- Erik Johnson
Erik Johnson (born March 21, 1988 in Bloomington, Minnesota) is an American ice hockey player. He most recently played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey team as a freshman. He decided to leave after just one year to join the St. Louis Blues of the NHL who made him the first overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
- Jonathan Toews
Jonathan Toews (pronunciation: [tayvz]) (born April 29, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professional ice hockey player. He was selected third overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, by Chicago. Toews was the selected first overall in the 2003 WHL Bantam Draft after having been chosen by the Tri-City Americans, but chose instead to go the collegiate route. Toews played two years of prep school hockey at Shattuck-Saint Mary's.
- Dennis Persson
Dennis Persson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 24th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
- Peter Mueller
Peter Mueller (born April 14, 1988 in Bloomington, Minnesota) is an ice hockey player. Mueller was drafted 8th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He plays as a centre. He played in the USA Hockey developmental program for the 2004-05 season before moving to the Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips. He will be following former Breck High School teammate Blake Wheeler to the Coyotes.
- Kyle Okposo
Kyle Okposo (born April 14, 1988 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) is an American ice hockey right wing/center. He was drafted 7th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders, following a season in the United States Hockey League with the Des Moines Buccaneers in which he was named the most valuable player of the USHL playoffs and the league's top rookie. He played an instrumental role in leading the Buccaneers to a Clark Cup victory.
- Jonathan Bernier
Jonathan Bernier is an ice hockey goaltender with the Lewiston MAINEiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He was drafted in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, 11th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings. For trivia purpose, he was born on the same birthdate as Sidney Crosby. Jonathan is the younger brother of Marc-André Bernier, a draft choice of the Vancouver Canucks who now plays with the ECHL's Victoria Salmon Kings.
- Michael Grabner
Michael Grabner (Born October 5, 1987 in Villach, Austria) is an Austrian ice hockey player. The 6'1" right winger plays for the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League. He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. The speedy sniper was ranked one of the fastest skaters in the draft. On April 3, 2007, after his Spokane Chiefs had been eliminated from the WHL playoffs, …
- Trevor Lewis
Trevor Lewis (born in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American Ice Hockey player who was drafted 17th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft following an award-winning season in the United States Hockey League with the Des Moines Buccaneers. He plays as a center and on July 14, 2006, the Kings signed Lewis to a 3-year contract. He played the 2006-07 season with the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League.
- Nick Foligno
Nick Foligno (Born October 31, 1987 in Buffalo, New York, USA) is a prospect for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He was chosen in the first round, 28th overall by the club in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, B.C.. He currently plays for the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL which are coached by his father, Mike Foligno. On March 21, 2007, the Senators' general manager John Muckler announced the club agreed to terms on a contract with Foligno.
- Leland Irving
Leland Irving (born April 11, 1988 in Barrhead,and raised in Swan Hills Alberta is a junior ice hockey goaltender playing for the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League. He was drafted in the first round, 26th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. The 2006-07 WHL season will be his fourth with the Silvertips.
- Claude Giroux
Claude Giroux (born January 12, 1988 in Hearst, Ontario) is a Major Junior ice hockey right wing who currently plays for the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL. Was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round, 22nd overall of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. It was notable because Bobby Clarke (Former GM of the Philadelphia Flyers) forgot Giroux's name when introducing him.
- Nikolai Kulemin
Nikolai Kulemin (born July 14, 1986 in Magnitogorsk, Russia) is a Russian ice hockey player. Kulemin was selected in the 2nd round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a 44th overall pick. He is currently playing for the Metallurg Magnitogorsk hockey club in the Russian Super League. He has yet to come to North America to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs or the affiliates of the Leafs because he is still under contract with his hockey club.
- Milan Lucic
Milan Lucic (born June 7, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey player. Lucic was selected 50th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He is currently playing for the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Milan was named Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Memorial Cup after tallying 7 points in 5 games and helping his team to win the 2007 Memorial Cup.
- Michal Neuvirth
Michal Neuvirth is an ice hockey player. Neuvirth was selected 34th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. He is currently playing for the Plymouth Whalers in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
- Chris Summers
Chris Summers (born February 25, 1988 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round, 29th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
- David Fischer
David Fischer (born February 19, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is an American ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round, 20th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Most recently, he played for Apple Valley High School in the Minnesota State High School League. In the fall of 2006, he began attending the University of Minnesota.
- Sergei Shirokov
Sergei Shirokov is a Russian ice hockey player. Shirokov was selected 163rd Overall in the sixth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. Shirokov is familiar to many avid world junior watchers because of his appearances in the past two tournaments where he impressed many with his shiftiness and stickhandling. He played eight games with CSKA Moscow in 2004-05, not registering any points or penalty minutes.
- Alexander Vasyunov
Alexander Vasyunov (born April 22, 1988 in Yaroslavl, Russia) is an ice hockey player. Vasyunov was selected 58th Overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. He is currently playing for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Super League.
- Cory Emmerton
Cory Emmerton (born June 1, 1988 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey center. He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round, 41st overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. The 2006-07 season is his third season for the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League. In the 2005-06 season, he scored 26 goals and added 64 assists.
- Mark Mitera
Mark Mitera (born October 22, 1987 in Livonia, Michigan, USA) is an American ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the first round, 19th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Currently, he is playing for the Michigan Wolverines in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.
