1999 NHL Draft
Mathias Tjärnqvist in the 1999 NHL Draft
Dallas Stars selected Mathias Tjärnqvist 96th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 30th pick of round 3.
He was the eighth of the 23 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 173 games put him 48th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 96
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 30
- Drafting team
- DALDallas Stars
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 93–99 in the 1999 draft
- 93Branko RadivojevicR393 GP · 120 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 94Chris KellyC845 GP · 291 POTTOttawa Senators
- 95Andre LakosDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 96Mathias TjärnqvistL173 GP · 32 PDALDallas Stars
- 97Chris DymentDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 98David KaczowkaLATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 99Rob ZeppG10 GP · 5 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
8th
of 23 Swedes selected
50th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 2Daniel SedinL1306 GP · 1041 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 3Henrik SedinC1330 GP · 1070 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 33Jonas AnderssonR9 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 78Mattias WeinhandlR182 GP · 56 PNYINew York Islanders
- 79Johan AsplundGNYRNew York Rangers
- 83Niclas HävelidD628 GP · 171 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 88Jimmie ÖlvestadL111 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 96Mathias TjärnqvistL173 GP · 32 PDALDallas Stars
- 102Johan HalvardssonDNYINew York Islanders
- 112Sanny LindstromDCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 13 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mathias Tjärnqvist made his NHL debut on November 12, 2003, 4 years and 139 days after the draft.
173
Games
13
Goals
19
Assists
32
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Dallas Stars picks in the 1999 draft
- 32Michael RyanC83 GP · 15 PDALDallas Stars
- 66Dan JancevskiD9 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 96Mathias TjärnqvistL173 GP · 32 PDALDallas Stars
- 126Jeff BatemanCDALDallas Stars
- 156Gregor BaumgartnerRDALDallas Stars
- 184Justin CoxRDALDallas Stars
- 186Brett DraneyLDALDallas Stars
- 215Jeff MacMillanD4 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 243Brian SullivanDDALDallas Stars
- 265Jamie ChamberlainRDALDallas Stars
- 272Mihail DonikaDDALDallas Stars