List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

The Avalanche selected Nathan MacKinnon 1st overall in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team. The Colorado Avalanche franchise was founded in Quebec, Canada, with the name Quebec Nordiques. In 1995, the franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, and since then has won three Stanley Cups.

Key

  Played at least one game with the Avalanche
  Spent entire NHL career with the Avalanche

General terms and abbreviations
Term or abbreviation Definition
Draft The year that the player was selected
Round The round of the draft in which the player was selected
Pick The overall position in the draft at which the player was selected
Position abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
G Goaltender
D Defense
LW Left wing
C Center
RW Right wing
F Forward
Abbreviations for statistical columns
Abbreviation Definition
Pos Position
GP Games played
G Goals
A Assists
Pts Points
PIM Penalties in minutes
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
OT Overtime/shootout losses
GAA Goals against average
Does not apply

Draft picks

Statistics are complete as of the 2023–24 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position.

Draft Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T OT GAA
1995 1 25 Marc Denis  Canada G 349 0 6 6 32 112 179 28 3 3.02
1995 2 51 Nic Beaudoin  Canada LW
1995 3 77 John Tripp  Germany RW 43 2 7 9 35
1995 4 81 Tomi Kallio  Finland RW 140 24 31 55 48
1995 5 129 Brent Johnson  United States G 309 0 10 10 52 140 112 13 18 2.63
1995 6 155 John Cirjak  Canada C
1995 7 181 Dan Smith  Canada D 22 0 0 0 16
1995 8 207 Tomi Hirvonen  Finland C
1995 9 228 Chris George  Canada RW
1996 1 25 Peter Ratchuk  United States D 32 1 1 2 10
1996 2 51 Yuri Babenko  Russia C 3 0 0 0 0
1996 3 79 Mark Parrish  United States RW 722 216 171 387 246
1996 4 98 Ben Storey  Canada D
1996 4 107 Randy Petruk  Canada G
1996 5 134 Luke Curtin  United States LW
1996 6 146 Brian Willsie  Canada RW 381 52 57 109 217
1996 6 160 Kai Fischer  Germany G
1996 7 167 Dan Hinote  United States RW 503 38 52 90 383
1996 7 176 Samuel Pahlsson  Sweden C 798 68 131 199 356
1996 7 188 Roman Pylner  Czech Republic C
1996 8 214 Matt Scorsune  United States D
1996 9 240 Justin Clark  United States RW
1997 1 26 Kevin Grimes  Canada D
1997 2 53 Graham Belak  Canada LW
1997 3 55 Rick Berry  Canada D 197 2 13 15 314
1997 3 78 Ville Nieminen  Finland LW 385 48 69 117 333
1997 4 87 Brad Larsen  Canada LW 294 19 29 48 134
1997 5 133 Aaron Miskovich  United States C
1997 6 161 David Aebischer   Switzerland G 214 0 5 5 30 106 74 12 5 2.52
1997 8 217 Doug Schmidt  United States D
1997 9 243 Kyle Kidney  United States LW
1997 9 245 Stephen Lafleur  Canada D
1998 1 12 Alex Tanguay  Canada LW 1088 283 580 863 527
1998 1 17 Martin Skoula  Czech Republic D 776 44 152 196 328
1998 1 19 Robyn Regehr  Canada D 1090 36 163 199 972
