1998 NHL Draft
Jaroslav Spacek in the 1998 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Jaroslav Spacek 117th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 5.
He was the seventh of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the fifth of the 9 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 880 games put him 18th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 117
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 3
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 24 years
The picks around it
Picks 114–120 in the 1998 draft
- 114Boyd KaneL31 GP · 3 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 115Jay LeachD70 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 116Josh BlackburnGPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 118Mike SiklenkaR2 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 119Anton ButLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 120Brent GauvreauRCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
7th
of 21 Czechs selected
35th
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYINew York Islanders
- 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jaroslav Spacek made his NHL debut on October 9, 1998, 104 days after the draft.
880
Games
82
Goals
273
Assists
355
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 1998 draft
- 30Kyle RossiterD11 GP · 1 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 61Joe DipentaD174 GP · 23 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 63Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 89Ryan JardineL8 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 148Chris OvingtonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 176B.J. KetchesonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 203Ian JacobsRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 231Adrian WischerCFLAFlorida Panthers