1999 NHL Draft
Goran Bezina in the 1999 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Goran Bezina 234th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 8.
It was the eighth of the 9 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 96th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 234
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 19
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 231–237 in the 1999 draft
- 231David EvansRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 232Alexander KhavanovD348 GP · 102 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 233Darcy RobinsonDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 234Goran BezinaD3 GP · 0 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 235Brad SelfCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 236John CroninDBOSBoston Bruins
- 237Antti JokelaGCARCarolina Hurricanes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
1st
of 1 Croatians selected
73rd
of 88 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Goran Bezina made his NHL debut on March 10, 2004, 4 years and 258 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1999 draft
- 15Scott KelmanCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 19Kirill SafronovD35 GP · 4 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 53Brad RalphL1 GP · 0 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 71Jason JaspersC9 GP · 1 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 116Ryan LauzonCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 123Preston MizziCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 168Erik LewerstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 234Goran BezinaD3 GP · 0 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 262Alexei LitvinenkoDPHXPhoenix Coyotes