP · 17 PTBL
  4. 103Mattias RitolaC43 GP · 9 PDET
  5. 104Matt DuffyDFLA
  6. 105Keith YandleD1109 GP · 619 PPHX
  7. 106Vladimir SobotkaC548 GP · 171 PBOS

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

3rd
of 12 Swedes selected
57th
of 120 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 23Niclas BergforsR173 GP · 83 PNJD
  2. 80Christofer LofbergCDET
  3. 103Mattias RitolaC43 GP · 9 PDET
  4. 108Niklas HjalmarssonD821 GP · 172 PCHI
  5. 137Johan RynoFDET
  6. 139Patrik HersleyDLAK
  7. 146Tom WandellC229 GP · 43 PDAL
  8. 157Fredrik PetterssonLEDM
  9. 173Johan DahlbergFTOR
  10. 216Anton StrålmanD938 GP · 293 PTOR

+ 2 more

Every Swede in the 2005 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mattias Ritola made his NHL debut on March 15, 2008, 2 years and 229 days after the draft.

43
Games
4
Goals
5
Assists
9
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  2. 42Justin AbdelkaderL739 GP · 252 PDET
  3. 80Christofer LofbergCDET
  4. 103Mattias RitolaC43 GP · 9 PDET
  5. 132Darren HelmC823 GP · 266 PDET
  6. 137Johan RynoFDET
  7. 151Jeff MayDDET
  8. 175Juho MielonenDDET
  9. 214Bretton StamlerDDET