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June 26, 2008
WJA.005
Hockey Canada and the organizers of the 2008 World Junior A Challenge are happy to announce that 16
players that played in the 2007 World Junior A Challenge in Trail & Nelson, BC were selected in the 2008
NHL Entry Draft.
This once again reiterates the high caliber of talent found in this international hockey event. After only
its second year, 30 WJAC alumni have had their names called at the NHL Entry Draft.
| Round |
Overall Pick |
NHL Team |
Player |
WJAC Team |
| 1 |
6 |
Columbus |
Nikita Filatov |
Russia |
| 1 |
16 |
Boston |
Joe Colborne |
Canada West |
| 2 |
32 |
Los Angeles |
Viateslav Voinov |
Russia |
| 2 |
36 |
New York Islanders |
Corey Trivino |
Canada East |
| 2 |
45 |
Carolina |
Zac Dalpe |
Canada West |
| 2 |
52 |
New Jersey |
Brandon Burlon |
Canada East |
| 2 |
58 |
Washington |
Dmitri Kugryshev |
Russia |
| 2 |
60 |
Toronto |
Jimmy Hayes |
United States |
| 3 |
73 |
New York Islanders |
Kirill Petrov |
Russia |
| 3 |
75 |
New York Rangers |
Evgeny Grachev |
Russia |
| 3 |
91 |
Detroit |
Max Nicastro |
United States |
| 4 |
108 |
Calgary |
Nick Larson |
United States |
| 5 |
123 |
Los Angeles |
Andrei Loktionov |
Russia |
| 5 |
150 |
Pittsburgh |
Alexander Pechurski |
Russia |
| 6 |
159 |
Phoenix |
Brett Hextall |
Canada West |
| 7 |
188 |
Toronto |
Andrew MacWilliam |
Canada West |
» 2008 World Junior A Challenge
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For more information:
Riley Wiwchar Manager, Events & Marketing | Responsable, événements
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