Meet Kyle Beach, the
Blackhawks' 2008 first-round pick. Ranked 13th heading
into the draft by ISS, Beach is a scorer with a nose for
the net. ISS notes that while there are concerns over
Beach's lack of discipline on and off the ice, he has
tremendous offensive skill and knows how to use his size
to get to the scoring areas. As be grows, he'll need to
improve his skating and work on his defensive
responsibilities.
2008
ENTRY DRAFT RECAP
Rd
No.
PLAYER
Pos.
DRAFTED FROM
1
11
Kyle Beach
C
Everett Silvertips [WHL]
3
68
Shawn Lalonde
D
Belleville Bulls [OHL]
5
132
Teigan Zahn
D
Saskatoon Blades [WHL]
6
162
Jonathan Carlsson
D
Brynas IF Gavle [SEL]
6
169
Ben Smith
RW
Boston College [NCAA]
6
179
Braden Birch
D
Oakville Blades [OPJHL]
7
192
Joe Gleason
D
Edina H.S. [Minn.]
ISS: ON THE
HORIZON
Pos.
PLAYER
Age
Height
Weight
F
Michael Blunden
21
6' 3"
207
F
Dave Bolland
22
6' 0"
176
F
Akim Aliu
19
6' 2"
200
F
Dan Bertram
21
5' 11"
175
F
Igor Makarov
21
6' 1"
183
1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR
#
PLAYER
Pos.
DRAFT FROM
LEAGUE
2008
11
Kyle Beach
C
Everett Silvertips
WHL
2007
1
Patrick Kane
RW
London Knights
OHL
2006
3
Jonathan Toews
C
Univ. of North Dakota
NCAA
2005
7
Jack Skille
RW
U.S. Jr. National Team
USDP
2004
3
Cam Barker
D
Medicine Hat Tigers
WHL
A
IN
THE SYSTEM
PLAYER
Height
Weight
Age
Akim Aliu
6'
2"
200
19
Marko Anttila
6'
7"
200
23
Chris Auger
5'
11"
160
20
Kyle Beach
6'
3"
203
18
Adam Berti
6'
3"
207
22
Dan Bertram
5'
11"
175
21
Bryan Bickell
6'
4"
226
22
Michael Blunden
6'
3"
207
21
Dave Bolland
6'
0"
176
22
Tim Brent
6'
0"
188
24
Evan Brophey
6'
1"
203
21
Troy Brouwer
6'
3"
220
22
Nathan Davis
6'
1"
193
22
Jacob Dowell
6'
0"
202
23
Colin Fraser
6'
1"
190
23
Richard Greenop
6'
4"
210
19
Adam Hobson
6'
0"
209
21
Karel Hromas
6'
2"
189
22
Denis Istomin
6'
0"
196
21
Petri Kontiola
6'
0"
198
23
Tony Lagerström
6'
1"
189
20
Peter Leblanc
5'
10"
175
20
Igor Makarov
6'
1"
183
20
Jakub Sindel
6'
0"
172
22
Jack Skille
6'
1"
198
21
Ben Smith
5'
11"
195
20
Bill Sweatt
6'
0"
180
19
Maxime Tanguay
5'
11"
175
19
Kris Versteeg
5'
10"
179
22
Braden Birch
6'
3"
185
18
Michael Brennan
6'
0"
190
22
Jonathan Carlsson
6'
1"
198
19
Joe
Charlebois
6'
1"
210
22
Simon Danis-Pepin
6'
7"
208
20
Joe
Gleason
5'
9"
178
18
Jordan Hendry
6'
0"
196
24
Niklas Hjalmarsson
6'
3"
196
21
Shawn Lalonde
6'
1"
175
18
Joe
Lavin
6'
2"
195
19
Danny Richmond
6'
0"
192
23
Jean-Claude Sawyer
6'
3"
194
21
Brennan Turner
6'
3"
220
21
Teigan Zahn
6'
1"
217
18
Corey Crawford
6'
2"
190
23
Joseph Fallon
6'
3"
190
23
Antti Niemi
6'
1"
189
24
Joseph Palmer
6'
1"
205
20
Josh
Unice
5'
11"
175
19
