CHL conducts 2009 Import Draft
June 30, 2009
The CHL conducted the 2009 Import Draft on Tuesday. Please click the following link to view all of the selections - www.chl.ca.
The Saint John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League used the first overall pick to select Russian forward Stanislav Galiev, a top prospect for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft who played with the Indiana Ice in the USHL this past season.
The Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League used the second overall pick on forward Nino Niederreiter, who played with HC Davos in Switzerland and the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League traded up to the third overall selection to acquire Swedish forward Gabriel Landeskog, who played this past season with Djurgarden.
Each team in the CHL is permitted to carry two European Import players each season. These players are selected annually at the Import Draft, with the order of selection rotating through each of the three leagues in the CHL using an inverse order of their final regular season standings from the 2008-09 season.
2009 CHL Import Draft - OHL Team Selections (25 Players)
Round 1
No. Team League Name DOB 2008-09 Club Hometown Pos Height Weight NHL Draft
3 Plymouth Whalers OHL
Gabriel Landeskog Nov. 23, 1992 Djurgarden Sweden Right Wing 6.00 196 2011
6 Kitchener Rangers OHL
Tomas Tatar Dec. 12, 1990 Zvolen Trencin, Slovakia Left Wing 5.10 170 Det. 2nd 2009
9 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL
Robin Lehner July-24-91 Frolunda Sweden Goalie 6.03 220 Ott. 2nd 2009
12 Barrie Colts OHL
Alexander Burmistrov Oct. 21, 1991 AK Bar Kazan Russia Left Centre 6.00 170 2010
15 Owen Sound Attack OHL
Roman Berdnikov May-18-92 Omsk Avangard Omsk, Russia Right Wing 5.11 180 2010
18 Peterborough Petes OHL
Jiri Sekac June-10-92 Kladno U17 Kladno, Czech Centre/Left Wing 5.11 160 2010
21 Niagara IceDogs OHL
Petteri Simila Apr. 9, 1990 Karpat Jr. Oulu, Finland Goalie 6.06 189 MON 7th 2009
24 Windsor Spitfires OHL
Tom Kuhnhackl Jan. 21, 1992 Landshut Germany Centre 6.02 172 2010
27 Oshawa Generals OHL
Allain Berger Dec. 27, 1990 Bern 2nd Division Switzerland Forward 6.04 205 2010
30 Ottawa 67's OHL
Peter Mrazek Feb. 14, 1992 HC Vitkovice Steel Czech Goalie 5.10 170 2010
33 Saginaw Spirit OHL
Tadeas Galansky Dec. 29, 1992 Havirov Jr. Czech Goalie 6.01 185 2011
36 Erie Otters OHL
Ramis Sadikov Feb. 26, 1991 Rus Moscow Russia Goalie 6.05 220 2010
39 Sudbury Wolves OHL
Stefan Stepanov Sept. 23, 1992 Russia U20 Russia Defenceman 6.00 170 2011
42 Saginaw Spirit OHL
Ivan Telegin February-28-92 Metallurg Novokuznetsk Russia Left Centre 6.03 185 2010
45 Kitchener Rangers OHL
Patrik Andersson Mar. 29, 1990 Brynas Jr. Sweden Left Defence 6.02 185 2010
48 Ottawa 67's OHL
Matias Sointu Oct. 2, 1990 Illves SM Lugu Tampere, Finland Left Wing 5.10 180 TB 7th 2008
51 Brampton Battalion OHL
Valeri Knizev June-11-92 Sparta Praha Jr. Russia Right Wing 5.11 177 2010
54 Sudbury Wolves OHL
Edijs Leitans July-26-91 Latvia U-20 Latvia Forward 6.05 216 2010
58 London Knights OHL
Anton Klementyev Mar. 25, 1990 Yaroslavl U20 Togliati, Russia Defenceman 6.01 198 NYI 5th 2009
Round 2
No. Team League Name DOB 2008-09 Club Hometown Pos Height Weight NHL Draft
62 London Knights OHL Kalle Ekelund 25-Jul-90 Nybro IF Nybro, Sweden Defenceman 6.03 205 2010
68 Oshawa Generals OHL Jakub Strnad Feb. 16, 1992 Kladno U17 Czech Left Wing 5.11 170 2010
70 Barrie Colts OHL Denis Gladkov 03-Jul-92 Central Red Army Jr. Russia Left Wing 6.00 185 2010
72 Erie Otters OHL Victor Perezhogin Jan. 4, 1992 Omsk Jr. Russia Forward 6.01 190 2010
73 Guelph Storm OHL Vadim Guskov 11-May-91 Olympiets City of Balashikha Russia Right Wing 6.00 187 2010
75 Sarnia Sting OHL Ted Brithen Nov. 25, 1990 Rogle U20 Sweden Centre/Left Wing 6.01 175 2010
