List of Phoenix Coyotes draft picks

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key

      Played at least one game with the Coyotes

General

Pos	Position
RS	NHL regular season games played
PO	NHL post season games played

Positions

G	Goaltender	C	Center
D	Defenseman	LW	Left Wing
RW	Right Wing	F	Forward

Draft picks

Note: Stats are updated through the end of the 2009–10 season.

The Coyotes selected Robert Esche 139th overall in 1996.

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Pos	RS	PO
1996	1	11	Focht, DanDan Focht	Canada	D	82	1
1996	1	24	Briere, DannyDanny Briere	Canada	C	666	86
1996	3	62	Lundstrom, Per-Anton !Per-Anton Lundstrom	Sweden	D
1996	5	119	Lintner, RichardRichard Lintner	Slovakia	D	112
1996	6	139	Esche, RobertRobert Esche	United States	G	186	24
1996	7	174	Letowski, TrevorTrevor Letowski	Canada	C	616	17
1996	8	200	Lent, Nick !Nick Lent	United States	RW
1996	9	226	Hubert, Marc-Etienne !Marc-Etienne Hubert	Canada	C
1997	2	43	Gustafsson, JuhaJuha Gustafsson	Finland	D
1997	4	96	McCallum, Scott !Scott McCallum	Canada	D
1997	5	123	Suter, Curtis !Curtis Suter	Canada	D
1997	6	151	Francz, Robert !Robert Francz	Germany	LW
1997	8	207	Andreyev, Alex !Alex Andreyev	Latvia	D
1997	9	233	Smith, WyattWyatt Smith	United States	C	211	5
1998	1	14	DesRochers, PatrickPatrick DesRochers	Canada	G	11
1998	2	43	Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen	Finland	D	479	20
1998	3	73	O'Leary, Pat !Pat O'Leary	United States	C
1998	4	100	Van Buskirk, Ryan !Ryan Van Buskirk	Canada	D
1998	5	115	Leach, JayJay Leach	United States	D	63
1998	5	116	Blackburn, JoshJosh Blackburn	United States	G
1998	5	129	Schnabel, RobertRobert Schnabel	Czech Republic	D	22
1998	6	160	Wallin, RickardRickard Wallin	Sweden	C	79
1998	7	187	Westrum, ErikErik Westrum	United States	C	27
1998	8	214	Hansen, Justin !Justin Hansen	Canada	C
1999	1	15	Kelman, ScottScott Kelman	Canada	C
1999	1	19	Safronov, KirillKirill Safronov	Russia	D	35
1999	2	53	Ralph, Brad !Brad Ralph	Canada	C	1
1999	3	71	Jaspers, JasonJason Jaspers	Canada	C	9
1999	4	116	Lauzon, Ryan !Ryan Lauzon	Canada	C
1999	4	123	Mizzi, Preston !Preston Mizzi	Canada	C
1999	6	168	Lewerström, ErikErik Lewerström	Sweden	D
1999	8	234	Bezina, GoranGoran Bezina	Switzerland	D	3
1999	9	262	Litvinenko, AlexeiAlexei Litvinenko	Russia	D
2000	1	19	Kolanos, KrystoferKrystofer Kolanos	Canada	C	136	2
2000	2	53	Tatarinov, Alexander !Alexander Tatarinov	Russia	RW
2000	3	85	Abid, RamziRamzi Abid	Canada	LW	68	2
2000	5	160	Kiser, Nate !Nate Kiser	United States	D
2000	6	186	Gauvreau, BrentBrent Gauvreau	Canada	C
2000	7	217	Samoilov, Igor !Igor Samoilov	Russia	D
2000	8	249	Venalainen, Sami !Sami Venalainen	Finland	LW
2000	9	281	Fabus, PeterPeter Fabus	Czech Republic	C
2001	1	11	Sjostrom, FredrikFredrik Sjostrom	Sweden	RW	423	17
2001	2	31	Spiller, MatthewMatthew Spiller	Canada	D	68
2001	2	45	Podlesak, MartinMartin Podlesak	Czech Republic	C
2001	3	78	Forster, BeatBeat Forster	Switzerland	D
2001	5	148	Klema, DavidDavid Klema	United States	C
2001	6	180	Polaski, ScottScott Polaski	United States	RW
2001	7	210	Belanger, SteveSteve Belanger	United States	G
2001	8	243	Lukes, FrantisekFrantisek Lukes	Czech Republic	LW
2001	9	273	Blindenbacher, SeverinSeverin Blindenbacher	Switzerland	D
2002	1	19	Koreis, JakubJakub Koreis	Czech Republic	C
2002	1	23	Eager, BenBen Eager	Canada	LW	255	37
2002	2	46	LeNeveu, DavidDavid LeNeveu	Canada	G	21
2002	3	70	Callahan, JoeJoe Callahan	United States	D	19
2002	3	80	Jones, MattMatt Jones	United States	D	106
2002	4	97	Monych, LanceLance Monych	Canada	RW
2002	5	132	Zeiler, JohnJohn Zeiler	United States	RW	86