- Toni Lydman
Toni Lydman (born September 25, 1977 in Lahti) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He has played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and currently the Buffalo Sabres. Lydman was drafted by Calgary in the 4th round, 89th overall at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He spent 4 seasons playing in Finland's SM-liiga for Tappara in Tampere and HIFK in Helsinki before making his NHL debut for the Flames in the 2000-01 NHL season.
- Brad Marchand
Brad Marchand (born May 11, 1988, in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian ice hockey player. He is 5 ft 9 in tall, weighs 183 lb, shoots left and plays center. He currently plays for the Val-d'Or Foreurs of the QMJHL. Marchand was drafted in the third round, 71st overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Marchand played for Canada at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
- Blake Geoffrion
Blake Geoffrion (born February 3, 1988 in Plantation, Florida) is an ice hockey player. Geoffrion was selected 56th Overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. He currently is a Left Wing for the University of Wisconsin. If Geoffrion makes it to the NHL he will be the fourth generation of his family to play in the league.
- Jamie McGinn
Jamie McGinn (born James Robert McGinn V, August 5, 1988 in Fergus, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player. He was drafted in the 2nd round, 36th overall, by the San Jose Sharks in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. McGinn played 3 seasons for the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League. His best season was the 2006-07 season, in which he tallied 46 goals and 89 points. He led the team in scoring.
- Chris Clark
Chris Clark (born March 8, 1976 in South Windsor, Connecticut) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Washington Capitals of the NHL. Clark was drafted in the 3rd round, 77th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Clark played five seasons with the Flames. In his final season with the team, he played in every game and helped the team to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, which they lost to Tampa Bay.
- Ben Maxwell
Ben Maxwell (born March 30, 1988 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey player. Maxwell was selected 49th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He is currently playing for the Kootenay Ice in the Western Hockey League (WHL).
- Igor Makarov
Igor Makarov (born September 19, 1987 in Moscow, Russia) is an ice hockey player. Makarov was selected 33rd overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. He is currently playing for the SKA St. Petersburg in the Russian Super League.
- Codey Burki
Codey Burki (born November 17, 1987 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is an ice hockey player. Burki was selected 59th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche. He is currently playing for the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL).
- Alexei Semenov
Alexei Semenov (born April 10, 1981 in Murmansk, Russia) plays defence in the National Hockey League. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, 36th overall. In 2001, he was awarded the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the best defenceman in the Ontario Hockey League. After playing three full seasons for the Oilers and their top farm club, the Hamilton Bulldogs, …
- Oskar Osala
Oskar Osala (born December 26 1987 in Vaasa, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey forward (LW/Center). He started his career in Vaasa-based Sport. He then made his North American debut with the OHL's Mississauga IceDogs in 2005. He was then drafted in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, 97th overall, 4th round, by Washington Capitals. Osala shared the goal scoring title in 2007 IIHF World Junior Championships. Osala scored five goals in six games.
- Jesse Joensuu
Jesse Joensuu is an ice hockey player. Joensuu was selected 60th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. He is currently playing for his hometown team Ässät in the Finnish SM-liiga.
- Mika Noronen
Mika Noronen (born June 17, 1979 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. Noronen was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft with pick number 21. In his native Finland, he has played for Tappara and HPK in the SM-liiga. He has also played for the Rochester Americans in the AHL. At the trade deadline in the 2005-06 season, …
- Mathieu Carle
Mathieu Carle (born September 30, 1987 in Gatineau, QC, Canada) is an ice hockey player. Carle was selected 53rd overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He is currently playing for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the QMJHL.
- Jhonas Enroth
Jhonas Enroth is an ice hockey player. Enroth was selected 46th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. He is currently playing for Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien.
- Jeff Petry
Jeff Petry (born December 9, 1987, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) is a prospect for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. He currently plays for the Des Moines Buccaneers in the United States Hockey League. His father, Dan Petry, is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
- Bryan Pitton
Bryan Pitton (b.) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League. He is also a prospect for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. Bryan was born in Mississauga, Ontario. He is 6 feet and 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 167 pounds (75.9 kg). Bryan enjoys working out, fishing and listening to music. His favourite player is former goaltender Patrick Roy and his favourite team are the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- Juraj Simek
Juraj Simek in Presov, Slovakia, is a Swiss ice hockey player. Simek was selected 167th Overall in the sixth round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. Simek was rated highly, but slipped to the sixth round. He had a very strong season with Kloten Flyers’s junior team in 2005-06, scoring 21 goals and 63 total points in 42 games. He is listed with 196 penalty minutes as well. He also appeared in eight games with the Kloten club team, getting one assist.
- Marty Reasoner
Marty Reasoner (b. 26 February, 1977) is a professional centerman in the National Hockey League, currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers. He was born in Honeoye Falls, New York and taken in the first round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 14th overall, by the St. Louis Blues. This followed two years of high school hockey at McQuaid Jesuit High School, two years of high school at Deerfield Academy in Mass. and one year at Boston College, where he was named Rookie of the Year.
- Niko Hovinen
Niko Hovinen (born March 16, 1988 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. Currently playing with the Jokerit junior team, Hovinen dressed for a single regular season Jokerit game as backup to Joonas Hallikainen, after Tim Thomas abruptly left the team only a day before the start of the 2005-06 regular season. Hovinen returned to the junior team for the rest of the season. He made his first SM-liiga start on November 23, 2006, against SaiPa, …
- Carl Sneep
Carl Sneep (born November 5, 1987 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA) is an ice hockey player. Sneep was selected 32nd overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is currently playing for Boston College in the NCAA. Sneep prepped at Brainerd High School; in Brainerd, MN.