2001 NHL Draft
Craig Anderson in the 2001 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Craig Anderson 73rd overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 3.
It was the fourth of the 13 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 709 games put him 26th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 73
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 10
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
Calgary Flames had already picked him in 1999, 77th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.
The picks around it
Picks 70–76 in the 2001 draft
- 70Yared HagosCDALDallas Stars
- 71Tomas PlekanecC1001 GP · 608 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 72Brandon NolanC6 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 73Craig AndersonG709 GP · 319 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 74Chris HeidDMINMinnesota Wild
- 75Denis PlatonovRNSHNashville Predators
- 76Oliver SetzingerCNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
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
Craig Anderson made his NHL debut on November 30, 2002, 1 year and 160 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2001 draft
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 29Adam MunroG17 GP · 4 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 59Matt KeithR27 GP · 5 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 73Craig AndersonG709 GP · 319 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 104Brent MacLellanDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 115Vladimir GusevDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 119Aleksey ZotkinLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 142Tommi JaminkiLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 174Alexander GolvinLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 186Petr PuncocharDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 205Teemu JaaskelainenDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 216Oleg MinakovRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 268Jeff MilesCCHIChicago Blackhawks