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1997 NHL Draft

Jiri Bicek in the 1997 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Jiri Bicek 131st overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 5.

He was the fifth of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the fourth of the 8 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 62 games put him 61st in the class.

Overall pick
131
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 25
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 128–134 in the 1997 draft

  1. 128Torrey DirobertoCBUF
  2. 129John WikstromDDET
  3. 130Kyle CalderL590 GP · 294 PCHI
  4. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  5. 132Teemo ElomoLDAL
  6. 133Aaron MiskovichCCOL
  7. 134Johan LindbomL38 GP · 4 PNYR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

5th
of 6 Slovaks selected
76th
of 136 forwards selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 12Marian HossaR1309 GP · 1134 POTT
  2. 17Robert DomeL53 GP · 14 PPIT
  3. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 81Karol BartanusRBOS
  5. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  6. 177Ladislav NagyL435 GP · 311 PSTL
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jiri Bicek made his NHL debut on February 19, 2001, 3 years and 243 days after the draft.

62
Games
6
Goals
7
Assists
13
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 24Jean-Francois DamphousseG6 GP · 1 WNJD
  2. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  3. 104Lucas NehrlingDNJD
  4. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  5. 159Sascha GocD22 GP · 0 PNJD
  6. 188Mathieu BenoitRNJD
  7. 215Scott ClemmensenG191 GP · 73 WNJD
  8. 241Jan SrdinkoDNJD