The CHL Import Draft is an annual event in which every team in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) may select the rights to eligible import players. An import is classified as a player who does not have residency status in either Canada or the United States. The draft is conducted online, during the last week of June, or first week of July, following the NHL Entry Draft. Teams from the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, systematically take turns making selections. Teams can have a maximum of two imports which may only be obtained through the draft. The draft is open to all position players, but a ban on drafting European goalkeepers was in effect from 2014 to 2017. As of the 2022 draft, 2,026 players have been selected, with many later going onto the National Hockey League.
The CHLImportDraft is an annual event in which every team in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) may select the rights to eligible import players. An import...
national champion. The CHL also hosts the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, for the top draft eligible players in the league, as well as the CHL Canada/Russia Series...
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second overall in the 2012 CHLImportDraft by the Prince Albert Raiders. After two seasons with the Raiders, he was drafted third overall by the Edmonton...
overall, of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Lysell was selected 30th overall by the Vancouver Giants in 2020 CHLImportDraft. Lysell scored 13 points in 11...
Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the CHLImportDraft. While he planned to move to North America for the 2020–21, the COVID-19...
in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Just a few days after the NHL Draft, Grubauer, along with Windsor's first-round 2010 CHLImportDraft pick, was traded to the...
the Western Hockey League selected Provorov 30th overall in the 2014 CHLImportDraft. In 2016, the WHL awarded Provorov the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy...
after the Kamloops Blazers selected him in the 2011 CHLImportDraft. At the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Bozon was selected 64th overall by the Canadiens. During...
season in the MHL with MHC Dynamo Moscow, Mintyukov was drafted in the 2020 CHLImportDraft in the first round, 52nd overall, by the Saginaw Spirit of...
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