Anaheim Ducks Select Six Players During Second Day of 2022 NHL Draft

Jul 8, 2022

The Anaheim Ducks selected six additional players through Rounds 2-7 of the 2022 NHL Draft today. In addition to last night’s first-round picks of defenseman Pavel Mintyukov (10th overall) and center Nathan Gaucher (22nd overall), the club selected defenseman Noah Warren (second round, 42nd overall), defenseman Tristan Luneau (second round, 53rd overall), center Ben King (fourth round, 107th overall), left wing Connor Hvidston (fifth round, 139th overall), right wing Michael Callow (fifth round, 154th overall), and goaltender Vyacheslav Buteyets (sixth round, 178th overall). 

Warren, 17 (7/15/04), spent the 2021-22 season with the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), earning 5-19=24 points with a +17 rating and 52 penalty minutes (PIM) in 62 games. He also earned one assist in seven QMJHL postseason games. 

The 6-5, 216-pound defenseman registered 1-3=4 points with a +2 rating and six PIM in 29 games with the Olympiques in 2020-21 as a rookie. A native of Montreal, Quebec, Warren’s grandfather, Raynald Boutin, was a goaltender drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1972, while his mother, Magalie, was a nationally ranked Canadian swimmer. 

Luneau, 18 (1/12/04), led Gatineau Olympiques defensemen in points and assists, while ranking second in goals with 12-31=43 points with a +9 rating and 20 PIM in 63 games in 2021-22. The 6-1, 188-pound blueliner paced all Gatineau skaters in assists and led club defensemen in postseason scoring with 0-6=6 points in seven playoff games. 

The Victoriaville, Quebec native earned QMJHL Rookie of the Year honors and was named to the QMJHL All-Rookie Team after finishing second among first-year defensemen with 4-14=18 points in 31 games in 2020-21. The 2020 QMJHL first overall pick has recorded 16-45=61 points with a +4 rating and 22 PIM in 94 career QMJHL games with Gatineau. 

King, 20 (5/15/02), paced all Western Hockey League (WHL) skaters in goals and finished second in scoring with 52-53=105 points with a +36 rating and 57 PIM in 68 games in 2021-22. The Vernon, British Columbia native also led the WHL in power-play goals (24) and game-winning goals (15) while ranking second in faceoff win percentage (58.8, min. 100 attempts) and tied for fifth in points per game (1.54). 

The 6-3, 201-pound forward has scored 89-116=205 points with 150 PIM and a +7 rating in 206 career WHL games with the Red Deer Rebels and Swift Current Broncos, and earned 4-6=10 points in 10 WHL playoff contests. 

Hvidston, 17 (9/11/04), recorded 13-19=32 points with 14 PIM in 58 WHL games with the Swift Current Broncos as a rookie in 2021-22. The 6-2, 165-pound forward was named Swift Current’s Rookie of the Year.  

A native of Tisdale, Saskatoon, Hvidston represented Canada at the 2022 U18 World Championship, earning 1-1=2 points in four tournament games. 

Callow, 18 (1/15/04), earned 26-15=41 points in 25 games with St. Sebastian’s School in Massachusetts of the United States High School Preparatory league (USHS-Prep). The South Boston, Massachusetts native led St. Sebastian’s in goals and ranked second in points. 

The 6-4, 194-pound forward has appeared in four games with the United States National Team Development Program’s (USNTDP) U17 and U18 teams from 2020-2022. 

Buteyets, 20 (5/29/02), posted a 6-2-2 record with a 2.49 goals-against-record (GAA) and .918 save percentage (SV%) in 11 games in 2021-22 with Chelmet Chelyabinsk of the VHL, Russia’s second highest professional hockey league. He also went 7-7-1 with a 3.03 GAA and a .890 SV% last season with Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk of the MHL, Russia’s top junior league. 

The 6-4, 185-pound netminder has earned a 9-10-1 record with a 2.86 GAA and a .898 SV% in 27 career MHL games with Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk and Chaika Nizhny Novgorod from 2019-2022.