1995 NHL Draft
Jan Hlavac in the 1995 NHL Draft
New York Islanders selected Jan Hlavac 28th overall in the 1995 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 436 games put him 32nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 28
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 2
- Drafting team
- NYINew York Islanders
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 25–31 in the 1995 draft
- 25Marc DenisG349 GP · 112 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 26Maxim KuznetsovD136 GP · 10 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 27Marc MoroD30 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 28Jan HlavacL436 GP · 224 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Brian WesenbergR1 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 30Mike McBainD64 GP · 7 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 31Georges LaraqueR695 GP · 153 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
3rd
of 21 Czechs selected
14th
of 128 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 10Radek DvorakR1260 GP · 590 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 18Petr SykoraR1017 GP · 721 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 28Jan HlavacL436 GP · 224 PNYINew York Islanders
- 50Pavel RosaR36 GP · 18 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 57Lukas ZibDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 60Miloslav GurenD36 GP · 4 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 63Petr BuzekD157 GP · 31 PDALDallas Stars
- 97Pavel KrizDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 109Jan SnopekDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 111Marian MenhartDBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jan Hlavac made his NHL debut on October 2, 1999, 4 years and 86 days after the draft.
436
Games
90
Goals
134
Assists
224
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Islanders picks in the 1995 draft
- 2Wade ReddenD1023 GP · 457 PNYINew York Islanders
- 28Jan HlavacL436 GP · 224 PNYINew York Islanders
- 41Denis SmithD45 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 106Vladimir OrszaghL289 GP · 119 PNYINew York Islanders
- 158Andrew TaylorLNYINew York Islanders
- 210David MacDonaldGNYINew York Islanders
- 211Mike BrodaLNYINew York Islanders