1998 NHL Draft
Andrew Peters in the 1998 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Andrew Peters 34th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 229 games put him 55th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 34
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 7
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 31–37 in the 1998 draft
- 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 32Stephen PeatR130 GP · 10 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 33Blair BettsC477 GP · 78 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 34Andrew PetersL229 GP · 7 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 36Chris NielsenR52 GP · 14 PNYINew York Islanders
- 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
34th
of 258 players selected
21st
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andrew Peters made his NHL debut on October 9, 2003, 5 years and 104 days after the draft.
229
Games
4
Goals
3
Assists
7
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1998 draft
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 34Andrew PetersL229 GP · 7 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 47Norman MilleyR29 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 77Mike PandolfoL3 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 137Aaron GoldadeCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 164Ales KotalikR542 GP · 284 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 191Brad MoranC8 GP · 3 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 218David MoravecR1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 249Edo TerglavRBUFBuffalo Sabres