NHL Draft | Carolina Hurricanes

The 2026 Upper Deck NHL Draft took place on Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The Hurricanes' selections can be found below, along with a portion of Associate GM Darren Yorke's thoughts on each player.

To read more about the Canes' picks, click here. To view the full list of players selected in this year's draft, click here.

Carolina's 2026 Picks

William Håkansson

Drafted: Round 2, Pick 51
Position: Defenseman
Ht: 6'5" | Wt: 217 lbs
Country: Sweden

"Big, rangy defenseman that skates well and has nastiness. (We want our defensemen) to be able to hold tight gaps and play fast defensively, and he fits that style of play perfectly."

Wiggo Sörensson

Drafted: Round 2, Pick 61
Position: Forward
Ht: 5'10" | Wt: 180 lbs
Country: Sweden

"This is a player that has an all-around game that suits what we're looking for when we're trying to draft forwards..."

Zachary Lansard

Drafted: Round 3, Pick 68
Position: Forward
Ht: 6'0" | Wt: 172 lbs
Country: Canada

"Gritty. Competitive. High skill level. He's a kid who kept getting better and better every single year..."

Michael Berchild

Drafted: Round 3, Pick 105
Position: Forward
Ht: 5'10" | Wt: 180 lbs
Country: United States

"He's smart, competitive, and drives the net... He's not afraid, despite being on the shorter side of things. He plays hard and plays smart."

Ryder Fetterolf

Drafted: Round 4, Pick 125
Position: Goaltender
Ht: 6'0" | Wt: 184 lbs
Country: United States

"He just stops the puck. It doesn't matter that he's a little on the shorter end. The ability to read the game and go to the side-to-side movements [is great]..."

Zachary Jovanovski

Drafted: Round 6, Pick 165
Position: Goaltender
Ht: 6'3" | Wt: 185 lbs
Country: Canada

"[He has] powerful side-to-side movement, [he's] really athletic, and a little different in terms of the type of goalie because he's more 6-foot-4. He's somebody who our goalie coaches really loved..."