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2015 NHL DRAFT: BLACKHAWKS BUILD FROM WITHIN
Winning their third Stanley Cup in six seasons, the Chicago Blackhawks have built a perennial power in the NHL. A large part of that success can be attributed to the organization’s willingness to build from within, through the NHL Entry Draft.
Beginning Friday, the Draft Class of 2015 will hope to hear their names called off to take the stage and continue their hockey careers, with the ultimate goal of playing in the NHL one day. A majority of those selected in the 2015 NHL Draft will begin their professional career in the American Hockey League before fulfilling their dream of playing at the top level.
This past season, 67% of the players to appear in the lineup for the Rockford IceHogs were drafted with 43% coming through the Blackhawks as the organization’s draft choices. In the IceHogs eight seasons as the top affiliate for the Blackhawks, eight of Chicago’s first round selections have played in Rockford.
Below are a few facts about the NHL draft picks that have played for the Rockford IceHogs:
Highest draft pick to play for the IceHogs: Cam Barker (3rd overall in 2004 with Blackhawks)
Lowest draft pick to play for IceHogs: Sean McMorrow (258th overall in 2000 with Buffalo)
Lowest Blackhawks draft pick to play for IceHogs: Dustin Byfuglien (245th overall in 2003)
| First round draft selections to play for the IceHogs (21): | |
| Ryan Hartman | 30th overall (2013) by Chicago |
| Teuvo Teravainen | 18th overall (2012) by Chicago |
| Mark McNeill | 18th overall (2011) by Chicago |
| Phillip Danault | 26th overall (2011) by Chicago |
| Nick Leddy | 16th overall (2009) by Minnesota |
| Dylan Olsen | 28th overall (2009) by Chicago |
| Philippe Paradis | 27th overall (2009) by Carolina |
| Kyle Beach | 11th overall (2008) by Chicago |
| Ivan Vishnevskiy | 27th overall (2006) by Dallas |
| Kenndal McArdle | 20th overall (2005) by Florida |
| Jack Skille | 7th overall (2005) by Chicago |
| Cam Barker | 3rd overall (2004) by Chicago |
| Rostislav Olesz | 7th overall (2004) by Florida |
| Hugh Jessiman | 12th overall (2003) by New York Rangers |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | 8th overall (2002) by Minnesota |
| Hannu Toivonen | 29th overall (2002) by Boston |
| Jeff Taffe | 30th overall (2000) by St. Louis |
| Nick Boynton | 21st overall (1999) by Boston and 9th overall (1997) by Washington |
| Sergei Samsonov | 8th overall (1997) by Boston |
| Dan Cloutier | 26th overall (1997) by New York Rangers |
| Jassen Cullimore | 29th overall (1991) by Vancouver |
| Blackhawks picks by draft year to play for the IceHogs (alphabetical order): | |
| 2013: (4) | Dahlstrom, Hartman, Norell, Press |
| 2012: (4) | Fournier, Hinostroza, Ross, Teravainen |
| 2011: (8) | A. Broadhurst, Clendening, Danault, Dahlbeck, McNeill, Saad, Shalunov, Shaw |
| 2010: (6) | Carruth, Flick, Holl, Johns, Nordstrom, Simpson |
| 2009: (5) | Froese, Gilbert, Kruger, Olsen, Pirri |
| 2008: (5) | Beach, Carlsson, Gleason, Lalonde, Smith |
| 2007: (3) | Aliu, Lavin, Tanguay |
| 2006: (4) | Danis-Pepin, P. LeBlanc, Makarov, Palmer |
| 2005: (10) | Bertram, Blunden, Brophey, Charlebois, Davis, Fallon, Hjalmarsson, Hobson, Skille, Turner |
| 2004: (7) | Barker, Berti, Bickell, Bolland, Brouwer, Dowell, Kontiola |
| 2003: (3) | M. Brodeur, Byfuglien, Crawford |
| 2002: (1) | Wisniewski |
| 2001: (1) | M. Keith |
| 1999: (1) | Leighton |
| Players to play for the IceHogs by round: | |
| First Round: 21 | Barker, Beach, Bouchard, Boynton, Cloutier, Cullimore, Danault, Hartman, Jessiman, Leddy, McArdle, McNeill, Olesz, Olsen, Paradis, Samsonov, Skille, Taffe, Teravainen, Toivonen, Vishnevskiy |
| Second Round: 32 | Aliu, Bertram, Bickell, Blunden, Bolland, Brennan, Christian, Clendening, Crawford, Cullimore, Dahlstrom, Danis-Pepin, Davis, Fournier, Hayes, Holl, Janik, Johns, R. Johnson, Keith, Makarov, Morin, Pineault, Pirri, Pokka, Richmond, Saad, Sauve, Seabrook, Simpson, Stephenson, Winchester |
| Third Round: 17 | Berti, Bois, Brent, Brophey, Dahlbeck, Fraser, A. Johnson, LaBarbera, Lalonde, Nordstrom, Peckham, Potulny, Quick, Regin, Skinner, Tanguay, D. Toews |
| Fourth Round: 13 | Bass, Davis, Flick, B. Fahey, Froese, Hjalmarsson, Norell, Palmer, Petiot, Sarauer, Segal, Shalunov, Sharrow |
| Fifth Round: 12 | Collins, Dowell, Flinn, Koci, Kruger, Lavin, Ross, Sawyer, Shaw, Turner, Versteeg, Wisniewski |
| Sixth Round: 11 | Carlsson, Charlebois, Darling, DiDomenico, Fallon, Hinostroza, Kessel, Leighton, B. Smith, Torquato, York |
| Seventh Round: 13 | Archer, A. Broadhurst, Brodeur, Brouwer, Carruth, Cumiskey, Gilbert, Gleason, Gotovets, Hobson, Kontiola, LeBlanc, Press |
| Eighth Round: 5 | Byfuglien, Exelby, J. Fahey, McMorrow, Paiement |
| Ninth Round: 2 | Flaherty, McLean |
| Blackhawks draft picks to play in Rockford by position: | |
| Center: | 19 |
| Wings: | 15 |
| Defense: | 21 |
| Goalie: | 7 |
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