22 CCHA players picked in 2007 NHL draft

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association placed 21 players from eight different schools in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio, including two first-round draft picks, Notre Dame bound defenseman Ian Cole to St.Louis and Michigan recruit Max Pacioretty to Montreal. It marks the seventh straight season that at least a pair of players with CCHA ties having been taken in the first round and gives the conference 16 first-round selections during that period.

Two more incoming freshmen were selected in the second round as St. Louis selected Michigan forward Aaron Palushaj and Washington took Irish defenseman Ted Ruth.

Ryan Thang, a 2006 CCHA All-Rookie Team performer for Notre Dame, was selected in the third round, 81st overall, by Nashville with Buffalo selecting forward Corey Tropp, who is headed to national champion Michigan State, with the 89th pick and Buffalo getting Michigan recruit Louie Caporusso one slot later.

Four more players who will become CCHA freshmen this fall became the property of NHL teams in round six. Alain Goulet (Nebraska-Omaha) was drafted by Boston, Pat Maroon (Ferris State) was selected by Philadelphia, Sweden’s Carl Hagelin (Michigan) was taken by the New York Rangers with John Albert (Ohio State) picked by Atlanta. Proceedings came to a close in the seventh round with Philadelphia landing Notre Dame goalie recruit Brad Phillips, Calgary selecting Ohio State freshman-to-be C.J. Severyn and Florida opting for Western Michigan bound Ryan Watson.

CCHA By Round: fourth round (6); seventh round (4); third and sixth rounds (3); first, second and fifth rounds (2)

CCHA By Position: forwards (15); defensemen (5); goalies (2).

 CCHA By NHL Team: Anaheim, Buffalo, Florida, Montreal, Nashville, New York Rangers and St. Louis (2); Atlanta, Boston, Calgary, Los Angeles, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington (1).

Rd.	No.	Selected	Name, School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Wt.	Age	Hometown
1	18	St. Louis	Ian Cole, Notre Dame*	D	Fr.	6-1	211	18	Ann Arbor, MI
1	22	Montreal	Max Pacioretty, Michigan*	F	Fr.	6-1	203	18	New Canaan, CT
2	44	St. Louis	Aaron Palushaj, Michigan*	F	Fr.	5-11	187	18	Northville, MI
2	46	Washington	Ted Ruth, Notre Dame*	D	Fr.	6-1	199	18	Naperville, IL
3	81	Nashville	Ryan Thang, Notre Dame	F	So.	5-11	186	20	Edina, MN
3	89	Buffalo	Corey Tropp, Michigan State	F	Fr.	5-11	183	18	Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
3	90	Ottawa	Louie Caporusso, Michigan*	F	Fr.	5-9	185	18	Woodbridge, ON
4	92	Anaheim	Justin Vaive, Miami*	F	Fr.	6-4	210	18	Buffalo, NY
4	93	Anaheim	Steven Kampfer, Michigan	D	So.	5-11	197	19	Jackson, MI
4	95	Los Angeles	Alec Martinez, Miami	D	So.	6-0	188	21	Rochester, MI
4	101	Florida	Matt Rust, Michigan*	F	Fr.	6-3	182	18	Bloomfield Hills, MI
4	104	Toronto	Benn Winnett, Michigan*	F	Fr.	5-9	182	18	New Westminster, BC
4	114	Nashville	Ben Ryan, Notre Dame*	F	Fr.	5-11	190	18	Brighton, MI
5	138	NY Rangers	Max Campbell, Western Michigan*	F	Fr.	6-0	170	18	Strathroy, ON
5	142	Montreal	Andrew Conboy, Nebraska-Omaha**	F	Fr.	6-3	190	19	Burnsville, MN
6	159	Boston	Alain Goulet, Nebraska-Omaha*	D	Fr.	6-1	186	19	Kapuskasing, ON
6	168	NY Rangers	Carl Hagelin, Michigan*	F	Fr.	5-11	186	19	Sodertalje, SWE
6	175	Atlanta	John Albert, Ohio State*	F	Fr.	5-9	180	18	Concord, OH
7	182	Philadelphia	Brad Phillips, Notre Dame*	G	Fr.	6-2	183	18	Farmington Hills, MI
7	186	Calgary	C.J. Severyn, Ohio State*	F	Fr.	6-0	185	18	Beaver, PA
7	187	Buffalo	Nick Eno*	G	Fr.	6-3	190	18	Howell, MI
7	191	Florida	Ryan Watson, Western Michigan*	F	Fr.	6-1	175	19	Cambridge, ON

Note - Yr. is the year in school as of the start of the 2007-08 season;* - indicates incoming freshman; Ages as of October 1, 2007