Import Draft
The Western Hockey League (WHL), along with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), take part in the Import Draft.
An Import Player is defined as a player whose parent(s) do not reside in Canada or the United States as of January 11 preceding that year’s CHL Import Draft. If a CHL club has no Import Players, they are eligible to draft two Import Players, if they have one import, they are allowed to draft one, and if they have two Import Players they are not eligible to participate in the draft.
Import Draft Picks
Year | Player | Round | Overall | Country |
2021 | Alessandro Segafredo | 1 | 41 | Italy |
2021 | Leon Okonkwo Prada | 2 | 86 | Great Britian |
2020 | Samuel Knazko | 1 | 21 | Slovakia |
2019 | Tim Stutzle | 1 | 19 | Germany |
2018 | Andrej Kukuca | 1 | 29 | Slovakia |
2018 | Simon Kubicek | 2 | 89 | Czech Republic |
2017 | Nikita Maluhkin | 1 | 50 | Russia |
2016 | Sami Moilanen | 1 | 49 | Finland |
2015 | Gustav Olhaver | 1 | 40 | Sweden |
2014 | Alexander True | 1 | 48 | Denmark |
2014 | Florian Baltram | 2 | 108 | Austria |
2013 | No picks made | |||
2012 | Alexander Delnov | 1 | 8 | Russia |
2012 | Roberts Lipsbergs | 1 | 60 | Latvia |
2011 | No picks made | |||
2010 | Marcel Noebels | 1 | 10 | Germany |
2010 | Dave Sutter | 1 | 34 | Switzerland |
2009 | Mikael Sentyurin | 1 | 35 | Russia |
2008 | Stefan Warg | 1 | 42 | Sweden |
2008 | Ondrej Palat | 2 | 66 | Czech Rep. |
2007 | Riku Helenius | 1 | 46 | Finland |
2006 | Radek Meidl | 1 | 32 | Czech Rep. |
2006 | Jan Eberle | 2 | 64 | Czech Rep. |
2005 | No picks made | |||
2004 | Ladislav Scurko | 1 | 7 | Slovakia |
2003 | Denis Tolpeko | 1 | 49 | Russia |
2002 | David Svagrovsky | 1 | 6 | Czech Rep. |
2002 | Adam Drgon | 2 | 61 | Slovakia |
2001 | Andre Mukhin | 1 | 19 | Russia |
2001 | Stas Avksentiev | 1 | 45 | Russia |
2000 | Jan Micka | 1 | 38 | Czech Rep. |
1998 | Oleg Saprykin | 1 | 22 | Russia |
1998 | Denic Blatny | 2 | 58 | Czech Rep. |
1997 | Petr Vala | 1 | 20 | Czech Rep. |
1997 | Stanislav Gron | 1 | 35 | Slovakia |
1996 | Kim Staal | 1 | 23 | Denmark |
1995 | Jiri Novotny | 1 | 32 | Czech Rep. |
1994 | Jan Hrdina | 1 | 16 | Czech Rep. |
1993 | Pavel Kablin | 1 | 2 | Russia |
1992 | Marko Elorenne | 1 | 22 | Finland |