1992 NHL Draft
Robert Svehla in the 1992 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Robert Svehla 78th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 4.
He was the third of the 3 Slovaks selected that year. It was the fourth of the 12 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 655 games put him 25th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 78
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 6
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 23 years
The picks around it
Picks 75–81 in the 1992 draft
- 75Jan CalounR24 GP · 14 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 76Ian McIntyreLQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 77Nikolai BorschevskyR162 GP · 122 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 78Robert SvehlaD655 GP · 335 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 79Kevin SmythL58 GP · 14 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 80Dean MelansonD9 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 81Jason McBainD9 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 35Jozef CiernyL1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 78Robert SvehlaD655 GP · 335 PCGYCalgary Flames
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Robert Svehla made his NHL debut on April 20, 1995, 2 years and 304 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 1992 draft
- 6Cory StillmanL1025 GP · 727 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 30Chris O'SullivanD62 GP · 19 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 54Mathias JohanssonC58 GP · 15 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 78Robert SvehlaD655 GP · 335 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 102Sami HeleniusD155 GP · 6 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 126Ravil YakubovCCGYCalgary Flames
- 129Joel BouchardD364 GP · 75 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 150Pavel RajnohaDCGYCalgary Flames
- 174Ryan MulhernC3 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 198Brandon CarperDCGYCalgary Flames
- 222Jonas HöglundR545 GP · 262 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 246Andrei PotaichukRCGYCalgary Flames