2002 NHL Draft
Petr Taticek in the 2002 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Petr Taticek 9th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 26 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 99th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 9
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 9
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 6–12 in the 2002 draft
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 11Keith BallardD604 GP · 175 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 12Steve EmingerD488 GP · 99 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
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 Taticek made his NHL debut on January 21, 2006, 3 years and 213 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2002 draft
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 40Rob GlobkeR46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 67Gregory CampbellC803 GP · 187 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 134Topi JaakolaDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 158Vince BellissimoCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 169Jeremy SwansonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 196Mikael VuorioGFLAFlorida Panthers
- 200Denis YachmenevLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 232Peter HafnerDFLAFlorida Panthers