Montreal to host 2020 NHL Draft

The draft will be June 26-27 at the Bell Centre. It will mark the first time
that Montreal has hosted the draft since 2009.

The city hosted the draft every year from 1963-84 and also was the site in
1986, 1988 and 1992.

"To think that the NHL Draft started in 1963 as a small gathering at a hotel
ballroom in Montreal, makes it all the more exciting to announce that the 2020
edition of the Draft is coming back to its original city, Montreal, in a far
grander fashion," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. "The NHL
Draft has grown into a spectacle befitting our next generation of stars who
will walk across the big stage to the next phase of their hockey careers.

"Montreal is the city where the Draft has been held more times than anywhere
else. What a wonderful place for a great celebration of hockey and the players
who will shine in our League for years to come."

The 2019 NHL Draft is being held at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Friday and
Saturday.

--Field Level Media