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2006 NHL Combine Invited Players

The annual NHL Entry Draft combine assessment involves interviews, medical screenings, and fitness tests over a four-day period. Here is a complete list of the invited players, including the North American and European skaters and goaltenders. Also see some of the 2006 Top Combine Results.

NORTH AMERICAN INVITEES (SKATERS)

NAME LEAGUE DOB HT WT POS
John Armstrong OHL Feb. 26, 1988 6'2" 188 lbs. C/RW
Victor Bartley WHL Feb. 17, 1988 6'0" 197 lbs. D
Matt Beleskey OHL Jun. 7, 1988 5'11" 202 lbs. LW
Francois Bouchard QMJHL Apr. 26, 1988 6'0" 180 lbs. RW
Derick Brassard QMJHL Sept. 22, 1987 6'0" 172 lbs. C
Benjamin Breault QMJHL Feb. 21, 1988 5'10" 177 lbs. C
Codey Burki WHL Nov. 17, 1987 6'0" 190 lbs. C
Brady Calla WHL Mar. 14, 1988 6'0" 190 lbs. RW
Mathieu Carle QMJHL Sept. 30, 1987 6'0" 206 lbs. D
Michael Carman USA Apr. 14, 1988 6'0" 180 lbs. C
Michael Caruso OHL Jul. 5, 1988 6'2" 191 lbs. D
Cal Clutterbuck OHL Nov. 18, 1987 5'10" 196 lbs. RW
Matthew Corrente OHL Mar. 17, 1988 5'11" 189 lbs. D
Simon Danis-Pepin H. EAST Apr. 11, 1988 6'7" 208 lbs. D
John Degray OHL Mar. 14, 1988 6'4" 204 lbs. D
Jesse Dudas WHL Mar. 31, 1988 6'1" 214 lbs. D
Cory Emmerton OHL Jun. 1, 1988 5'11" 177 lbs. C/LW
Ondrej Fiala WHL Nov. 4, 1987 6'1" 183 lbs. C
David Fischer USHSW Feb. 19, 1988 6'3" 185 lbs. D
Nick Foligno OHL Oct. 31, 1987 6'0" 188 lbs. LW
Michael Forney USHSW May 14, 1988 6'2" 185 lbs. LW
Blake Geoffrion USA Feb. 3, 1988 6'1" 190 lbs. LW
Claude Giroux QMJHL Jan. 12, 198 5'10" 169 lbs. RW
Michael Grabner WHL Oct. 5, 1987 6'0" 170 lbs. RW
Eric Gryba USHL Apr. 14, 1988 6'3" 215 lbs. D
Ryan Hiller QMJHL Jan. 25, 1988 5'11" 179 lbs. LW
Bud Holloway WHL Mar. 1, 1988 6'0" 190 lbs. C/RW
Riley Holzapfel WHL Aug. 18, 1988 5'11" 170 lbs. C
Bobby Hughes OHL Nov. 11, 1987 5'10" 170 lbs. C
John Hughes OHL Jan. 6, 1988 5'9" 175 lbs. C
Erik Johnson USA Mar. 21, 1988 6'4" 222 lbs. D
Phil Kessel WCHA Oct. 2, 1987 6'0" 189 lbs. C
Derrick Lapoint USHSW May 13, 1988 6'2" 175 lbs. D
Pierre-Luc Lessard QMJHL Jan. 16, 1988 6'0" 180 lbs.

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Trevor Lewis USHL Jan. 8, 1987 6'1" 192 lbs. C
Bryan Little OHL Nov. 12, 1987 5'10" 190 lbs. C
Milan Lucic WHL Jun. 7, 1988 6'2" 204 lbs. LW
Luke Lynes OHL Nov. 28, 1987 6'0" 195 lbs. C/LW
Aaron Marvin USHSW May 27, 1988 6'2" 191 lbs. C
Shawn Matthias OHL Feb. 19, 1988 6'3" 211 lbs. C
Ben Maxwell WHL Mar. 30, 1988 6'0" 177 lbs. C
Jamie McGinn OHL Aug. 5, 1988 5'11" 179 lbs. LW
Mark Mitera CCHA Oct. 22, 1987 6'3" 202 lbs. D
Kevin Montgomery USA Apr. 4, 1988 6'1" 185 lbs. D
Peter Mueller WHL Apr. 14, 1988 6'2" 205 lbs. C
Andreas Nodl USHL Feb. 28, 1987 6'1" 196 lbs. RW
Kyle Okposo USHL Apr. 16, 1988 6'0" 195 lbs. RW
Oskar Osala OHL Dec. 26, 1987 6'4" 217 lbs. LW
Theo Peckman OHL Nov. 10, 1987 6'1" 216 lbs. D
Jeff Petry USHL Dec. 9, 1987 6'2" 176 lbs. D
Graham Potuer WHL Feb. 18, 1988 6'0" 220 lbs. D
Rhett Rakhshani USA Mar. 6, 1988 5'10" 170 lbs. RW
Joe Ryan QMJHL Oct. 19, 1987 6'1" 189 lbs. D
Boby Sanguinetti OHL Feb. 29, 1988 6'1" 174 lbs. D
James Sheppard QMJHL Apr. 15, 1988 6'1" 204 lbs. C
Ben shurton OHL Jun. 14, 1988 5'11" 186 lbs. D
Carl Sneep USHSW Nov. 5, 1987 6'4" 210 lbs. D
Jordan Staal OHL Sept. 10, 1988 6'4" 215 lbs. C
Chris Stewart OHL Oct. 30, 1987 6'1" 228 lbs. RW
Brian Strait USA Jan. 4, 1988 6'0" 200 lbs. D
Chris Summers USA Feb. 5, 1988 6'1" 180 lbs. D
Bryce Swan QMJHL Oct. 6, 1987 6'2" 191 lbs. RW
Jonathan Toews WCHA Apr. 29, 1988 6'1" 195 lbs. C
Ryan Turek USHL Sept. 22, 1987 5'11" 170 lbs. C
Ivan Vishnevski QMJHL Feb. 18, 1988 5'11" 176 lbs. D
Mike Weber OHL Dec. 16, 1987 6'2" 199 lbs. D
Ryan White WHL Mar. 17, 1988 5'11" 200 lbs. C
Nigel Williams USA Apr. 18, 1988 6'4" 226 lbs. D
Ty Wishart WHL May 19, 1988 6'4" 205 lbs. D
Ben Wright WHL Mar. 18, 1988 6'2" 189 lbs. D

