2001 NHL Draft
Chris Thorburn in the 2001 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Chris Thorburn 50th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 2.
It was the third of the 8 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 801 games put him 17th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 50
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 20
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 47–53 in the 2001 draft
- 47Alexander PolushinFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 48Tuomas PihlmanL15 GP · 2 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 49Michael CammalleriL906 GP · 642 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Chris ThorburnR801 GP · 134 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 52Edward CaronLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 53Kiel McLeodCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
50th
of 289 players selected
32nd
of 159 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
+ 279 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Chris Thorburn made his NHL debut on December 2, 2005, 4 years and 162 days after the draft.
801
Games
53
Goals
81
Assists
134
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2001 draft
- 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 32Derek RoyC738 GP · 524 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 50Chris ThorburnR801 GP · 134 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 55Jason PominvilleR1060 GP · 727 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 155Michal VondrkaLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 234Calle AslundDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 247Marek DubecDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 279Ryan JordeDBUFBuffalo Sabres