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2012 NHL Draft

Matt Benning in the 2012 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Matt Benning 175th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 6.

It was the fifth of the 6 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 465 games put him 48th in the class.

Overall pick
175
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 24
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 172–178 in the 2012 draft

  1. 172Max GortzRNSH
  2. 173Anton ZlobinRPIT
  3. 174Francis BeauvillierC/LFLA
  4. 175Matt BenningD465 GP · 102 PBOS
  5. 176Petteri LindbohmD49 GP · 4 PSTL
  6. 177Wesley MyronLVAN
  7. 178Samuel FejesLPHX

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2012 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2012 class

175th
of 211 players selected
60th
of 77 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDM
  2. 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJ
  3. 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTL
  4. 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYI
  5. 5Morgan RiellyD968 GP · 561 PTOR
  6. 6Hampus LindholmD846 GP · 344 PANA
  7. 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMIN
  8. 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPIT
  9. 9Jacob TroubaD923 GP · 368 PWPG
  10. 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBL

+ 201 more

The 2012 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Matt Benning made his NHL debut on November 1, 2016, 4 years and 131 days after the draft.

465
Games
17
Goals
85
Assists
102
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 2012 draft

  1. 24Malcolm SubbanG87 GP · 36 WBOS
  2. 85Matt GrzelcykD597 GP · 187 PBOS
  3. 131Seth GriffithC80 GP · 19 PBOS
  4. 145Cody PayneRBOS
  5. 175Matt BenningD465 GP · 102 PBOS
  6. 205Colton HargroveLBOS