1992 NHL Draft
Jan Vopat in the 1992 NHL Draft
Hartford Whalers selected Jan Vopat 57th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 3.
He was the fourth of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Hartford Whalers made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 126 games put him 63rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 57
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 9
- Drafting team
- HFDHartford Whalers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 54–60 in the 1992 draft
- 54Mathias JohanssonC58 GP · 15 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 55Sergei ZholtokC588 GP · 258 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 56Jarrett DeulingL15 GP · 1 PNYINew York Islanders
- 57Jan VopatD126 GP · 31 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 58Jeff BesCMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 59Ondrej SteinerCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 60Jeremy StevensonL207 GP · 38 PWINWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
4th
of 16 Czechs selected
18th
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 19Martin StrakaC954 GP · 717 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 21Libor PolasekCVANVancouver Canucks
- 57Jan VopatD126 GP · 31 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 59Ondrej SteinerCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 73Radek HamrD11 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 75Jan CalounR24 GP · 14 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 104Tomas KlimtCNYINew York Islanders
- 123Michal SykoraD267 GP · 69 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 133Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PBOSBoston Bruins
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jan Vopat made his NHL debut on March 16, 1996, 3 years and 270 days after the draft.
126
Games
11
Goals
20
Assists
31
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Hartford Whalers picks in the 1992 draft
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 47Andrei NikolishinC628 GP · 280 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 57Jan VopatD126 GP · 31 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 79Kevin SmythL58 GP · 14 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 81Jason McBainD9 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 143Jarrett ReidCHFDHartford Whalers
- 153Ken BelangerL248 GP · 23 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 177Konstantin KorotkovCHFDHartford Whalers
- 201Greg ZwakmanDHFDHartford Whalers
- 225Steven HalkoD155 GP · 15 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 249Joacim EsbjorsDHFDHartford Whalers