Sitting in the unprecedented position of owning the first two picks in this year's National Lacrosse League Entry Draft, the San Jose Stealth helped its offense and defense alike, selecting Ryan Benesch and Kyle Sorensen.

Benesch, captain of the Kitchener (OLA) Junior A team this summer, is described as small but talented, with Sorensen an impact defenseman.

Before long, the Stealth had a third first-round selection, netting goaltender Paul Dawson with a pick acquired from Arizona -- the team Dawson's older brother, Dan, plays for.

In between, though, Buffalo grabbed All-American forward Brett Bucktooth of Syracuse University and Philadelphia quickly scooped up Geoff Snider, the highly-regarded faceoff specialist from the University of Denver.

The draft was held at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, which also is home to the annual NBA Draft and formerly hosted the NFL Draft.

Full draft results follow.

##  TEAM                SELECTION 
--  ------------------  ---------------------------------------
 1  San Jose (NY)       Ryan Benesch (Kitchener ON)
 2  San Jose (Chi)      Kyle Sorensen (Bellarmine University)
 3  Buffalo (Edm)       Brett Bucktooth (Syracuse University)
 4  Philadelphia (SJ)   Geoff Snider (University of Denver)
 5  Philadelphia        Ian Llord (St Catharines ON)
 6  Arizona (Min)       Mike Grimes (Peterborough ON)
 7  * San Jose (Tor)    Paul Dawson (Brampton ON)
 8  Philadelphia (Arz)  Athan Iannucci (Hofstra University)
 9  Calgary             Kyle Wailes (Brown University)
10  Rochester           Jack Reid (University of Massachusetts)
11  New York (Por)      Brendan Mundorf (Univ MD-Baltimore Co.)
12  Chicago (Buf)       Josh Wasson (University of Hartford)
13  Colorado            Gary Bining (Ohio State University)

14  * Calgary (Chi)     Luke Hinton (Victoria BC)
15  Toronto (Edm)       Mike MacLeod (Orangeville ON)
16  San Jose            Wes Green (Adelphi University)
17  * Chicago (Phi)     Jackson Gair (Orillia ON)
18  Buffalo (Min)       Joe Walters (University of Maryland)
19  * Toronto           Jeff Gilbert (Robert Morris)
20  * Portland (Arz)    Matt Holman (University of Hartford)
21  Portland (Cal)      Ian Crashley (Whitby ON)
22  Rochester           Ashton McLean (Elmira College)
23  * Arizona (Por)     Brandon Atherton (Victoria BC)
24  Buffalo             Jay Thorimbert (Niagara ON)
25  Colorado            Jamie Shewchuk (Burnaby BC)

26  New York            Garret Kikot (Bellarmine University)
27  Chicago             Mike Kirk (Dickinson College)
28  Edmonton            Kurtis Wagar (St Catharines ON)
29  Portland (SJ)       Greg Peyser (Johns Hopkins University)
30  * Minnesota (Phi)   Tyler Haas (Victoria BC)
31  Minnesota           Kevin Crosswell (Port Coquitlam BC)
32  New York (Tor)      Matt Zash (Duke University)
33  Arizona             Matt Ward (University of Virginia)
34  Colorado (Cal)      Matt Poskay (University of Virginia)
35  Toronto (Roc)       Matt Carroll (Whitby ON)
36  Portland            D.J. Driscoll (Univ. of Notre Dame)
37  Buffalo             Brendan Thenhaus (Oakville ON)
38  Rochester (Col)     Matt Currie (Peterborough ON)

39  New York            John Orsen (Hofstra University)
40  Chicago             Shane Sargent (Whitby ON)
41  * Chicago (Edm)     Bill McGlone (University of Maryland)
42  San Jose            Brad Trottier (Barrie ON)
43  Philadelphia        Kyle Dixon (University of Virginia)
44  Minnesota           Kevin Milkowski (Victoria BC)
45  Toronto             Bryan Riddell (Barrie ON)
46  Edmonton (Arz)      Cory Melville (Burnaby BC)
47  Buffalo (Cal)       Brent Miller (Niagara ON)
48  Rochester           Greg Gurenlian (Penn State University)
49  Portland            Jake Deane (Univ. of Massachusetts)
50  Buffalo             Nolan Godfrey (Merrimack College)
51  Colorado            Curtis Morwick (Victoria BC)

52  New York            Joe Boulukos (Cornell University)
53  Chicago             Cody Jacobs (Six Nations ON)
54  Edmonton            Kris Hartzell (St Andrew's College)
55  San Jose            Joe Vasold (New York Tech)
56  Philadelphia        Pat Walsh (University of Notre Dame)
57  Minnesota           Andrew Witt (New Westminster BC)
58  Toronto             Joe Hall (Ottawa ON)
59  Arizona             Ron Schbild (Burnaby BC)
60  Calgary             Jordan Sealock (Calgary AB)
61  Rochester           Cory Vitarelli (Peterborough ON)
62  Portland            Matt Savoie (Whitby ON)
63  * Minnesota (Buf)   Dave Ellis (Six Nations ON)
64  Colorado            Casey Cittadino (Towson University)

65  New York            Chris Unterstein (Hofstra University)
66  Chicago             Eric Martin (Kitchener ON)
67  Rochester (Edm)     David Lomas (Six Nations ON)
68  San Jose            Steve Holmes (University of Virginia)
69  Philadelphia        Mike Culver (Univserity of Virginia)
70  Minnesota           Huey Johnson (Six Nations ON)
71  * Toronto           Brady Campbell (Orangeville ON)
72  Arizona             Luke Pinder (Kitchener ON)
73  Toronto (Cal)       Tim Chisolm (University of Hartford)
74  Rochester           Kyle Hagel (Oakville ON)
75  Rochester (Por)     Dave Thering (Rochester Inst. of Tech.)
76  Buffalo             Daniel Sams (Peterborough ON)
77  Colorado            Sean Morris (Univ. of Massachusetts)


FOOTNOTES:
 - All picks marked with an asterisk have been traded 
     today; those trades are detailed below
 - Arizona traded 6th-overall pick and Andrew Guindon to 
     San Jose for Derek Malawsky
 - Chicago traded 14th-overall pick to Calgary for 17th- 
     and 41st-overall selections
 - Minnesota traded 19th-overall pick and a 2007 
     fourth-round selection to Toronto for Nick Inch and 
     a 2007 second-round selection
 - Rochester traded 20th-overall pick to Portland for 
     Luke Forget
 - Minnesota traded 23rd-overall pick to Arizona for a 
     2007 second-round selection
 - Buffalo traded 30th-overall pick to Minnesota for a 
     2007 third-round selection
 - Buffalo traded 63rd-overall pick to Minnesota for a 
     2007 fifth-round selection
 - Philadelphia traded 71st-overall pick to Toronto for 
     a 2007 sixth-round selection