2001 NHL Draft
Ales Pisa in the 2001 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Ales Pisa 272nd overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 9.
He was the 29th of the 31 Czechs selected that year. It was the tenth 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 53 games put him 88th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 272
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 13
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 24 years
The picks around it
Picks 269–275 in the 2001 draft
- 269Juris StalsCNYRNew York Rangers
- 270Grant JacobsenCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 271Mikko LehtonenD15 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
- 272Ales PisaD53 GP · 4 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 273Severin BlindenbacherDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 274Peter ReynoldsDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 275Robert MullerGWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
29th
of 31 Czechs selected
89th
of 96 defensemen 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 Pisa made his NHL debut on March 20, 2002, 269 days after the draft.
53
Games
1
Goals
3
Assists
4
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