Florian Xhekaj drops the gloves with Marshall Rifai tonight
CANADIENSFlorian Xhekaj drops the gloves with Marshall Rifai tonight in a very violent fight
Apr 6, 2026; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) warms up before a game against the Seattle Kraken at Canada Life Centre.
JETSKyle Connor sends major message to Connor Hellebuyck amid trade request
Apr 26, 2026; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) plays with a puck during warm-up before the game against the Montreal Canadiens in game four of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bell Centre.
LIGHTNINGNikita Kucherov's reported $20 million ask just rocked the Lightning
HOCKEY STATS
NHL

ENTRY DRAFT

2000
LNH ENTRY DRAFT
ROUND #1GPPTS
1
NYI
Rick DiPietro
G
32214
2
WPG
Dany Heatley
W
946854
3
MIN
Marian Gaborik
W
1119873
4
CLB
Rostislav Klesla
D
682168
5
NYI
Raffi Torres
W
703288
6
NSH
Scott Hartnell
W
1353755
7
BOS
Lars Jonsson
D
82
8
TB
Nikita Alexeyev
W
17038
9
CGY
Brent Krahn
G
1-
10
CHI
Mikhail Yakubov
C
5312
11
CHI
Pavel Vorobyov
C
5725
12
ANA
Alexei Smirnov
C
566
13
MON
Ron Hainsey
D
1171321
14
COL
Vaclav Nedorost
W
9920
15
BUF
Artyom Kryukov
C
--
16
MON
Marcel Hossa
W
25165
17
EDM
Alexei Mikhnov
W
2-
18
PIT
Brooks Orpik
D
1191220
19
UTA
Krystofer Kolanos
C
15142
20
LA
Alexander Frolov
W
585401
21
OTT
Anton Volchenkov
D
782150
22
NJ
David Hale
D
34431
23
VAN
Nathan Smith
C
30-
24
TOR
Brad Boyes
W
839512
25
DAL
Steve Ott
C
909296
26
WAS
Brian Sutherby
C
47090
27
BOS
Martin Samuelsson
W
141
28
PHI
Justin Williams
W
1426899
29
DET
Niklas Kronwall
D
1062479
30
STL
Jeff Taffe
C
18046
ROUND #2GPPTS
31
WPG
Ilja Nikulin
D
--
32
CAR
Tomas Kurka
W
186
33
MIN
Nick Schultz
D
1101177
34
TB
Ruslan Zainullin
C
--
35
EDM
Brad Winchester
W
41471
36
NSH
Daniel Widing
C
--
37
BOS
Andy Hilbert
W
317105
38
DET
Tomas Kopecky
W
615182
39
NJ
Teemu Laine
C
--
40
CGY
Kurtis Foster
D
408162
41
SJ
Tero Maatta
D
--
42
WPG
Libor Ustrnul
D
--
43
WAS
Matt Pettinger
W
424123
44
ANA
Ilya Bryzgalov
G
51312
45
OTT
Mathieu Chouinard
G
2-
46
CGY
Jarret Stoll
C
969414
47
COL
Jared Aulin
C
174
48
BUF
Gerard Dicaire
D
--
49
CHI
Jonas Nordqvist
C
32
50
COL
Sergei Soin
C
--
51
TOR
Kris Vernarsky
C
171
52
PIT
Shane Endicott
C
453
53
UTA
Alexander Tatarinov
D
--
54
LA
Andreas Lilja
D
64690
55
OTT
Antoine Vermette
C
1143543
56
NJ
Alexander Suglobov
W
181
57
NJ
Matt DeMarchi
D
--
58
FLA
Vladimir Sapozhnikov
D
--
59
BOS
Ivan Huml
W
4918
60
DAL
Dan Ellis
G
2196
61
WAS
Jakub Cutta
D
8-
62
NJ
Paul Martin
D
992366
63
COL
Agris Saviels
D
--
64
NYR
Filip Novak
D
17-
65
STL
David Morisset
W
4-
ROUND #3GPPTS
66
BOS
Tuukka Makela
D
--
67
NJ
Maxim Birbraer
W
--
68
DAL
Joel Lundqvist
C
15935
69
CLB
Ben Knopp
C
--
70
TOR
Mikael Tellqvist
G
1131
71
VAN
Thatcher Bell
C
--
72
NSH
Mattias Nilsson
D
--
73
BOS
Sergei Zinovyev
C
101
74
CHI
Igor Radulov
W
4316
75
STL
Justin Papineau
C
8219
76
NJ
Mike Rupp
W
677107
77
FLA
Robert Fried
C
--
78
MON
Josef Balej
W
186
79
MON
Tyler Hanchuck
D
--
80
CAR
Ryan Bayda
W
19444
81
TB
Alexander Kharitonov
W
7122
82
FLA
Sean O'Connor
W
--
83
EDM
Alexander Lyubimov
D
--
84
PIT
Peter Hamerlik
G
--
85
UTA
Ramzi Abid
W
7030
86
LA
Yanick Lehoux
C
104
87
OTT
Jan Bohac
W
--
88
COL
Kurt Sauer
D
40036
89
NSH
Libor Pivko
W
1-
90
TOR
Jean-François Racine
G
--
91
DAL
Alexei Tereshenko
C
--
92
COL
Sergei Klyazmine
W
--
93
VAN
Tim Branham
D
--
94
PHI
Alexander Drozdetsky
W
--
95
NYR
Dominic Moore
C
998311
96
STL
Antoine Bergeron
D
--
ROUND #4GPPTS
97
CAR
Niclas Wallin
D
70791
98
ANA
Jonas Ronnqvist
W
384
99
MIN
Marc Cavosie
C
--
100
TOR
Miguel Delisle
C
--
101
NYI
Arto Tukio
D
--
102
DET
Stefan Liv
G
--
103
BOS
Brett Nowak
C
--
104
SJ
Jon DiSalvatore
W
6-
105
NYI
Vladimir Gorbunov
C
--
106
CHI
Scotty Balan
D
--
107
WPG
Carl Mallette
C
--
108
WPG
Blake Robson
W
--
109
MON
Johan Eneqvist
W
--
110
CAR
Jared Newman
D
--
111
BUF
Ghyslain Rousseau
G
--
112
NYR
Premsyl Duben
D
--
113
EDM
Lou Dickenson
C
--
114
MON
Christian Larrivée
C
--
115
FLA
Chris Eade
D
--
116
CGY
Levente Szuper
G
--
117
CHI
Olli Malmivaara
D
2-
118
LA
Lubomir Visnovsky
D
911503
119
COL
Brian Fahey
D
71
120
FLA
Davis Parley
G
--
121
WAS
Ryan Van Buskirk
D
--
122
OTT
Derrick Byfuglien
D
--
123
DAL
Vadim Khomitski
D
--
124
PIT
Michel Ouellet
W
194118
125
NJ
Phil Cole
D
--
126
TB
Johan Hagglund
C
--
127
DET
Dmitri Semyonov
W
--
128
DET
Alexander Seluyanov
D
--
129
STL
Troy Riddle
C
--
130
DET
Aaron Van Leusen
W
--
ROUND #5GPPTS
131
NSH
Matt Hendricks
C
646118
132
MIN
Maxim Sushinski
W
3011
133
CLB
Petteri Nummelin
D
14648
134
ANA
Peter Podhradsky
D
--
135
NJ
Mike Danton
C
9215
136
NYI
Dmitri Upper
C
--
137
NSH
Mike Stuart
D
3-
138
CLB
Scott Heffernan
D
--
139
DAL
Ruslan Bernikov
W
--
140
NYR
Nathan Martz
C
--
141
CGY
Wade Davis
D
--
142
SJ
Michal Pinc
C
--
143
NYR
