Calgary Flames Select Five at the NHL Draft
Chicago, IL – The Calgary Flames selected five players (one defensemen and four forwards) at the 2017 NHL Draft in Chicago during the seven-round selection process.
The Flames started their draft weekend on Friday by selecting Finnish defenseman Juuso Valimaki from the Tri-City Americans (WHL) with the 16th overall pick.
On Saturday Calgary used its next pick to select centre Adam Ruzicka in the fourth round (109th overall). The Flames finished by picking up three wingers as they took Zach Fischer (140th overall) in the fifth, D’Artagnan Joly in the sixth round (171st overall) and Filip Sveningsson (202nd overall) with their final pick in the seventh round.
JUUSO VALIMAKI (D)
Drafted: 1st round (16th overall)
HT: 6’2” WT: 204 lbs.
Shoots: Left Born: Nokia, Finland (October 6, 1998)
2016-17 Regular Season Statistics
| TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Tri-City | WHL | 60 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 34 |
ADAM RUZICKA (C)
Drafted: 4th round (109th overall)
HT: 6’4” WT: 202 lbs.
Shoots: Left Born: Bratislava, Slovakia (May 11, 1999)
2016-17 Regular Season Statistics
| TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Sarnia | OHL | 61 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 30 |
ZACH FISCHER (RW)
Drafted: 5th round (140th overall)
HT: 6’2” WT: 207 lbs.
Shoots: Right Born: Lloydminster, AB (July 19, 1997)
2016-17 Regular Season Statistics
| TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Medicine Hat | WHL | 62 | 34 | 29 | 63 | 145 |
D’ARTAGNAN JOLY (RW)
Drafted: 6th round (171st overall)
HT: 6’3” WT: 181 lbs.
Shoots: Right Born: Gatineau, QC (April 7, 1999)
2016-17 Regular Season Statistics
| TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Baie-Comeau | QMJHL | 66 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 35 |
FILIP SVENINGSSON (RW)
Drafted: 7th round (202nd overall)
HT: 6’0” WT: 180 lbs.
Shoots: Left Born: Gislaved, Sweden (July 3, 1999)
2016-17 Regular Season Statistics
| TEAM | LEAGUE | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| HV71 Jonkoping | SweHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HV71 U20 | J20 SuperElit | 37 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 59 |
