2002 NHL Draft
Ben Eager in the 2002 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Ben Eager 23rd overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 11 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 407 games put him 39th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 23
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 23
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 20–26 in the 2002 draft
- 20Daniel PailleL582 GP · 172 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 21Anton BabchukD289 GP · 107 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYINew York Islanders
- 23Ben EagerL407 GP · 85 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 24Alexander SteenL1018 GP · 622 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 25Cam WardG701 GP · 334 WCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 26Martin VagnerDDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
23rd
of 290 players selected
15th
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ben Eager made his NHL debut on November 30, 2005, 3 years and 161 days after the draft.
407
Games
43
Goals
42
Assists
85
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 2002 draft
- 19Jakub KoreisCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 23Ben EagerL407 GP · 85 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 46David LeneveuG22 GP · 5 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 70Joe CallahanD46 GP · 4 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 80Matt JonesD106 GP · 11 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 97Lance MonychRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 132John ZeilerR90 GP · 5 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 186Jeff PietrasiakGPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 216Ladislav KoubaLPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 249Marcus SmithDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 280Russell SpenceCPHXPhoenix Coyotes