2026_phl_entry_draft

2026 PHL Entry Draft

The 2026 PHL Entry Draft was the inaugural draft by the PHL of players who were enrolled in or had immediately graduated from the CHL.

Lottery

The PHL would hold a lottery amongst the 16 teams who did not make the playoffs in the 2025 PHL season to decide the top of the 1st Round's draft order.

Lottery Odds

Position Team Entries
1 California Golden Seals 185
2 New York Islanders 135
3 New York Rangers 115
4 Edmonton Oilers 95
5 Minnesota North Stars 85
6 Seattle Kraken 75
7 Pittsburgh Penguins 66
8 New Jersey Devils 60
9 Kansas City Scouts 50
10 Calgary Flames 35
11 Atlanta Thrashers 30
12 Florida Panthers 25
13 Detroit Red Wings 20
14 Vancouver Cannucks 15
15 Montreal Canadiens 5
16 Minnesota Wild 5

Lottery Results

Team Pick Winner Original Pick Movement
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 6 +5
New York Islanders 2 2 –

Draft Results

1st Round

Round Pick Overall Pick Team Selection Position Archetype Country College Conference Age Collegiate Awards
1 1 1 PIT Erik Eriksson C Power Sweden Merrimack Hockey East 22 -
1 2 2 NYI Robert Frechette F Enforcer Canada Army Black Knights conference 20 -
1 3 3 CAL Benjamin Turgeon C Two-Way Canada Michigan Tech conference 20 -
1 4 4 NYR Christoffer Tomson C Two-Way Sweden Bowling Green Falcons conference 22 -
1 5 5 EDM Jeffrey Lozano C Two-Way USA Niagara conference 22 -
1 6 6 MNS Mark Staten F Two-Way USA New Hampshire conference 22 -
1 7 7 CALG via SEA Drills Hammerhead F Grinder Ecuador Long Island conference 22 -
1 8 8 NJ Andrew Town F Power USA Minnesota B1G 22 -
1 9 9 KCS Stanislav Sokolovsky C Playmaker Russia Alaska-Fairbanks conference 22 -
1 10 10 SEA via CALG Johnny Stall G Hybrid USA Connecticut Huskies conference 22 -
1 11 11 ATL Gilles Maurice D Defensive Switzerland Niagara conference 22 -
1 12 12 NYI via FLA Eric Giguere G Stand-Up Canada Northern Michigan conference 22 -
1 13 13 NYI via DET Marvin Duff C Two-Way USA Air Force Falcons conference 21 -
1 14 14 VAN Logan Sieloff D Enforcer Canada Princeton conference 22 -
1 15 15 MONT Adam Blomqvist G Stand-Up Sweden Stonehill conference 22 2025 Mike Richter Award
1 16 16 MIN Kevin Hashbrownie C Two-Way Finland Arizona State Sun Devils conference 21 -
1 17 17 COL Adam Thacker D Enforcer USA Denver conference 22 -
1 18 18 VGK Jeremiah Mcburney G Hybrid USA Ohio State B1G 22 -
1 19 19 OTT Amos Burton D Two-Way USA Robert Morris conference 22 -
1 20 20 TOR Daniel Helleson C Two-Way Finland Notre Dame Fighting Irish conference 21 -
1 21 21 PHI Roland Wilkinson D Defensive Sweden Tennessee State conference 22 -
1 22 22 SJ Kendall Boscoe F Sniper USA Michigan B1G 20 -
1 23 23 CHI Osvalds Eglitis G Hybrid Latvia Wisconsin B1G 22 -
1 24 24 NSH Nicholas Coulter D Defensive USA Providence conference 21 -

