2003 NHL Draft
Chris Porter in the 2003 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Chris Porter 282nd overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 9.
It was the tenth and last of the 10 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 234 games put him 66th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 282
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 21
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 279–285 in the 2003 draft
- 279Mark OlafsonRWSHWashington Capitals
- 280Ville MantymaaDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 281Jean-Michel BolducDMINMinnesota Wild
- 282Chris PorterL234 GP · 34 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 283Trevor HendrikxDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 284Juha-Matti Tapio AaltonenFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 285Matthew HansenDVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
282nd
of 292 players selected
169th
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Chris Porter made his NHL debut on October 10, 2008, 5 years and 110 days after the draft.
234
Games
15
Goals
19
Assists
34
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2003 draft
- 14Brent SeabrookD1114 GP · 464 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 52Corey CrawfordG488 GP · 260 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 59Michal BarinkaD34 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 151Lasse KukkonenD159 GP · 22 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 156Alexei IvanovCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 181Johan AnderssonCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 211Mike BrodeurG7 GP · 3 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 245Dustin ByfuglienD869 GP · 525 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 275Michael GrenzyDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 282Chris PorterL234 GP · 34 PCHIChicago Blackhawks