2000 NHL Draft
Mathieu Chouinard in the 2000 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Mathieu Chouinard 45th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 10 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 114th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 45
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 15
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
Ottawa Senators had already picked him in 1998, 15th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.
The picks around it
Picks 42–48 in the 2000 draft
- 42Libor UstrnulDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 43Matt PettingerL422 GP · 123 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 44Ilya BryzgalovG465 GP · 221 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 45Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 46Jarret StollC872 GP · 388 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 47Jared AulinC17 GP · 4 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 48Gerard DicaireDBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mathieu Chouinard made his NHL debut on February 29, 2004, 3 years and 250 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2000 draft
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
- 45Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 55Antoine VermetteC1046 GP · 515 POTTOttawa Senators
- 87Jan BohacCOTTOttawa Senators
- 122Derrick ByfuglienDOTTOttawa Senators
- 156Greg ZanonD493 GP · 62 POTTOttawa Senators
- 157Grant PotulnyFOTTOttawa Senators
- 158Sean ConnollyDOTTOttawa Senators
- 188Jason MaleykoDOTTOttawa Senators
- 283James DemoneDOTTOttawa Senators