2nd Round

Round Pick Overall Pick Team Selection Position Archetype Country College Conference Age Collegiate Awards
2 1 25 CAL Ruben Mcinnis D Enforcer USA UMass conference 22 -
2 2 26 NYI Bo Willson F Enforcer Finland Lake Superior State conference 22 -
2 3 27 NYR Tyler Donaldson F Two-Way USA Bowling Green conference 22 -
2 4 28 EDM Isidor Kulikov F Playmaker Russia Long Island conference 22 -
2 5 29 MNS Riley Chilson C Enforcer USA Yale conference 22 -
2 6 30 SEA Kapiton Lobanov D Two-Way Russia Cornell conference 22 -
2 7 31 PIT Rolf Stevenson F Sniper Sweden Wisconsin B1G 22 -
2 8 32 NJ David Davidson G Butterfly Canada American Intl conference 22 -
2 9 33 KCS Ethan Gaertner F Playmaker USA Maine conference 22 -
2 10 34 CALG Svetomir Karnaukhov C Sniper Russia Michigan B1G 18 -
2 11 35 ATL Tanner Fortier D Defensive Canada Omaha conference 22 -
2 12 36 NYI via FLA Shinzo Nakamura D Defensive Japan Boston College conference 21 -
2 13 37 PIT via DET through CALG Ricky Vega C Power USA Robert Morris conference 21 -
2 14 38 VAN Fedor Aksenov C Playmaker Russia Lake Superior State conference 22 -
2 15 39 MONT Tiger Forest C Power USA Long Island conference 22 -
2 16 40 MIN Kare Myhre F Two-Way Norway Merrimack Hockey East 20 -
2 17 41 COL Isaac Foucher D Enforcer Switzerland Lindenwood conference 22 -
2 18 42 VGK Lucas Zapernick F Two-Way USA Vermont conference 22 -
2 19 43 OTT Ilarion Belov F Sniper Russia Northern Michigan conference 22 -
2 20 44 TOR Daniel Kujala D Offensive Finland Boston University conference 22 -
2 21 45 PHI Ada Lower C Grinder Switzerland RIT conference 22 -
2 22 46 SEA via SJ through CALG Riley Hennigan C Playmaker USA Penn State B1G 22 -
2 23 47 CHI Vasili Kravchuk D Two-Way Russia Alaska-Fairbanks conference 22 -
2 24 48 NSH Maximilian Kirbsson C Playmaker Sweden Alaska-Anchorage conference 21 -

3rd Round

Round Pick Overall Pick Team Selection Position Archetype Country College Conference Age Collegiate Awards
3 1 49 CAL Levi Finger G Hybrid Canada St. Lawrence conference 22 -
3 2 50 FLA via NYI Maxime Ferland C Playmaker Canada Brown conference 22 -
3 3 51 NYR Rickey Doty D Offensive USA Canisius conference 22 -
3 4 52 EDM Danny Glennon D Offensive USA St. Cloud State conference 22 -
3 5 53 MNS Dan Valdez D Enforcer USA Bowling Green conference 22 -
3 6 54 SEA Sergio Rohleder F Sniper Switzerland Yale conference 22 -
3 7 55 PIT Christian Heskett F Power USA Miami (OH) Redhawks conference 22 -
3 8 56 NJ Henri Zeiler D Two-Way Germany RIT conference 22 -
3 9 57 KCS Kharlampii Morozov D Offensive Russia Merrimack Hockey East 22 -
3 10 58 CALG Calvin Reger C Two-Way USA St. Cloud State conference 22 -
3 11 59 ATL Ilya Ukkonne C Playmaker Russia Minnesota-Duluth conference 22 -
3 12 60 FLA Joshua Bee F Enforcer USA Boston University conference 22 -
3 13 61 DET Sigurd Skjolaas G Hybrid Norway Wisconsin B1G 21 -
3 14 62 VAN Viktor Derksen D Defensive Sweden Clarkson conference 21 -
3 15 63 MONT Sigurd Sivertsen D Offensive Sweden St. Lawrence conference 22 -
3 16 64 MIN Leroy Hovey F Two-Way USA North Dakota conference 22 -
3 17 65 COL Stig Thorsteinson F Enforcer Finland Clarkson conference 22 -
3 18 66 VGK Nicholas Carlo C Sniper USA Notre Dame B1G 22 -
3 19 67 OTT Neven Kolipatkov F Sniper Czechia Niagara conference 22 -
3 20 68 TOR Oskar Ruppersberger F Grinder Germany Notre Dame conference 22 -
3 21 69 PHI Philip Estey F Power USA Alaska-Anchorage conference 22 -
3 22 70 SJ Marcel Letourneau F Two-Way Canada Bowling Green conference 21 -
3 23 71 CHI Luc Lariviere F Two-Way Canada Clarkson conference 22 -
3 24 72 NSH Claude Martineaux F Playmaker France Boston College conference 21 -

