Slovak players in the 2000 NHL Draft

16 Slovak players were picked in the 2000 NHL Draft, two of them in the first round. Marian Gaborik went first, at number 3 to the Minnesota Wild. Eight 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 Gaborik (R)Right wingNHL 2000–2017 · INACTIVE

MIN

Marcel Hossa (L)Left wingNHL 2001–2007 · INACTIVE

MTL

Round 2

1 pick

Tomas Kopecky (R)Right wingNHL 2005–2014 · INACTIVE

DET

Round 3

2 picks

Jozef Balej (R)Right wingNHL 2003–2005 · INACTIVE

MTL

Peter Hamerlik (G)Goaltender

PIT

Round 4

1 pick

118

Lubomir Visnovsky (D)DefensemanNHL 2000–2014 · INACTIVE

LAK

Round 5

2 picks

134

Peter Podhradsky (D)Defenseman

ANA

164

Matus Kostur (G)Goaltender

NJD

Round 6

2 picks

173

Tomas Harant (D)Defenseman

NSH

183

Michal Macho (C)Center

SJS

Round 7

3 picks

214

Peter Bartos (L)Left wingNHL 2000 · INACTIVE

MIN

222

Marek Priechodsky (D)Defenseman

TBL

223

Lubos Velebny (D)Defenseman

TOR

Round 8

1 pick

232

Lubomir Sekeras (D)DefensemanNHL 2000–2003 · INACTIVE

MIN

Round 9

2 picks

281

Peter Fabus (F)Forward

PHX

286

Andrej Nedorost (L)Left wingNHL 2001–2003 · INACTIVE

CBJ

The teams that drafted them

MINMinnesota Wild3 picks, first at 3

MTLMontréal Canadiens2 picks, first at 16

DETDetroit Red WingsNo. 38

PITPittsburgh PenguinsNo. 84

LAKLos Angeles KingsNo. 118

ANAAnaheim DucksNo. 134

NJDNew Jersey DevilsNo. 164

NSHNashville PredatorsNo. 173

SJSSan Jose SharksNo. 183

TBLTampa Bay LightningNo. 222

TORToronto Maple LeafsNo. 223

PHXPhoenix CoyotesNo. 281

CBJColumbus Blue JacketsNo. 286

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.