* The Ducks selected QMJHL defenseman Noah Warren with pick No. 42. His grandfather, Raynald Boutin, was a goaltender and ninth-round pick by the Flyers in 1972 (135th overall).

* The Sharks selected defenseman Mattias Havelid with Pick No. 45. His father, Niclas, was a defenseman who was a third-round pick by the Ducks in 1999 (83rd overall) and appeared in 628 career NHL games with the Ducks, Thrashers and Devils. His twin brother, Hugo, is the No. 2-ranked goaltender for the 2022 NHL Draft.

* The Stars selected OHL defenseman Christian Kyrou with pick No. 50. His brother, Jordan, was a second-round pick by the Blues in 2016 (35th overall) and recorded 27-48—75 in 74 games with St. Louis in 2021-22.

* The Kings selected Northeastern (NCAA) forward Jack Hughes with pick No. 51. His father, Kent, is the current general manager of the Canadiens and selected Juraj Slafkovsky with the No. 1 pick to open this year’s Draft.

* The Wild selected AJHL forward Rieger Lorenz with pick No. 56. His great uncle, Garnet “Ace” Bailey, was a forward and two-time Stanley Cup champion (1970 & 1972 w/ BOS) who appeared in 568 NHL games with the Bruins, Red Wings, Blues and Capitals. Bailey spent seven years as the Kings director of pro scouting and the organization presents The Ace Bailey Memorial Award each season to the Kings Most Inspirational Player.

* The host Canadiens selected defenseman Lane Hutson from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team with pick 62. Hutson was awarded the E.J. McGuire Award of Excellence at the 2022 Stanley Cup Final, presented annually “to the NHL Draft prospect who best exemplifies commitment to excellence through strength of character, competitiveness and athleticism.”

* Seattle made four picks in Round 2, the first time since 2010 (CHI: 4 in 2nd) that a team made four selections in either the first or second round.

* Breakdown of Round 2 by birth country: Canada (14), USA (5), Finland (4), Sweden (4), Russia (3), Czechia (1), Germany (1), Slovakia (1).

Breakdown of Day 2 by league: OHL (8), Sweden Jr. (4), NTDP (3), Russia Jr. (3), Finland Jr. (3), USHL (3), WHL (2), QMJHL (2), AJHL (1), Finland (1), Germany (1), NCAA (1), Slovakia (1).

* The Kraken selected OHL defenseman Ty Nelson with pick No. 68. Nelson strives to bring greater awareness to autism. It is dear to his heart because a close family friend has autism and his sister is currently in her third of four years in university where she is specializing in working with children with autism. Says Nelson: “My goal is to raise money and bring awareness for those who are on the spectrum. Currently it’s very underfunded. I just want to help break down the stigma surrounding autism.”

* The host Canadiens selected OHL forward and Austrian native Vinzenz Rohrer with pick No. 75. His father, Stefan Lochbihler, was a professional tennis player who had a world ranking as high as No. 141, which included winning a 1989 ATP Challenger Tour title in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Rohrer also played tennis at a high level, including winning an Austrian national junior tennis championship, before focusing on a career in hockey. His neighbor and friend is Wild forward Marco Rossi, who was Minnesota’s first-round pick in 2020 (No. 9 overall).

* Vinzenz Rohrer is the second Austrian-born player selected in the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft following Marco Kasper (No. 8 by DET). This marks just the sixth time multiple Austrian-born players have been taken in the same Draft year, following 1999 (Andre Lakos & Gregor Baumgartner), 2001 (Oliver Setzinger & Bernd Bruckler), 2006 (Michael Grabner & Andreas Nodl), 2013 (Andre Burakovsky & Marko Dano) and 2020 (Marco Rossi, Thimo Nickl & Benjamin Baumgartner).

* The Canucks chose Elias Pettersson at No. 80, after also choosing Elias Pettersson at No. 5 in 2017. This is the sixth time that different players with the same name have been drafted by the same NHL franchise. The others: Scott Morrow to the Whalers/Hurricanes (No. 95 in 1988, No. 40 in 2021), Jack Hughes to the Rockies/Devils (No. 142 in 1977, No. 1 in 2019), Ryan Murphy to the Hurricanes (No. 113 in 1999, No. 12 in 2011), Jason Smith to the Devils (No. 18 in 1992, No. 197 in 2003) and Rick Wilson to the Canadiens (No. 66 in 1970, No. 232 in 1978).

* The Kraken selected high school forward Ben MacDonald with pick No. 91. His father, Lane, was a third-round pick by the Flames in 1985 (59th overall) and is a former Hobey Baker Award winner (1989 w/ Harvard) who represented Team USA at the 1988 Winter Olympics. His grandfather, Lowell, recorded 180-210—390 in 506 career NHL games with the Red Wings, Kings and Penguins and was the recipient of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 1972-73.

Breakdown of Round 3 by birth country: Canada (12), USA (6), Russia (4), Sweden (4), Finland (3), Czechia (2), Austria (1).

