2000 NHL Draft
Roman Cechmanek in the 2000 NHL Draft
Philadelphia Flyers selected Roman Cechmanek 171st overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 6.
He was the 14th of the 24 Czechs selected that year. It was the third of the 8 picks Philadelphia Flyers made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 212 games put him 45th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 171
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 4
- Drafting team
- PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 29 years
The picks around it
Picks 168–174 in the 2000 draft
- 168Zdenek SmidGATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 169Shane BenderaGCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 170Erik ReitzD48 GP · 2 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 171Roman CechmanekG212 GP · 110 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 172Scott SeligFMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 173Tomas HarantDNSHNashville Predators
- 174Jarno KultanenD102 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 14Vaclav NedorostC99 GP · 20 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 32Tomas KurkaL17 GP · 5 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 42Libor UstrnulDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 59Ivan HumlL49 GP · 18 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 61Jakub CuttaD8 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 64Filip NovakD17 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 87Jan BohacCOTTOttawa Senators
- 89Libor PivkoL1 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 112Premsyl DubenDNYRNew York Rangers
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Roman Cechmanek made his NHL debut on October 17, 2000, 114 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Philadelphia Flyers picks in the 2000 draft
- 28Justin WilliamsR1264 GP · 797 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 94Alexander DrozdetskyFPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 171Roman CechmanekG212 GP · 110 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 195Colin ShieldsRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 210John EichelbergerCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 227Guillaume LefebvreL39 GP · 6 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 259Regan KellyDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 287Milan KopeckyLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers