Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/NHL Entry draft format

This is a page to give a general guideline for creating pages about the various NHL Entry Drafts (NHL Amateur Draft prior to 1979).

Introduction

The first paragraph should lead with the year, date, and where it was held. Example: The 1963 NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 5 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

This first major section should also include any interesting information or statistics about the draft.

Draft list

The second major section is a listing of the people drafted.

The player's name should be a link only if they meet notability guidelines. Use your discretion and common sense regarding this.
The player positions should be spelled out and not abbreviated with the first occurrence of that position linked.

Positions key
ABRV	CODE	RENDERED LINK	NON LINKED
C	[[Centre (ice hockey)\|Centre]]	Centre	Centre
LW	[[Winger (ice hockey)\|Left wing]]	Left wing	Left wing
D	[[Defenceman (ice hockey)\|Defence]]	Defence	Defence
RW	[[Winger (ice hockey)\|Right wing]]	Right wing	Right wing
G	[[Goaltender]]	Goaltender	Goaltender
F	[[Forward (ice hockey)\|Forward]]	Forward	Forward

Nationality is considered the players pace of birth using the Flag Template. The flag used should be that which was in use the year the draft took place. This data should also be accurate for the time the draft occurred. So David Volek (drafted 1984) and Radek Dvorak (drafted 1995), both from what is now the Czech Republic, have "Czechoslovakia" and "Czech Republic" respectively given as their nationalities.
Team, club, and league articles should also be linked first occurrence only and once each page.

List format

The list should include the head == Selections by round ==
The list should include a header for each round (e.g. === Round one === === Round two === etc).
Each round of the list should be referenced.
If the listing is incomplete include the template {{Hockey Draft info missing}}.

The list format is as follows ^{(copied from 1963 NHL Amateur Draft)}:

== Selections by round ==
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] <ref name="All-Star note">Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]
|}
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY ALL STAR  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#FFCC00"|  -->
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY HALL OF FAMER  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|  -->
=== Round one ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Garry Monahan]]  || [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Montreal Canadiens]] || St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
|-
|align=center| 2 || [[Peter Mahovlich]] || Centre || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Detroit Red Wings]] || St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
|-
|align=center| 3 || Orest Romashyma || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]  || {{FRG}} || [[Boston Bruins]] || New Hamburg (OHA Jr. C)
|-
|align=center| 4 || Al Osborne || [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[New York Rangers]] || Weston (OHA Jr. B)
|-
|align=center| 5 || Art Hampson || [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] || Trenton (Ont. Midgets)
|-
|align=center| 6 || [[Walt McKechnie]] || Centre || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] || London (OHA Jr. B)
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: {{cite web |title=1966 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1966/66main.htm |accessdate=11 January 2009}} </sup>
|}

This generates the following table:

Selections by round

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Garry Monahan	Centre	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
2	Peter Mahovlich	Centre	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	St. Michael's Juveniles (OHA Jr. A)
3	Orest Romashyma	Left wing	West Germany	Boston Bruins	New Hamburg (OHA Jr. C)
4	Al Osborne	Right wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Weston (OHA Jr. B)
5	Art Hampson	Defence	Canada	Chicago Black Hawks	Trenton (Ont. Midgets)
6	Walt McKechnie	Centre	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London (OHA Jr. B)
^{Reference: "1966 NHL Amateur Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved 11 January 2009.}

Additional headings

Hall of Famers

This section heading can be commented out until it is suitably edited.
^{a layout format for this section has not yet been refined}

References

{{cite book}} references should be listed first followed by
<references/> which are auto generated.

External Links

External links related to the draft belong in this section and should be bulleted
hockeydraftcentral.com
hockeydb.com
NHL.com

{{NHL entry drafts}} Finally, the article should have the following category listings:

A category for the year in ice hockey (e.g. [[Category:1963 in ice hockey|NHL Amateur Draft]] [[Category:National Hockey League Entry Draft]]

Article template

Below is the complete article template.

The '''xxxx [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[NHL Entry Draft|Entry Draft]]''' was hosted by [[NHL TEAM]] on [[MONTH X]] at the [[WHERE IS WAS HOSTED]] in [[CITY/PROVINCE]], [[STATE]], [[COUNTRY]].

== Selections by round ==
Below are listed the selections in the XXXX NHL Entry Draft.
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] <ref name="All-Star note">Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famers]]
|}
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY ALL STAR  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#FFCC00"|  -->
<!-- USE THIS CODE TO IDENTIFY HALL OF FAMER  --  Insert directly before player name -- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|  -->
=== Round one ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| 1  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center| 2  ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: <!-- {{cite web |title= |url= |accessdate=XX Month YEAR}} --></sup>
|}

=== Round two ===
{|class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%" 
|-
!style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=5%|Pick # !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=20%|Player !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=10%|Position!! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=15%|Nationality !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=21%|NHL team !! style="background:#e0e0e0;" width=29%|College/junior/club team
|-
|align=center| # ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
|align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="#efefef"| <sup>Reference: <!-- {{cite web |title= |url= |accessdate=XX Month YEAR}} --></sup>
|}
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= NHL All-Star<ref name="All-Star note"> Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.</ref>||
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= Hall of Famers
|}
<!--
== Hall of Famers ==

-->
== See also ==
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== References ==
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<references/>

== External links ==
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{{NHL entry drafts}}

[[Category:National Hockey League Entry Draft]]
[[Category:XXXX in ice hockey|NHL Entry Draft]]

This generates the following article layout:

The xxxx NHL Entry Draft was hosted by NHL TEAM on MONTH X at the WHERE IS WAS HOSTED in CITY/PROVINCE, STATE, COUNTRY.

Selections by round

Below are listed the selections in the XXXX NHL Entry Draft.

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

Round one

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1
2
^Reference:

Round two

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
#
^Reference:

= NHL All-Star ^[1]

= Hall of Famers

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

External links

[All-Star_note-1] Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.

[1]

v t e National Hockey League drafts
NHL amateur draft (1963–1978)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
NHL entry draft (1979–present)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
NHL supplemental drafts (1986–1994)	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
NHL expansion and dispersal drafts	1967 1970 1972 1974 1978 1979 1991 1992 1993 1998 1999 2000 2017 2021
Intra-League Draft (1952–1975) Waiver Draft (1977–2003) Norwegian players