2000 NHL Draft
Matt Koalska in the 2000 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Matt Koalska 154th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 5.
It was the seventh of the 12 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 109th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 154
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 24
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 151–157 in the 2000 draft
- 151Alexander BarkunovDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 152Paul FlacheDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 153Bill CassDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 154Matt KoalskaC3 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 155Travis MoenL747 GP · 136 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 156Greg ZanonD493 GP · 62 POTTOttawa Senators
- 157Grant PotulnyFOTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
154th
of 293 players selected
90th
of 163 forwards selected
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
Matt Koalska made his NHL debut on April 13, 2006, 5 years and 292 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2000 draft
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 36Daniel WidingRNSHNashville Predators
- 72Mattias NilssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 89Libor PivkoL1 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 131Matt HendricksC607 GP · 116 PNSHNashville Predators
- 137Mike StuartD3 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 154Matt KoalskaC3 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 173Tomas HarantDNSHNashville Predators
- 197Zbynek IrglFNSHNashville Predators
- 203Jure PenkoGNSHNashville Predators
- 236Mats ChristeenDNSHNashville Predators
- 284Martin HohenerDNSHNashville Predators