List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Summary

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team. The Colorado Avalanche franchise was founded in Quebec, Canada, with the name Quebec Nordiques. In 1995, the franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, and since then has won three Stanley Cups.

The Avalanche selected Nathan MacKinnon 1st overall in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Key edit

  Played at least one game with the Avalanche
  Spent entire NHL career with the Avalanche

Draft picks edit

Statistics are complete as of the 2023–24 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position.

Draft Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T OT GAA
1995 1 25 Marc Denis   Canada G 349 0 6 6 32 112 179 28 3 3.02
1995 2 51 Nic Beaudoin   Canada LW
1995 3 77 John Tripp   Germany RW 43 2 7 9 35
1995 4 81 Tomi Kallio   Finland RW 140 24 31 55 48
1995 5 129 Brent Johnson   United States G 309 0 10 10 52 140 112 13 18 2.63
1995 6 155 John Cirjak   Canada C
1995 7 181 Dan Smith   Canada D 22 0 0 0 16
1995 8 207 Tomi Hirvonen   Finland C
1995 9 228 Chris George   Canada RW
1996 1 25 Peter Ratchuk   United States D 32 1 1 2 10
1996 2 51 Yuri Babenko   Russia C 3 0 0 0 0
1996 3 79 Mark Parrish   United States RW 722 216 171 387 246
1996 4 98 Ben Storey   Canada D
1996 4 107 Randy Petruk   Canada G
1996 5 134 Luke Curtin   United States LW
1996 6 146 Brian Willsie   Canada RW 381 52 57 109 217
1996 6 160 Kai Fischer   Germany G
1996 7 167 Dan Hinote   United States RW 503 38 52 90 383
1996 7 176 Samuel Pahlsson   Sweden C 798 68 131 199 356
1996 7 188 Roman Pylner   Czech Republic C
1996 8 214 Matt Scorsune   United States D
1996 9 240 Justin Clark   United States RW
1997 1 26 Kevin Grimes   Canada D
1997 2 53 Graham Belak   Canada LW
1997 3 55 Rick Berry   Canada D 197 2 13 15 314
1997 3 78 Ville Nieminen   Finland LW 385 48 69 117 333
1997 4 87 Brad Larsen   Canada LW 294 19 29 48 134
1997 5 133 Aaron Miskovich   United States C
1997 6 161 David Aebischer    Switzerland G 214 0 5 5 30 106 74 12 5 2.52
1997 8 217 Doug Schmidt   United States D
1997 9 243 Kyle Kidney   United States LW
1997 9 245 Stephen Lafleur   Canada D
1998 1 12 Alex Tanguay   Canada LW 1088 283 580 863 527
1998 1 17 Martin Skoula   Czech Republic D 776 44 152 196 328
1998 1 19 Robyn Regehr   Canada D 1090 36 163 199 972
1998 1 20 Scott Parker   United States RW 308 7 14 21 699
1998 2 28 Ramzi Abid   Canada LW 68 14 16 30 78
1998 2 38 Philippe Sauve   United States G 32 0 0 0 23 10 14 3 0 3.45
1998 2 53 Steve Moore   Canada C 69 5 7 12 41
1998 3 79 Evgeny Lazarev   Ukraine RW
1998 5 141 K. C. Timmons   Canada LW
1998 6 167 Alex Riazantsev   Russia D
1999 1 25 Mikhail Kuleshov   Russia LW 3 0 0 0 0
1999 2 45 Martin Grenier   Canada D 18 1 0 1 14
1999 3 93 Branko Radivojevic   Slovakia RW 393 52 68 120 252
1999 4 112 Sanny Lindstrom   Sweden D
1999 4 122 Kristian Kovac   Slovakia RW
1999 5 142 Will Magnuson   United States D
1999 5 152 Jordan Krestanovich   Canada C 22 0 2 2 6
1999 6 158 Anders Lovdahl   Sweden C
1999 6 183 Riku Hahl   Finland C 92 5 8 13 38
1999 7 212 Radim Vrbata   Czech Republic RW 1057 284 339 623 294
1999 8 240 Jeff Finger   United States D 199 17 40 57 114
2000 1 14 Vaclav Nedorost   Czech Republic C 99 10 10 20 34
2000 2 47 Jared Aulin   Canada C 17 2 2 4 0
2000 2 50 Sergei Soin   Russia C
2000 2 63 Agris Saviels   Latvia D
2000 3 88 Kurt Sauer   United States D 357 5 28 33 250
2000 3 92 Sergei Klyazmin   Russia LW
2000 4 119 Brian Fahey   United States D 7 0 1 1 2
2000 5 159 John-Michael Liles   United States D 836 87 283 370 286
2000 6 189 Chris Bahen   Canada D
2000 7 221 Aaron Molnar   Canada G
2000 8 252 Darryl Bootland   Canada RW 32 1 2 3 85
