2015 NHL Draft
Ales Stezka in the 2015 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Ales Stezka 111th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 4.
He was the seventh of the 12 Czechs selected that year. It was the third of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 111th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 111
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 20
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 108–114 in the 2015 draft
- 108Michael SpacekRWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 109Filip AhlLOTTOttawa Senators
- 110Joren Van PottelbergheGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 111Ales StezkaG1 GP · 0 WMINMinnesota Wild
- 112Parker WotherspoonD194 GP · 46 PNYINew York Islanders
- 113Brad MorrisonCNYRNew York Rangers
- 114Dmitry ZhukenovCVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2015 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 6Pavel ZachaC723 GP · 421 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 13Jakub ZborilD76 GP · 16 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 48Filip ChlapikC57 GP · 11 POTTOttawa Senators
- 75Dan VladarG166 GP · 81 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 94Adam MusilCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 108Michael SpacekRWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 111Ales StezkaG1 GP · 0 WMINMinnesota Wild
- 128David KaseR7 GP · 1 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 137Dominik SimonC256 GP · 77 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 145Karel VejmelkaG275 GP · 114 WNSHNashville Predators
+ 2 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ales Stezka made his NHL debut on February 23, 2025, 9 years and 241 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2015 draft
- 20Joel Eriksson EkC633 GP · 367 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 50Jordan GreenwayL491 GP · 166 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 111Ales StezkaG1 GP · 0 WMINMinnesota Wild
- 135Kirill KaprizovL416 GP · 506 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 171Nicholas BokaDMINMinnesota Wild
- 201Gustav BourammanDMINMinnesota Wild
- 204Jack SadekDMINMinnesota Wild