The Phoenix Coyotes acquired right wing Henrik Samuelsson as their first selection (27th overall) in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft June 22 and 23 from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Samuelsson, who played for Edmonton of the Western Hockey League, is rated as the No. 75 skater in North America and is known for his physical play.
The Coyotes had seven additional picks in the Entry Draft. Beginning with the 58th selection in the second round, Phoenix took Jordan Martinook, who played for the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League. Martinook scored a career-high 40 goals with 24 assists last season. In two seasons with Vancouver, he scored 51 goals with 41 assists in 144 regular season games.
In the third round (81st overall), Phoenix took defenseman James Melindy, who had nine goals and 18 assists playing in 61 games for the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2011-12. He also scored two goals and had an assist in four postseason games.
With the 102nd pick in the fourth round from the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix took defenseman Rhett Holland. Holland spent last year with the Okotoks Oilers of the American Junior Hockey League, and had three goals and seven assists in 47 games. The Coyotes acquired the Avalanche’s fourth-round selection in a 2010 trade for Daniel Winnik.
In the fifth round (148th overall), the Coyotes chose defenseman Niklas Tikkinen of Espoo of the Finnish Juniors. Tikkinen had goals and 15 assists with the Juniors last season in 39 games with the Under-20 team. He also skated in seven games with Espoo’s Under-18 club, recording three goals and nine assists. Tikkinen represented Finland at the 2012 U-18 World Junior Championships where he had two assists. He was ranked 17th among European skaters in Central Scouting’s final rankings.
In the sixth round (178th overall), the Coyotes took left wing Samuel Fejes of Shattuck St. Mary’s Sabres of Minnesota (high school). Fejes recorded 14 goals and 14 assists in 49 games.
In the seventh round, the Coyotes had two picks. The 184th selection was goaltender Marek Langhamer from the Czech Republic’s Pardubice Juniors. Langhamer posted a 3.29 goals-against average and .909 save percentage in 33 games. The Coyotes picked up Langhamer when they acquired the Montreal Canadiens’ seventh-round pick (184th overall) in exchange for Petteri Nokelainen in 2011. Also in the seventh round (208th overall), the Coyotes took defenseman Justin Hache from the Shawnigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Hache had two goals and 16 assists in 60 games with the Cataractes this season. He scored one goal in 11 postseason games.
Coyotes acquire Penguins defenseman for players, draft pick
The Phoenix Coyotes acquired former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Zybnek Michalek (Z-big-nehk Mih-khal-ihk) in exchange for defenseman Jarrison Ruopp, goalteneder Marc Cheverie, and the 81st selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
Michalek scored two goals and 11 assists in 62 games with Pittsburgh during the 2011-12 season. He led the team with 144 blocked shots and had an assist and nine blocked shots in six postseason games.
Michalek, 29, had 26 goals and 87 assists in five seasons (2005-06 to 2009-10) with the Coyotes. In eight NHL seasons with the Penguins, Coyotes and Minnesota Wild, the defenseman has 34 goals 113 assists. Michalek has collected four assists in 20 postseason games with the Penguins and Coyotes.
Ruopp had two goals and seven assists in 62 games with Prince Albert of the Western Hockey League this season. He was selected by the Coyotes in the third round (84th overall) in the 2011 Entry Draft. Cheverie split the 2011-12 season between Gwinnett of the East Coast Hockey League and Portland of the American Hockey League. He was acquired by the Florida Panthers in exchange for Justin Bernhardt in 2011. The Coyotes had acquired the 81st overall selection in the Entry Draft from the Philadelphia in exchange for the negotiating rights to Ilya Bryzgalov June 7, 2011.
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