2004 NHL Draft
Kyle Chipchura in the 2004 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Kyle Chipchura 18th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 482 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 2004 draft
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 16Petteri NokelainenC245 GP · 41 PNYINew York Islanders
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 18Kyle ChipchuraC482 GP · 104 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Lauri KorpikoskiL609 GP · 201 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 20Travis ZajacC1037 GP · 552 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Wojtek WolskiL451 GP · 267 PCOLColorado Avalanche
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
18th
of 291 players selected
11th
of 172 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Alex OvechkinL1587 GP · 1691 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1282 GP · 1418 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 3Cam BarkerD310 GP · 96 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Andrew LaddL1001 GP · 550 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 5Blake WheelerR1172 GP · 943 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 6Al MontoyaG168 GP · 67 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
+ 281 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Kyle Chipchura made his NHL debut on October 10, 2007, 3 years and 106 days after the draft.
482
Games
31
Goals
73
Assists
104
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2004 draft
- 18Kyle ChipchuraC482 GP · 104 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 84Alexei EmelinD456 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100JT WymanR44 GP · 11 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 150Mikhail GrabovskiC534 GP · 296 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 181Loic LacasseGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 212Jon GleedDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 246Gregory StewartL26 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 262Mark StreitD786 GP · 434 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 278Alex Dulac-LemelinDMTLMontréal Canadiens