2001 NHL Draft
Jason Pominville in the 2001 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Jason Pominville 55th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 2.
It was the fourth of the 8 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 1060, and only 2 have scored more points than his 727.
- Overall pick
- 55
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 25
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 52–58 in the 2001 draft
- 52Edward CaronLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 53Kiel McLeodCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 54Noah WelchD75 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 55Jason PominvilleR1060 GP · 727 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 56Andrei MedvedevGCGYCalgary Flames
- 57Jay McClementC906 GP · 244 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 58Nathan PaetschD167 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
55th
of 289 players selected
36th
of 159 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
+ 279 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jason Pominville made his NHL debut on December 27, 2003, 2 years and 187 days after the draft.
1060
Games
293
Goals
434
Assists
727
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2001 draft
- 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 32Derek RoyC738 GP · 524 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 50Chris ThorburnR801 GP · 134 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 55Jason PominvilleR1060 GP · 727 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 155Michal VondrkaLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 234Calle AslundDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 247Marek DubecDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 279Ryan JordeDBUFBuffalo Sabres