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2012 NHL Draft

Tomas Hertl in the 2012 NHL Draft

San Jose Sharks selected Tomas Hertl 17th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 6 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 892, and only one has scored more points than his 621.

Overall pick
17
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 17
Drafting team
SJSSan Jose Sharks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 14–20 in the 2012 draft

  1. 14Zemgus GirgensonsC858 GP · 218 PBUF
  2. 15Cody CeciD960 GP · 245 POTT
  3. 16Tom WilsonR922 GP · 462 PWSH
  4. 17Tomas HertlC892 GP · 621 PSJS
  5. 18Teuvo TeravainenC842 GP · 558 PCHI
  6. 19Andrei VasilevskiyG611 GP · 378 WTBL
  7. 20Scott LaughtonC760 GP · 294 PPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2012 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2012 class

2nd
of 6 Czechs selected
8th
of 110 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 13Radek FaksaC779 GP · 234 PDAL
  2. 17Tomas HertlC892 GP · 621 PSJS
  3. 49Martin FrkR124 GP · 41 PDET
  4. 171Tomas HykaR27 GP · 7 PLAK
  5. 179Marek MazanecG31 GP · 8 WNSH
  6. 184Marek LanghamerG2 GP · 0 WPHX
Every pick from Czechia in the 2012 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tomas Hertl made his NHL debut on October 3, 2013, 1 year and 103 days after the draft.

892
Games
285
Goals
336
Assists
621
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

San Jose Sharks picks in the 2012 draft

  1. 17Tomas HertlC892 GP · 621 PSJS
  2. 55Chris TierneyC649 GP · 248 PSJS
  3. 109Christophe LalancetteRSJS
  4. 138Danny O'ReganC30 GP · 6 PSJS
  5. 168Clifford WatsonDSJS
  6. 198Joakim RyanD145 GP · 24 PSJS