2003 NHL Entry Draft

2003 NHL Entry Draft
overview
date	June 21-22, 2003
place	Nashville , Tennessee , USA
Round	9
Selected players	292
1st position	Marc-André Fleury Voted by: Pittsburgh Penguins
2nd position	Eric Staal Elected By: Carolina Hurricanes
3rd position	Nathan Horton Elected By: Florida Panthers
NHL Entry Draft  <2002 2004>

The NHL Entry Draft in 2003 , the annual talent contraction of the National Hockey League , was held on 21 and 22 June 2003 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in the US Nashville in the state of Tennessee instead.

292 players were drawn in nine rounds. For the second time in the history of the draft, Marc-André Fleury was selected as a goalkeeper with the first pick . 19 players who were drafted in the first round managed to play more than 50 competitive games in the NHL in the first two possible seasons.

Draft result

Pick	player	country	NHL team	College / junior / professional team
1 round
1.	Marc-André Fleury (G)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles ( QMJHL )
2.	Eric Staal (C)		Carolina Hurricanes	Peterborough Petes ( OHL )
3.	Nathan Horton (RW)		Florida panthers	Oshawa Generals ( WHL )
4th	Nikolai Scherdew (RW)		Columbus Blue Jackets	HK CSKA Moscow
5.	Thomas Vanek (LW)		Buffalo Sabers	University of Minnesota ( WCHA )
6th	Milan Michálek (LW)		San Jose Sharks	HC České Budějovice
7th	Ryan Suter (D)		Nashville Predators	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
8th.	Braydon Coburn (D)		Atlanta Thrashers	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
9.	Dion Phaneuf (D)		Calgary Flames	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
10.	Andrei Kaszitsyn (RW)		Montréal Canadiens	HK CSKA Moscow
11.	Jeff Carter (C)		Philadelphia Flyers	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
12.	Hugh Jessiman (RW)		New York Rangers	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
13.	Dustin Brown (RW)		Los Angeles Kings	Guelph Storm (OHL)
14th	Brent Seabrook (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
15th	Robert Nilsson (C)		New York Islanders	Leksands IF
16.	Steve Bernier (RW)		San Jose Sharks	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
17th	Zach Parise (C)		New Jersey Devils	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
18th	Eric Fehr (RW)		Washington Capitals	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
19th	Ryan Getzlaf (C)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
20th	Brent Burns (RW)		Minnesota Wild	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
21st	Mark Stuart (D)		Boston Bruins	Colorado College (WCHA)
22nd	Marc-Antoine Pouliot (C)		Edmonton Oilers (from the St. Louis Blues )	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
23.	Ryan Kesler (C)		Vancouver Canucks	Ohio State University ( NCAA )
24.	Mike Richards (C)		Philadelphia Flyers	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
25th	Anthony Stewart (RW)		Florida Panthers (from the Tampa Bay Lightning )	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
26th	Brian Boyle (C)		Los Angeles Kings (from the Colorado Avalanche )	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
27.	Jeff Tambellini (LW)		Los Angeles Kings (from the Detroit Red Wings )	University of Michigan (NCAA)
28.	Corey Perry (RW)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	London Knights (OHL)
29	Patrick Eaves (RW)		Ottawa Senators	Boston College (NCAA)
30th	Shawn Belle (D)		St. Louis Blues (from the New Jersey Devils )	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2nd round
31.	Danny Richmond (RW)		Carolina Hurricanes	University of Michigan (NCAA)
32.	Ryan Stone (C)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
33.	Loui Eriksson (LW)		Dallas Stars	Västra Frölunda HC
34.	Mike Egener (D)		Tampa Bay Lightning (from the Florida Panthers )	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
35.	Konstantin Glasatschow (RW)		Nashville Predators	Yaroslavl locomotive
36.	Vojtěch Polák (RW)		Dallas Stars (from the San Jose Sharks )	HC Energie Karlovy Vary
37.	Kevin Klein (D)		Nashville Predators	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
38.	Kamil creps (C)		Florida Panthers (by the Atlanta Thrashers )	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
39.	Tim Ramholt (D)		Calgary Flames	ZSC Lions
40.	Cory Urquhart (C)		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
41.	Matt Smaby (D)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Shattuck St. Mary's (USHS)
42.	Petr Vrána (C)		New Jersey Devils	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
43.	Josh Hennessy (C)		San Jose Sharks	Québec Remparts (QMJHL)
44.	Konstantin Pushkarev (RW)		Los Angeles Kings	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