4th Round

Round Pick Overall Pick Team Selection Position Archetype Country College Conference Age Collegiate Awards
4 1 73 CAL Marc Root C Enforcer USA Providence conference 22 -
4 2 74 NYI Lev Safonov D Defensive Russia Michigan Tech conference 22 -
4 3 75 NYR Dalton Sacco G Stand-Up USA Lake Superior State conference 22 -
4 4 76 EDM Gunter Heinz C Sniper Netherlands Lindenwood conference 22 -
4 5 77 MNS Cole Cooper C Two-Way USA West Virginia Mountaineers conference 22 -
4 6 78 SEA Jacques Lacroix F Sniper Canada Quinnippiac conference 21 -
4 7 79 PIT Joseph Lepage D Offensive Canada Harvard conference 22 -
4 8 80 NJ Soren Lindkvist D Two-Way Sweden Western Michigan Broncos conference 22 -
4 9 81 KCS Mitchell Macgregor D Defensive Canada Michigan State B1G 21 -
4 10 82 DET via CALG Harper Crest D Enforcer USA Colgate conference 21 -
4 11 83 ATL Lars Asmundson F Sniper Sweden UMass conference 22 -
4 12 84 FLA Gary Shibicky F Two-Way Canada Providence conference 22 -
4 13 85 DET Arne Olausson D Enforcer Finland Minnesota State conference 20 -
4 14 86 VAN Varfolomei Chekhovich F Playmaker Russia RPI conference 22 -
4 15 87 MONT Ray Okerlund F Playmaker Canada Binghamton conference 22 -
4 16 88 MIN Bruce Mccoshen C Sniper Canada Sacred Heart conference 22 -
4 17 89 COL Bernard Gravel F Enforcer Canada Vermont conference 22 2025 Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award
4 18 90 VGK Eduouard Collard C Playmaker Canada Michigan B1G 22 -
4 19 91 OTT Viktor Bures F Sniper Czechia Binghamton conference 22 -
4 20 92 TOR Dustin Boone G Stand-Up Canada New Hampshire conference 22 -
4 21 93 PHI Frank Kushner D Enforcer Canada Colgate conference 22 -
4 22 94 SJ Verner Swanson D Two-Way Sweden Boston University conference 20 -
4 23 95 CHI Francois Theriault C Enforcer Canada Bemidji State conference 21 -
4 24 96 NSH Haleon Sensodyne F Playmaker England Colgate conference 21 -

5th Round

Round Pick Overall Pick Team Selection Position Archetype Country College Conference Age Collegiate Awards
5 1 97 CAL Ervin Chukchukov F Enforcer Czechia Penn State B1G 22 -
5 2 98 NYI Veijo Virta D Defensive Finland UMass conference 20 -
5 3 99 NYR Naum Drishl'ov C Playmaker Czechia Army Black Knights conference 22 -
5 4 100 EDM Patrick Cooke G Stand-Up Canada Niagara conference 22 -
5 5 101 MNS Alexandre Leblanc G Hybrid Canada Robert Morris conference 22 -
5 6 102 SEA Vasili Petronov F Sniper Russia Minnesota-Duluth conference 21 -
5 7 103 CALG via PIT Dan Bernard G Hybrid Canada Providence conference 22 -
5 8 104 NJ Mikolai Zakharenko D Two-Way Ukraine Minnesota B1G 22 -
5 9 105 KCS Raphael Dion D Defensive Canada St. Cloud State conference 20 -
5 10 106 CALG Randall Smaby F Two-Way Canada RIT conference 21 -
5 11 107 ATL Joonatan Heiskanen C Grinder Finland RPI conference 21 -
5 12 108 FLA Anders Olsson G Stand-Up Sweden Holy Cross conference 22 -
5 13 109 DET Randy Patterson F Grinder Canada Alaska-Anchorage conference 18 -
5 14 110 VAN Ray Compton G Hybrid Canada Yale conference 22 -
5 15 111 MONT Earl Coelho G Stand-Up USA Bemidji State conference 22 -
5 16 112 MIN Dillon Bounds D Defensive USA Cornell conference 22 -
5 17 113 COL Tino Topchiiski F Enforcer Czechia Benltey conference 22 -
5 18 114 VGK Ernest Roby D Defensive USA St. Cloud State conference 22 -
5 19 115 OTT Niklas Dobson C Two-Way Sweden Providence conference 22 -
5 20 116 TOR Parker Cook G Stand-Up Canada Princeton conference 22 -
5 21 117 PHI Lucas Leduc F Playmaker Canada Yale conference 21 -
5 22 118 CALG via SJ Soren Ersson C Two-Way Sweden Union conference 21 -
5 23 119 CHI Olivier Martineaux D Enforcer France Boston College Eagles conference 22 -
5 24 120 NSH Erast Visentin C Playmaker Russia Augustana conference 20 -

