Friday, June 5

1963

ON THIS DAY · JUNE 5 · NHL

The National Hockey League stages its first amateur draft, beginning the league's modern entry-draft system in Montreal.

The Canadiens selected Garry Monahan first; 21 players were chosen over four rounds.

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2025-26 season

Connor McDavid
CM
EDM · C

Connor McDavid

138 pts · 48G 90A

Nikita Kucherov
NK
TBL · R

Nikita Kucherov

130 pts · 44G 86A

Nathan MacKinnon
NM
COL · C

Nathan MacKinnon

127 pts · 53G 74A

Evan Bouchard
EB
EDM · D

Evan Bouchard

95 pts · 24:40 TOI/g

Andrei Vasilevskiy
AV
TBL · G

Andrei Vasilevskiy

39 W · .912 SV% · 2.31 GAA

League leaders

2024-25 season

    1 Connor McDavid Connor McDavid EDM · C 138 2 Evan Bouchard Evan Bouchard EDM · D 95 3 Andrei Vasilevskiy Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · G 39
The model · NHL Tracking begins this season

Every NHL pick is logged and graded as games are played — the record and form land here once the season produces enough picks.

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