2010 NHL Draft 1st Round Order

Here's a look at the 1st Round Order of the NHL Draft which just wrapped up about 20 minutes. Rounds 2-7 will be taking place tomorrow from the Staples Center in LA.

The big stories tonight is the fall of the top 5 defensemen in Cam Fowler and Brandon Gormley who went 12 and 13 to the Anaheim Ducks and Phoenix Coyotes during the middle part of the 1st Round. Also the 2 highly touted California Kids went #20 and #29.

In this case though, it was the Canadian Junior A Kid from the British Columbia Hockey League Beau Bennett as he won the BCHL Scoring Title with an unbelievable 120 points during the regular season. As for Emerson Etem, this will be a dream if Etem turns out to be a star as the Anaheim Ducks take him at #29 as he's being looked like as the torch barrier for the rise of California kids in Hockey Development.

Finally for the Dallas Stars, they went with down the goalie route as Jack Campbell from the USNTDP with the #11 pick as a record 11 Americans were taken in the 1st Round. Of the 30 picks, 14 were from Canada, 11 from the USA and 5 Europeans which breaks down to 3 Russians, 1 from Finland and 1 from Switzerland in this year's first round.


1 EDM. Taylor Hall LW 6'1" 185 Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

2 BOS. Tyler Seguin C 6'1" 182 Plymouth Whalers (OHL)

3 FLA. Erik Gudbranson D 6'4" Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)

4 CBJ. Ryan Johansen C 6'2" 192 Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

5 NYI. Nino Niederreiter RW 6'2' 201 Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

6 TB. Brett Connolly RW 6'2" 181 Prince George Cougars (WHL)

7 CAR. Jeff Skinner C 5'10" 187 Kitchener Rangers (OHL)

8 ATL. Alexander Burmistrov C 5'11" 157 Barrie Colts (OHL)

9 MIN. Mikael Granlund C/W 5'10" 180 HIFK Helsinki (SM-Ligga, FIN)

10 NYR. Dylan Mcilrath D 6'4" 212 Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

11 DAL. Jack Campbell G 6'3' 175 USNTDP (USHL)

12 ANA. Cam Fowler D 6'1" 190 Windsor Spitfires (OHL)

13 PHX. Brandon Gromley D 6'2" 185 Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)

14 STL. Jaden Schwartz C 5'10" 180 Tri-City Storm (USHL)

15 LAK. Derek Forbort D 6'5" 198 USNTDP (USHL)

16 STL. Vladimir Tarasenko RW 5'11" Novosibirsk (KHL, RUS)

17 COL. Joey Hishon C 5'10" 170 Owen Sound Attack (OHL)

18 NSH. Austin Watson LW 6'3" 185 Peterborough Petes (OHL)

19 FLA. Nick Bjugstad C 6'4" 188 Blaine HS (HS-Minn)

20 PIT. Beau Bennett RW 6'1" 173 Pentiction Vees (BCHL)

21 DET. Riley Sheahan C 6'2" 202 U. of Norte Dame (CCHA)

22 MTL. Jarred Tinordi D 6'6" 205 USNTDP (USHL)

23 BUF. Mark Pysyk D 6'1" 174 Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)

24 CHI. Kevin Hayes RW 6'2" 201 Nobles Academy (HS-Mass)

25 FLA. Quinton Howden C 6'2" 182 Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

26 WSH. Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6'0" 172 Chelyabinsk (KHL, RUS)

27 PHX. Mark Visentin G 6'2" 187 Niagara Icedogs (OHL)

28 SJS. Charlie Coyle C/RW 6'2" 202 South Shore (EJHL)

29 ANA. Emerson Etem RW 6'0" 190 Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

30 NYI. Brock Nelson C 6'3" 205 Warroad (HS-Minn)