2000 9 266 Sean Kotary   United States C
2000 9 285 Blake Ward   Canada G
2001 2 63 Peter Budaj   Slovakia G 368 0 11 11 20 158 132 40 2.70
2001 3 97 Danny Bois   Canada RW 1 0 0 0 7
2001 4 130 Colt King   Canada LW
2001 5 143 Frantisek Skladany   Slovakia LW
2001 5 144 Cody McCormick   Canada C 405 21 44 65 550
2001 5 149 Mikko Viitanen   Finland D
2001 5 165 Pierre-Luc Emond   Canada C
2001 6 184 Scott Horvath   United States RW
2001 6 196 Charlie Stephens   Canada C 8 0 2 2 4
2001 7 227 Marek Svatos   Slovakia RW 344 100 72 172 217
2002 1 28 Jonas Johansson   Sweden RW 1 0 0 0 2
2002 2 61 Johnny Boychuk   Canada D 725 54 152 206 331
2002 3 94 Eric Lundberg   United States D
2002 4 107 Mikko Kalteva   Finland D
2002 4 129 Tom Gilbert   United States D 655 45 178 223 198
2002 5 164 Tyler Weiman   Canada G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2002 6 195 Taylor Christie   Canada D
2002 7 227 Ryan Steeves   Canada C
2002 8 258 Sergei Shemetov   Russia LW
2002 9 289 Sean Collins   United States C
2003 2 63 David Liffiton   Canada D 7 1 0 1 26
2003 4 131 David Svagrovsky   Czech Republic RW
2003 5 146 Mark McCutcheon   United States C
2003 5 163 Brad Richardson   Canada C 869 111 143 254 443
2003 7 204 Linus Videll   Sweden LW
2003 7 225 Brett Hemingway   Canada F
2003 8 257 Darryl Yacboski   Canada LW
2003 9 288 David Jones   Canada RW 462 104 87 191 122
2004 1 21 Wojtek Wolski   Canada LW 451 99 168 267 113
2004 2 55 Victor Oreskovich   Canada RW 67 2 7 9 41
2004 3 72 Denis Parshin   Russia LW
2004 5 154 Richard Demen-Willaume   Sweden D
2004 6 184 Derek Peltier   United States D 14 0 0 0 2
2004 7 215 Ian Keserich   United States G
2004 8 239 Brandon Yip   Canada RW 174 29 27 56 130
2004 8 249 J. D. Corbin   United States LW
2004 9 281 Steve McClellan   United States D
2005 2 34 Ryan Stoa   United States C 40 4 3 7 20
2005 2 44 Paul Stastny   United States C 1145 293 529 822 500
2005 2 47 Tom Fritsche   United States LW
2005 2 52 Chris Durand   Canada C
2005 3 88 T. J. Hensick   United States C 112 12 26 38 18
2005 4 124 Ray Macias   United States D 8 0 1 1 2
2005 6 166 Jason Lynch   Canada D
2005 6 168 Justin Mercier   United States C 9 1 1 2 0
2005 7 222 Kyle Cumiskey   Canada D 139 9 26 35 48
2006 1 18 Chris Stewart   Canada RW 668 160 162 322 750
2006 2 51 Nigel Williams   United States D
2006 2 59 Codey Burki   Canada C
2006 3 81 Mike Carman   United States C
2006 4 110 Kevin Montgomery   United States D
2006 7 201 Billy Sauer   United States G
2007 1 14 Kevin Shattenkirk   United States D 952 103 381 484 544
2007 2 45 Colby Cohen   United States D 3 0 0 0 4
2007 2 49 Trevor Cann   Canada G
2007 2 55 T. J. Galiardi   United States C 321 44 61 105 136
2007 4 105 Brad Malone   Canada LW 217 14 18 32 206
2007 4 113 Kent Patterson   United States G
2007 5 135 Paul Carey   United States LW 100 8 8 16 20
2007 6 155 Jens Hellgren   Sweden D
2007 7 195 Johan Alcen   Sweden C
2008 2 50 Cameron Gaunce   Canada D 37 3 6 9 47
2008 2 61 Peter Delmas   Canada G
2008 4 110 Kelsey Tessier   Canada C
2008 5 140 Mark Olver   Canada C 74 10 12 22 39
2008 6 167 Joel Chouinard   Canada D
2008 6 170 Jonas Holos   Norway D 39 0 6 6 10
2008 7 200 Nathan Condon   United States C
2009 1 3 Matt Duchene   Canada C 1056 341 468 809 286
2009 2 33 Ryan O'Reilly   Canada C 1073 282 489 771 170
2009 2 49 Stefan Elliott   Canada D 87 8 17 25 16
2009 3 64 Tyson Barrie   Canada D 809 109 396 505 259
2009 5 124 Kieran Millan   Canada G
2009 6 154 Brandon Maxwell   United States G
2009 7 184 Gus Young   United States D
2010 1 17 Joey Hishon   Canada C 13 1 1 2 0
2010 2 49 Calvin Pickard   Canada G 139 0 3 3 6 47 61 11 2.93
2010 3 71 Michael Bournival   Canada LW 113 12 10 22 24
2010 4 95 Stephen Silas   Canada D
