2011 NHL Draft
Xavier Ouellet in the 2011 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Xavier Ouellet 48th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 9 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 2011, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 178 games put him 63rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 48
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 18
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 45–51 in the 2011 draft
- 45Markus GranlundC335 GP · 101 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 46Joel EdmundsonD700 GP · 155 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 47Matt NietoL705 GP · 206 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 48Xavier OuelletD178 GP · 28 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 49Christopher GibsonG16 GP · 4 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Johan SundströmC11 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 51Alexander RuuttuCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2011 class
1st
of 1 Frenchmen selected
16th
of 72 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Xavier Ouellet made his NHL debut on October 21, 2013, 2 years and 118 days after the draft.
178
Games
5
Goals
23
Assists
28
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2011 draft
- 35Tomas JurcoR221 GP · 53 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 48Xavier OuelletD178 GP · 28 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 55Ryan SproulD44 GP · 12 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 85Alan QuineC106 GP · 28 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 115Marek TvrdonRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 145Philippe HudonC/RDETDetroit Red Wings
- 146Mattias BackmanDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 175Richard NedomlelDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 205Alexey MarchenkoD121 GP · 21 PDETDetroit Red Wings