2001 NHL Draft
Kyle Wanvig in the 2001 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Kyle Wanvig 36th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 75 games put him 80th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 36
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 6
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
Boston Bruins had already picked him in 1999, 89th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.
The picks around it
Picks 33–39 in the 2001 draft
- 33Timofei ShishkanovR24 GP · 5 PNSHNashville Predators
- 34Greg WatsonFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 35Mark PopovicD81 GP · 7 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 36Kyle WanvigR75 GP · 15 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 37Duncan MilroyR5 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Tim JackmanR483 GP · 75 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
36th
of 289 players selected
22nd
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
Kyle Wanvig made his NHL debut on November 25, 2002, 1 year and 155 days after the draft.
75
Games
6
Goals
9
Assists
15
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2001 draft
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 36Kyle WanvigR75 GP · 15 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 74Chris HeidDMINMinnesota Wild
- 93Stephane VeilleuxL506 GP · 106 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 202Derek BoogaardL277 GP · 16 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 239Jake RiddleLMINMinnesota Wild