2010 4 107 Sami Aittokallio   Finland G 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.37
2010 5 137 Troy Rutkowski   Canada D
2010 5 139 Luke Walker   United States RW
2010 7 197 Luke Moffatt   United States RW
2011 1 2 Gabriel Landeskog   Sweden LW 738 248 323 571 601
2011 1 11 Duncan Siemens   Canada D 20 1 1 2 25
2011 4 93 Joachim Nermark   Sweden C
2011 5 123 Garrett Meurs   Canada C
2011 6 153 Gabriel Beaupre   Canada D
2011 7 183 Dillon Donnelly   Canada D
2012 2 41 Mitchell Heard   Canada C
2012 3 72 Troy Bourke   Canada LW
2012 5 132 Michael Clarke   Canada C
2012 6 162 Joseph Blandisi   Canada C 101 10 21 31 78
2012 7 192 Colin Smith   Canada C 1 0 0 0 0
2013 1 1 Nathan MacKinnon   Canada C 791 335 564 899 348
2013 2 32 Chris Bigras   Canada D 46 1 3 4 18
2013 3 63 Spencer Martin   Canada G 57 0 0 0 0 21 26 7 3.52
2013 4 93 Mason Geertsen   Canada D 25 0 0 0 77
2013 5 123 Will Butcher   United States D 275 16 98 114 34
2013 6 153 Ben Storm   United States D
2013 7 183 Wilhelm Westlund   Sweden D
2014 1 23 Conner Bleackley   Canada C
2014 3 84 Kyle Wood   Canada D
2014 4 93 Nicholas Magyar   United States RW
2014 4 114 Alexis Pepin   Canada LW
2014 5 144 Anton Lindholm   Sweden D 66 0 5 5 16
2014 6 174 Maximilian Pajpach   Slovakia G
2014 7 204 Julien Nantel   Canada LW
2015 1 10 Mikko Rantanen   Finland RW 570 262 355 617 348
2015 2 39 A. J. Greer   Canada LW 167 13 19 32 205
2015 2 40 Nicolas Meloche   Canada D 57 2 6 8 39
2015 3 71 Jean-Christophe Beaudin   Canada C 22 0 1 1 7
2015 4 101 Andrei Mironov   Russia D 10 1 2 3 12
2015 6 161 Sergei Boikov   Russia D
2015 7 191 Gustav Olhaver   Sweden C
2016 1 10 Tyson Jost   Canada C 456 57 83 140 164
2016 2 40 Cameron Morrison   Canada LW
2016 3 71 Josh Anderson   Canada D
2016 5 131 Adam Werner   Sweden G 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.42
2016 6 161 Nathan Clurman   United States D
2016 7 191 Travis Barron   Canada LW
2017 1 4 Cale Makar   Canada D 315 86 250 336 96
2017 2 32 Conor Timmins   Canada D 91 3 28 31 34
2017 4 94 Nick Henry   Canada RW
2017 4 114 Petr Kvaca   Czech Republic G
2017 5 125 Igor Shvyrev   Russia C
2017 6 156 Denis Smirnov   Russia LW
2017 7 187 Nicky Leivermann   United States D
2018 1 16 Martin Kaut   Czech Republic RW 56 6 5 11 10
2018 3 64 Justus Annunen   Finland G 18 0 1 1 0 10 5 2 2.60
2018 3 78 Sampo Ranta   Finland LW 16 0 0 0 6
2018 4 109 Tyler Weiss   United States LW
2018 5 140 Brandon Saigeon   Canada C
2018 5 146 Danila Zhuravlyov   Russia D
2018 6 171 Nikolai Kovalenko   Russia RW
2018 7 202 Shamil Shmakov   Russia G
2019 1 4 Bowen Byram   Canada D 164 26 46 72 126
2019 1 16 Alex Newhook   Canada C 214 42 58 100 54
2019 2 47 Drew Helleson   United States D 3 1 0 1 2
2019 3 63 Matthew Stienburg   Canada C
2019 3 78 Alex Beaucage   Canada RW
2019 5 140 Sasha Mutala   Canada RW
2019 6 171 Luka Burzan   Canada C
2019 7 202 Trent Miner   Canada G
2020 1 25 Justin Barron   Canada D 94 12 18 30 36
2020 3 74 Jean-Luc Foudy   Canada C 13 1 0 1 6
2020 4 117 Colby Ambrosio   Canada RW
2020 5 138 Ryder Rolston   United States RW
2020 6 166 Nils Aman   Sweden C 111 7 16 23 26
2021 1 28 Oskar Olausson   Sweden LW 2 0 0 0 0
2021 2 61 Sean Behrens   United States D
2021 3 92 Andrei Buyalsky   Kazakhstan C
2021 7 220 Taylor Makar   Canada C
2022 6 193 Christopher Romaine   United States D
2022 7 225 Ivan Zhigalov   Belarus G
2023 1 27 Calum Ritchie   Canada C
2023 1 31 Mikhail Gulyayev   Russia D
2023 5 155 Nikita Ishimnikov   Russia D
2023 6 187 Jeremy Hanzel   Canada D
2023 7 219 Maros Jedlicka   Slovakia LW

See also edit

References edit

General
  • "Colorado Avalanche Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  • "Colorado Avalanche Draft Register". Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
Specific