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2005 NHL Draft

Niclas Bergfors in the 2005 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Niclas Bergfors 23rd overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 12 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 173 games put him 52nd in the class.

Overall pick
23
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 23
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 20–26 in the 2005 draft

  1. 20Kenndal McArdleL42 GP · 3 PFLA
  2. 21Tuukka RaskG564 GP · 308 WTOR
  3. 22Matt LashoffD74 GP · 16 PBOS
  4. 23Niclas BergforsR173 GP · 83 PNJD
  5. 24T.J. OshieR1010 GP · 695 PSTL
  6. 25Andrew CoglianoC1294 GP · 464 PEDM
  7. 26Matt PelechR13 GP · 4 PCGY

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

1st
of 12 Swedes selected
13th
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

Niclas Bergfors made his NHL debut on October 4, 2007, 2 years and 66 days after the draft.

173
Games
35
Goals
48
Assists
83
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 23Niclas BergforsR173 GP · 83 PNJD
  2. 38Jeff FrazeeG1 GP · 0 WNJD
  3. 84Mark FraserD219 GP · 22 PNJD
  4. 99Patrick DavisR9 GP · 1 PNJD
  5. 155Mark FayneD389 GP · 65 PNJD
  6. 170Sean ZimmermanDNJD
  7. 218Alexander SundstromFNJD