The 2002 NHL Entry Draft was held June 22-23 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 290 players were drafted: 35 from the OHL; 23 from the QMJHL; 43 from the WHL; 41 from the NCAA; 6 from U.S High Schools and 110 from outside North America. __NOTOC__

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12

Selections By Round

Round 1

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
1	Rick Nash (F)		Columbus Blue Jackets	London Knights (OHL)
2	Kari Lehtonen (G)		Atlanta Thrashers	Jokerit
3	Jay Bouwmeester (D)		Florida Panthers	Medicine Hat Tigers
4	Joni Pitkanen (D)		Philadelphia Flyers	Karpat
5	Ryan Whitney (D)		Pittsburgh Penguins	Boston University
6	Scottie Upshall (F)		Nashville Predators	Kamloops Blazers
7	Joffrey Lupul (F)		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Medicine Hat Tigers
8	Pierre-Marc Bouchard (F)		Minnesota Wild	Chicoutimi Saguenéens
9	Petr Taticek (F)		Florida Panthers	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
10	Eric Nystrom (F)		Calgary Flames	University of Michigan
11	Keith Ballard		Buffalo Sabres	University of Minnesota
12	Steve Eminger		Washington Capitals	Kitchener Rangers
13	Alexander Semin		Washington Capitals	Chelyabinsk Juniors
14	Christopher Higgins		Montreal Canadiens	Yale University
15	Jesse Niinimaki		Edmonton Oilers	Ilves
16	Jakub Klepis		Ottawa Senators	Portland Winter Hawks
17	Boyd Gordon		Washington Capitals	Red Deer Rebels
18	Denis Grebeshkov		Los Angeles Kings	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv
19	Jakub Koreis		Phoenix Coyotes	Plzen HC
20	Daniel Paille		Buffalo Sabres	Guelph Storm
21	Anton Babchuk		Chicago Blackhawks	Elemash Elektrostal
22	Sean Bergenheim		New York Islanders	Jokerit
23	Ben Eager		Phoenix Coyotes	Oshawa Generals
24	Alexander Steen		Toronto Maple Leafs	Frölunda HC
25	Cam Ward		Carolina Hurricanes	Red Deer Rebels
26	Martin Vagner		Dallas Stars	Hull Olympiques
27	Mike Morris		San Jose Sharks	St. Sebastien's High School
28	Jonas Johansson		Colorado Avalanche	HV 71
29	Hannu Toivonen		Boston Bruins	HPK
30	Jim Slater		Atlanta Thrashers	Michigan State University

2nd Round

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31. Edmonton Oilers Jeff Deslauriers G Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
32. Dallas Stars Janos Vas L Malmo Jr. (Sweden)
33. NY Rangers Lee Falardeau C Michigan State University (NCAA)
34. Dallas Stars Tobias Stephan G Chur (SwissA)
35. Pittsburgh Penguins Ondrej Nemec D Vsetin HC (Czech)
36. Edmonton Oilers Jarret Stoll C Kootenay Ice (WHL)
37. Anaheim Mighty Ducks Tim Brent C Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
38. Minnesota Wild Josh Harding G Regina Pats (WHL)
39. Calgary Flames Brian McConnell F Boston University (NCAA)
40. Florida Panthers Rob Globke R Notre Dame (NCAA)
41. Columbus Blue Jackets Joakim Lindstrom C Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik (SEL)
42. Dallas Stars Marius Holtet W Farjestad Jrs. (Sweden)
43. Dallas Stars Trevor Daley D Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
44. Edmonton Oilers Matt Greene D Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
45. Montreal Canadiens Tomas Linhart D Pardubice Jr. (Czech)
46. Phoenix David LeNeveu G Cornell University (NCAA)
47. Ottawa Senators Alexei Kaygorodov C Magnitogorsk Metallurg (Russia)
48. St. Louis Blues Alexei Shkotov C Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
49. Vancouver Canucks Kirill Koltsov D Omsk Avangard (Russia)
50. Los Angeles Kings Sergei Anshakov L HC CSKA (Russian Jr.)
51. New Jersey Devils Anton Kadeykin D Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
52. San Jose Sharks Dan Spang D Winchester H.S. (Mass.)
53. New Jersey Devils Barry Tallackson F U. of Minnesota (NCAA)
54. Chicago Blackhawks Duncan Keith D Michigan State University (NCAA)
55. Vancouver Canucks Denis Grot D Elemash Elektrostal (Russia)
56. Boston Bruins Vladislav Yevseyev L HC CSKA (Russian Jr.)
57. Toronto Maple Leafs Matthew Stajan C Belleville Bulls (OHL)
58. Detroit Red Wings Jiri Hudler C Vsetin HC (Czech)
59. Washington Capitals Maxime Daigneault G Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
60. Tampa Bay Lightning Adam Henrich W Brampton Battalion (OHL)
61. Colorado Avalanche Johnny Boychuk D Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
62. St. Louis Blues Andrei Mikhnov C Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
63. Detroit Red Wings Tomas Fleischmann W Vitkovice Jr. (Czech)

Other noted Draft picks

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66. Petr Kanko, Los Angeles Kings (Kitchener Rangers)
67. Gregory Campbell, Florida Panthers (Plymouth Whalers)
80. Matt Jones, (Phoenix Coyotes)
90. Matthew Lombardi, Calgary Flames (Victoriaville Tigres)
117. Cam Janssen, New Jersey Devils (Windsor Spitfires)
128. Matt Ellison, Chicago Blackhawks (Cowichan Valley Capitals)
133. Lasse Pirjeta, Columbus Blue Jackets (Karpat)
155. Armands Berzins, Minnesota Wild (Shawinigan Cataractes)
181. Mikko Luoma, Edmonton Oilers (Tappara)
183. Paul Ranger, Tampa Bay Lightning (Oshawa Generals)
184. Jaroslav Balastik, Columbus Blue Jackets (HC Zlin)
199. Greg Mauldin, Columbus Blue Jackets (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
208. Radoslav Hecl, Buffalo Sabres (Bratislava Slovan Harvard)
237. Christoph Brandner, Minnesota Wild (Krefeld Pinguine)
240. Petr Prucha, New York Rangers (Pardubice HC)
241. Dennis Wideman, Buffalo Sabres, (London Knights)
253. Tom Koivisto, St. Louis Blues, (Jokerit)
254. Jarkko Immonen, Toronto Maple Leafs, (Jokerit)
259. Yan Stastny, Boston Bruins, (Notre Dame)

See also

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• 2002-03 NHL season
• List of NHL first overall draft choices
• List of NHL players

2002 in ice hockey | National Hockey League Entry Draft