1998 1 20 Scott Parker  United States RW 308 7 14 21 699
1998 2 28 Ramzi Abid  Canada LW 68 14 16 30 78
1998 2 38 Philippe Sauve  United States G 32 0 0 0 23 10 14 3 0 3.45
1998 2 53 Steve Moore  Canada C 69 5 7 12 41
1998 3 79 Evgeny Lazarev  Ukraine RW
1998 5 141 K. C. Timmons  Canada LW
1998 6 167 Alex Riazantsev  Russia D
1999 1 25 Mikhail Kuleshov  Russia LW 3 0 0 0 0
1999 2 45 Martin Grenier  Canada D 18 1 0 1 14
1999 3 93 Branko Radivojevic  Slovakia RW 393 52 68 120 252
1999 4 112 Sanny Lindstrom  Sweden D
1999 4 122 Kristian Kovac  Slovakia RW
1999 5 142 Will Magnuson  United States D
1999 5 152 Jordan Krestanovich  Canada C 22 0 2 2 6
1999 6 158 Anders Lovdahl  Sweden C
1999 6 183 Riku Hahl  Finland C 92 5 8 13 38
1999 7 212 Radim Vrbata  Czech Republic RW 1057 284 339 623 294
1999 8 240 Jeff Finger  United States D 199 17 40 57 114
2000 1 14 Vaclav Nedorost  Czech Republic C 99 10 10 20 34
2000 2 47 Jared Aulin  Canada C 17 2 2 4 0
2000 2 50 Sergei Soin  Russia C
2000 2 63 Agris Saviels  Latvia D
2000 3 88 Kurt Sauer  United States D 357 5 28 33 250
2000 3 92 Sergei Klyazmin  Russia LW
2000 4 119 Brian Fahey  United States D 7 0 1 1 2
2000 5 159 John-Michael Liles  United States D 836 87 283 370 286
2000 6 189 Chris Bahen  Canada D
2000 7 221 Aaron Molnar  Canada G
2000 8 252 Darryl Bootland  Canada RW 32 1 2 3 85
2000 9 266 Sean Kotary  United States C
2000 9 285 Blake Ward  Canada G
2001 2 63 Peter Budaj  Slovakia G 368 0 11 11 20 158 132 40 2.70
2001 3 97 Danny Bois  Canada RW 1 0 0 0 7
2001 4 130 Colt King  Canada LW
2001 5 143 Frantisek Skladany  Slovakia LW
2001 5 144 Cody McCormick  Canada C 405 21 44 65 550
2001 5 149 Mikko Viitanen  Finland D
2001 5 165 Pierre-Luc Emond  Canada C
2001 6 184 Scott Horvath  United States RW
2001 6 196 Charlie Stephens  Canada C 8 0 2 2 4
2001 7 227 Marek Svatos  Slovakia RW 344 100 72 172 217
2002 1 28 Jonas Johansson  Sweden RW 1 0 0 0 2
2002 2 61 Johnny Boychuk  Canada D 725 54 152 206 331
2002 3 94 Eric Lundberg  United States D
2002 4 107 Mikko Kalteva  Finland D
2002 4 129 Tom Gilbert  United States D 655 45 178 223 198
2002 5 164 Tyler Weiman  Canada G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2002 6 195 Taylor Christie  Canada D
2002 7 227 Ryan Steeves  Canada C
2002 8 258 Sergei Shemetov  Russia LW
2002 9 289 Sean Collins  United States C
2003 2 63 David Liffiton  Canada D 7 1 0 1 26
2003 4 131 David Svagrovsky  Czech Republic RW
2003 5 146 Mark McCutcheon  United States C
2003 5 163 Brad Richardson  Canada C 869 111 143 254 443
2003 7 204 Linus Videll  Sweden LW
2003 7 225 Brett Hemingway  Canada F
2003 8 257 Darryl Yacboski  Canada LW
2003 9 288 David Jones  Canada RW 462 104 87 191 122
2004 1 21 Wojtek Wolski  Canada LW 451 99 168 267 113
2004 2 55 Victor Oreskovich  Canada RW 67 2 7 9 41
2004 3 72 Denis Parshin  Russia LW
2004 5 154 Richard Demen-Willaume  Sweden D
2004 6 184 Derek Peltier  United States D 14 0 0 0 2
