2001 NHL Draft
Ales Hemsky in the 2001 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Ales Hemsky 13th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 31 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 845 games put him 14th in the class, but only 7 have scored more points than his 572.
- Overall pick
- 13
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 13
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 10–16 in the 2001 draft
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 11Fredrik SjöströmL489 GP · 104 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 12Dan HamhuisD1148 GP · 356 PNSHNashville Predators
- 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 14Chuck KobasewR601 GP · 210 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 15Igor KnyazevDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 16R.J. UmbergerC779 GP · 392 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
1st
of 31 Czechs selected
9th
of 159 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 45Martin PodlesakCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 71Tomas PlekanecC1001 GP · 608 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 126Daniel VolrabCDALDallas Stars
- 129Miroslav BlatakDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 132Dusan SalfickyGNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
+ 21 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ales Hemsky made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 1 year and 109 days after the draft.
845
Games
174
Goals
398
Assists
572
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 2001 draft
- 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 43Doug LynchD2 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 52Edward CaronLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 84Kenny SmithDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 133Jussi MarkkanenG128 GP · 43 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 154Jake BrenkCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 185Mikael SvenskDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 215Dan BaumFEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 248Kari HaakanaD13 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 272Ales PisaD53 GP · 4 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 278Shay StephensonL2 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers