Slovenian players in the NHL Draft

8 Slovenian players have been picked in 8 NHL Drafts from 1996 to 2024, 1 of them in the first round. The highest pick of all time is Anze Kopitar (2005), at number 11.

2020s

1 Slovenians

2024JUN 28–JUN 29 · Las Vegas, NV, USA

Cohort: 2006

Slovenians

Round 1

TBL#118Jan Golicic

Draft statistics of all time

Highest draft picks

2#118Jan Golicic (D)2024TBL

3#152Jan Drozg (L)2017PIT

4#171Greg Kuznik (D)1996HFD

5#182Jan Mursak (L)2006DET

6#203Jure Penko (G)2000NSH

7#249Edo Terglav (R)1998BUF

Most in round 1

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Most picked overall

The best draft picks

By regular-season NHL career: skaters by points, goalies by games.

Anze Kopitar

LAK

No. 11 in 2005 · 1521 GP

452G 864A1316P

Jan Mursak

DET

No. 182 in 2006 · 46 GP

2G 2A4P

2010s

1 Slovenians

2017JUN 23–JUN 24 · Chicago, IL, USA

Cohort: 1999

Slovenians

Round 1

PIT#152Jan Drozg

2000s

4 Slovenians

2006JUN 24 · Vancouver, BC, CAN

Cohort: 1988

Slovenians

Round 1

DET#182Jan Mursak

2005JUL 30 · Ottawa, ON, CAN

Cohort: 1987

Slovenians

Round 1

LAK#11Anze Kopitar

2001JUN 23–JUN 24 · Sunrise, FL, USA

Cohort: 1983

Slovenians

Round 1

BOS#282Marcel Rodman

2000JUN 24–JUN 25 · Calgary, AB, CAN

Cohort: 1982

Slovenians

Round 1

NSH#203Jure Penko

1990s

2 Slovenians

1998JUN 27 · Buffalo, NY, USA

Cohort: 1980

Slovenians

Round 1

BUF#249Edo Terglav

1996JUN 22 · St. Louis, MO, USA

Cohort: 1978

Slovenians

Round 1

HFD#171Greg Kuznik