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1990 NHL Draft

Ivan Droppa in the 1990 NHL Draft

Chicago Blackhawks selected Ivan Droppa 37th overall in the 1990 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 2.

He was the first of the 5 Slovaks selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 250 players selected in 1990, 98 have played in the NHL regular season. His 19 games put him 82nd in the class.

Overall pick
37
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 16
Drafting team
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 34–40 in the 1990 draft

  1. 34Doug WeightC1238 GP · 1033 PNYR
  2. 35Mike MullerDWIN
  3. 36Geoff SandersonL1104 GP · 700 PHFD
  4. 37Ivan DroppaD19 GP · 1 PCHI
  5. 38Alexandre LegaultDEDM
  6. 39Ryan KuwabaraRMTL
  7. 40Mikael RenbergR661 GP · 464 PPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1990 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1990 class

1st
of 5 Slovaks selected
12th
of 82 defensemen selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 37Ivan DroppaD19 GP · 1 PCHI
  2. 116Lubomir KolnikRNJD
  3. 135Roman KontsekRWSH
  4. 141Jergus BacaD10 GP · 2 PHFD
  5. 173Ladislav KarabinL9 GP · 0 PPIT
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1990 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ivan Droppa made his NHL debut on October 6, 1993, 3 years and 112 days after the draft.

19
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 1990 draft

  1. 16Karl DykhuisD644 GP · 133 PCHI
  2. 37Ivan DroppaD19 GP · 1 PCHI
  3. 79Chris TuckerCCHI
  4. 121Brett StickneyCCHI
  5. 124Derek EdgerlyCCHI
  6. 163Hugo BelangerLCHI
  7. 184Owen LessardLCHI
  8. 205Erik PetersonCCHI
  9. 226Steve DubinskyR375 GP · 70 PCHI
  10. 247Dino GrossiRCHI