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The 2002 NHL Entry Draft was the 40th
NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft (french: Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirem ...
. It was held on June 22 and 23, 2002 at the
Air Canada Centre
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in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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. Two hundred and ninety-one players were drafted in total: 35 from the
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overa ...
(OHL); 23 from the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The ...
(QMJHL); 43 from the
Western Hockey League
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(WHL); 41 from the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) hockey conferences; six from U.S. high schools and 110 from outside North America.
The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was
Duncan Keith, who played his last NHL game in the
2021–22 NHL season
The 2021–22 NHL season was the 105th season of operation (104th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). The league expanded to 32 teams with the addition of the Seattle Kraken. The league had an October-to-April regular season sch ...
.
Final central scouting rankings
Skaters
Goaltenders
Selections by round
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round five
Round six
Round seven
Round eight
Round nine
Draftees based on nationality
See also
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2002–03 NHL season
The 2002–03 NHL season was the 86th regular season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup winners were the New Jersey Devils, who won the best of seven series 4–3 against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Regular season
The regular s ...
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List of NHL first overall draft choices
The NHL Entry Draft, originally known as the NHL Amateur Draft, is a collective meeting in which the franchises of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the exclusive rights to available amateur players who meet the eligibility re ...
*
List of NHL players
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
prosportstransactions.com: 2002 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactionsa
Hockey-Referencea
The Internet Hockey Database
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National Hockey League Entry Draft