Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
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Overall first choices in the NHL draft since the league staged its first universal amateur draft in 1969. Players are listed with team that selected them; those who became Rookie of the Year are in bold type.
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Rejean Houle, Mon., LW |
| 1970 | Gilbert Perreault, Buf., C |
| 1971 | Guy Lafleur, Mon., RW |
| 1972 | Billy Harris, NYI, RW |
| 1973 | Denis Potvin, NYI, D |
| 1974 | Greg Joly, Wash., D |
| 1975 | Mel Bridgman, Phi., C |
| 1976 | Rick Green, Wash., D |
| 1977 | Dale McCourt, Det., C |
| 1978 | Bobby Smith, Min., C |
| 1979 | Rob Ramage, Colo., D |
| 1980 | Doug Wickenheiser, Mon., C |
| 1981 | Dale Hawerchuk, Win., C |
| 1982 | Gord Kluzak, Bos., D |
| 1983 | Brian Lawton, Min., C |
| 1984 | Mario Lemieux, Pit., C |
| 1985 | Wendel Clark, Tor., LW/D |
| 1986 | Joe Murphy, Det., C |
| 1987 | Pierre Turgeon, Buf., C |
| 1988 | Mike Modano, Min., C |
| 1989 | Mats Sundin, Que., RW |
| 1990 | Owen Nolan, Que., RW |
| 1991 | Eric Lindros, Que., C |
| 1992 | Roman Hamrlik, TB, D |
| 1993 | Alexandre Daigle, Ott., C |
| 1994 | Ed Jovanovski, Fla., D |
| 1995 | Bryan Berard, Ott., D |
| 1996 | Chris Phillips, Ott., D |
| 1997 | Joe Thornton, Bos., C |
| 1998 | Vincent Lecavalier, TB, C |
| 1999 | Patrik Stefan, Atl., C |
| 2000 | Rick DiPietro, NYI, G |
| 2001 | Ilya Kovalchuk, Atl., RW |
| 2002 | Rick Nash, Clb., LW |
| 2003 | Marc-Andre Fleury, Pit., G |
| 2004 | Alexander Ovechkin, Wash., LW |
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