2012 NHL Draft Results

The results are in! The 2012 NHL Entry Draft is complete. A successful draft for the Ontario Hockey League as 49 players were drafted (5 more than last year). That's about 23% of all players drafted.

Below you can find the results for OHL players, as well as my draft ranking before the draft (for comparison's sake).

	My Rank	Player Name	PO	OHL Team	NHL Team	RD	Pick
	1	Nail Yakupov	F	Sarnia	EDM	1	1
	2	Alex Galchenyuk	F	Sarnia	MTL	1	3
	3	Olli Maatta	D	London	PIT	1	22
	4	Cody Ceci	D	Ottawa	OTT	1	15
	5	Radek Faksa	F	Kitchener	DAL	1	13
	6	Brendan Gaunce	F	Belleville	VAN	1	26
	7	Matt Finn	D	Guelph	TOR	2	35
	8	Malcolm Subban	G	Belleville	BOS	1	24
	9	Scott Laughton	F	Oshawa	PHI	1	20
	10	Daniil Zharkov	F	Belleville	EDM	3	91
	11	Slater Koekkoek	D	Peterborough	TBL	1	10
	12	Tom Wilson	F	Plymouth	WSH	1	16
	13	Scott Kosmachuk	F	Guelph	WPG	3	70
	14	Adam Pelech	D	Erie	NYI	3	65
	15	Matt Murray	G	SSM	PIT	3	83
	16	Gemel Smith	F	Owen Sound	DAL	4	104
	17	Trevor Carrick	D	Mississauga	CAR	4	115
	18	Dane Fox	F	Erie
	19	Brady Vail	F	Windsor	MTL	4	94
	20	Jarrod Maidens	F	Owen Sound	OTT	3	82
	21	Andreas Athanasiou	F	London	DET	4	110
	22	Jesse Graham	D	Niagara	NYI	6	155
	23	Nick Ebert	D	Windsor	LAK	7	211
	24	Jake Paterson	G	Saginaw	DET	3	80
	25	Dylan Blujus	D	Brampton	TBL	2	40
	26	Matia Marcantuoni	F	Kitchener	PIT	4	92
	27	Artur Gavrus	F	Owen Sound	NJ	6	180
	28	Joel Wigle	F	Niagara
	29	Josh Anderson	F	London	CBJ	4	95
	30	Chris Tierney	F	London	SJS	2	55
	31	Michael Clarke	F	Windsor	COL	5	132
	32	Jake Dotchin	D	Owen Sound	TBL	6	161
	33	Max Iafrate	D	Kitchener
	34	Alex Gudbranson	D	Kingston
	35	Ryan Rupert	F	London	TOR	6	157
	36	Daniel Altshuller	G	Oshawa	CAR	3	69
	37	Marcus McIvor	D	Brampton
	38	Ben Johnson	F	Windsor	NJ	3	90
	39	Justin Kea	F	Saginaw	BUF	3	73
	40	Nathan Pancel	F	Sudbury
	41	Gianluca Curcuruto	D	SSM	CBJ	7	182
	42	Warren Steele	D	Kingston
	43	Zach Leslie	D	Guelph
	44	Kristoff Kontos	F	Mississauga
	45	Connor Brown	F	Erie	TOR	6	156
	46	Chris Marchese	F	Windsor
	47	Brock McGinn	F	Guelph	CAR	2	47
	48	Joseph Blandisi	F	Owen Sound	COL	6	162
	49	Matthew Campagna	F	Sudbury
	50	Garrett Hooey	F	Belleville
	1	Tanner Pearson	F	Barrie	LAK	1	30
	2	Seth Griffith	F	London	BOS	5	131
	3	Tanner Richard	F	Guelph	TBL	3	71
	4	Zach Mitchell	F	Guelph
	5	Alex Basso	D	Sarnia
	6	Michael Houser	G	London
	7	Mitchell Heard	F	Plymouth	COL	2	41
	8	Matt Petgrave	D	Oshawa
	9	Frank Palazzese	G	Kitchener
	10	Riley Brace	F	Mississauga
	N/A	Ben Thomson	F	Kitchener	NJ	4	96
	N/A	Garret Ross	F	Saginaw	CHI	5	139
	N/A	Clark Seymour	D	Peterborough	PIT	5	143
	N/A	Cody Payne	F	Plymouth	BOS	5	145
	N/A	Colin Miller	D	SSM	LAK	5	151
	N/A	Brady Austin	D	Belleville	BUF	7	193

Some general comments:

1. Another remarkable day for overage prospects. 9 overagers (or re-entries) from the OHL were drafted. This includes Seth Griffith, who I'm incredibly pleased to see drafted after I was surprised he was passed over last year. This also includes first round pick Tanner Pearson!

2. Dane Fox becomes the highest rated player I've ever had go undrafted. Has to be disappointing for him. I suppose it's not completely surprising because of the "character" issues that seem to surround him, but after talking with him and doing a feature on him this year, he seems like a guy with his head on straight now. Talent wise, he's definitely a top 3 round pick, so hopefully he uses this as motivation next year and has an explosive year on an up and coming Erie squad.

3. I feel bad for Nick Ebert. From potential top 10 pick at this time last year, to the last pick in the entire draft. Ouch.

4. I don't get how Joel Wigle goes undrafted. Teams making a big mistake there. I guess no one got a good enough glimpse of him with his limited minutes this year, but he'll be a big player for Niagara moving forward. He certainly showed me WAY more than a guy like Cody Payne this year (who did get drafted).

5. Also a tad surprised to see two players with great bloodlines in Max Iafrate and Alex Gudbranson not get drafted.

6. Love seeing Ryan Rupert get drafted by the Leafs. Size concerns be damned, this guy can play the game.

7. Biggest head scratcher of the day goes to Pittsburgh drafting Clark Seymour. At one point last year, I had him in my top 50, but he ended up being an honorable mention. He didn't get drafted. This year, he has some injury problems and suspension issues, and never really took that step forward in Peterborough (IMO). Yet...he gets drafted. Don't get this one.

What are your thoughts on the draft this year?