NORTH AMERICAN INVITEES (GOALTENDERS)

NAME LEAGUE DOB HT WT POS
Kevin Armstrong WHL Jun. 29, 1988 6'0" 178 LBS. G
Brett Bennett USA Mar. 8, 1988 6'1" 185 lbs. G
Jonathan Bernier QMJHL Aug. 7, 1988 5'11" 177 lbs. G
Ryan Daniels OHL Jun. 22, 1988 6'1" 205 lbs. G
Leland Irving WHL Apr. 11, 1988 6'0" 177 lbs. G
Kris Lazaruk WHL Jun. 6, 1988 6'1" 165 lbs. G
Steve Mason OHL May 29, 1988 6'3" 186 lbs. G
Joseph Palmer USA Feb. 1988 6'1" 205 lbs. G
Jeff Zatkoff CCHA Jun. 9, 1987 6'1" 150 lbs. G

EUROPEAN INVITEES (SKATERS)

NAME LEAGUE DOB HT WT POS
Jonas Ahnelov SWE JR. Dec. 11, 1987 6'2" 205 lbs. D
Yuri Alexandrov RUS Jun. 24, 1988 6'0" 172 lbs. D
Artem Anisimov RUS May 24, 1988 6'3" 191 lbs. C
Nicklas Backstrom SWE Nov. 23, 1987 6'0" 183 lbs. C
Patrik Berglund SWE Jun. 2, 1988 6'4" 187 lbs. C
Marek Biro SVK JR. Feb. 8, 1988 6'3" 198 lbs. D
Robin Figren SJL Mar. 7, 1988 5'11" 176 lbs. RW/LW
Michael Frolik CZE Feb. 17, 1988 6'1" 187 lbs. RW
Jesse Joensuu FIN Oct. 5, 1987 6'4" 207 lbs. LW
Jan-Mikael Juutilainen FIN JR. Jan. 5, 1988 5'11" 183 lbs. C
Tomas Kana CZE Nov. 29, 1987 6'0" 189 lbs. C
Denis Kazionov RUS Dec. 8, 1987 6'3" 187 lbs. LW
Nikolai Kulemin RUS Jul. 14, 1986 6'0" 201. lbs. RW/LW
David Kveton CZE Jan. 3, 1988 5'11" 180 lbs. C/RW
Tony Lagerstrom SJL Jul. 19, 1988 6'1" 187 lbs. C
Martin Latal CZE JR. Mar. 17, 1988 5'11" 165 lbs. RW
Igor Makarov RUS Sept. 19, 1987 6'1" 183 lbs. RW
Tomas Marcinko SVK JR. Apr. 11, 1988 6'4" 187 lbs. C
Jan Mursak CZE JR. Jan. 20, 1988 5'11" 168 lbs. LW
Igor Musatov RPL Sept. 23, 1987 6'1" 180 lbs. LW
Robert Nyholm FIN JR. Mar. 7, 1988 6'1" 194 lbs. LW
Dennis Persson SWE JR. Jun. 2, 1988 6'1" 183 lbs. D
Andrei Popov RUS Jul. 15, 1988 6'1" 187 lbs. RW
David Ruzicka CZE Mar. 8, 1988 6'3" 185 lbs. D
Timo Seppanen FIN Jul. 22, 1987 6'1" 205 lbs. D
Juraj Simek SUI Sept. 29, 1987 6'1" 189 lbs. RW/LW
Viktor Tikhonov RUS May 12, 1988 6'2" 180 lbs. C
Jiri Tlusty CZE Mar. 16, 1988 6'1" 198 lbs. C
Alexander Vasyunov RPL Apr. 22, 1988 6'0" 187 lbs. LW
Vladimir Zharkov RPL Jan. 10, 1988 6'0" 187 lbs. RW
Valeri Zhukov RUS Feb. 8, 1988 6'1" 187 lbs. D

EUROPEAN INVITEES (GOALTENDERS)

NAME LEAGUE DOB HT WT POS
Reto Berra SUI Jan. 3, 1987 6'4" 192 lbs. G
Jhonas Enroth SWE Jun. 25, 1988 5'10" 174 lbs. G
Riku Helenius FIN Mar. 1, 1988 6'3" 202 lbs. G
Michal Neuwirth CZE JR. Mar. 23, 1988 5'11" 169 lbs. G
Semen Varlamov RPL Apr. 27, 1988 6'2" 183 lbs. G

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