2005 NHL Draft
Benoit Pouliot in the 2005 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Benoit Pouliot 4th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 625 games put him 24th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 2005 draft
- 1Sidney CrosbyC1435 GP · 1771 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
4th
of 230 players selected
3rd
of 120 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Sidney CrosbyC1435 GP · 1771 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 220 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Benoit Pouliot made his NHL debut on November 22, 2006, 1 year and 115 days after the draft.
625
Games
130
Goals
133
Assists
263
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2005 draft
- 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 57Matt KassianL76 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 65Kristofer WestblomGMINMinnesota Wild
- 110Kyle BaileyCMINMinnesota Wild
- 122Morten MadsenFMINMinnesota Wild
- 129Anthony AielloDMINMinnesota Wild
- 199Riley EmmersonDMINMinnesota Wild