NHL Entry Draft

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National Hockey League event annual sporting event sports draft

The NHL Entry Draft is the annual event in which National Hockey League teams select rights to eligible amateur ice hockey players from around the world.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
NHL Amateur Draft 6
1991 NHL Entry Draft 1
2008 NHL Entry Draft 1
NHL entry draft 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Hockey League event ⓘ
annual sporting event ⓘ
sports draft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
broadcastOn online streaming platforms ⓘ
sports television networks ⓘ
category NHL transactions ⓘ
annual sporting events in North America ⓘ
ice hockey drafts ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility age-based criteria ⓘ
amateur status ⓘ
firstHeld 1963 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody National Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: NHL Board of Governors
governsPlayersFrom European professional leagues ⓘ
college hockey ⓘ
high school hockey ⓘ
junior leagues ⓘ
involves draft picks ⓘ
trades of draft picks ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
notableFeature draft lottery for non-playoff teams ⓘ
first overall pick ⓘ
organizedBy National Hockey League ⓘ
originalName NHL Entry Draft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
participants National Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: NHL teams

eligible amateur ice hockey players ⓘ
playerRightsConferred exclusive NHL signing rights ⓘ
predecessor NHL Entry Draft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
primaryPurpose allocation of player rights ⓘ
competitive balance among NHL teams ⓘ
regulatedBy National Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement
relatedTo NHL free agency ⓘ
NHL trade deadline ⓘ
rounds multiple rounds ⓘ
scope worldwide ⓘ
selectionOrderBasis draft lottery ⓘ
previous season standings ⓘ
selectionType entry draft ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
timeOfYear off-season ⓘ
typicalLocation NHL city arena ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NHL Entry Draft → predecessor → NHL Entry Draft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
NHL trade deadline → relatedConcept → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHL entry draft
KHL Junior Draft → relatedTo → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ
NHL free agency → relatedTo → NHL Entry Draft ⓘ