2022 NHL Draft
Rieger Lorenz in the 2022 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Rieger Lorenz 56th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 2.
It was the fourth of the 8 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 225 players selected in 2022, 83 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 63rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 56
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 24
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 53–59 in the 2022 draft
- 53Tristan LuneauD30 GP · 15 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 54Matthew PoitrasC81 GP · 34 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 55Elias SalomonssonD38 GP · 5 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 56Rieger LorenzL6 GP · 1 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 57Ryan GreeneC100 GP · 33 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 58Nikke KokkoG4 GP · 1 WSEASeattle Kraken
- 59Topi RonniCCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2022 class
56th
of 225 players selected
38th
of 132 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Juraj SlafkovskýL298 GP · 196 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 2Simon NemecD171 GP · 53 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Logan CooleyC228 GP · 173 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 4Shane WrightC185 GP · 82 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 5Cutter GauthierL174 GP · 131 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 6David JiricekD94 GP · 15 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Kevin KorchinskiD109 GP · 20 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Marco KasperC160 GP · 56 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 9Matt SavoieC87 GP · 38 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 10Pavel MintyukovD216 GP · 75 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 215 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rieger Lorenz made his NHL debut on October 10, 2026, 4 years and 94 days after the draft.
6
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2022 draft
- 19Liam ÖhgrenL114 GP · 34 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 24Danila YurovR90 GP · 34 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 47Hunter HaightC9 GP · 2 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 56Rieger LorenzL6 GP · 1 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 89Michael MilneL1 GP · 0 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 121Ryan HealeyDMINMinnesota Wild
- 153David SpacekD11 GP · 1 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 185Servac PetrovskyCMINMinnesota Wild