June 21-22
NASHVILLE — The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s 2003 entry draft:
(I) = Incoming Recruit
Round One
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 5 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Vanek, LW Minnesota (WCHA) 7 Nashville Predators Ryan Suter, D (I) Wisconsin (WCHA) 12 New York Rangers Hugh Jessiman, RW Dartmouth (ECAC) 17 New Jersey Devils Zach Parise, C North Dakota (WCHA) 21 Boston Bruins Mark Stuart, D Colorado College (WCHA) 23 Vancouver Canucks Ryan Kesler, C Ohio State (CCHA) 26 Los Angeles Kings Brian Boyle, C (I) Boston College (HEA) 27 Los Angeles Kings Jeff Tambellini, LW Michigan (CCHA) 29 Ottawa Senators Pat Eaves, RW Boston College (HEA)
Round Two
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 31 Carolina Hurricanes Danny Richmond, D Michigan (CCHA) 41 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Smaby, D (I) North Dakota (WCHA) 47 San Jose Sharks Matthew Carle, D (I) Denver (WCHA) 51 Edmonton Oilers Colin McDonald, RW (I) Providence (HEA) 57 Toronto Maple Leafs John Doherty, D (I) New Hampshire (HEA) 62 Tampa Bay Lightning David Backes, F (I) Minnesota St. (WCHA) 64 Detroit Red Wings James Howard, G Maine (HEA)
Round Three
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 75 New York Rangers Ken Roche, C (I) Boston University (HEA) 78 Minnesota Wild Danny Irmen, C (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 79 Montreal Canadiens Ryan O'Byrne, D (I) Cornell (ECAC) 83 Washington Capitals Stephen Werner, RW Massachusetts (HEA) 86 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Shane Hynes, RW Cornell (ECAC) 87 Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Potulny, C (I) Minnesota (WCHA) 90 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Juha Alen, D Northern Michigan (CCHA) 99 Dallas Stars Matt Nickerson, D (I) Clarkson (ECAC)
Round Four
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 103 Columbus Blue Jackets Kevin Jarman, LW (I) Massachusetts (HEA) 107 Boston Bruins Byron Bitz, RW (I) Cornell (ECAC) 122 New York Rangers Corey Potter, D Michigan State (CCHA) 124 Florida Panthers James Pemberton, D Providence (HEA) 128 Vancouver Canucks Ty Morris, LW (I) Denver (WCHA) 136 Atlanta Thrashers Michael Vannelli, D (I) Minnesota (WCHA)
Round Five
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 137 Carolina Hurricanes Tyson Strachan, D (I) Ohio State (CCHA) 141 Florida Panthers Dan Travis, RW (I) New Hampshire (HEA) 142 Ottawa Senators Tim Cook, D (I) Michigan (CCHA) 143 Calgary Flames Greg Moore, RW Maine (HEA) 145 Atlanta Thrashers Brett Sterling, LW Colorado College (WCHA) 146 Colorado Avalanche Mark McCutcheon, C (I) Cornell (ECAC) 148 St. Louis Blues Lee Stempniak, RW Dartmouth (ECAC) 150 Buffalo Sabres Thomas Morrow, D (I) Boston University (HEA) 152 Los Angeles Kings Brady Murray, C (I) North Dakota (WCHA) 154 Edmonton Oilers David Rohlfs, RW (I) Michigan (CCHA) 155 Washington Capitals Josh Robertson, C (I) Northeastern-'04 (HEA) 165 Dallas Stars Gino Guyer, C Minnesota (WCHA) 167 New Jersey Devils Zach Tarkir, D (I) Northern Michigan (CCHA)
Round Six
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 175 Atlanta Thrashers Mike Hamilton, F (I) Maine (HEA) 180 New York Rangers Chris Holt, G (I) Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA) 186 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Andrew Miller, LW (I) Michigan St. (CCHA) 189 St. Louis Blues Jonathan Lehun, C (*) St. Cloud State (WCHA) 190 Vancouver Canucks Chad Brownlee, D (I) Minnesota St. (WCHA) 195 Dallas Stars Drew Bagnall, D (I) St. Lawrence (ECAC) 197 New Jersey Devils Jason Smith, G (I) Sacred Heart (MAAC)
Round Seven
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 205 San Jose Sharks Joe Pavelski, C (I) Wisconsin-'04 (WCHA) 209 New York Rangers Dylan Reese, D (I) Harvard (ECAC) 218 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Dirk Southern, C Northern Michigan (CCHA) 225 Colorado Avalanche Brett Hemingway, W (I) New Hampshire (HEA) 227 Tampa Bay Lightning Jay Rosehill, D (I) uncommitted
Round Eight
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 230 Carolina Hurricanes Jamie Hoffman, C (I) Colorado College (WCHA) 231 Los Angeles Kings Matt Zaba, G (I) Colorado College (WCHA) 232 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Jensen, C St. Cloud State (WCHA) 238 New York Islanders Cody Blanshan, D Nebraska-Omaha (CCHA) 244 Los Angeles Kings Mike Sullivan, C (I) Clarkson (ECAC) 249 Washington Capitals Andrew Joudrey, C (I) Wisconsin (WCHA) 256 Tampa Bay Lightning Brady Greco, D (I) Colorado College (WCHA)
Round Nine
Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 263 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Moulson, LW Cornell (ECAC) 265 Florida Panthers Tanner Glass, F (I) Dartmouth (ECAC) 267 San Jose Sharks Brian O'Hanley, D (I) Boston College-'04 (HEA) 269 Atlanta Thrashers Rylan Kaip, C (I) uncommitted 270 Calgary Flames Kevin Harvey, LW (I) uncommitted 272 Phoenix Coyotes Sean Sullivan, D (I) Boston University (HEA) 274 Los Angeles Kings Martin Guerin, RW (I) Miami (CCHA) 275 Chicago Blackhawks Michael Grenzy, D (I) Clarkson (ECAC) 276 San Jose Sharks Carter Lee, F (I) uncommitted 277 Boston Bruins Kevin Regan, G (I) New Hampshire-'04 (HEA) 282 Toronto Maple Leafs Chris Porter, C (I) North Dakota (WCHA) 288 Colorado Avalanche David Jones, RW (I) Dartmouth (ECAC) 291 Ottawa Senators Brian Elliott, G (I) Wisconsin (WCHA)