Breakdown of Round 3 by league: OHL (7), Sweden Jr. (5), Finland Jr. (4), USHL (4), QMJHL (3), WHL (3), Russia Jr. (2), HIGH-MA (2), NTDP (1), OJHL (1).

* The Jets selected USHL defenseman Garrett Brown with pick No. 99. His father, Curtis, was a second-round pick by the Sabres in 1994 (43rd overall) who skated in 736 career NHL games with the Sabres, Sharks and Blackhawks (129-171—300 in 736 GP).

* The Red Wings selected Swedish defenseman Anton Johansson with pick No. 105. His brother, Simon, is a defenseman who was a fifth-round pick by the Wild in 2018 (148th overall) and recorded 8-24—32 in 58 games with Ilves of the Finnish Elite League in 2021-22. His cousin, Alex Wennberg, was a first-round pick by the Blue Jackets in 2013 (14th overall) who posted 11-26—37 in 80 games with the Kraken in 2021-22.

* The Sabres selected WHL defenseman Mats Lindgren with pick No. 106. His father, Mats, was a first-round pick by the original Jets in 1993 (15th overall) who appeared in 387 career NHL games with the Oilers, Islanders and Canucks.

* The Hurricanes selected forward Cruz Lucius from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team. His brother, Chaz, was a first-round pick by the Jets in 2021 (No. 18 overall) and skated for the University of Minnesota in 2021-22.

* Cruz Lucius (Lawrence, Kan.) became the third Kansas-born player selected in an NHL Draft, following his brother, Chaz (No. 18 in 2021), and Jacob Pivonka (No. 103 in 2018).

* Breakdown of Round 4 by birth country: Canada (15), USA (7), Sweden (5), Russia (4), Latvia (1).

* Breakdown of Round 4 by league: USHL (7), OHL (5), Russia Jr. (4), Sweden Jr. (4), WHL (4), NTDP (3), BCHL (1), HIGH-MIN (1), QMJHL (1), Sweden (1), Sweden-2 (1).



* The Senators selected OHL defenseman Jorian Donovan with pick No. 136. His father, Shean, was a second-round pick by the Sharks in 1993 (28th overall) who skated in 951 career NHL games with the Sharks, Avalanche, Thrashers, Penguins, Flames, Bruins and Senators. Shean played junior hockey in Ottawa with the OHL’s 67’s and played his final three NHL seasons with the Senators.

* The Penguins selected high school forward Zam Plante with pick No. 150. His father, Derek, was an eighth-round pick by the Sabres in 1989 (161st overall) who recorded 96-152—248 in 450 career NHL games with the Sabres, Stars, Blackhawks and Flyers. He was also a member of Dallas’ Stanley Cup-winning team in 1999.

* The Wild selected QMJHL defenseman David Spacek with pick No. 153. His father, Jaroslav, was a defenseman who was a fifth-round pick by the Panthers in 1998 (117th overall) and skated in over 800 career NHL games with the Panthers, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Oilers, Sabres, Canadiens and Hurricanes (82-273—355 in 880 GP).

* The Rangers closed Round 5 by selecting QMJHL forward Maxim Barbashev. His brother, Ivan, was a second-round pick by the Blues in 2014 (33rd overall) who recorded career highs in goals (26), assists (34) and points (60) with St. Louis in 2021-22.

* Breakdown of Round 5 by birth country: Canada (14), Russia (6), USA (6), Sweden (2), Germany (1), Czechia (1), Finland (1), Latvia (1).

* Breakdown of Round 5 by league: QMJHL (7), WHL (5), OHL (4), Russia Jr. (4), Sweden Jr. (3), HIGH-MN (2), Czechia Jr. (1), Finland (1), Finland Jr. (1), HIGH-MA (1) , HIGH-ON (1), HIGH-RI (1), NCHC (1).



* The Coyotes selected Polish-born defenseman Maksymilian Szuber with pick No. 163. He is the ninth Polish-born player ever drafted to the NHL and first since Wojtek Wolski in 2004 (No. 21 by COL).

* The Kings selected 6’8” OJHL defenseman Jack Sparkes with pick No. 180. His grandfather, Al MacNeil, skated in 524 career NHL games with the Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Blackhawks, Rangers and Penguins. He has also coached in the NHL (Canadiens and Flames) and been a longtime executive, mostly with the Flames organization.

* The Penguins selected Canadian high school forward Luke Devlin with pick No. 182. Devlin was born in Memphis, Tenn., while his father, Matt, was the lead play-by-play voice of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies (the elder Devlin is currently employed by the Toronto Raptors). Devlin became the second Tennessee-born player selected in an NHL Draft, following Simon Kjellberg (No. 163 in 2018).

* The Blues selected OHL forward Landon Sim with pick No. 184. His father, Jon, is a Stanley Cup champion (1999 w/ DAL) who was a third-round pick by the Stars in 1996 (70th overall) and appeared in 469 career NHL games with the Stars, Predators, Kings, Penguins, Flyers, Panthers, Thrashers and Islanders.

