After months of anticipation, the 2022 NHL Entry Draft has finally arrived. For the first time in two years, the NHL Entry Draft won’t be held virtually as prospects, families, fans and media alike will make their way to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec for the yearly event where junior hockey players take the next step in their hockey career.
At first, we thought there was going to be a clear-cut number one prospect. However, things have changed as rankings seem to have three different players as the potential first-overall pick. The battle for number one continues to heat up as it will come down to Shane Wright , Juraj Slafkovsky , and Logan Cooley . All three have showcased their talents and have made the case to hear their name be selected first at the draft. After that, that is when the fun will truly begin.
Related: THW 2022 NHL Draft Guide
As we have done in previous years, the Live Draft Tracker is back at The Hockey Writers. The tracker will be updated regularly throughout the first and second days of the draft. Be sure to check back regularly to see which prospects go to your favourite NHL team.
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First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
Pick Team Position Player Junior Team 98 D Isaiah George London Knights (OHL) 99 D Garrett Brown Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 100 D Tyson Jugnauth West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL) 101 D Simon Forsmark Örebro HK (SHL) 102 G Tyler Brennan Prince George Cougars (WHL) 103 C Kenny Connors Dubuque Fighting Saints (SHL) 104 C Stephen Halliday Dubuque Fighting Saints (SHL) 105 D Anton Johansson Leksands IF J20 (Nationell) 106 D Mats Lindgren Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 107 C Ben King Red Deer Rebels (WHL) 108 G Mason Beaupit Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 109 RW Kirill Dolzhenkov Krasnaya Armiya Moskva (MHL) 110 D Daniil Orlov Sakhalinskiye Akuly (MHL) 111 C Noah Laba Lincoln Stars (USHL) 112 C Daimon Gardner Warroad (HIGH-MN) 113 C Amadeus Lombardi Flint Firebirds (OHL) 114 RW Cole O’Hara Tri-City Storm (USHL) 115 D Gavin White Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 116 D Angus Booth Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) 117 F Cole Spicer USNTDP Juniors (USHL) 118 G Sergey Murashov Loko Yaroslavl (MHL) 119 C Dans Locmelis Luleå HF (SHL) 120 D Arseni Koromyslov SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (MHL) 121 D Ryan Healey Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 122 G Dennis Hildeby Farjestad J20 (Nationell) 123 C Tucker Robertson Peterborough Petes (OHL) 124 RW Cruz Lucius USNTDP Juniors (USHL) 125 D Ludvig Jansson Södertälje SK (HockeyAllsvenskan) 126 D Charles Leddy USNTDP Juniors (USHL) 127 C Cedrick Guindon Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 128 G Cameron Whitehead Lincoln Stars (USHL) 129 LW Maximilian Kilpinen Örebro J20 (Nationell)
Fifth Round
Pick Team Position Player Junior Team 130 C Jared Davidson Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 131 D Matthew Morden St.Andrew’s College (HIGH-ON) 132 D Frederic Brunet Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 133 LW Alex Bump Prior Lake High (USHS-MN) 134 D Vsevolod Komarov Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 135 RW Nikita Grebenkin Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk (MHL) 136 D Jorian Donovan Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL) 137 D Tnias Mathurin North Bay Battalion (OHL) 138 G Sergei Ivanov SKA-1946 St. Petersburg (MHL) 139 LW Connor Hvidston Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 140 D Jake Furlong Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) 141 RW Petr Hauser HC Sparta Praha (Czechia U20) 142 RW Matthew Maggio Windsor Spitfires (OHL) 143 RW Cameron O’Neill Mount St. Charles (HIGH-RI) 144 G Ty Young Prince George Cougars (WHL) 145 C Patrick Guay Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) 146 D Graham Sward Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 147 G Maxim Mayorov Ladia Togliatti (MHL) 148 D Otto Salin HIFK (Liiga) 149 C Jake Karabela Guelph Storm (OHL) 150 C Zam Plante Hermantown (HIGH-MN) 151 G Kevin Reidler AIK J20 (Nationell) 152 D Marc-Andre Gaudet Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) 153 D David Spacek Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL) 154 RW Michael Callow St. Sebastians (HIGH-MA) 155 LW Parker Bell Tri-City Americans (WHL) 156 D Vladimir Grudinin Krasnaya Armiya Moskva (MHL) 157 LW Sandis Vilmanis Luleå HF J20 (Nationell) 158 G Samuel Jonsson Brynas J20 (Nationell) 159 D Vittorio Mancini Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha (NCAA) 160 G Nick Malik KooKoo (Liiga) 161 LW Maxim Barbashev Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