Brandon Snee
G
--
144
VAN
Pavel Duma
C
--
145
MON
Ryan Glenn
D
--
146
PIT
David Koci
D
1424
147
WPG
Matthew McRae
C
--
148
NYI
Kristofer Ottosson
W
--
149
BUF
Denis Denisov
D
--
150
CLB
Tyler Kolarik
C
--
151
CHI
Alexander Barkunov
D
--
152
EDM
Paul Flache
D
--
153
ANA
Bill Cass
D
--
154
NSH
Matt Koalska
C
--
155
CGY
Travis Moen
W
830155
156
OTT
Greg Zanon
D
51167
157
OTT
Grant Potulny
C
--
158
OTT
Sean Connolly
D
--
159
COL
John-Michael Liles
D
882383
160
UTA
Nate Kiser
D
--
161
TB
Pavel Sedov
C
--
162
DAL
Artyom Chernov
C
--
163
WAS
Ivan Nepryayev
C
--
164
NJ
Matus Kostur
G
--
165
LA
Nathan Marsters
G
--
166
SJ
Nolan Schaefer
G
7-
167
STL
Craig Weller
W
9514
ROUND #6GPPTS
168
WPG
Zdenek Smid
G
--
169
CLB
Shane Benderas
G
--
170
MIN
Eric Reitz
D
452
171
PHI
Roman Cechmanek
G
2341
172
MON
Scott Selig
C
--
173
NSH
Tomas Harant
D
--
174
BOS
Jarno Kultanen
D
10213
175
NYR
Sven Helfenstein
C
--
176
CGY
Jukka Hentunen
W
389
177
CHI
Mike Ayers
G
--
178
WPG
Jeff Dwyer
D
--
179
TOR
Vadim Sozinov
W
--
180
WPG
Darcy Hordichuk
W
55942
181
CAR
J.D. Forrest
D
--
182
MON
Petr Chvojka
D
--
183
SJ
Michal Macho
W
--
184
EDM
Shaun Norrie
W
--
185
PIT
Patrick Foley
W
--
186
UTA
Brent Gauvreau
C
--
187
DET
Par Backer
C
--
188
OTT
Jason Maleyko
D
--
189
COL
Chris Bahen
D
--
190
FLA
Josh Olson
W
51
191
TB
Aaron Gionet
D
--
192
DAL
Ladislav Vlcek
C
--
193
CHI
Joey Martin
D
--
194
NJ
Deryk Engelland
D
726132
195
PHI
Colin Shields
C
--
196
DET
Paul Ballantyne
D
--
197
NSH
Zbynek Irgl
W
--
ROUND #7GPPTS
198
NJ
Ken Magowan
W
--
199
MIN
Brian Passmore
C
--
200
CLB
Janne Jokila
C
--
201
LA
Evgeny Fedorov
C
--
202
NYI
Ryan Caldwell
D
4-
203
NSH
Jure Penko
G
--
204
BOS
Chris Berti
C
--
205
NYR
Henrik Lundqvist
G
101626
206
LA
Tim Eriksson
W
--
207
CHI
Cliff Loya
D
--
208
VAN
Brandon Reid
C
238
209
TOR
Markus Seikola
D
--
210
PHI
John Eichelberger
C
--
211
EDM
Joe Cullen
C
--
212
CAR
Magnus Kahnberg
W
--
213
BUF
Vasily Bizyayev
W
--
214
MIN
Peter Bartos
W
136
215
EDM
Matthew Lombardi
C
576278
216
PIT
Jim Abbott
C
--
217
UTA
Igor Samoylov
D
--
218
LA
Craig Olynick
D
--
219
DAL
Marco Tuokko
W
--
220
BUF
Paul Gaustad
C
795242
221
COL
Aaron Molnar
G
--
222
TB
Marek Priechodsky
D
--
223
TOR
Lubos Velebny
D
--
224
DAL
Antti Miettinen
W
563235
225
CHI
Vladislav Luchkin
C
--
226
TB
Brian Eklund
G
1-
227
PHI
Guillaume Lefebvre
W
396
228
DET
Jimmie Svensson
W
--
229
STL
Brett Lutes
W
--
