2012 NHL Draft
Tanner Richard in the 2012 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Tanner Richard 71st overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 3.
It was the fifth of the 8 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 102nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 71
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 10
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 68–74 in the 2012 draft
- 68John DraegerDMINMinnesota Wild
- 69Daniel AltshullerGNo NHL gamesCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 70Scott KosmachukR8 GP · 3 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 71Tanner RichardC3 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 72Troy BourkeLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 73Justin KeaCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 74Esa LindellD776 GP · 250 PDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD968 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 9Jacob TroubaD923 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tanner Richard made his NHL debut on December 20, 2016, 4 years and 180 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2012 draft
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 19Andrei VasilevskiyG609 GP · 377 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 40Dylan BlujusDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 53Brian HartRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 71Tanner RichardC3 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 101Cedric PaquetteC448 GP · 95 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 161Jake DotchinD103 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 202Nikita GusevL97 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning