2012 NHL Draft
Brendan Leipsic in the 2012 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Brendan Leipsic 89th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 3.
It was the fourth of the 9 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 187 games put him 63rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 89
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 28
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 86–92 in the 2012 draft
- 86Colton ParaykoD815 GP · 318 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 87Frederik AndersenG552 GP · 324 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 88James MelindyDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 89Brendan LeipsicL187 GP · 59 PNSHNashville Predators
- 90Ben JohnsonC/LNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 91Daniil ZharkovLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 92Matia MarcantuoniC/RPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD969 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD846 GP · 344 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 9Jacob TroubaD925 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brendan Leipsic made his NHL debut on February 13, 2016, 3 years and 235 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2012 draft
- 37Pontus ÅbergL132 GP · 44 PNSHNashville Predators
- 50Colton SissonsC774 GP · 238 PNSHNashville Predators
- 66Jimmy VeseyL626 GP · 194 PNSHNashville Predators
- 89Brendan LeipsicL187 GP · 59 PNSHNashville Predators
- 112Zach StepanCNSHNashville Predators
- 118Mikko VainonenDNSHNashville Predators
- 164Simon FernholmDNSHNashville Predators
- 172Max GortzRNSHNashville Predators
- 179Marek MazanecG31 GP · 8 WNSHNashville Predators