All players selected at Pick No. 171 in the NHL Entry Draft from 2025 to 1974. Includes NHL games, goals, assists, points, PIM, and junior totals.
| Year | POS | Player | Drafted Team | NHL GP | NHL G | NHL A | NHL PTS | NHL PIM | JR GP | JR G | JR A | JR PTS | JR PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | D | Evan Passmore | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 58 |
| 2024 | C | Matyas Melovsky | New Jersey Devils | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 27 |
| 2023 | D | Aiden Celebrini | Vancouver Canucks | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 82 |
| 2022 | G | Jakub Vondras | Carolina Hurricanes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | D | Cal Thomas | Arizona Coyotes | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | RW | Alexander Gordin | Montréal Canadiens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | RW | Luka Burzan | Colorado Avalanche | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 10 |
| 2018 | RW | Nikolai Kovalenko | Colorado Avalanche | 57 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | RW | D'Artagnan Joly | Calgary Flames | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 35 |
| 2016 | C | Gabriel Fontaine | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 43 |
| 2015 | D | Nicholas Boka | Minnesota Wild | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 68 |
| 2014 | RW | Kevin Labanc | San Jose Sharks | 512 | 84 | 153 | 237 | 229 | 65 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 30 |
| 2013 | LW | Tommy Veilleux | Nashville Predators | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 129 |
| 2012 | RW | Tomas Hyka | Los Angeles Kings | 27 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 30 |
| 2011 | LW | Max McCormick | Ottawa Senators | 94 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 97 | 55 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 102 |
| 2010 | C | Brooks Macek | Detroit Red Wings | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 21 | 52 | 73 | 26 |
| 2009 | G | Joni Ortio | Calgary Flames | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | D | Mitch Gaulton | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 2007 | C | Dustin Jeffrey | Pittsburgh Penguins | 131 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 12 | 68 | 34 | 58 | 92 | 40 |
| 2006 | RW | Brian Day | New York Islanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | C | Nick Drazenovic | St. Louis Blues | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 24 |
| 2004 | F | Federik Cabana | Philadelphia Flyers | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 78 |
| 2003 | C | Denis Stasyuk | Florida Panthers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | G | Robert Goepfert | Pittsburgh Penguins | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | C | Eric Himelfarb | Montréal Canadiens | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 48 |
| 2000 | G | Roman Cechmanek | Philadelphia Flyers | 212 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | C | Chris Legg | Edmonton Oilers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | C | Pavel Datsyuk | Detroit Red Wings | 953 | 314 | 604 | 918 | 228 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | D | Rod Leroux | Vancouver Canucks | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 90 |
| 1996 | D | Greg Kuznik | Hartford Whalers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 149 |
| 1995 | C | Marek Melenovsky | Toronto Maple Leafs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | C | Daniel Reja | Washington Capitals | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 44 |
| 1993 | D | Martin Woods | Winnipeg Jets (1979) | - | - | - | - | - | 65 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 443 |
| 1992 | D | Ryan Smith | San Jose Sharks | - | - | - | - | - | 71 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 88 |
| 1991 | LW | Brian Savage | Montréal Canadiens | 674 | 192 | 167 | 359 | 321 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | RW | Anthony Gruba | Detroit Red Wings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | RW | Jeffrey St. Laurent | Toronto Maple Leafs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | LW | Daniel Wiebe | Quebec Nordiques | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | D | Craig Daly | Vancouver Canucks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | D | Scott McCormack | New Jersey Devils | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | D | Jamie Huscroft | New Jersey Devils | 352 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 1065 | 69 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 273 |
| 1984 | LW | Luc Robitaille | Los Angeles Kings | 1431 | 668 | 726 | 1394 | 1177 | 70 | 32 | 53 | 85 | 48 |
| 1983 | D | Rob Kivell | Calgary Flames | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 266 |
| 1982 | LW | Miroslav Ihnacak | Toronto Maple Leafs | 56 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1981 | C | Tim Army | Colorado Rockies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1980 | RW | Christian Tanguay | Quebec Nordiques | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 39 |
| 1978 | C | John Swan | Montréal Canadiens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1977 | LW | Mark Miller | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1975 | RW | Kevin Nugent | Boston Bruins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1974 | LW | Ken Dodd | New York Rangers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |