2005 NHL Draft
Jack Skille in the 2005 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Jack Skille 7th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 12 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 368 games put him 39th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 2005 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
7th
of 230 players selected
5th
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
Jack Skille made his NHL debut on December 30, 2007, 2 years and 153 days after the draft.
368
Games
43
Goals
41
Assists
84
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2005 draft
- 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 43Mike BlundenR127 GP · 13 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 54Dan BertramRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 68Evan BropheyC4 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 108Niklas HjalmarssonD821 GP · 172 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 113Nathan DavisFCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 117Denis IstominRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 134Brennan TurnerDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 167Joe FallonGNo NHL gamesCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 188Joe CharleboisDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 202David KuchejdaRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 203Adam HobsonCCHIChicago Blackhawks