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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
Date
Age at the draft
27 years

Picks 160–166 in the 2001 draft

  1. 160Artem TernavskyDWSH
  2. 161Mike SmithG670 GP · 299 WDAL
  3. 162Stefan SchauerDOTT
  4. 163Andreas SalomonssonC71 GP · 14 PNJD
  5. 164Yuri TrubachevCCGY
  6. 165Pierre-Luc EmondCCOL
  7. 166Andy ChiodoG8 GP · 3 WNYI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 2001 class

7th
of 16 Swedes selected
92nd
of 159 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 11Fredrik SjöströmL489 GP · 104 PPHX
  2. 18Jens KarlssonFLAK
  3. 61Andreas HolmqvistDTBL
  4. 70Yared HagosCDAL
  5. 87Per MarsLCBJ
  6. 157Andreas JamtinRDET
  7. 163Andreas SalomonssonC71 GP · 14 PNJD
  8. 185Mikael SvenskDEDM
  9. 221Johnny OduyaD850 GP · 190 PWSH
  10. 224Tony MårtenssonC6 GP · 2 PANA

+ 6 more

The road to the NHL

Andreas Salomonsson made his NHL debut on October 6, 2001, 104 days after the draft.

71
Games
5
Goals
9
Assists
14
Points

NHL regular season to date.

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2001 draft