45.	Patrice Bergeron (C)		Boston Bruins	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
46.	Dan Fritsche (C)		Columbus Blue Jackets	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
47.	Matt Carle (D)		San Jose Sharks	River City Lancers ( USHL )
49.	Shea Weber (D)		Nashville Predators	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
52.	Corey Crawford (G)		Chicago Blackhawks	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
54.	BJ Crombeen (RW)		Dallas Stars	Barrie Colts (OHL)
55.	Stefan Meyer (LW)		Florida panthers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
56.	Patrick O'Sullivan (C)		Minnesota Wild	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
58.	Jeremy Colliton (C)		New York Islanders	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
59.	Michal Barinka (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	HC České Budějovice
61.	Maxim Lapierre (C)		Montréal Canadiens	Montréal Rocket (QMJHL)
62.	David Backes (RW)		St. Louis Blues	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
64.	Jimmy Howard (G)		Detroit Red Wings	University of Maine (NCAA)
67.	Igor Mirnow (D)		Ottawa Senators	HK Dynamo Moscow
68.	Jean-François Jacques (LW)		Edmonton Oilers	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
3rd round
69.	Colin Fraser (C)		Philadelphia Flyers	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
70.	Jonathan Filewich (RW)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
71.	Dmitri Kosmachev (D)		Columbus Blue Jackets	HK CSKA Moscow
72.	Mikhail Zhukov (C)		Edmonton Oilers	IFK Arboga IK
73.	Daniel Carcillo (LW)		Pittsburgh Penguins (from the Florida Panthers )	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
74.	Clarke MacArthur (C)		Buffalo Sabers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
75.	Ken Roche (C)		New York Rangers (from the San Jose Sharks )	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
76.	Richard Stehlík (D)		Nashville Predators	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
77.	Tyler Redenbach (LW)		Phoenix Coyotes (from the Atlanta Thrashers )	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
78.	Danny Irmen (C)		Minnesota Wild (from the Calgary Flames )	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
79.	Ryan O'Byrne (D)		Montreal Canadiens	Cornell University (ECAC)
80.	Dmitri Pestunov (C)		Phoenix Coyotes	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
81.	Štefan Ružička (RW)		Philadelphia Flyers	HKm Nitra
82.	Ryan Munce (G)		Los Angeles Kings	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
83.	Stephen Werner (RW)		Washington Capitals (by the Chicago Blackhawks )	University of Massachusetts (NCAA)
84.	Konstantin Barulin (G)		St. Louis Blues	Gazovik Tyumen
85.	Alexandre Picard (D)		Philadelphia Flyers	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
86.	Shane Hynes (RW)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (from the Boston Bruins )	Cornell University (NCAA)
87.	Ryan Potulny (C)		Philadelphia Flyers (by the Edmonton Oilers )	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
88	Zack Fitzgerald (D)		St. Louis Blues	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
89.	Paul Brown (RW)		Nashville Predators (from the Washington Capitals )	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
90.	Juha Alén (D)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
91.	Martin Sagat (LW)		Toronto Maple Leafs (from the Minnesota Wild )	HC Dukla Trenčín
92.	Alexander Sulzer (D)		Nashville Predators	Hamburg Freezers
93.	Ivan Khomutov (C)		New Jersey Devils (from the St. Louis Blues )	Kristall Elektrostal
94.	Zack Stortini (RW)		Edmonton Oilers (from the Vancouver Canucks )	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
95.	Rick Kozak (RW)		Philadelphia Flyers	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
96.	Jonathan Boutin (G)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
97.	Ryan Donally (LW)		Calgary Flames (from the Colorado Avalanche )	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
98	Grigori Schafigulin (C)		Nashville Predators	Yaroslavl locomotive
99	Matt Nickerson (D)		Dallas Stars	Texas Tornado ( NAHL )
100.	Philippe Seydoux (D)		Ottawa Senators	Kloten Flyers
101.	Kanstanzin Sacharau (F)		St. Louis Blues (from the New Jersey Devils )	HK Junost Minsk
4th round
104.	Philippe Dupuis (C)		Columbus Blue Jackets	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
106.	Jan Hejda (D)		Buffalo Sabers	HC Slavia Prague
107.	Byron Bitz (RW)		Boston Bruins	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)
108.	Kevin Romy (RW)		Philadelphia Flyers	HC Servette Genève
112.	Jamie Tardif (C)		Calgary Flames	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
113.	Corey Locke (D)		Montréal Canadiens	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
