2003 NHL Draft
Patrice Bergeron in the 2003 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Patrice Bergeron 45th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 10 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 7 of them have played more games than his 1294, and only 2 have scored more points than his 1040.
- Overall pick
- 45
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 15
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 42–48 in the 2003 draft
- 42Petr VranaL16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 43Josh HennessyC23 GP · 1 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 44Konstantin PushkarevR17 GP · 5 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 45Patrice BergeronC1294 GP · 1040 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 46Dan FritscheC256 GP · 76 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 47Matt CarleD730 GP · 283 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 48Dimitri ChernykhRNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
45th
of 292 players selected
33rd
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Patrice Bergeron made his NHL debut on October 8, 2003, 109 days after the draft.
1294
Games
427
Goals
613
Assists
1040
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 2003 draft
- 21Mark StuartD673 GP · 93 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 45Patrice BergeronC1294 GP · 1040 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 66Masi MarjamakiL1 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 107Byron BitzR97 GP · 22 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 118Frank RedikerDBOSBoston Bruins
- 129Patrik ValcakFBOSBoston Bruins
- 153Mike BrownGBOSBoston Bruins
- 183Nate ThompsonC844 GP · 164 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 247Benoit MondouCBOSBoston Bruins
- 277Kevin ReganGBOSBoston Bruins