2002	6	186	Pietrasiak, Jeff !Jeff Pietrasiak	United States	G
2002	7	216	Kouba, Ladislav !Ladislav Kouba	Czech Republic	LW
2002	8	249	Smith, Marcus !Marcus Smith	Canada	D
2002	9	280	Spence, Russell !Russell Spence	Canada	LW
2003	3	77	Redenbach, Tyler !Tyler Redenbach	Canada	C
2003	3	80	Pestunov, Dimitri !Dimitri Pestunov	Russia	C
2003	4	115	Lindstrom, LiamLiam Lindstrom	Canada	C
2003	6	178	Gibbons, Ryan !Ryan Gibbons	Canada	RW
2003	7	208	Gelech, Randall !Randall Gelech	Canada	RW
2003	8	242	Lewandowski, EduardEduard Lewandowski	Germany	LW
2003	9	272	Sullivan, Sean !Sean Sullivan	United States	D
2003	9	290	Burkhalter, Loic !Loic Burkhalter	Switzerland	C
2004	1	5	Wheeler, BlakeBlake Wheeler	United States	RW	163	21
2004	2	35	Stephenson, LoganLogan Stephenson	Canada	D
2004	2	50	Lisin, EnverEnver Lisin	Russia	RW	135
2004	4	103	Tomanek, Roman !Roman Tomanek	Slovakia	RW
2004	4	119	Porter, KevinKevin Porter	United States	C	54	4
2004	6	168	Cormier, Kevin !Kevin Cormier	Canada	LW
2004	7	199	Kolarik, ChadChad Kolarik	United States	RW	2
2004	8	240	Gagnon, AaronAaron Gagnon	Canada	C	2
2004	9	261	Engasser, Will !Will Engasser	United States	LW
2004	9	265	Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik	Canada	C	202	7
2005	1	17	Hanzal, MartinMartin Hanzal	Czech Republic	LW	227	7
2005	2	59	Pelletier, Pier-Olivier !Pier-Olivier Pelletier	Canada	G
2005	4	105	Yandle, KeithKeith Yandle	United States	D	201	7
2005	5	148	Krysanov, AntonAnton Krysanov	Russia	C
2005	7	212	Brosnihan, PatrickPatrick Brosnihan	United States	RW
2006	1	8	Mueller, PeterPeter Mueller	United States	C	222
2006	1	29	Summers, ChrisChris Summers	United States	D
2006	3	88	Ahnelov, JonasJonas Ahnelov	Sweden	D
2006	5	130	Bennett, BrettBrett Bennett	United States	G
2006	5	131	Latal, MartinMartin Latal	Czech Republic	LW
2006	5	152	Bendfeld, JordanJordan Bendfeld	Canada	D
2006	7	188	Frank, ChrisChris Frank	United States	D
2006	7	196	Ferriero, BennBenn Ferriero	United States	C	24
2007	1	3	Turris, KyleKyle Turris	Canada	C	66
2007	1	30	Ross, NickNick Ross	Canada	D
2007	2	32	MacLean, BrettBrett MacLean	Canada	LW
2007	2	36	Gistedt, JoelJoel Gistedt	Sweden	G
2007	4	103	Ruzicka, VladimirVladimir Ruzicka	Czech Republic	C
2007	5	123	Goncharov, MaximMaxim Goncharov	Russia	D
2007	6	153	Darling, ScottScott Darling	United States	G
2008	1	8	Boedker, MikkelMikkel Boedker	Denmark	LW	92
2008	1	28	Tikhonov, ViktorViktor Tikhonov	Russia	RW	61
2008	2	49	Staal, JaredJared Staal	Canada	RW
2008	3	69	Stone, Michael !Michael Stone	Canada	D
2008	3	76	Brodeur, MathieuMathieu Brodeur	Canada	D
2008	4	99	Long, Colin !Colin Long	United States	C
2008	6	159	Hextall, Brett !Brett Hextall	United States	G
2008	7	189	Billingsley, Tim !Tim Billingsley	Canada	D
2009	1	6	Ekman-Larsson, OliverOliver Ekman-Larsson	Sweden	D
2009	2	36	Brown, Chris !Chris Brown	United States	C
2009	3	91	Lee, Michael !Michael Lee	United States	G
2009	4	97	Szwarz, Jordan !Jordan Szwarz	Canada	RW
2009	4	105	Weller, Justin !Justin Weller	Canada	D
2009	6	157	Bloodoff, Evan !Evan Bloodoff	Canada	LW
2010	1	13	Gormley, BrandonBrandon Gormley	Canada	D
2010	1	27	Visentin, MarkMark Visentin	Canada	G
2010	2	52	Lane, Phil !Phil Lane	United States	RW
2010	2	57	Lindberg, OscarOscar Lindberg	Sweden	C
2010	5	138	Dominque, Louis !Louis Dominque	Canada	G

See also

• List of Phoenix Coyotes players
• List of Winnipeg Jets (1972–96) draft picks

References

• "All-time roster for the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/ttotdisplay.php?tid=790. Retrieved 2008-07-04. 
• "Phoenix Coyotes Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00007450.html. Retrieved 2008-07-04.