2002 NHL Draft
Petr Kanko in the 2002 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Petr Kanko 66th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 3.
He was the ninth of the 26 Czechs selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 10 games put him 95th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 66
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 3
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 63–69 in the 2002 draft
- 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 64Jason RyznarL8 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 65Ole-Kristian TollefsenD163 GP · 12 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 67Gregory CampbellC803 GP · 187 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 68Brett SkinnerD11 GP · 0 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 69Erik ChristensenC387 GP · 163 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
9th
of 26 Czechs selected
39th
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTTOttawa Senators
- 19Jakub KoreisCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 26Martin VagnerDDALDallas Stars
- 35Ondrej NemecDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 45Tomas LinhartDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 58Jiri HudlerR708 GP · 428 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 83Lukas MensatorGVANVancouver Canucks
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Petr Kanko made his NHL debut on December 16, 2005, 3 years and 177 days after the draft.
10
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2002 draft
- 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Sergei AnshakovLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 104Aaron RomeD226 GP · 28 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 115Mark RooneemLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 152Greg HogeboomRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 157Joel AndresenDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 185Ryan MurphyRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 215Mikhail LyubushinDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 248Tuukka PulliainenFLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 279Connor JamesL16 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings