Slovak players in the 1997 NHL Draft

Six Slovak players were picked in the 1997 NHL Draft, two of them in the first round. Marian Hossa went first, at number 12 to the Ottawa Senators. Four of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 1

2 picks

Marian Hossa (R)Right wingNHL 1997–2016 · INACTIVE

OTT

Robert Dome (L)Left wingNHL 1997–2002 · INACTIVE

PIT

Round 2

1 pick

Stanislav Gron (C)Center

NJD

Round 4

1 pick

Karol Bartanus (R)Right wing

BOS

Round 5

1 pick

131

Jiri Bicek (R)Right wingNHL 2000–2003 · INACTIVE

NJD

Round 7

1 pick

177

Ladislav Nagy (L)Left wingNHL 1999–2007 · INACTIVE

STL

The teams that drafted them

NJDNew Jersey Devils2 picks, first at 38

OTTOttawa SenatorsNo. 12

PITPittsburgh PenguinsNo. 17

BOSBoston BruinsNo. 81

STLSt. Louis BluesNo. 177

The class in the NHL

Regular season, whole careers: skaters by points, goalies by games.

The class against the other years

Players picked each year and the year's first pick.