2004 7 215 Ian Keserich  United States G
2004 8 239 Brandon Yip  Canada RW 174 29 27 56 130
2004 8 249 J. D. Corbin  United States LW
2004 9 281 Steve McClellan  United States D
2005 2 34 Ryan Stoa  United States C 40 4 3 7 20
2005 2 44 Paul Stastny  United States C 1145 293 529 822 500
2005 2 47 Tom Fritsche  United States LW
2005 2 52 Chris Durand  Canada C
2005 3 88 T. J. Hensick  United States C 112 12 26 38 18
2005 4 124 Ray Macias  United States D 8 0 1 1 2
2005 6 166 Jason Lynch  Canada D
2005 6 168 Justin Mercier  United States C 9 1 1 2 0
2005 7 222 Kyle Cumiskey  Canada D 139 9 26 35 48
2006 1 18 Chris Stewart  Canada RW 668 160 162 322 750
2006 2 51 Nigel Williams  United States D
2006 2 59 Codey Burki  Canada C
2006 3 81 Mike Carman  United States C
2006 4 110 Kevin Montgomery  United States D
2006 7 201 Billy Sauer  United States G
2007 1 14 Kevin Shattenkirk  United States D 952 103 381 484 544
2007 2 45 Colby Cohen  United States D 3 0 0 0 4
2007 2 49 Trevor Cann  Canada G
2007 2 55 T. J. Galiardi  United States C 321 44 61 105 136
2007 4 105 Brad Malone  Canada LW 217 14 18 32 206
2007 4 113 Kent Patterson  United States G
2007 5 135 Paul Carey  United States LW 100 8 8 16 20
2007 6 155 Jens Hellgren  Sweden D
2007 7 195 Johan Alcen  Sweden C
2008 2 50 Cameron Gaunce  Canada D 37 3 6 9 47
2008 2 61 Peter Delmas  Canada G
2008 4 110 Kelsey Tessier  Canada C
2008 5 140 Mark Olver  Canada C 74 10 12 22 39
2008 6 167 Joel Chouinard  Canada D
2008 6 170 Jonas Holos  Norway D 39 0 6 6 10
2008 7 200 Nathan Condon  United States C
2009 1 3 Matt Duchene  Canada C 1056 341 468 809 286
2009 2 33 Ryan O'Reilly  Canada C 1073 282 489 771 170
2009 2 49 Stefan Elliott  Canada D 87 8 17 25 16
2009 3 64 Tyson Barrie  Canada D 809 109 396 505 259
2009 5 124 Kieran Millan  Canada G
2009 6 154 Brandon Maxwell  United States G
2009 7 184 Gus Young  United States D
2010 1 17 Joey Hishon  Canada C 13 1 1 2 0
2010 2 49 Calvin Pickard  Canada G 139 0 3 3 6 47 61 11 2.93
2010 3 71 Michael Bournival  Canada LW 113 12 10 22 24
2010 4 95 Stephen Silas  Canada D
2010 4 107 Sami Aittokallio  Finland G 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.37
2010 5 137 Troy Rutkowski  Canada D
2010 5 139 Luke Walker  United States RW
2010 7 197 Luke Moffatt  United States RW
2011 1 2 Gabriel Landeskog  Sweden LW 738 248 323 571 601
2011 1 11 Duncan Siemens  Canada D 20 1 1 2 25
2011 4 93 Joachim Nermark  Sweden C
2011 5 123 Garrett Meurs  Canada C
2011 6 153 Gabriel Beaupre  Canada D
2011 7 183 Dillon Donnelly  Canada D
2012 2 41 Mitchell Heard  Canada C
2012 3 72 Troy Bourke  Canada LW
2012 5 132 Michael Clarke  Canada C
2012 6 162 Joseph Blandisi  Canada C 101 10 21 31 78
2012 7 192 Colin Smith  Canada C 1 0 0 0 0
2013 1 1 Nathan MacKinnon  Canada C 791 335 564 899 348
2013 2 32 Chris Bigras  Canada D 46 1 3 4 18
2013 3 63 Spencer Martin  Canada G 57 0 0 0 0 21 26 7 3.52
2013 4 93 Mason Geertsen  Canada D 25 0 0 0 77
