2004 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

The 2004 NHL Entry Draft was held on Saturday, June 26, 2004 and Sunday, June 27, 2004 at the RBC Center, home of the Carolina Hurricanes. The Washington Capitals won the draft lottery with Pittsburgh and Chicago winning the second and third picks, respectively. Washington selected left wing Alexander Ovechkin from Dynamo Moscow (Russia) with the first overall pick.

The Pittsburgh Penguins, who finished with the fewest points in the NHL during the 2003-04 season with 58 points (23-47-8-4), would draft 2nd overall in the first round and 1st overall in subsequent rounds out of 30 teams.

Evgeni Malkin

Alex Goligoski

Nick Johnson

Tyler Kennedy

2004 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL Entry Draft Selections

Choice	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	Position	2003-04 Amateur Club
1	1	2	2	Evgeni Malkin	F	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
2	2	1	31	Johannes Salmonsson	F	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
3	2	31	61	Alex Goligoski	D	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
4	3	2	67	Nick Johnson	RW	St. Albert (AJHL)
5	3	20	85	Brian Gifford	RW	Moorhead Senior High School (USHS-MN)
6	4	1	99	Tyler Kennedy	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
7	5	1	130	Michal Sersen	C	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
8	6	1	164	Moises Gutierrez	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9	7	1	194	Chris Peluso	RW	Brainerd High School (USHS-MN)
10	7	29	222	Jordan Morrison	D	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
11	8	1	228	David Brown	G	University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish (CCHA)
12	9	1	259	Brian Ihnacak	C	Brown University Bears (ECAC)