Sixth Round
Pick Team Position Player Junior Team 162 G Emmett Croteau Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 163 D Maksymilian Szuber Munich EHC (DEL) 164 C Barrett Hall Gentry Academy (HIGH-MN) 165 D Hunter Mcdonald Chicago Steel (USHL) 166 LW Josh Filmon Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 167 D Nolan Collins Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 168 D Theo Wallberg Skellefteå AIK J20 (Nationell) 169 RW Jared Wright Omaha Lancers (USHL) 170 RW Jake Richard Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) 171 G Jakub Vondras HC Plzen U20 (Czechia) 172 RW Joey Muldowney Nichols (HIGH-NY) 173 C Dominic James Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA) 174 LW Daylan Kuefler Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 175 RW Fabian Wagner Linköping HC J20 (Nationell) 176 D Jackson Dorrington Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 177 RW Ben Hemmerling Everett Silvertips (WHL) 178 G Vyacheslav Buteyets Chelmet Chelyabinsk (VHL) 179 RW Matthew Seminoff Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 180 D Jack Sparkes St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) 181 RW Ryan Hofer Everett Silvertips (WHL) 182 C Luke Devlin St.Andrew’s College (HIGH-ON) 183 G Reid Dyck Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 184 RW Landon Sim London Knights (OHL) 185 C Servac Petrovsky Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 186 C Josh Davies Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 187 C Gustav Karlsson Örebro HK J20 (Nationell) 188 RW Nils Juntorp HV71 J20 (Nationell) 189 G Tyler Muszelik USNTDP Juniors (USHL) 190 D Nikita Yevseyev Bars Kazan (VHL) 191 C Zakary Karpa Harvard (NCAA) 192 RW Connor Kurth Dubuque Fighting Saints (SHL) 193 D Chris Romaine Milton Academy (HIGH-MA)
Seventh Round
Pick Team Position Player Junior Team 194 D Petteri Nurmi HPK (Liiga) 195 D Eli Barnett Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) 196 C Kyle Jackson North Bay Battalion (OHL) 197 LW Santeri Sulku Jokerit U20 (SM-sarja) 198 D Artem Barabosha Krasnaya Armiya Moskva (MHL) 199 C Riku Tohila JYP U20 (SM-sarja) 200 D Jackson Edward London Knights (OHL) 201 C Owen Mehlenbacher Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) 202 RW Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson Frölunda HC J20 (Nationell 203 RW James Fisher Belmont Hill (HIGH-MA) 204 RW Adam Zlnka Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 205 D Alexander Pelevin Chaika Nizhny Novgorod (MHL) 206 C Tyson Dyck Cranbrook Bucks (BCHL) 207 G Domenic Divincentiis North Bay Battalion (OHL) 208 D Kirill Kudryavtsev Soo Greyhounds (OHL) 209 D Abram Wiebe Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) 210 C Ben Strinden Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) 211 C Linus Sjodin Rögle BK (SHL) 212 C Brennan Ali Lincoln Stars (USHL) 213 D David Gucciardi Michigan State University (NCAA) 214 C Liam Arnsby North Bay Battalion (OHL) 215 RW Kaleb Lawrence Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 216 D Miguel Tourigny Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) 217 C Reese Laubach Northstar Christian (HIGH-MN) 218 C Brandon Lisowsky Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 219 C Cade Littler Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) 220 RW Alexis Gendron Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL) 221 RW Jack Devine University of Denver (NCAA) 222 C Joel Maatta Univ. of Vermont (NCAA) 223 D Dyllan Gill Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) 224 LW Klavs Veinbergs Zemgale (Latvia) 225 G Ivan Zhigalov Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
