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2017 NHL Draft

Olle Eriksson Ek in the 2017 NHL Draft

Anaheim Ducks selected Olle Eriksson Ek 153rd overall in the 2017 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 5.

He was the 18th of the 26 Swedes selected that year. It was the fifth and last of the 5 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 101st in the class.

Overall pick
153
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 29
Drafting team
ANAAnaheim Ducks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 150–156 in the 2017 draft

  1. 150Jakub GalvasD6 GP · 0 PCHI
  2. 151Sebastian WalfridssonDWSH
  3. 152Jan DrozgLPIT
  4. 153Olle Eriksson EkG1 GP · 0 WANA
  5. 154Tomas VomackaGNSH
  6. 155Linus OlundCPIT
  7. 156Denis SmirnovRCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2017 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2017 class

18th
of 26 Swedes selected
15th
of 21 goaltenders selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 5Elias PetterssonC561 GP · 524 PVAN
  2. 7Lias AnderssonC110 GP · 17 PNYR
  3. 15Erik BrännströmD294 GP · 77 PVGK
  4. 17Timothy LiljegrenD325 GP · 94 PTOR
  5. 36Jesper BoqvistC400 GP · 111 PNJD
  6. 37Marcus DavidssonCBUF
  7. 38Gustav LindströmD174 GP · 35 PDET
  8. 44Filip WesterlundDARI
  9. 63Fabian ZetterlundL345 GP · 155 PNJD
  10. 112Tim SoderlundC/LCHI

+ 16 more

Every Swede in the 2017 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Olle Eriksson Ek made his NHL debut on April 8, 2023, 5 years and 288 days after the draft.

1
Games
0
Wins
0
Shutouts
.872
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Anaheim Ducks picks in the 2017 draft

  1. 50Maxime ComtoisL211 GP · 87 PANA
  2. 60Antoine MorandCANA
  3. 91Jack BadiniCANA
  4. 122Kyle OlsonRANA
  5. 153Olle Eriksson EkG1 GP · 0 WANA