* The Avalanche made their first pick of the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft when they selected high school defenseman Chris Romaine with pick No. 193, the latest a team has ever made its first pick in a draft. The previous mark for “latest first pick” was 120, by the Capitals in 2017, Penguins in 2008 and Red Wings in 1999.

* Breakdown of Round 6 by birth country: USA (13), Canada (10), Sweden (4), Russia (2), Czechia (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1).

* Breakdown of Round 6 by league: WHL (7), USHL (6), Sweden Jr. (4), OHL (3), NCAA (2), Russia-2 (2), NTDP (1), Czechia Jr. (1), Germany (1), HIGH-MA (1), HIGH-MN (1), HIGH-NY (1), HIGH-ON (1), OJHL (1).

* The Sharks selected a San Jose local, high school forward Reese Laubach, with pick No. 217. Laubach played his minor hockey in the San Jose Jr. Sharks program.

* Reese Laubach (No. 217 by SJS) became the ninth California-born player selected by a California-based team in an NHL Draft and fourth picked by the Sharks, following Matt Nieto (No. 47 in 2011), Jacob McGrew (No. 159 in 2017) and Sasha Chmelevski(No. 185 in 2017).

* The Flyers selected Alexis Gendron with pick No. 220. His father, Martin, was a third-round pick by the Capitals in 1992 (71st overall) who played 30 games across three seasons with the Capitals and Blackhawks.

* The Avalanche made two selections in the 2022 NHL Draft, the fewest by any team since 1983 when the Blues made zero picks. Those are the only instances since 1969 of a team making two or fewer picks in one draft.

* Breakdown of Round 7 by birth country: Canada (13), USA (6), Finland (4), Russia (3), Sweden (2), Latvia (1), Belarus (1), Switzerland (1), Slovakia (1).

* Breakdown of Round 7 by league: OHL (6), QMJHL (4), BCHL (4), Russia Jr. (3), USHL (3), NCAA (3), Finland Jr. (2), Finland (1), HIGH-CT (1), HIGH-MA (1), HIGH-MN (1), Sweden (1), Sweden Jr. (1), WHL (1).

* A total of 14 players from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program were selected, by far the most of any amateur club. North Bay and Swift Current shared the second most with five.

A total of 225 players born in 13 countries and from 30 leagues were selected in the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft, which concluded Friday at Bell Centre.

Following is a breakdown of draft picks by position, birth country, league and by NHL club:

TRADES MADE JULY 8, 2022
* Detroit traded its 3rd-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (73rd overall) to St. Louis for G Ville Husso.

* New Jersey traded its 2nd-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (37th overall) and 3rd-round pick in 2022 (70th overall) to Washington for G VitekVanecek and Winnipeg's 2nd-round pick in 2022 (46th overall, previously acquired).

* Philadelphia traded its 4th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (101st overall), a 3rd-round pick in 2023 and 2nd-round pick in 2024 to Carolina for D Tony DeAngelo and Carolina's 7th-round pick in 2022 (220th overall).

* Toronto traded Winnipeg's 3rd-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (79th overall, previously acquired) to Vegas for NY Rangers' 3rd-round pick in 2022 (95th overall, previously acquired) and Chicago's 5th-round pick in 2022 (135th overall, previously acquired).

* Los Angeles traded Pittsburgh's 3rd-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (86th overall, previously acquired) to Tampa Bay for Chicago's 4th-round pick in 2022 (103rd overall, previously acquired) and Detroit's 6th-round pick in 2022 (169th overall, previously acquired).

* Boston traded Calgary's 3rd-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (91st overall, previously acquired) to Seattle for Washington's 4th-round pick in 2022 (117th overall, previously acquired) and Seattle's 5th-round pick in 2022 (132nd overall).

* Chicago traded Edmonton's 3rd-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (94th overall, previously acquired) to Arizona for Dallas' 3rd-round pick in 2023 (previously acquired).

* Nashville traded C Luke Kunin to San Jose for LW John Leonard and San Jose's 3rd-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

* Nashville traded Toronto's 4th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (122nd overall, previously acquired) to Toronto for Toronto's 4th-round pick in 2023.

* Montreal traded Tampa Bay's 4th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (128th overall, previously acquired) to Vegas for Vegas' 4th-round pick in 2023.

* San Jose traded Buffalo's 5th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (138th overall, previously acquired) to Columbus for Columbus' 5th-round pick in 2023.

* Chicago traded its 6th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (167th overall) to Pittsburgh for C Liam Gorman.

* Carolina traded its 6th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (188th overall) to Chicago for Chicago's 6th-round pick in 2023.

* San Jose traded its 7th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (204th overall) to Arizona for Vancouver's 7th-round pick in 2023 (previously acquired).

* Pittsburgh traded its 7th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (214th overall) to Florida for Florida's 7th-round pick in 2023.

* Boston traded its 7th-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (215th overall) to Los Angeles for Los Angeles' 7th-round pick in 2023.