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2006 NHL Draft

Ben Maxwell in the 2006 NHL Draft

Montréal Canadiens selected Ben Maxwell 49th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 6 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 47 games put him 62nd in the class.

Overall pick
49
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 19
Drafting team
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 46–52 in the 2006 draft

  1. 46Jhonas EnrothG153 GP · 50 WBUF
  2. 47Shawn MatthiasL551 GP · 174 PDET
  3. 48Joe RyanDLAK
  4. 49Ben MaxwellC47 GP · 8 PMTL
  5. 50Milan LucicL1177 GP · 586 PBOS
  6. 51Nigel WilliamsDCOL
  7. 52Keith SeabrookDWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2006 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2006 class

49th
of 213 players selected
29th
of 122 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Erik JohnsonD1023 GP · 348 PSTL
  2. 2Jordan StaalC1409 GP · 747 PPIT
  3. 3Jonathan ToewsC1149 GP · 912 PCHI
  4. 4Nicklas BäckströmC1105 GP · 1033 PWSH
  5. 5Phil KesselR1286 GP · 992 PBOS
  6. 6Derick BrassardC1013 GP · 545 PCBJ
  7. 7Kyle OkposoR1051 GP · 614 PNYI
  8. 8Peter MuellerC297 GP · 160 PPHX
  9. 9James SheppardC394 GP · 91 PMIN
  10. 10Michael FrolikR858 GP · 384 PFLA

+ 203 more

The 2006 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ben Maxwell made his NHL debut on December 13, 2008, 2 years and 172 days after the draft.

47
Games
2
Goals
6
Assists
8
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2006 draft

  1. 20David FischerDMTL
  2. 49Ben MaxwellC47 GP · 8 PMTL
  3. 53Mathieu CarleD3 GP · 0 PMTL
  4. 66Ryan WhiteC313 GP · 61 PMTL
  5. 139Pavel ValentenkoDMTL
  6. 199Cameron CepekDMTL