2000 NHL Draft
Brooks Orpik in the 2000 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Brooks Orpik 18th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 1035.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 2000 draft
- 15Artem KriukovCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 16Marcel HossaL237 GP · 61 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 17Alexei MikhnovL2 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 18Brooks OrpikD1035 GP · 194 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 19Krys KolanosC149 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
18th
of 293 players selected
4th
of 98 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brooks Orpik made his NHL debut on December 10, 2002, 2 years and 169 days after the draft.
1035
Games
18
Goals
176
Assists
194
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2000 draft
- 18Brooks OrpikD1035 GP · 194 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 52Shane EndicottC45 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 84Peter HamerlikGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 124Michel OuelletR190 GP · 116 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 146David KociL142 GP · 4 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 185Patrick FoleyLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 216Jim AbbottLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 248Steven CramptonRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 273Roman SimicekC63 GP · 17 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 280Nick BoucherGPITPittsburgh Penguins