Badgers NHL Draft primer
July 21, 2021 | Men's Hockey, NHL Badgers
Four incoming, one current Badger listed in NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings
Wisconsin NHL Draft Guide
MADISON, Wis. – Led by potential first-round NHL draft pick Corson Ceulemans, four incoming Badgers and one returning player are among those who could hear their names called when the 2021 NHL Entry Draft takes place this Friday and Saturday, July 23-24.
Friday's first round will air on ESPN2 starting at 7 p.m. CT, while the balance of the draft will air Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. on NHL Network.
NHL Draft Order | NHL.com Draft Preview
Ceulemans, a defenseman and Beaumont, Alberta, native, helped Team Canada win the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship. Listed at No. 14 in NHL Central Scouting's Final Rankings for the draft among North American skaters, the rearguard would give UW seven first-round picks in the last six drafts (Luke Kunin, Trent Frederic, K'Andre Miller, Alex Turcotte, Cole Caufield, Dylan Holloway).
With limited viewing of prospects by scouts this past year for the 2021 NHL Draft due to the COVID-19 pandemic, unpredictability is expected to reign on where players get drafted.
Signed Badgers ranked by NHL Central Scouting for North America
Skaters
14 – Corson Ceulemans (D) - picked 25th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets
147 – Daniel Laatsch (D)
152 – Caden Brown (F)
211 – Jake Martin (D)
Goaltenders
13 – Cameron Rowe
Current drafted Badgers
Sam Stange (Detroit – 2020, 4th round, 97th)
Ryder Donovan (Vegas – 2019, 4th round, 110th)
Jack Gorniak (Montreal – 2018, 4th, 123rd)
Tyler Inamoto (Florida – 2017, 5th, 133rd)
Owen Lindmark (Florida – 2019, 5th, 137th)
Carson Bantle (Arizona – 2020, 5th, 142nd)
Jared Moe (Winnipeg – 2018, 6th, 184th)
Josh Ess (Chicago – 2017, 7th, 215th)
Badgers NHL Draft facts
• 167 Badgers have been chosen in what is now known as the NHL Entry Draft
• 16 Badgers have been selected in the first round
• 23 consecutive years that a Badgers has been drafted. At least one Badger has been picked in every draft dating back to 1970 except 1983 and 1997
• Dany Heatley is the highest drafted Badger, taken second overall in 2000 by the Atlanta Thrashers (now Winnipeg Jets)
• 3 Badgers were picked in the first round of the 2007 draft including Kyle Turris (3rd), Ryan McDonagh (12th) and Brendan Smith (27th), setting the school mark in one year.
• The 1972 draft is the only one in which Badgers were selected with consecutive picks when Bob Lundeen went 124th to the Minnesota North Stars and Bill Raey, Jr., went 125th to Chicago.
• 45.3 percent of drafted Badgers (Entry Draft and Supplemental Draft) have played at least one game in the NHL (77 of 170).
• 11 Badgers have played in the NHL after going undrafted
• 14 Badgers have been picked by the Chicago Blackhawks, the most by any franchise
• 30 teams have selected at least one Badger in the NHL draft. Only Tampa Bay and this year's expansion team, the Seattle Kracken, have yet to pick one.
MADISON, Wis. – Led by potential first-round NHL draft pick Corson Ceulemans, four incoming Badgers and one returning player are among those who could hear their names called when the 2021 NHL Entry Draft takes place this Friday and Saturday, July 23-24.
Friday's first round will air on ESPN2 starting at 7 p.m. CT, while the balance of the draft will air Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. on NHL Network.
NHL Draft Order | NHL.com Draft Preview
Ceulemans, a defenseman and Beaumont, Alberta, native, helped Team Canada win the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship. Listed at No. 14 in NHL Central Scouting's Final Rankings for the draft among North American skaters, the rearguard would give UW seven first-round picks in the last six drafts (Luke Kunin, Trent Frederic, K'Andre Miller, Alex Turcotte, Cole Caufield, Dylan Holloway).
With limited viewing of prospects by scouts this past year for the 2021 NHL Draft due to the COVID-19 pandemic, unpredictability is expected to reign on where players get drafted.
Signed Badgers ranked by NHL Central Scouting for North America
Skaters
14 – Corson Ceulemans (D) - picked 25th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets
147 – Daniel Laatsch (D)
152 – Caden Brown (F)
211 – Jake Martin (D)
Goaltenders
13 – Cameron Rowe
Current drafted Badgers
Sam Stange (Detroit – 2020, 4th round, 97th)
Ryder Donovan (Vegas – 2019, 4th round, 110th)
Jack Gorniak (Montreal – 2018, 4th, 123rd)
Tyler Inamoto (Florida – 2017, 5th, 133rd)
Owen Lindmark (Florida – 2019, 5th, 137th)
Carson Bantle (Arizona – 2020, 5th, 142nd)
Jared Moe (Winnipeg – 2018, 6th, 184th)
Josh Ess (Chicago – 2017, 7th, 215th)
Badgers NHL Draft facts
• 167 Badgers have been chosen in what is now known as the NHL Entry Draft
• 16 Badgers have been selected in the first round
• 23 consecutive years that a Badgers has been drafted. At least one Badger has been picked in every draft dating back to 1970 except 1983 and 1997
• Dany Heatley is the highest drafted Badger, taken second overall in 2000 by the Atlanta Thrashers (now Winnipeg Jets)
• 3 Badgers were picked in the first round of the 2007 draft including Kyle Turris (3rd), Ryan McDonagh (12th) and Brendan Smith (27th), setting the school mark in one year.
• The 1972 draft is the only one in which Badgers were selected with consecutive picks when Bob Lundeen went 124th to the Minnesota North Stars and Bill Raey, Jr., went 125th to Chicago.
• 45.3 percent of drafted Badgers (Entry Draft and Supplemental Draft) have played at least one game in the NHL (77 of 170).
• 11 Badgers have played in the NHL after going undrafted
• 14 Badgers have been picked by the Chicago Blackhawks, the most by any franchise
• 30 teams have selected at least one Badger in the NHL draft. Only Tampa Bay and this year's expansion team, the Seattle Kracken, have yet to pick one.
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