2025 CHL Import Draft set for Wednesday, July 2
Held annually since 1992, the CHL Import Draft is set to commence at 11:00am on Wednesday, July 2nd. All CHL teams will take part in the process of selecting import players during the three-round draft. New this season CHL teams will be able to carry three import players on their roster, up from the two player rule seen previously.
Russian and Belarusian players remain eligible for CHL Import Draft and they will be able to play in the CHL as long as they are granted the necessary visa that they require to enter and play hockey in North America.
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Guelph Storm CHL Import Draft History
| 2024 | Daniil Skvortsov | Round 1, 27th overall |
| 2023 | Vilmer Alriksson | Round 1, 34th overall |
| 2023 | Damian Slavik | Round 2, 94th overall |
| 2022 | Niko Minkkinen | Round 1, 35th overall |
| 2021 | Valentin Zhugin | Round 1, 54th overall |
| 2021 | Leo Hafenricher | Round 2, 95th overall |
| 2020 | No selections made | |
| 2019 | Andrei Bakanov | Round 1, 38th overall |
| 2019 | Roman Bychkov | Round 2, 98th overall |
| 2018 | No selections made | |
| 2017 | Alexei Toropchenko | Round 1, 4th overall |
| 2016 | Dmitri Samorukov | Round 1, 2nd overall |
| 2016 | Albert Michnac | Round 1, 62nd overall |
| 2015 | Timo Haussener | Round 1, 39th overall |
| 2015 | Vladislav Barulin | Round 2, 99th overall |
| 2014 | No selections made | |
| 2013 | Phil Baltisberger | Round 1, 26th overall |
| 2013 | Pius Suter | Round 1, 38th overall |
| 2012 | No selections made | |
| 2011 | Tanner Richards | Round 1, 28th overall |
| 2010 | Andrei Pedan | Round 1, 32nd overall |
| 2009 | Vadim Guskov | Round 2, 73rd overall |
| 2008 | Yevgeni Molotilov | Round 1, 46th overall |
| 2007 | Dennis Hollenstein | Round 1, 32nd overall |
| 2006 | Arturs Ozolins | Round 1, 45th overall |
| 2005 | Rafael Rotter | Round 2, 67th overall |
| 2004 | Jaromir Florian | Round 1, 54th overall |
| 2004 | Jan Bula | Round 2, 76th overall |
| 2002 | Emil Bucic | Round 2, 65th overall |
| 2001 | Fyodor Tyutin | Round 1, 29th overall |
| 2001 | Leonid Zhvachkin | Round 1, 52nd overall |
| 2000 | Jan Soukup | Round 1, 18th overall |
| 1999 | Radek Matalik | Round 1, 49th overall |
| 1998 | Yevgeni Krivomaz | Round 1, 51st overall |
| 1997 | Boshulav Subr | Round 1, 36th overall |
| 1996 | Robert Kucera | Round 1, 45th overall |
| 1996 | Denis Ivanov | Round 2, 69th overall |
| 1995 | Herberts Vasiljevs | Round 1, 46th overall |
| 1994 | Josef Marha | Round 1, 27th overall |
| 1993 | Viktor Reuta | Round 1, 12th overall |
| 1991 | Ola Böös | Round 1, 27th overall |
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