League: | NHL |
Season: | 2005–06 |
Year: | 2005 |
Team: | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Conferencerank: | 8th |
Divisionrank: | 2nd |
Record: | 43–33–6 |
Homerecord: | 25–15–2 |
Roadrecord: | 18–18–4 |
Goalsfor: | 252 |
Goalsagainst: | 260 |
Captain: | Dave Andreychuk (Oct-Jan) Vacant (Jan-Apr) |
Altcaptain: | Vincent Lecavalier Brad Richards Tim Taylor (Jan-Apr) |
Attendance: | 20,509 |
Goalsleader: | Vincent Lecavalier (35) |
Assistsleader: | Brad Richards (68) |
Pointsleader: | Brad Richards (91) |
Pimleader: | Pavel Kubina (96) |
Plusminusleader: | Nolan Pratt (+7) |
Winsleader: | John Grahame (29) |
Gaaleader: | Sean Burke (2.80) |
The 2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 14th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. Due to the cancellation of the 2004–05 season, the Lightning entered the season as defending Stanley Cup champions, which they won in 2003–04.
The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the 2005–06 regular season as the Eastern Conference's eighth seed.
|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |1||W||October 5, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||1–0–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|2||L||October 7, 2005||0–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||1–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |3||W||October 8, 2005||2–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||2–1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||October 10, 2005||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||2–2–0 || |- align="center"|5||L||October 13, 2005||3–4 SO|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||2–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |6||W||October 15, 2005||3–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||3–2–1 || |- align="center" |7||L||October 16, 2005||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||3–2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |8||W||October 20, 2005||6–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||4–2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|9||L||October 21, 2005||1–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||4–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |10||W||October 26, 2005||6–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||5–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |11||W||October 28, 2005||4–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||6–3–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |12||W||October 29, 2005||3–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||7–3–2 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|13||L||November 1, 2005||4–6 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||7–4–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|14||L||November 3, 2005||2–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||7–5–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|15||L||November 5, 2005||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||7–6–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||November 8, 2005||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||7–7–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|17||L||November 10, 2005||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2005–06) ||7–8–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|18||L||November 11, 2005||2–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||7–9–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |19||W||November 14, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||8–9–2 || |- align="center" |20||L||November 15, 2005||3–4 SO|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||8–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |21||W||November 17, 2005||3–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2005–06) ||9–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |22||W||November 20, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||10–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |23||W||November 22, 2005||4–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||11–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |24||W||November 23, 2005||4–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||12–9–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|25||L||November 25, 2005||2–8 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||12–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |26||W||November 27, 2005||4–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||13–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |27||W||November 30, 2005||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||14–10–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |28||W||December 2, 2005||3–2 SO|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) ||15–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |29||W||December 8, 2005||5–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2005–06) ||16–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |30||W||December 10, 2005||4–3 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2005–06) ||17–10–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||December 14, 2005||2–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) ||17–11–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |32||W||December 15, 2005||3–1 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) ||18–11–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|33||L||December 17, 2005||3–6 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) ||18–12–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|34||L||December 20, 2005||4–6 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||18–13–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|35||L||December 22, 2005||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2005–06) ||18–14–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||December 23, 2005||1–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||18–15–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |37||W||December 26, 2005||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||19–15–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|38||L||December 28, 2005||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||19–16–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|39||L||December 30, 2005||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||19–17–3 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |40||W||January 2, 2006||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2005–06) ||20–17–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |41||W||January 3, 2006||1–0 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2005–06) ||21–17–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|42||L||January 5, 2006||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||21–18–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|43||L||January 7, 2006||3–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||21–19–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |44||W||January 13, 2006||4–2 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) ||22–19–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||January 16, 2006||1–3 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) ||22–20–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |46||W||January 17, 2006||4–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) ||23–20–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |47||W||January 20, 2006||6–3 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) ||24–20–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |48||W||January 21, 2006||2–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||25–20–3 || |- align="center" |49||L||January 24, 2006||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||25–20–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |50||W||January 26, 2006||1–0 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||26–20–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |51||W||January 28, 2006||6–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||27–20–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|52||L||January 29, 2006||1–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||27–21–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |53||W||January 31, 2006||3–2 SO|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||28–21–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |54||W||February 4, 2006||5–0 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||29–21–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |55||W||February 6, 2006||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2005–06) ||30–21–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|56||L||February 7, 2006||4–7 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||30–22–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |57||W||February 9, 2006||5–3 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||31–22–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |58||W||February 11, 2006||6–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||32–22–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|59||L||February 28, 2006||2–8 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||32–23–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|60||L||March 4, 2006||2–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||32–24–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|61||L||March 6, 2006||0–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||32–25–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |62||W||March 7, 2006||5–4 SO|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||33–25–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|63||L||March 9, 2006||5–8 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||33–26–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|64||L||March 11, 2006||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||33–27–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |65||W||March 13, 