The first round of the 2023 NHL Draft will take place on June 28. There will likely be two New Englanders taken in that first round this year — Will Smith (Lexington, Mass.) and Ryan Leonard (Amherst, Mass.).
The next day, the draft picks back up with Rounds 2-7. That is where things get really interesting, as many New Englanders have real cases to be selected.
It's a good time to go back and look at the last six NHL Drafts to see how many New England natives were selected. Some years were up, while some were down.
Let's dive in.
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2022
Round 2, Pick 34: Cam Lund (Bridgewater, Mass.), San Jose Sharks
Round 2, Pick 51: Jack Hughes (Westwood, Mass.), Los Angeles Kings
Round 3, Pick 76: Michael Fisher (Westborough, Mass.), San Jose Sharks
Round 3, Pick 91: Ben MacDonald (Weston, Mass.), Seattle Kraken
Round 4, Pick 121: Ryan Healey (Hull, Mass.), Minnesota Wild
Round 4, Pick 126: Charlie Leddy (Fairfield, Conn.), New Jersey Devils
Round 5, Pick 154: Michael Callow (Boston, Mass.), Anaheim Ducks
Round 6, Pick 176: Jackson Dorrington (North Reading, Mass.), Vancouver Canucks
Round 6, Pick 193: Chris Romaine (Boston, Mass.), Colorado Avalanche
Round 7, Pick 203: James Fisher (Burlington, Mass.), Columbus Blue Jackets
2021
Round 1, Pick 2: Matt Beniers (Hingham, Mass.), Seattle Kraken
Round 1, Pick 24: Mackie Samoskevich (Newtown, Conn.), Florida Panthers
Round 2, Pick 40: Scott Morrow (Darien, Conn.), Carolina Hurricanes
Round 6, Pick 182: Nate Benoit (Concord, N.H.), Minnesota Wild
Round 6, Pick 186: Shane Lachance (Andover, Mass.), Edmonton Oilers
Round 6, Pick 192: Alex Gagne (Bedford, N.H.), Tampa Bay Lightning
Round 7, Pick 211: Cooper Flinton (Auburn, N.H.), Tampa Bay Lightning
2020
Round 2, Pick 36: Sam Colangelo (Stoneham, Mass.), Anaheim Ducks
Round 2, Pick 46: Drew Commesso (Norwell, Mass.), Chicago Blackhawks
Round 3, Pick 67: Ian Moore (Concord, Mass.), Anaheim Ducks
Round 4, Pick 121: Alex Jefferies (Lunenburg, Mass.), New York Islanders
Round 4, Pick 124: Sean Farrell (Hopkinton, Mass.), Montreal Canadiens
Round 5, Pick 134: Brett Berard (East Greenwich, R.I.), New York Rangers
Round 5, Pick 140: Ben Meehan (Walpole, Mass.), Los Angeles Kings
Round 6, Pick 157: Nick Capone (East Haven, Conn.), Tampa Bay Lightning
Round 6, Pick 182: Riley Duran (Woburn, Mass.), Boston Bruins
Round 7, Pick 189: John Fusco (Westwood, Mass.), Toronto Maple Leafs
Round 7, Pick 202: Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (East Greenwich, R.I.), Nashville Predators
2019
Round 1, Pick 12: Matt Boldy (Millis, Mass.), Minnesota Wild
Round 1, Pick 13: Spencer Knight (Darien, Conn.), Florida Panthers
Round 2, Pick 46: Jayden Struble (Cumberland, R.I.), Montreal Canadiens
Round 4, Pick 101: Henry Thrun (Southborough, Mass.), San Jose Sharks
Round 5, Pick 128: Cooper Moore (Greenwich, Conn.), Detroit Red Wings
Round 6, Pick 157: Braden Doyle (Lynnfield, Mass.), Los Angeles Kings
Round 6, Pick 158: Patrick Moynihan (Millis, Mass.), New Jersey Devils
Round 7, Pick 195: Aidan McDonough (Milton, Mass.), Vancouver Canucks
2018
Round 1, Pick 11: Oliver Wahlstrom (Portland, Maine), New York Islanders
Round 1, Pick 19: Jay O’Brien (Hingham, Mass.), Philadelphia Flyers
Round 3, Pick 69: Jake Wise (Reading, Mass.), Chicago Blackhawks
Round 3, Pick 71: Jordan Harris (Haverhill, Mass.), Montreal Canadiens
Round 5, Pick 142: Michael Callahan (Franklin, Mass.), Arizona Coyotes
Round 6, Pick 164: Michael Kesselring (New Hampton, N.H.), Edmonton Oilers
Round 6, Pick 177: Liam Gorman (Boston, Mass.), Pittsburgh Penguins
Round 6, Pick 182: John Leonard (Amherst, Mass.), San Jose Sharks
Round 7, Pick 216: Riley Hughes (Westwood, Mass.), New York Rangers
2017
Round 3, Pick 77: Ben Mirageas (Newburyport, Mass.), New York Islanders
Round 3, Pick 81: Reilly Walsh (North Falmouth, Mass.), New Jersey Devils
Round 3, Pick 88: Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Mass.), Detroit Red Wings
Round 3, Pick 91: Jack Badini (Greenwich, Conn.), Anaheim Ducks
Round 4, Pick 95: Jack Rathbone (West Roxbury, Mass.), Vancouver Canucks
Round 6, Pick 162: Jack Adams (Boxford, Mass.), Detroit Red Wings
Round 7, Pick 208: Phil Kemp (Greenwich, Conn.), Edmonton Oilers