2013 5 123 Will Butcher  United States D 275 16 98 114 34
2013 6 153 Ben Storm  United States D
2013 7 183 Wilhelm Westlund  Sweden D
2014 1 23 Conner Bleackley  Canada C
2014 3 84 Kyle Wood  Canada D
2014 4 93 Nicholas Magyar  United States RW
2014 4 114 Alexis Pepin  Canada LW
2014 5 144 Anton Lindholm  Sweden D 66 0 5 5 16
2014 6 174 Maximilian Pajpach  Slovakia G
2014 7 204 Julien Nantel  Canada LW
2015 1 10 Mikko Rantanen  Finland RW 570 262 355 617 348
2015 2 39 A. J. Greer  Canada LW 167 13 19 32 205
2015 2 40 Nicolas Meloche  Canada D 57 2 6 8 39
2015 3 71 Jean-Christophe Beaudin  Canada C 22 0 1 1 7
2015 4 101 Andrei Mironov  Russia D 10 1 2 3 12
2015 6 161 Sergei Boikov  Russia D
2015 7 191 Gustav Olhaver  Sweden C
2016 1 10 Tyson Jost  Canada C 456 57 83 140 164
2016 2 40 Cameron Morrison  Canada LW
2016 3 71 Josh Anderson  Canada D
2016 5 131 Adam Werner  Sweden G 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.42
2016 6 161 Nathan Clurman  United States D
2016 7 191 Travis Barron  Canada LW
2017 1 4 Cale Makar  Canada D 315 86 250 336 96
2017 2 32 Conor Timmins  Canada D 91 3 28 31 34
2017 4 94 Nick Henry  Canada RW
2017 4 114 Petr Kvaca  Czech Republic G
2017 5 125 Igor Shvyrev  Russia C
2017 6 156 Denis Smirnov  Russia LW
2017 7 187 Nicky Leivermann  United States D
2018 1 16 Martin Kaut  Czech Republic RW 56 6 5 11 10
2018 3 64 Justus Annunen  Finland G 18 0 1 1 0 10 5 2 2.60
2018 3 78 Sampo Ranta  Finland LW 16 0 0 0 6
2018 4 109 Tyler Weiss  United States LW
2018 5 140 Brandon Saigeon  Canada C
2018 5 146 Danila Zhuravlyov  Russia D
2018 6 171 Nikolai Kovalenko  Russia RW
2018 7 202 Shamil Shmakov  Russia G
2019 1 4 Bowen Byram  Canada D 164 26 46 72 126
2019 1 16 Alex Newhook  Canada C 214 42 58 100 54
2019 2 47 Drew Helleson  United States D 3 1 0 1 2
2019 3 63 Matthew Stienburg  Canada C
2019 3 78 Alex Beaucage  Canada RW
2019 5 140 Sasha Mutala  Canada RW
2019 6 171 Luka Burzan  Canada C
2019 7 202 Trent Miner  Canada G
2020 1 25 Justin Barron  Canada D 94 12 18 30 36
2020 3 74 Jean-Luc Foudy  Canada C 13 1 0 1 6
2020 4 117 Colby Ambrosio  Canada RW
2020 5 138 Ryder Rolston  United States RW
2020 6 166 Nils Aman  Sweden C 111 7 16 23 26
2021 1 28 Oskar Olausson  Sweden LW 2 0 0 0 0
2021 2 61 Sean Behrens  United States D
2021 3 92 Andrei Buyalsky  Kazakhstan C
2021 7 220 Taylor Makar  Canada C
2022 6 193 Christopher Romaine  United States D
2022 7 225 Ivan Zhigalov  Belarus G
2023 1 27 Calum Ritchie  Canada C
2023 1 31 Mikhail Gulyayev  Russia D
2023 5 155 Nikita Ishimnikov  Russia D
2023 6 187 Jeremy Hanzel  Canada D
2023 7 219 Maros Jedlicka  Slovakia LW

See also

References

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  • "Colorado Avalanche Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  • "Colorado Avalanche Draft Register". Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
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