NHL Draft 2008

June 20-21

OTTAWA-- The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League's 2008 entry draft:

I = Incoming Recruit (year if not '08)
Note: Uncommitted non-major junior North American players are included for completeness.

Round One

Pick  NHL Team          Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
  7   Nashville         Colin Wilson, F            Boston University (HEA)
 16   Boston            Joe Colborne, C            Denver-I (WCHA)
 17   Anaheim           Jake Gardiner, D           Wisconsin-I (WCHA)
 29   Atlanta           Daultan Leveille, C        Michigan State-I (CCHA)

Round Two

Pick  NHL Team          Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
 36   NY Islanders      Corey Trivino, C           Boston Univ.-I (HEA)
 37   Columbus          Cody Goloubef, D           Wisconsin (WCHA)
 40   NY Islanders      Aaron Ness, D              Minnesota-I (WCHA)
 42   Ottawa            Patrick Wiercioch, D       Wisconsin-I (WCHA)
 43   Anaheim           Justin Schultz, D          Wisconsin-I-09 (WCHA)
 45   Anaheim           Zac Dalpe, C/RW            Ohio State-I (CCHA)
 51   NY Rangers        Derek Stepan, C            Wisconsin-I (WCHA)
 52   New Jersey        Brandon Burlon, D          Michigan-I (CCHA)
 56   Montreal          Danny Kristo, RW           North Dakota-I (WCHA)
 60   Toronto           Jimmy Hayes, RW            Boston Coll.-I (HEA)

Round Three

Pick  NHL Team          Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
 62   San Jose          Justin Daniels, C          Northeastern-I-09 (HEA)
 63   Los Angeles       Robert Czarnik, C/RW       Michigan-I (CCHA)
 66   NY Islanders      David Toews, C             North Dakota-I (WCHA)
 81   Buffalo           Corey Fienhage, D          North Dakota-I (WCHA)
 86   Montreal          Steve Quailer, RW          Northeastern-I (HEA)
 89   Dallas            Scott Winkler, C           Colorado College-I (WCHA)
 90   Detroit           Matt Nicastro, D           Boston Univ.-I-09 (HEA)

Round Four

Pick  NHL Team          Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
 94   Atlanta           Vinny Saponari, RW         Boston Univ.-I-09 (HEA)
 95   St. Louis         David Warsofsky, D         Boston Univ. (HEA)
 96   NY Islanders      Matt Donovan, D            Denver-I-09 (WCHA)
101   Buffalo           Justin Jokinen, RW         Minnesota St. (WCHA)
108   Calgary           Nicholas Larson, LW        uncommitted
113   Anaheim           Ryan Hegarty, D            Maine-I (HEA)
115   Minnesota         Sean Lorenz, D             Notre Dame-I (CCHA)
118   Columbus          Drew Olson, D              Minnesota-Duluth-I-09 (WCHA)
119   Ottawa            Derek Grant, C             uncommitted
121   Detroit           Gustav Nyquist, C          Maine-I (HEA)

Round Five

Pick  NHL Team          Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
128   Toronto           Greg Pateryn, D            Michigan-I (CCHA)
136   Nashville         Taylor Stefishen, LW       Ohio State-I (CCHA)
139   Ottawa            Mark Borowiecki, D         Clarkson-I (ECAC)
140   Colorado          Mark Olver, C              No. Michigan (CCHA)
151   Detroit           Julien Cayer, C            Clarkson-I (ECAC)

Round Six

Pick  NHL Team          Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
157   Columbus          Cameron Atkinson, RW       Boston Coll.-I (HEA)
158   Toronto           Grant Rollheiser, G        Boston Univ.-I (HEA)
159   Phoenix           Brett Hextall, RW          North Dakota-I (WCHA)
160   Tampa Bay         Luke Witkowksi, D          W. Michigan-I (CCHA)
166   Nashville         Jeffrey Foss, D            Rensselaer (ECAC)
169   Chicago           Ben Smith, RW              Boston College (HEA)
172   New Jersey        David Wohlberg, C          Michigan-I (CCHA)
173   Boston            Nicholas Tremblay, C       Clarkson-I (ECAC)
174   Washington        Greg Burke, LW             New Hamp.-I-09 (HEA)
177   San Jose          Tommy Wingels, C           Miami-I (CCHA)
179   Chicago           Braden Birch, D            Cornell-I (ECAC)

Round Seven

Pick  NHL Team          Name, Pos                  School (Conference)
183   Los Angeles       Garrett Roe, F             St. Cloud State (WCHA)
184   Atlanta           Zach Redmond, D            Ferris State (CCHA)
185   St. Louis         Paul Karpowich, G          Clarkson-I (ECAC)
187   Columbus          Sean Collins, LW           Cornell-I (ECAC)
188   Toronto           Andrew MacWilliam, D       N. Dakota-I-09 (WCHA)
190   Florida           Matt Bartkowski, D         Ohio State-I (CCHA)
192   Chicago           Joe Gleason, D             N. Dakota-I-09 (WCHA)
194   San Jose          Drew Daniels, RW           Northeastern-I-09 (HEA)
197   Boston            Mark Goggin, C             Dartmouth-I-09 (ECAC)
200   Columbus          Nathan Condon, C           Minnesota-I-09 (WCHA)
203   Tampa Bay         David Carle, D             Denver-I (WCHA)
206   Montreal          Patrick Johnson, F         Wisconsin (WCHA)
208   Anaheim           Nick Pryor, D              Wisconsin-I-09 (WCHA)
209   Dallas            Mike Bergin, D             Rensselaer (ECAC)
210   Pittsburgh        Nick D'Agostino, D         Cornell-I-09 (ECAC)