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2001 NHL Draft

Kevin Bieksa in the 2001 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Kevin Bieksa 151st overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 5.

It was the fourth of the 6 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 808 games put him 16th in the class.

Overall pick
151
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 20
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 148–154 in the 2001 draft

  1. 148David KlemaCPHX
  2. 149Mikko ViitanenDCOL
  3. 150Bernd BrucklerGPHI
  4. 151Kevin BieksaD808 GP · 278 PVAN
  5. 152Terry DenikeGLAK
  6. 153Tuukka MantylaDLAK
  7. 154Jake BrenkCEDM

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2001 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2001 class

151st
of 289 players selected
46th
of 96 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATL
  2. 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTT
  3. 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBL
  4. 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLA
  5. 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANA
  6. 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMIN
  7. 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTL
  8. 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJ
  9. 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHI
  10. 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYR

+ 279 more

The 2001 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Kevin Bieksa made his NHL debut on December 19, 2005, 4 years and 178 days after the draft.

808
Games
63
Goals
215
Assists
278
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2001 draft

  1. 16R.J. UmbergerC779 GP · 392 PVAN
  2. 66Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PVAN
  3. 114Evgeny GladskikhLVAN
  4. 151Kevin BieksaD808 GP · 278 PVAN
  5. 212Jason KingR59 GP · 23 PVAN
  6. 245Konstantin MihailovCVAN