2003 NHL Draft
Alexander Sulzer in the 2003 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Alexander Sulzer 92nd overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 3.
He was the first of the 4 Germans selected that year. It was the seventh of the 13 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 131 games put him 77th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 92
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 24
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 89–95 in the 2003 draft
- 89Paul BrownRNSHNashville Predators
- 90Juha AlenDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 91Martin SagatLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 92Alexander SulzerD131 GP · 22 PNSHNashville Predators
- 93Ivan KhomutovFNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 94Zack StortiniR257 GP · 41 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 95Rick KozakRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
1st
of 4 Germans selected
24th
of 87 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Germans selected
- 92Alexander SulzerD131 GP · 22 PNSHNashville Predators
- 139Patrick EhelechnerGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 216Kai HospeltFSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 242Eduard LewandowskiFPHXPhoenix Coyotes
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexander Sulzer made his NHL debut on January 15, 2009, 5 years and 208 days after the draft.
131
Games
7
Goals
15
Assists
22
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2003 draft
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 35Konstantin GlazachevLNSHNashville Predators
- 37Kevin KleinD627 GP · 154 PNSHNashville Predators
- 49Shea WeberD1038 GP · 589 PNSHNashville Predators
- 76Richard StehlikDNSHNashville Predators
- 89Paul BrownRNSHNashville Predators
- 92Alexander SulzerD131 GP · 22 PNSHNashville Predators
- 98Grigory ShafigulinCNSHNashville Predators
- 117Teemu LassilaGNSHNashville Predators
- 133Rustam SidikovGNSHNashville Predators
- 210Andrei MukhachevDNSHNashville Predators
- 213Miroslav HanuljakGNSHNashville Predators
- 268Lauris DarzinsFNSHNashville Predators