OHL Clubs Select 28 Players in 2024 CHL Import Draft
Toronto, Ont. – Ontario Hockey League member teams selected a total of 28 players in the 2024 CHL Import Draft on Wednesday, July 3rd. The OHL selections consisted of 19 forwards, six defencemen and three goaltenders.
The two-round draft took place online with the order of selection rotating through each of the CHL’s three leagues. The Windsor Spitfires selected third overall for the first time in 31 years as a result of winning the OHL Priority Selection Draft Lottery back in March.
The Spitfires led off the OHL proceedings with the selection of Washington Capitals third round NHL Draft pick Ilya Protas, who spent the 2023-24 season with the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers. Protas, who hails from Belarus, was named to the USHL’s All-Rookie Team this past season after tallying 51 points (14-37-51) in 61 regular season contests.
The Windsor Spitfires are proud to select Ilya Protas with the 3rd overall pick in the CHL Import Draft!#WindsorSpitfires pic.twitter.com/OJNiRyLZ91
— Windsor Spitfires (@SpitsHockey) July 3, 2024
OHL clubs selected a total of seven NHL prospects with Protas being followed by Gabriel Eliasson (Ottawa Senators) who went 12th overall to the Niagara IceDogs, Emil Hemming (Dallas Stars) chosen 15th overall by the Barrie Colts, Igor Chernyshov (San Jose Sharks) selected 56th overall by the Saginaw Spirit, Jesse Nurmi (New York Islanders) chosen 58th overall by the London Knights, Ondrej Kos (St. Louis Blues) selected 105th overall by the Kitchener Rangers and Lucas Pettersson (Anaheim Ducks) selected 116th overall by the Saginaw Spirit.
Ten selected players will be first-time draft eligibles heading into next summer’s 2025 NHL Draft, while five will be eligible for the 2026 NHL Draft (Novotny, Chrenko, Flugins, Varosyan, Nemec)
Each CHL team is permitted to dress a maximum of two import players each season who are selected annually through the CHL Import Draft.
| RD. | OV. | TEAM | PLAYER | POS | HOMETOWN | DOB | 2023-24 TEAM | NHL |
| 1 | 3 | Windsor | Ilya Protas | LW | Vitebsk, Belarus | Jul. 18, 2006 | Des Moines (USHL) | WSH 3 2024 |
| 1 | 6 | Sarnia | Ruslan Karimov | LW | Almetyevsk, Russia | Apr. 27, 2007 | Kazan Irbis | 2025 |
| 1 | 9 | Peterborough | Adam Novotny | C | Hradec Kralove, Czechia | Nov. 13, 2007 | Hradec Kralove Jr. B | 2026 |
| 1 | 12 | Niagara | Gabriel Eliasson | LD | Kungsbacka, Sweden | Sep. 9, 2006 | HV71 Jr. | OTT 2 2024 |
| 1 | 15 | Barrie | Emil Hemming | RW | Vaasa, Finland | Jun. 27, 2006 | TPS Turku | DAL 1 2024 |
| 1 | 18 | Flint | Mitja Jokinen | LD | Raisio, Finland | Mar. 1, 2006 | TPS Turku U20 | – |
| 1 | 21 | Owen Sound | Max Bleicher | LD | Fussen, Germany | Feb. 14, 2007 | Fussen EV | 2025 |
| 1 | 27 | Guelph | Daniil Skvortsov | LD | Kaluga, Russia | Jan. 13, 2007 | Moscow Krasnaya Armiya | 2025 |
| 1 | 30 | Erie | Noah Erlinden | G | Jonkoping, Sweden | Sep. 9, 2005 | HV71 Jr. | – |
| 1 | 33 | Ottawa | Filip Ekberg | C | Uppsala, Sweden | Apr. 14, 2007 | Almtuna Jr. | 2025 |
| 1 | 36 | Sudbury | Jan Chovan | RW | Bratislava, Slovakia | Jan. 9, 2007 | Tappara Tampere U20 | 2025 |
| 1 | 39 | Brampton | Martin Vaculik | RW | Zlin, Czechia | Sep. 20, 2006 | Berani Zlin Jr. | 2025 |
| 1 | 42 | Brantford | Adrien Bartovic | C | Pardubice, Czechia | Mar. 9, 2007 | Malmo Redhawks J18E | 2025 |
| 1 | 45 | Kitchener | Tomas Chrenko | LW | Nitra, Slovakia | Nov. 2, 2007 | Nitra HK | 2026 |
| 1 | 48 | North Bay | Natan Teshome | LW | Lappeenranta, Finland | Jun. 9, 2006 | Jokerit Helsinki U20 | – |
| 1 | 51 | Oshawa | Lauri Sinivuori | LW | Mikkeli, Finland | Apr. 28, 2006 | HIFK Helsinki U20 | – |
| 1 | 54 | Sault Ste. Marie | David Holub | RD | Trinec, Czechia | Apr. 11, 2007 | Ocelari Trinec Jr. | 2025 |
| 1 | 56 | Saginaw | Igor Chernyshov | LW | Penza, Russia | Nov. 30, 2005 | HC Dynamo Moscow | SJ 2 2024 |
| 1 | 58 | London | Jesse Nurmi | LW | Valkeala, Finland | Mar. 7 2005 | KooKoo Kouvola | NYI 4 2023 |
| 2 | 72 | Sarnia | Jack Bodin | LD | Kumla, Sweden | Jul. 3, 2006 | Orebro HK Jr. | – |
| 2 | 75 | Barrie | Patrik Kerkola | G | Siilinjarvi, Finland | Mar. 29, 2007 | Kalpa Kuopio U20 | 2025 |
| 2 | 78 | Flint | Karlis Flugins | LW | Riga, Latvia | Nov. 11, 2007 | Oskarshamn IK Jr. | 2026 |
| 2 | 81 | Owen Sound | Rafik Varosyan | LW | Chuguyevka, Russia | Oct. 1, 2007 | Taifun Primorsky Krai | 2026 |
| 2 | 96 | Sudbury | Adam Nemec | RW | Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia | Oct. 18, 2007 | Nitra, Jr. | 2026 |
| 2 | 105 | Kitchener | Ondrej Kos | LW | Brno, Czechia | Mar. 7, 2006 | Koovee | STL 3 2024 |
| 2 | 114 | Sault Ste. Marie | Otto Nuto | G | Helsinki, Finland | Feb. 10, 2006 | Tappara Tampere U18 | – |
| 2 | 116 | Saginaw | Lucas Pettersson | C | Ornskoldsvik, Sweden | Apr. 17, 2006 | MODO Hockey Jr. | ANA 2 2024 |
| 2 | 118 | London | Gleb Semenov | C | Moscow, Russia | Feb. 17, 2007 | Moscow Spartak Jr. | 2025 |
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