2012 NHL Draft
Radek Faksa in the 2012 NHL Draft
Dallas Stars selected Radek Faksa 13th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 6 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 777 games put him 17th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 13
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 13
- Drafting team
- DALDallas Stars
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 10–16 in the 2012 draft
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 11Filip ForsbergL877 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 12Mikhail GrigorenkoC249 GP · 76 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 13Radek FaksaC777 GP · 234 PDALDallas Stars
- 14Zemgus GirgensonsC855 GP · 216 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 15Cody CeciD960 GP · 245 POTTOttawa Senators
- 16Tom WilsonR921 GP · 462 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 13Radek FaksaC777 GP · 234 PDALDallas Stars
- 17Tomas HertlC890 GP · 618 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 49Martin FrkR124 GP · 41 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 171Tomas HykaR27 GP · 7 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 179Marek MazanecG31 GP · 8 WNSHNashville Predators
- 184Marek LanghamerG2 GP · 0 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Radek Faksa made his NHL debut on October 17, 2015, 3 years and 117 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Dallas Stars picks in the 2012 draft
- 13Radek FaksaC777 GP · 234 PDALDallas Stars
- 43Ludwig BystromDDALDallas Stars
- 54Mike WintherCDALDallas Stars
- 61Devin ShoreC498 GP · 144 PDALDallas Stars
- 74Esa LindellD776 GP · 250 PDALDallas Stars
- 104Gemel SmithC91 GP · 25 PDALDallas Stars
- 134Branden TroockRDALDallas Stars
- 144Henri KiviahoGDALDallas Stars
- 183Dmitry SinitsynDDALDallas Stars