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1998 NHL Draft

Brian Gionta in the 1998 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Brian Gionta 82nd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 3.

It was the fourth of the 12 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 1026, and only 8 have scored more points than his 595.

Overall pick
82
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 24
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 79–85 in the 1998 draft

  1. 79Evgeny LazarevLCOL
  2. 80David CameronCPIT
  3. 81Justin MorrisonRVAN
  4. 82Brian GiontaR1026 GP · 595 PNJD
  5. 83Matt WalkerD314 GP · 30 PSTL
  6. 84Jake McCrackenGDET
  7. 85Geoff KochLNSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

82nd
of 258 players selected
50th
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

  1. 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBL
  2. 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSH
  3. 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJS
  4. 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVAN
  5. 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANA
  6. 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGY
  7. 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYR
  8. 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHI
  9. 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYI
  10. 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTOR

+ 248 more

The 1998 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Brian Gionta made his NHL debut on December 30, 2001, 3 years and 186 days after the draft.

1026
Games
291
Goals
304
Assists
595
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJD
  2. 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJD
  3. 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJD
  4. 82Brian GiontaR1026 GP · 595 PNJD
  5. 96Mikko JokelaD1 GP · 0 PNJD
  6. 105Pierre DagenaisR142 GP · 58 PNJD
  7. 119Anton ButLNJD
  8. 143Ryan FlinnL31 GP · 1 PNJD
  9. 172Jacques LariviereLNJD
  10. 199Erik JensenRNJD
  11. 227Marko AhosiltaCNJD
  12. 257Ryan HeldCNJD