1997 NHL Draft
Karel Betik in the 1997 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Karel Betik 112th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 5.
He was the ninth of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the sixth of the 12 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 96th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 112
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 6
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 109–115 in the 1997 draft
- 109Jan SulcCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 110Benjamin SimonL81 GP · 4 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 111Frantisek MrazekCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 112Karel BetikD3 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 113Martin MoiseLCGYCalgary Flames
- 114David DarguzasLVANVancouver Canucks
- 115Adam EdingerCNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
9th
of 16 Czechs selected
38th
of 91 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 56Vratislav CechDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 71Josef MelicharD349 GP · 49 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 76Petr SykoraC12 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 79Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PNYINew York Islanders
- 85Petr MikaR3 GP · 0 PNYINew York Islanders
- 98Jan HoracekDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 109Jan SulcCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 111Frantisek MrazekCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 112Karel BetikD3 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 152Petr HavelkaLPITPittsburgh Penguins
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Karel Betik made his NHL debut on February 15, 1999, 1 year and 239 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1997 draft
- 7Paul MaraD734 GP · 253 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 33Kyle KosDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 61Matt ElichR16 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 108Mark ThompsonDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 109Jan SulcCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 112Karel BetikD3 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 153Andrei SkopintsevD40 GP · 6 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 168Justin JackRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 170Eero SomervuoriRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 185Samuel St. PierreRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 198Shawn SkolneyDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 224Paul ComrieC15 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning