1992 NHL Draft
Brent Gretzky in the 1992 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Brent Gretzky 49th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 11 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 13 games put him 100th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 49
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 1
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 46–52 in the 1992 draft
- 46Darren McCartyR758 GP · 288 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 47Andrei NikolishinC628 GP · 280 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 48Mattias NorströmD903 GP · 165 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 49Brent GretzkyC13 GP · 4 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 50Patrick TraverseD279 GP · 65 POTTOttawa Senators
- 51Alexander CherbayevRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 52Manny FernandezG325 GP · 143 WQUEQuebec Nordiques
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Mike RathjeD768 GP · 180 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Todd WarrinerL453 GP · 154 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 5Darius KasparaitisD863 GP · 163 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Cory StillmanL1025 GP · 727 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Ryan SittlerLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Brandon ConveryC72 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 254 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brent Gretzky made his NHL debut on October 9, 1993, 1 year and 111 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1992 draft
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 26Drew BannisterD164 GP · 30 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 49Brent GretzkyC13 GP · 4 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 74Aaron GaveyC360 GP · 91 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 97Brantt MyhresR154 GP · 8 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 122Martin TanguayCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 145Derek WilkinsonG22 GP · 3 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 170Dennis MaxwellCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 193Andrew KemperDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 218Marc TardifLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 241Tom MacDonaldCTBLTampa Bay Lightning