2018 NHL Draft
Cole Koepke in the 2018 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Cole Koepke 183rd overall in the 2018 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 6.
It was the fifth of the 7 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 177 games put him 40th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 183
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 28
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 180–186 in the 2018 draft
- 180Peter DiliberatoreDVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 181Dustyn McFaulDBOSBoston Bruins
- 182John LeonardL83 GP · 21 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 183Cole KoepkeL177 GP · 39 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 184Jared MoeGWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 185Xavier BouchardDVGKVegas Golden Knights
- 186Artyom ManukyanRVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2018 class
183rd
of 217 players selected
99th
of 118 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rasmus DahlinD597 GP · 443 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 2Andrei SvechnikovR574 GP · 448 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC533 GP · 210 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Brady TkachukL587 GP · 479 POTTOttawa Senators
- 5Barrett HaytonC374 GP · 164 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 6Filip ZadinaR262 GP · 91 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 7Quinn HughesD524 GP · 507 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Vitali KravtsovR64 GP · 12 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Evan BouchardD445 GP · 361 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 207 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Cole Koepke made his NHL debut on October 11, 2022, 4 years and 110 days after the draft.
177
Games
20
Goals
19
Assists
39
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2018 draft
- 59Gabriel FortierL11 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 90Dmitry SemykinDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 121Alexander GreenDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 152Magnus ChronaG9 GP · 1 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 183Cole KoepkeL177 GP · 39 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 206Radim SaldaDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 214Ty TaylorGTBLTampa Bay Lightning