1992 NHL Draft

Martin Straka in the 1992 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Martin Straka 19th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 954, and only 3 have scored more points than his 717.

Overall pick: 19
Round and pick: Round 1, pick 19
Drafting team: PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date: June 20, 1992
Age at the draft: 19 years

The picks around it

Picks 16–22 in the 1992 draft

16Dimitri KvartalnovL112 GP · 91 PBOSBoston Bruins
17Sergei BautinD132 GP · 30 PWINWinnipeg Jets
18Jason SmithD1008 GP · 169 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
19Martin StrakaC954 GP · 717 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
20David WilkieD167 GP · 36 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
21Libor PolasekCVANVancouver Canucks
22Curtis BowenLDETDetroit Red Wings

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1992 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1992 class

2nd

of 16 Czechs selected

11th

of 154 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
19Martin StrakaC954 GP · 717 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
21Libor PolasekCVANVancouver Canucks
57Jan VopatD126 GP · 31 PHFDHartford Whalers
59Ondrej SteinerCBUFBuffalo Sabres
73Radek HamrD11 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
75Jan CalounR24 GP · 14 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
104Tomas KlimtCNYINew York Islanders
123Michal SykoraD267 GP · 69 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
133Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PBOSBoston Bruins

+ 6 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 1992 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Martin Straka made his NHL debut on November 7, 1992, 140 days after the draft.

954

Games

257

Goals

460

Assists

717

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1992 draft

19Martin StrakaC954 GP · 717 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
43Marc HusseyDPITPittsburgh Penguins
67Travis ThiessenDPITPittsburgh Penguins
91Todd KlassenDPITPittsburgh Penguins
115Philippe De RouvilleG3 GP · 1 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
139Artem KopotDPITPittsburgh Penguins
163Jan AlincLPITPittsburgh Penguins
187Fran BusseyCPITPittsburgh Penguins
211Brian BoninC12 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
235Brian CallahanCPITPittsburgh Penguins