114.	Denis Jeschow (D)		Buffalo Sabers	HK Lada Tolyatti
116.	Guillaume Desbiens (RW)		Atlanta Thrashers	Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
121.	Paul Bissonnette (D)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
125.	Konstantin Volkov (RW)		Toronto Maple Leafs	HK Dynamo Moscow
127.	Alexandre Bolduc (C)		St. Louis Blues	Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
132.	Kyle Quincey (D)		Detroit Red Wings	London Knights (OHL)
5th round
137.	Tyson Strachan (D)		Carolina Hurricanes	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
139.	Patrick Ehelechner (G)		San Jose Sharks	Hanover Scorpions
145.	Brett Sterling (D)		Atlanta Thrashers	Colorado College (WCHA)
148.	Lee Stempniak (RW)		St. Louis Blues	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
149.	Nigel Dawes (LW)		New York Rangers	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
151	Lasse Kukkonen (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	Kärpät Oulu
157.	Marcin Kolusz (FW)		Minnesota Wild	Podhale Nowy Targ
158.	John Mitchell (C)		Toronto Maple Leafs	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
163.	Brad Richardson (C)		Colorado Avalanche	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
164.	Ryan Oulahen (C)		Detroit Red Wings	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
166.	Sergei Gimajew (D)		Ottawa Senators	Severstal Cherepovets
6th round
168.	Marc Methot (D)		Columbus Blue Jackets	London Knights (OHL)
172.	Pavel Voroshnin (D)		Buffalo Sabers	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
174.	Esa Pirnes (C)		Los Angeles Kings	Tappara Tampere
179.	Philippe Furrer (D)		New York Rangers	SC Bern
182	Bruno Gervais (D)		New York Islanders	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
183.	Nate Thompson (C)		Boston Bruins	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
185	Francis Wathier (LW)		Dallas Stars	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
186.	Drew Miller (F)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	River City Lancers (USHL)
195.	Drew Bagnall (D)		Dallas Stars	Battlefords North Stars (SJHL)
7th round
198.	Shay Stephenson (LW)		Carolina Hurricanes	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
200.	Alexander Guskow (D)		Columbus Blue Jackets	Yaroslavl locomotive
202.	Nathan Paetsch (D)		Buffalo Sabers	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
205.	Joe Pavelski (C)		San Jose Sharks	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
207.	Georgi Mischarin (D)		Minnesota Wild	HK CSKA Moscow
208.	Randall Gelech (RW)		Phoenix Coyotes	Kelowna Rockets
210.	Andrei Muchachev (D)		Nashville Predators	HK CSKA Moscow
214.	Kyle Brodziak (C)		Edmonton Oilers	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
216.	Kai Hospelt (F)		San Jose Sharks	Cologne Sharks
219.	Adam Courchaine (C)		Minnesota Wild	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
220.	Jeremy Williams (RW)		Toronto Maple Leafs	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
221.	Yevgeny Skachkov (LW)		St. Louis Blues	HK CSKA Moscow
8th round
234.	Petr Kadlec (F)		Florida panthers	HC Slavia Prague
239.	Tobias Enström (D)		Atlanta Thrashers	MoDo Hockey Örnsköldsvik
242.	Eduard Lewandowski (LW)		Phoenix Coyotes	Cologne Sharks
243.	Jan Marek (F)		New York Rangers	HC Oceláři Třinec
245.	Dustin Byfuglien (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
246.	Igor Volkov (LW)		New York Islanders	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
248.	Josef Hrabal (D)		Edmonton Oilers	HC Vsetín
250.	Shane O'Brien (D)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
253.	Andrei Pervyshin (D)		St. Louis Blues	Yaroslavl locomotive
254.	Nathan McIver (D)		Vancouver Canucks	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
9th round
263.	Matt Moulson (LW)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Cornell University (ECAC)
265.	Tanner Glass (LW)		Florida panthers	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)
271.	Jaroslav Halák (G)		Canadiens de Montréal	HC Slovan Bratislava
273.	Albert Vishnyakov (LW)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Ak Bars Kazan
278.	Troy Bodie (LW)		Edmonton Oilers	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
282.	Chris Porter (LW)		Chicago Blackhawks	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
287.	Nick Tarnasky (C)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
288.	David Jones (D)		Colorado Avalanche	Coquitlam Express ( BCHL )
290	Loïc Burkhalter (C)		Phoenix Coyotes	HC Ambrì-Piotta
291.	Brian Elliott (G)		Ottawa Senators	Ajax Axemen (OPJHL)
292.	Arseni Bondarew (LW)		New Jersey Devils	Yaroslavl locomotive

Web links

• 2003 NHL Entry Draft at hockeydb.com