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1998 NHL Draft

Jiri Fischer in the 1998 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Jiri Fischer 25th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.

He was the third of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 305 games put him 49th in the class.

Overall pick
25
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 25
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 22–28 in the 1998 draft

  1. 22Simon GagneL822 GP · 601 PPHI
  2. 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPIT
  3. 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTL
  4. 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDET
  5. 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJD
  6. 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJD
  7. 28Ramzi AbidL68 GP · 30 PCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

3rd
of 21 Czechs selected
9th
of 79 defensemen selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOL
  2. 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPIT
  3. 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDET
  4. 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTOR
  5. 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUF
  6. 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCAR
  7. 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLA
  8. 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYI
  9. 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHX
  10. 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYR

+ 11 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jiri Fischer made his NHL debut on October 13, 1999, 1 year and 108 days after the draft.

305
Games
11
Goals
49
Assists
60
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDET
  2. 55Ryan BarnesL2 GP · 0 PDET
  3. 56Tomek ValtonenRDET
  4. 84Jake McCrackenGDET
  5. 111Brent HobdayCDET
  6. 142Calle SteenRDET
  7. 151Adam DeleeuwLDET
  8. 171Pavel DatsyukC953 GP · 918 PDET
  9. 198Jeremy GoetzingerDDET
  10. 226David PetrasekDDET
  11. 256Petja PietilainenLDET