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1995 NHL Draft

Michal Handzus in the 1995 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Michal Handzus 101st overall in the 1995 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 4.

He was the second of the 7 Slovaks selected that year. It was the third of the 8 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 1009, and only 6 have scored more points than his 483.

Overall pick
101
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 23
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 98–104 in the 1995 draft

  1. 98Jan LabraatenLCGY
  2. 99Cameron MannR93 GP · 24 PBOS
  3. 100Radovan SomikR113 GP · 32 PPHI
  4. 101Michal HandzusC1009 GP · 483 PSTL
  5. 102Oleg BelovCPIT
  6. 103Kevin BoydLOTT
  7. 104Anatoly UstugovLDET

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1995 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1995 class

2nd
of 7 Slovaks selected
57th
of 128 forwards selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 100Radovan SomikR113 GP · 32 PPHI
  2. 101Michal HandzusC1009 GP · 483 PSTL
  3. 106Vladimir OrszaghL289 GP · 119 PNYI
  4. 143Peter SlamiarRNYR
  5. 161Martin CervenCEDM
  6. 188Jaroslav ObsutD7 GP · 0 PWIN
  7. 191Milan KostolnyRHFD
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1995 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Michal Handzus made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 3 years and 94 days after the draft.

1009
Games
185
Goals
298
Assists
483
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1995 draft

  1. 49Jochen HechtC833 GP · 463 PSTL
  2. 75Scott RocheGSTL
  3. 101Michal HandzusC1009 GP · 483 PSTL
  4. 127Jeff AmbrosioLSTL
  5. 153Denis HamelL192 GP · 31 PSTL
  6. 179Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD269 GP · 20 PSTL
  7. 205Derek BekarC11 GP · 0 PSTL
  8. 209Libor ZabranskyD40 GP · 7 PSTL