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2002 NHL Draft

Petr Prucha in the 2002 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Petr Prucha 240th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 8.

He was the 22nd of the 26 Czechs selected that year. It was the eighth of the 9 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 346 games put him 42nd in the class.

Overall pick
240
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 11
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 237–243 in the 2002 draft

  1. 237Christoph BrandnerL35 GP · 9 PMIN
  2. 238Jyri MarttinenDCGY
  3. 239Ryan LannonDPIT
  4. 240Petr PruchaR346 GP · 146 PNYR
  5. 241Dennis WidemanD815 GP · 387 PBUF
  6. 242Igor IgnatushkinFWSH
  7. 243Tuomas MikkonenFDAL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

22nd
of 26 Czechs selected
135th
of 165 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLA
  2. 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTT
  3. 19Jakub KoreisCPHX
  4. 26Martin VagnerDDAL
  5. 35Ondrej NemecDPIT
  6. 45Tomas LinhartDMTL
  7. 58Jiri HudlerR708 GP · 428 PDET
  8. 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDET
  9. 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAK
  10. 83Lukas MensatorGVAN

+ 16 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2002 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Petr Prucha made his NHL debut on October 8, 2005, 3 years and 107 days after the draft.

346
Games
78
Goals
68
Assists
146
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 33Lee FalardeauCNYR
  2. 81Marcus JonasenFNYR
  3. 127Nate GueninD205 GP · 28 PNYR
  4. 143Mike WalshLNYR
  5. 177Jake TaylorDNYR
  6. 194Kim HirschovitsCNYR
  7. 226Joey CrabbR179 GP · 53 PNYR
  8. 240Petr PruchaR346 GP · 146 PNYR
  9. 270Rob FlynnRNYR