The first round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft took place Friday night at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, and it was an exciting night of selections and trades for team's across the league. In addition to making two first round selections, the Washington Capitals also swung a deal for a second line center in the form of Mike Ribeiro from the Dallas Stars. In doing so, Washington taded away their second round selection in addition to Cody Eakin.
Here is the complete rundown of round one selections:
1 EDM NAIL YAKUPOV RW RUS
2 CBJ RYAN MURRAY D CAN
3 MTL ALEX GALCHENYUK C USA
4 NYI GRIFFIN REINHART D CAN
5 TOR MORGAN RIELLY D CAN
6 ANA HAMPUS LINDHOLM D SWE
7 MIN MATHEW DUMBA D CAN
8 PIT DERRICK POULIOT D CAN
9 WPG JACOB TROUBA D USA
10 TBL SLATER KOEKKOEK D CAN
11 WSH FILIP FORSBERG C SWE
12 BUF MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO C RUS
13 DAL RADEK FAKSA C CZE
14 BUF ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS C LVA
15 OTT CODY CECI D CAN
16 WSH THOMAS WILSON RW CAN
17 SJS TOMAS HERTL C CZE
18 CHI TEUVO TERAVAINEN LW FIN
19 TBL ANDREY VASILEVSKIY G RUS
20 PHI SCOTT LAUGHTON C CAN
21 CGY MARK JANKOWSKI C CAN
22 PIT OLLI MAATTA D FIN
23 FLA MICHAEL MATHESON D CAN
24 BOS MALCOLM SUBBAN G CAN
25 STL JORDAN SCHMALTZ D USA
26 VAN BRENDAN GAUNCE C CAN
27 PHX HENRIK SAMUELSSON C RW USA
28 NYR BRADY SKJEI D USA
29 NJD STEFAN MATTEAU C USA
30 LAK TANNER PEARSON LW CAN
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