June 27, 2004
2004 NHL Draft: Fourth through Ninth Rounds

RALEIGH, N.C. Inside College Hockey is reporting from the draft floor here in Raleigh, where dozens of college hockey players will hear their names called over the weekend. Below you'll find the fourth- through ninth-round college picks, along with comments from the prospect (where available).

We've also got our list of the seven college players selected in the first round and the others who went in rounds two and three. For the complete list of picks, including major junior and European players, visit ESPN.com.

No.

NHL Team

Player (College)

Quotable

FOURTH ROUND

100.

Montreal Canadiens

J.T. Wyman (Dartmouth)

 

101.

Philadelphia Flyers

R.J. Anderson (Minnesota)

 

102.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Mike Lundin (Maine)

 

111.

Minnesota Wild

Ryan Jones (Miami)

 

115.

New York Islanders

Wes O'Neill (Notre Dame)

 

119.

Phoenix Coyotes

Kevin Porter (Michigan)

"That's not a bad start. I've never met [Wayne Gretzky] before. Just being drafted is great."

125.

Vancouver Canucks

Andrew Sarauer (Northern Michigan)

 

126.

San Jose Sharks

Torrey Mitchell (Vermont)

 

FIFTH ROUND

140.

Chicago Blackhawks

Jake Dowell (Wisconsin)

"This has been an unbelievable experience. You only get drafted once, and it's definitely great to finally be out of the seats."

141.

Ottawa Senators

Jim McKenzie (Michigan State)

 

144.

Philadelphia
Flyers

Chris Zarb
(Ferris State)

 

153.

San Jose Sharks

Steve Zalewski
(Clarkson)

 

159.

Vancouver Canucks

Mike Brown (Michigan)

 

160.

Boston Bruins

Ben Walter (UMass Lowell)

"[My dad, former NHLer Ryan] has been the nice guy. He's always been positive. If he criticizes me, he does it in a nice way."

163.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Dustin Collins (Northern Michigan)

 

SIXTH ROUND

165.

Chicago Blackhawks

Scott McCulloch (Colorado College)

 

167.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Rob Page (Yale)

 

169.

New York Rangers

Jordan Foote (Michigan Tech)

 

172.

Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Matt Auffrey (Wisconsin)

 

174.

Los Angeles Kings

Scott Parse (Nebraska-Omaha)

 

178.

Nashville Predators

Mike Santonelli (Northern Michigan)

 

183.

Dallas Stars

Trevor Ludwig (Providence)

 

184.

Colorado Avalanche

Derek Peltier (Minnesota)

 

187.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Robbie Earl (Wisconsin)

"I had good games, but I couldn't put the puck in the net. In the second half I started to put the puck in the net. That's what I do – I score goals."

193.

Nashville Predators

Kevin Schaeffer (Boston University)

 

SEVENTH ROUND

197.

Washington Capitals

Andrew Gordon (St. Cloud State)

 

199.

Phoenix Coyotes

Chad Kolarik (Michigan)

 

205.

Los Angeles Kings

Mike Curry (Minnesota Duluth)

 

212.

Montreal Canadiens

John Gleed (Cornell)

 

215.

Colorado Avalanche

Ian Keserich
(Ohio State)

 

217.

New Jersey Devils

Tyler Eckford (Alaska Fairbanks)

 

219.

Ottawa Senators

Joe Cooper (Miami)

"We like his skating, we like his character. We don't like his offensive numbers as much as a freshman, but we saw him play in Tier II and we're very comfortable that those numbers will improve in his next three years at Miami." Ottawa scout Frank Jay

224.

Boston Bruins

Matt Hunwick (Michigan)

 

225.

San Jose Sharks

David MacDonald (Harvard)

 

EIGHTH ROUND

228.

Pittsburgh Penguins

David Brown (Notre Dame)

 

230.

Washington Capitals

Justin Mrazek (Union)

 

231.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Brian McGuirk (Boston University)

 

234.

San Jose Sharks

Derek MacIntyre (Ferris State)

 

236.

Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Matt Christie (Miami)

"I think Christie is a great player. I don't see any difference between he and Chris Kunitz as a freshman." – Anaheim assistant general manager Dave McNab

237.

Atlanta Thrashers

Mitch Carefoot (Cornell)

 

239.

Colorado Avalanche

Brandon Yip (Boston University)

 

249.

Colorado Avalanche

J.D. Corbin (Denver)

 

251.

Ottawa Senators

Matthew McIlvane (Ohio State)

 

253.

Philadelphia Flyers

Travis Gawryletz (Minnesota Duluth)

 

256.

Chicago Blackhawks

Matt Ford (Wisconsin)

 

NINTH ROUND

259.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Brian Ihnacak (Brown)

 

261.

Phoenix Coyotes

Will Engasser (Yale)

 

263.

Washington Capitals

Travis Morin (Minnesota State, Mankato)

 

265.

Phoenix Coyotes

Daniel Winnik (New Hampshire)

 

270.

Atlanta Thrashers

Matt Siddall (Northern Michigan)

 

271.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Grant Clitsome (Clarkson)

 

272.

Minnesota Wild

Kyle Wilson (Colgate)

 

275.

Nashville Predators

Craig Switzer
(New Hampshire)

 

281.

Colorado Avalanche

Steve McClellan (Northeastern)

 

285.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Pierce Norton (Providence)

 

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