1999 NHL Draft

Henrik Zetterberg in the 1999 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Henrik Zetterberg 210th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 7.

He was the 19th of the 23 Swedes selected that year. It was the fourth of the 6 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 1082, and only 2 have scored more points than his 960.

Overall pick: 210
Round and pick: Round 7, pick 24
Drafting team: DETDetroit Red Wings
Date: June 26, 1999
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 207–213 in the 1999 draft

207Greg BarberRBOSBoston Bruins
208Vaclav PletkaL1 GP · 0 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
209Layne UlmerC1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
210Henrik ZetterbergC1082 GP · 960 PDETDetroit Red Wings
211Vladimir KulikovGTORToronto Maple Leafs
212Radim VrbataR1057 GP · 623 PCOLColorado Avalanche
213Alexandre GirouxL48 GP · 12 POTTOttawa Senators

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1999 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1999 class

19th

of 23 Swedes selected

119th

of 154 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

2Daniel SedinL1306 GP · 1041 PVANVancouver Canucks
3Henrik SedinC1330 GP · 1070 PVANVancouver Canucks
33Jonas AnderssonR9 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
78Mattias WeinhandlR182 GP · 56 PNYINew York Islanders
79Johan AsplundGNYRNew York Rangers
83Niclas HävelidD628 GP · 171 PANAAnaheim Ducks
88Jimmie ÖlvestadL111 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
96Mathias TjärnqvistL173 GP · 32 PDALDallas Stars
102Johan HalvardssonDNYINew York Islanders
112Sanny LindstromDCOLColorado Avalanche

+ 13 more

Every Swede in the 1999 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Henrik Zetterberg made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 3 years and 106 days after the draft.

1082

Games

337

Goals

623

Assists

960

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1999 draft

120Jari TolsaCDETDetroit Red Wings
149Andrei MaximenkoLDETDetroit Red Wings
181Kent McDonellR32 GP · 3 PDETDetroit Red Wings
210Henrik ZetterbergC1082 GP · 960 PDETDetroit Red Wings
238Anton BorodkinLDETDetroit Red Wings
266Ken DavisRDETDetroit Red Wings