2003 NHL Draft
Lee Stempniak in the 2003 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Lee Stempniak 148th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 5.
It was the seventh of the 12 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 911 games put him 21st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 148
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 12
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 145–151 in the 2003 draft
- 145Brett SterlingL30 GP · 9 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 146Mark McCutcheonCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 147Kalle OlssonFEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 148Lee StempniakR911 GP · 469 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 149Nigel DawesL212 GP · 84 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 150Thomas MorrowDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 151Lasse KukkonenD159 GP · 22 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
148th
of 292 players selected
94th
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lee Stempniak made his NHL debut on October 6, 2005, 2 years and 106 days after the draft.
911
Games
203
Goals
266
Assists
469
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2003 draft
- 30Shawn BelleD20 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 62David BackesR965 GP · 561 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 84Konstantin BarulinGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 88Zack FitzgeraldD1 GP · 0 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 101Konstantin ZakharovFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 127Alexandre BolducC65 GP · 5 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 148Lee StempniakR911 GP · 469 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 159Chris Beckford-TseuG1 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 189Jonathan LehunCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 221Evgeny SkachkovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 253Andrei PervyshinDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 284Juha-Matti Tapio AaltonenFSTLSt. Louis Blues