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2017 NHL Draft

Nico Hischier in the 2017 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Nico Hischier first overall in the 2017 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 3 Swiss players selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 628, and only 3 have scored more points than his 501.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 2017 draft

  1. 1Nico HischierC628 GP · 501 PNJD
  2. 2Nolan PatrickC222 GP · 77 PPHI
  3. 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDAL
  4. 4Cale MakarD488 GP · 530 PCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2017 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2017 class

1st
of 3 Swiss players selected
1st
of 117 forwards selected

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

First Swiss players selected

  1. 1Nico HischierC628 GP · 501 PNJD
  2. 120Tobias GeisserDWSH
  3. 129Gilles SennG2 GP · 0 WNJD
Every pick from Switzerland in the 2017 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nico Hischier made his NHL debut on October 7, 2017, 106 days after the draft.

628
Games
207
Goals
294
Assists
501
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 2017 draft

  1. 1Nico HischierC628 GP · 501 PNJD
  2. 36Jesper BoqvistC404 GP · 112 PNJD
  3. 63Fabian ZetterlundL348 GP · 157 PNJD
  4. 81Reilly WalshD1 GP · 1 PNJD
  5. 98Nikita PopugaevLNJD
  6. 129Gilles SennG2 GP · 0 WNJD
  7. 143Marián StudenicR46 GP · 6 PNJD
  8. 160Aarne TalvitieCNJD
  9. 191Jocktan ChaineyDNJD
  10. 205Yegor ZaitsevDNJD
  11. 214Matthew HellicksonDNJD