ROUND #8GPPTS
230
WPG
Samu Isosalo
C
--
231
CLB
Peter Zingoni
C
--
232
MIN
Lubomir Sekeras
D
22873
233
TB
Alexander Polukeyev
G
--
234
FLA
Janis Sprukts
C
143
235
CAR
Craig Kowalski
G
--
236
NSH
Mats Christeen
D
--
237
BOS
Zdenek Kutlak
D
163
238
NYR
Danny Eberly
D
--
239
CGY
David Hajek
D
--
240
CHI
Adam Berkhoel
G
9-
241
VAN
Nathan Barrett
C
--
242
WPG
Evan Nielsen
D
--
243
MON
Joni Puurula
G
--
244
WPG
Eric Bowen
W
--
245
LA
Dan Welch
W
--
246
SJ
Chad Wiseman
W
102
247
EDM
Jason Platt
D
--
248
PIT
Steven Crampton
W
--
249
UTA
Sami Venalainen
W
--
251
DET
Todd Jackson
W
--
252
COL
Darryl Bootland
W
323
253
FLA
Matt Sommerfeld
W
--
254
TOR
Alexander Shinkar
W
--
255
MIN
Eric Johansson
C
--
256
SJ
Pasi Saarinen
D
--
257
NJ
Warren McCutcheon
C
--
258
BUF
Sean McMorrow
W
1-
259
PHI
Regan Kelly
D
--
260
DET
Evgeni Bumagin
D
--
261
STL
Reinhard Divis
G
28-
ROUND #9GPPTS
262
CHI
Peter Flache
C
--
263
TB
Thomas Ziegler
C
5-
264
NYI
Dmitri Altaryov
C
--
265
TOR
Jean-Philippe Côté
D
274
266
COL
Sean Kotary
C
--
267
NYI
Tomi Pettinen
D
24-
268
BOS
Pavel Kolarik
D
23-
269
NYR
Martin Richter
D
--
270
CGY
Micki Dupont
D
234
271
CHI
Reto Von Arx
W
194
272
VAN
Tim Smith
C
--
273
PIT
Roman Simicek
C
6317
274
EDM
Evgeny Muratov
C
--
275
MON
Jonathan Gauthier
D
--
276
CAR
Troy Ferguson
C
--
277
BUF
Ryan Courtney
C
--
278
CLB
Martin Paroulek
W
--
279
BOS
Andreas Lindstrom
W
--
280
PIT
Nick Boucher
G
--
281
UTA
Peter Fabus
C
--
282
LA
Carl Grahn
G
--
283
OTT
James DeMone
D
--
284
NSH
Martin Hohener
D
--
285
COL
Blake Ward
G
--
286
CLB
Andrej Nedorost
C
285
287
PHI
Milan Kopecky
C
--
288
WPG
Mark McRae
D
--
289
WAS
Bjorn Nord
D
--
290
WPG
Simon Gamache
W
4813
291
CHI
Arne Ramholt
D
--
292
CLB
Louis Mandeville
D
--
293
STL
Lauri Kinos
D
--
BY POSITION
2000 LNH ENTRY DRAFT
POSITIONQTY%
Centers16155,1
Defensemen9933,9
Goalies3211,0
TOTAL292
ORIGIN
2000 LNH ENTRY DRAFT
COUNTRIESQTY
Canada97
 Ontario30 
 Alberta18 
 Quebec17 
 Saskatchewan13 
 British Columbia10 
 Manitoba5 
 Prince Edward Island2 
 New-Brunswick1 
 Yukon1 
United States55
 Minnesota12 
 Michigan7 
 Massachusetts6 
 Connecticut5 
 Illinois4 
 New York4 
 Pennsylvania4 
 California3 
 North Dakota3 
 Wisconsin2 
 Colorado1 
 Georgia1 
 Indiana1 
 Maine1 
 Ohio1 
Russia39
Czech Republic25
Sweden22
Finland19
Slovakia14
Kazakhstan5
Switzerland5
Latvia2
Ukraine2
Austria1
Germany1
Hungary1
Poland1
Scotland1
Slovenia1