2004 NHL Draft
Mike Vernace in the 2004 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Mike Vernace 201st overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 7.
It was the sixth of the 10 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 22 games put him 94th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 201
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 8
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 198–204 in the 2004 draft
- 198Justin VienneauDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 199Chad KolarikC6 GP · 1 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 200Matt SchneiderCCGYCalgary Flames
- 201Mike VernaceD22 GP · 1 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 202Ryan PottruffDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 203Gabriel BouthilletteGANAAnaheim Ducks
- 204Miikka TuomainenLATLAtlanta Thrashers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
201st
of 291 players selected
61st
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Alex OvechkinL1587 GP · 1691 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1283 GP · 1418 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 3Cam BarkerD310 GP · 96 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Andrew LaddL1001 GP · 550 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 5Blake WheelerR1172 GP · 943 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 6Al MontoyaG168 GP · 67 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
+ 281 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mike Vernace made his NHL debut on March 17, 2009, 4 years and 263 days after the draft.
22
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 2004 draft
- 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 94Thomas GreissG368 GP · 162 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 126Torrey MitchellC666 GP · 152 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 129Jason ChurchillGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 153Steven ZalewskiC10 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 201Mike VernaceD22 GP · 1 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 225David MacDonaldDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 234Derek MacIntyreGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 288Brian Mahoney-WilsonGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 289Christian JensenDSJSSan Jose Sharks