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NHL Shield
NHL First Overall Picks 1970 - Present

Year Pos Player Team Drafted From
1970 C Gilbert Perreault Buffalo Montreal Jr. Canadiens
1971 RW Guy Lafleur Montreal Quebec Remparts
1972 RW Bill Harris NY Islanders Toronto Marlboros
1973 D Denis Potvin NY Islanders Ottawa 67's
1974 D Greg Joly Washington Regina Pats
1975 C Mel Bridgman Philadelphia Victoria Cougars
1976 D Rick Green Washington London Knights
1977 C Dale McCourt Detroit St. Catharines Fincups
1978 C Bobby Smith Minnesota Ottawa 67's
1979 D Rob Ramage Colorado London Knights
1980 C Doug Wickenheiser Montreal Regina Pats
1981 C Dale Hawerchuk Winnipeg Cornwall Royals
1982 D Gord Kluzak Boston Nanaimo Islanders
1983 C Brian Lawton Minnesota Mount St. Charles HS
1984 C Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Laval Voisins
1985 LW/D Wendel Clark Toronto Saskatoon Blades
1986 C Joe Murphy Detroit Michigan State
1987 C Pierre Turgeon Buffalo Granby Bisons
1988 C Mike Modano Minnesota Prince Albert Raiders
1989 RW Mats Sundin Quebec Nacka (Sweden)
1990 RW Owen Nolan Quebec Cornwall Royals
1991 C Eric Lindros Quebec Oshawa Generals
1992 D Roman Hamrlik Tampa ZPS Zlin (Czechoslovakia)
1993 C Alexandre Daigle Ottawa Victoriaville Tigres
1994 D Ed Jovanovski Florida Windsor Spitfires
1995 D Bryan Berard Ottawa Detroit Jr. Red Wings
1996 D Chris Phillips Ottawa Prince Albert Raiders
1997 C Joe Thornton Boston Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1998 C Vincent Lecavalier Tampa Rimouski Oceanic
1999 C Patrik Stefan Atlanta Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL)
2000 G Rick DiPietro NY Islanders Boston University
2001 LW Ilya Kovalchuk Atlanta Spartak (Rus.)
2002 LW Rick Nash Columbus London Knights (OHL)
2003 G Marc-Andre Fleury Pittsburgh Cape Breton (QMJHL)
2004 LW Alexander Ovechkin Washington Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
2005 C Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Rimouski Oceanic
2006 D Erik Johnson St. Louis US National Under 18
2007 RW Patrick Kane Chicago London Knights (OHL)


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