2006||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||34–27–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|66||L||March 14, 2006||3–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||34–28–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |67||W||March 17, 2006||6–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||35–28–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |68||W||March 19, 2006||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2005–06) ||36–28–4 || |- align="center" |69||L||March 20, 2006||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||36–28–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |70||W||March 23, 2006||4–3 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||37–28–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |71||W||March 25, 2006||4–3 SO|| align="left"| New York Rangers (2005–06) ||38–28–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|72||L||March 27, 2006||1–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||38–29–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |73||W||March 30, 2006||4–3 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||39–29–5 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|74||L||April 1, 2006||2–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||39–30–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |75||W||April 3, 2006||4–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||40–30–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |76||W||April 6, 2006||3–2 SO|| align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||41–30–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |77||W||April 8, 2006||1–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||42–30–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|78||L||April 9, 2006||3–6 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||42–31–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|79||L||April 11, 2006||2–6 || align="left"| Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||42–32–5 || |- align="center" |80||L||April 14, 2006||4–5 SO|| align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||42–32–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |81||W||April 15, 2006||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||43–32–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|82||L||April 18, 2006||1–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||43–33–6 || |-|-| Legend:
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1 || April 21, 2006 || Tampa Bay || 1–4 || Ottawa || 19,660 || Senators lead 1–0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 2 || April 23, 2006 || Tampa Bay || 4–3 || Ottawa || 19,745 || Series tied 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 25, 2006 || Ottawa || 8–4 || Tampa Bay || 20,815 || Senators lead 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 4 || April 27, 2006 || Ottawa || 5–2 || Tampa Bay || 20,682 || Senators lead 3–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 5 || April 29, 2006 || Tampa Bay || 2–3 || Ottawa || 20,004 || Senators win 4–1 || |-|-| Legend:
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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Player | |||||||||||||||
19 | C | 82 | 23 | 68 | 91 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −5 | 6 | ||
20 | LW | 81 | 25 | 55 | 80 | −3 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
4 | C | 80 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 0 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
26 | RW | 80 | 31 | 30 | 61 | −3 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −2 | 2 | ||
33 | LW | 77 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 | ||
22 | D | 79 | 15 | 38 | 53 | −8 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | ||
17 | LW | 80 | 26 | 15 | 41 | −4 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 20 | ||
13 | D | 76 | 5 | 33 | 38 | −12 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 26 | ||
34 | C | 48 | 15 | 13 | 28 | −4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 10 | ||
5 | D | 80 | 4 | 19 | 23 | −18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | ||
25 | LW | 42 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −13 | 16 | ||||||||
54 | D | 76 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
76 | RW | 72 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
18 | RW | 61 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −7 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
29 | LW | 68 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
21 | D | 82 | 1 | 14 | 15 | −2 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | ||
27 | C | 82 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | ||
44 | D | 82 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
8 | C | 65 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
14 | RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | ||||||||
1 | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
11 | LW | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
47 | G | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2 | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | ||||||||
46 | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | ||||||||
74 | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | ||||||||
16 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
50 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
40 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
39 | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Player | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 57 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 1450 | 161 | 3.06 | .889 | 5 | 3152 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 98 | 15 | 4.78 | .847 | 0 | 188 | ||
1 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 764 | 80 | 2.80 | .895 | 2 | 1713 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 3.84 | .877 | 0 | 109 | ||
50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2.77 | .882 | 0 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3.09 | .842 | 0 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The Lightning were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.[2]
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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July 28, 2005 | To Phoenix Coyotes Jarrod Skalde | To Tampa Bay Lightning Jason Jaspers | ||
July 30, 2005 | To San Jose Sharks 5th-round pick in 2005 4th-round pick in 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 3rd-round pick in 2005 | [3] | |
July 30, 2005 | To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas’ 3rd-round pick in 2005 4th-round pick in 2005 | ||
July 30, 2005 | To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2005 | [4] | |
September 9, 2005 | To Vancouver Canucks Craig Darby | To Tampa Bay Lightning Future considerations | [5] | |
February 8, 2006 | To Boston Bruins Brian Eklund | To Tampa Bay Lightning Zdenek Blatny | [6] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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Springfield Falcons (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [7] | |||
2-year | Free agency | [8] | ||||
2-year | Free agency | [9] | ||||
Free agency | [10] | |||||
Free agency | ||||||
Morgan Cey | University of Notre Dame (CCHA) | multi-year | Free agency | [11] | ||
Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | Free agency | [12] | |||
Brynas IF (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [13] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
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Linkoping HC (SHL) | Free agency (II) | [14] | |||
Free agency (V) | [15] | ||||
Free agency (III) | [16] | ||||
Free agency (UFA) | [17] | ||||
Avangard Omsk (RSL) | Free agency (II) | [18] | |||
SC Bern (NLA) | Free agency (II) | [19] | |||
Free agency (UFA) | [20] | ||||
HC Davos (NLA) | Free agency (II) | [21] | |||
Release | [22] [23] | ||||
EHC Visp (NLA) | Free agency | [24] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref | |
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3-year | Entry-level | [25] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
3-year | Entry-level | [26] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | ||||
multi-year | Re-signing | [27] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [28] | |||
Brandon Elliott | 3-year | Entry-level | |||
Brady Greco | 2-year | Entry-level | |||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
2-year | Re-signing | [29] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | ||||
3-year | Re-signing | ||||
4-year | Re-signing | [30] | |||
Re-signing | |||||
Re-signing | |||||
3-year | Entry-level | [31] | |||
multi-year | Entry-level | ||||
6-year | Re-signing | [32] | |||
2-year | Re-signing | [33] | |||
multi-year | Entry-level | ||||
3-year | Entry-level | [34] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [35] | |||
Stanislav Lascek | 3-year | Entry-level | [36] | ||
5-year | Re-signing | [37] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [38] | |||
1-year | Entry-level | [39] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [40] | |||
3-year | Entry-level | [41] | |||
1-year | Re-signing | [42] |
Tampa's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.
Round | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 32 | Vladimir Mihalik | Defense | Pesov II (Slovakia) | ||
3 | 73 | Radek Smolenak | Left wing | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) | ||
3 | 89 | Chris Lawrence | Center | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | ||
4 | 92 | Marek Bartanus | Right wing | HC Kosice (Slovakia) | ||
4 | 102 | Blair Jones | Center | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) | ||
5 | 133 | Stanislav Lascek | Right wing | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) | ||
6 | 163 | Marek Kvapil | Right wing | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) | ||
6 | 165 | Kevin Beech | Goaltender | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) | ||
7 | 225 | John Wessbecker | Defense | Blake School (USHS) |