6th Round

Round Pick Overall Pick Team Selection Position Archetype Country College Conference Age Collegiate Awards
6 1 121 CAL Svatoslav Sedlacek G Hybrid Slovakia Cornell conference 22 -
6 2 122 NYI Finn Mako F Enforcer Japan LIU conference 20 -
6 3 123 NYR Bill Jalo D Offensive USA Colorado College conference 22 -
6 4 124 EDM Albert Monteleone F Playmaker USA Minnesota B1G 22 -
6 5 125 MNS Rudolph Bruder F Grinder Netherlands Clarkson conference 21 -
6 6 126 SEA Edouard Arsenault D Two-Way Canada Illinois B1G 21 -
6 7 127 PIT Quinn Mewes D Offensive USA Western Michigan Broncos conference 20 -
6 8 128 NJ Andrew Webber F Power USA Quinnippiac conference 22 -
6 9 129 KCS Magnus Berge G Stand-Up Sweden Denver conference 18 -
6 10 130 CALG Benoit Bergeron D Defensive Canada Northeastern conference 21 -
6 11 131 ATL Rodion Nikitin F Sniper Russia Cornell conference 22 -
6 12 132 CALG via FLA Kyle Paglia C Two-Way USA Penn State B1G 21 -
6 13 133 DET Luc Vaillancourt F Enforcer Canada Minnesota-Duluth conference 18 -
6 14 134 VAN Guillaume Lapointe F Sniper Canada Army Black Knights conference 22 -
6 15 135 MONT Lukas Bartos F Two-Way Czechia Wisconsin B1G 21 -
6 16 136 MIN Kamil Kral G Hybrid Czechia Yale conference 21 -
6 17 137 COL Svatoslav Kopecky C Enforcer Czechia Air Force Falcons conference 22 -
6 18 138 VGK Oskar Mortson C Playmaker Sweden Northeastern conference 21 -
6 19 139 OTT Niklas Dobson C Two-Way Sweden Providence conference 22 -
6 20 140 TOR Bretislav Molenaar F Grinder USA Union conference 21 -
6 21 141 PHI Jan Strnad C Two-Way Slovakia Oregon B1G 21 -
6 22 142 SJ Dirk Stevens D Defensive Netherlands Bentley conference 20 -
6 23 143 SEA via CHI Pyotr Fyodorov D Defensive Russia Alaska-Fairbanks conference 21 -
6 24 144 NSH Adrian Kallur D Defensive Canada Augustana conference 22 -

7th Round

Round Pick Overall Pick Team Selection Position Archetype Country College Conference Age Collegiate Awards
7 1 145 CAL Igor Shchukin F Power Russia Minnesota B1G 22 -
7 2 146 NYI Alexandre Labrecque D Defensive Canada North Dakota conference 22 -
7 3 147 NYR Leos Kucera D Defensive Czechia Binghamton conference 21 -
7 4 148 EDM Gayne Wretzky C Sniper Canada American Intl conference 21 -
7 5 149 MNS Vasyl Dvorak D Defensive Slovakia RIT conference 21 -
7 6 150 CHI via SEA Kristoffer Moen D Defensive Sweden Robert Morris conference 21 -
7 7 151 PIT Tomas Silva G Butterfly Portugal Holy Cross conference 20 -
7 8 152 NJ Justin Faber C Enforcer Canada St. Thomas conference 22 -
7 9 153 KCS Herbert Velazquez D Defensive Canada Denver conference 22 -
7 10 154 CALG Jiri Stanek F Two-Way Slovakia Harvard conference 20 -
7 11 155 ATL Mathew Gaul D Defensive Canada Quinnippiac conference 22 -
7 12 156 FLA Martin Desrosiers D Enforcer Canada Sacred Heart conference 21 -
7 13 157 DET Denis Dionne F Enforcer Canada Arizona State Sun Devils conference 19 -
7 14 158 VAN Anders Jorgensen D Defensive Sweden Northeastern conference 21 -
7 15 159 MONT Gilbert Duchesne F Playmaker Canada Oregon B1G 21 -
7 16 160 MIN Edouard Lefebvre C Sniper Canada Canisius conference 22 -
7 17 161 COL Frederic Desbiens D Enforcer Canada Ferris State conference 22 -
7 18 162 VGK Guillaume Laflamme G Stand-Up Canada Michigan Tech conference 21 -
7 19 163 OTT William Drouin G Butterfly Canada Sacred Heart conference 22 -
7 20 164 TOR Benjamin Tessier C Two-Way Canada Canisius conference 21 -
7 21 165 PHI Zach Bobik G Hybrid USA Robert Morris conference 19 -
7 22 166 SJ Darius Carter F Sniper USA St. Thomas conference 20 -
7 23 167 CHI Isidor Wedin F Enforcer Russia UConn conference 21 -
7 24 168 NSH Hugues Richard D Defensive Canada Michigan State B1G 20 -

Draft Stats

Selections by Nationality

Rank Picks Nationality
1 49 Canada
2 42 USA
3 19 Sweden
4 17 Russia
5 9 Czechia
6 8 Finland
7 4 Switzlerland
4 Slovakia
9 3 Netherlands
10 2 Norway
2 Japan
2 Germany
2 France
14 1 Ukraine
1 Portugal
1 Latvia
1 England
1 Ecuador

Selections by Position

Rank Picks Nationality
1 53 Forward
2 51 Defender
3 40 Center
4 24 Goalkeeper

Teams with Most Selections

Rank Picks Team
1 6 Providence
2 5 Robert Morris
5 Yale
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