2000 NHL Draft
Tomas Kopecky in the 2000 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Tomas Kopecky 38th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 16 Slovaks selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 578 games put him 29th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 38
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 8
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 35–41 in the 2000 draft
- 35Brad WinchesterL390 GP · 68 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 36Daniel WidingRNSHNashville Predators
- 37Andy HilbertL307 GP · 104 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 38Tomas KopeckyR578 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 39Teemu LaineRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 40Kurtis FosterD405 GP · 160 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 41Tero MaattaDSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
3rd
of 16 Slovaks selected
27th
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 16Marcel HossaL237 GP · 61 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Tomas KopeckyR578 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 78Jozef BalejR18 GP · 6 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 84Peter HamerlikGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 118Lubomir VisnovskyD883 GP · 495 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 134Peter PodhradskyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 164Matus KosturGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 173Tomas HarantDNSHNashville Predators
- 183Michal MachoCSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tomas Kopecky made his NHL debut on February 28, 2006, 5 years and 249 days after the draft.
578
Games
68
Goals
106
Assists
174
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2000 draft
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 38Tomas KopeckyR578 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 102Stefan LivGNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 127Dmitri SemyenovFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 128Alexander SeluyanovDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 130Aaron Van LeusenFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 187Per BackerFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 196Paul BallantyneDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 228Jimmie SvenssonFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 251Todd JacksonRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 260Evgeni BumaginRDETDetroit Red Wings