2000 NHL Draft
Thomas Ziegler in the 2000 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Thomas Ziegler 263rd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 9.
He was the third of the 6 Swiss players selected that year. It was the tenth and last of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 5 games put him 105th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 263
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 2
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 22 years
The picks around it
Picks 260–266 in the 2000 draft
- 260Evgeni BumaginRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 261Reinhard DivisG28 GP · 6 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 262Peter FlacheCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 263Thomas ZieglerC5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 264Dimitri AltarevFNYINew York Islanders
- 265Jean-Philippe CoteD27 GP · 4 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 266Sean KotaryCCOLColorado Avalanche
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
3rd
of 6 Swiss players selected
149th
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swiss players selected
- 175Sven HelfensteinFNYRNew York Rangers
- 250Flavien ConneCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 263Thomas ZieglerC5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 271Reto Von ArxL19 GP · 4 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 284Martin HohenerDNSHNashville Predators
- 291Arne RamholtDCHIChicago Blackhawks
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Thomas Ziegler made his NHL debut on February 6, 2001, 226 days after the draft.
5
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2000 draft
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 81Alexandre KharitonovR71 GP · 22 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 126Johan HagglundCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 161Pavel SedovRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 191Aaron GionetDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 222Marek PriechodskyDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 226Brian EklundG1 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 233Alexander PolukeyevGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 263Thomas ZieglerC5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning