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1998 NHL Draft

Peter Nordström in the 1998 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Peter Nordström 78th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 3.

He was the third of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 5 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 2 games put him 126th in the class.

Overall pick
78
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 20
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
23 years

The picks around it

Picks 75–81 in the 1998 draft

  1. 75Francois BeaucheminD903 GP · 288 PMTL
  2. 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAK
  3. 77Mike PandolfoL3 GP · 0 PBUF
  4. 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOS
  5. 79Evgeny LazarevLCOL
  6. 80David CameronCPIT
  7. 81Justin MorrisonRVAN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

3rd
of 17 Swedes selected
46th
of 156 forwards selected

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

First Swedes selected

  1. 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTL
  2. 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJD
  3. 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOS
  4. 86Gabriel KarlssonCDAL
  5. 93Tommy WestlundL203 GP · 22 PCAR
  6. 112Viktor WallinDANA
  7. 136David YtfeldtDVAN
  8. 142Calle SteenRDET
  9. 145Mikael SamuelssonR699 GP · 346 PSJS
  10. 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHX

+ 7 more

Every Swede in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Peter Nordström made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 105 days after the draft.

2
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 48Jonathan GirardD150 GP · 44 PBOS
  2. 52Bobby AllenD51 GP · 3 PBOS
  3. 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOS
  4. 135Andrew RaycroftG280 GP · 113 WBOS
  5. 165Ryan MilanovicLBOS