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2006 NHL Draft

Shawn Matthias in the 2006 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Shawn Matthias 47th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 7 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 551 games put him 26th in the class.

Overall pick
47
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 17
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 44–50 in the 2006 draft

  1. 44Nikolay KuleminL669 GP · 274 PTOR
  2. 45Jeff PetryD1048 GP · 394 PEDM
  3. 46Jhonas EnrothG153 GP · 50 WBUF
  4. 47Shawn MatthiasL551 GP · 174 PDET
  5. 48Joe RyanDLAK
  6. 49Ben MaxwellC47 GP · 8 PMTL
  7. 50Milan LucicL1177 GP · 586 PBOS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2006 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2006 class

47th
of 213 players selected
28th
of 122 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Erik JohnsonD1023 GP · 348 PSTL
  2. 2Jordan StaalC1409 GP · 747 PPIT
  3. 3Jonathan ToewsC1149 GP · 912 PCHI
  4. 4Nicklas BäckströmC1105 GP · 1033 PWSH
  5. 5Phil KesselR1286 GP · 992 PBOS
  6. 6Derick BrassardC1013 GP · 545 PCBJ
  7. 7Kyle OkposoR1051 GP · 614 PNYI
  8. 8Peter MuellerC297 GP · 160 PPHX
  9. 9James SheppardC394 GP · 91 PMIN
  10. 10Michael FrolikR858 GP · 384 PFLA

+ 203 more

The 2006 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Shawn Matthias made his NHL debut on January 18, 2008, 1 year and 208 days after the draft.

551
Games
90
Goals
84
Assists
174
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2006 draft

  1. 41Cory EmmertonC139 GP · 21 PDET
  2. 47Shawn MatthiasL551 GP · 174 PDET
  3. 62Dick AxelssonFDET
  4. 92Daniel LarssonGNo NHL gamesDET
  5. 182Jan MursakL46 GP · 4 PDET
  6. 191Nick OslundRDET
  7. 212Logan PyettDDET