2001 NHL Draft
Andreas Salomonsson in the 2001 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Andreas Salomonsson 163rd overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 32nd pick of round 5.
He was the seventh of the 16 Swedes selected that year. It was the eighth of the 11 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 71 games put him 82nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 163
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 32
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 27 years
The picks around it
Picks 160–166 in the 2001 draft
- 160Artem TernavskyDWSHWashington Capitals
- 161Mike SmithG670 GP · 299 WDALDallas Stars
- 162Stefan SchauerDOTTOttawa Senators
- 163Andreas SalomonssonC71 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 164Yuri TrubachevCCGYCalgary Flames
- 165Pierre-Luc EmondCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 166Andy ChiodoG8 GP · 3 WNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 11Fredrik SjöströmL489 GP · 104 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 18Jens KarlssonFLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 61Andreas HolmqvistDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 70Yared HagosCDALDallas Stars
- 87Per MarsLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 157Andreas JamtinRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 163Andreas SalomonssonC71 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 185Mikael SvenskDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 221Johnny OduyaD850 GP · 190 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 224Tony MårtenssonC6 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andreas Salomonsson made his NHL debut on October 6, 2001, 104 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2001 draft
- 28Adrian FosterLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 44Igor PohankaCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 48Tuomas PihlmanL15 GP · 2 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 60Victor UchevatovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Robin LeblancRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 72Brandon NolanC6 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 128Andrei PosnovRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 163Andreas SalomonssonC71 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 194James MassenRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 229Aaron VorosL162 GP · 37 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 257Evgeny GamalejDNJDNew Jersey Devils