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1997 NHL Draft

Stanislav Gron in the 1997 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Stanislav Gron 38th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 2.

He was the third of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the second of the 8 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 100th in the class.

Overall pick
38
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 12
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 35–41 in the 1997 draft

  1. 35Jean-Francois FortinD71 GP · 5 PWSH
  2. 36Harold DrukenC146 GP · 63 PVAN
  3. 37Gregor BaumgartnerRMTL
  4. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  5. 39Jeremy ReichC99 GP · 6 PCHI
  6. 40Tyler RennetteCSTL
  7. 41Patrick DovigiGEDM

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

3rd
of 6 Slovaks selected
23rd
of 136 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Slovaks selected

  1. 12Marian HossaR1309 GP · 1134 POTT
  2. 17Robert DomeL53 GP · 14 PPIT
  3. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 81Karol BartanusRBOS
  5. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  6. 177Ladislav NagyL435 GP · 311 PSTL
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Stanislav Gron made his NHL debut on February 23, 2001, 3 years and 247 days after the draft.

1
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 24Jean-Francois DamphousseG6 GP · 1 WNJD
  2. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  3. 104Lucas NehrlingDNJD
  4. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  5. 159Sascha GocD22 GP · 0 PNJD
  6. 188Mathieu BenoitRNJD
  7. 215Scott ClemmensenG191 GP · 73 WNJD
  8. 241Jan SrdinkoDNJD