1992 NHL Draft
Roman Hamrlik in the 1992 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Roman Hamrlik first overall in the 1992 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1395, and only 4 have scored more points than his 638.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 1992 draft
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Mike RathjeD768 GP · 180 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Todd WarrinerL453 GP · 154 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
1st
of 16 Czechs selected
1st
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 19Martin StrakaC954 GP · 717 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 21Libor PolasekCVANVancouver Canucks
- 57Jan VopatD126 GP · 31 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 59Ondrej SteinerCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 73Radek HamrD11 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 75Jan CalounR24 GP · 14 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 104Tomas KlimtCNYINew York Islanders
- 123Michal SykoraD267 GP · 69 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 133Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PBOSBoston Bruins
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Roman Hamrlik made his NHL debut on October 7, 1992, 109 days after the draft.
1395
Games
155
Goals
483
Assists
638
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1992 draft
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 26Drew BannisterD164 GP · 30 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 49Brent GretzkyC13 GP · 4 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 74Aaron GaveyC360 GP · 91 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 97Brantt MyhresR154 GP · 8 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 122Martin TanguayCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 145Derek WilkinsonG22 GP · 3 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 170Dennis MaxwellCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 193Andrew KemperDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 218Marc TardifLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 241Tom MacDonaldCTBLTampa Bay Lightning