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2001 NHL Draft

Tomas Plihal in the 2001 NHL Draft

San Jose Sharks selected Tomas Plihal 140th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 5.

He was the eleventh of the 31 Czechs selected that year. It was the fourth of the 6 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 89 games put him 78th in the class.

Overall pick
140
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 9
Drafting team
SJSSan Jose Sharks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 137–143 in the 2001 draft

  1. 137Joel PerraultC96 GP · 26 PANA
  2. 138Paul LynchDTBL
  3. 139Shawn CollymoreRNYR
  4. 140Tomas PlihalC89 GP · 16 PSJS
  5. 141Cole JarrettL1 GP · 0 PCBJ
  6. 142Tommi JaminkiLCHI
  7. 143Frantisek SkladanyLCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2001 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2001 class

11th
of 31 Czechs selected
82nd
of 159 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDM
  2. 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUF
  3. 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLA
  4. 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTOR
  5. 45Martin PodlesakCPHX
  6. 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAK
  7. 71Tomas PlekanecC1001 GP · 608 PMTL
  8. 126Daniel VolrabCDAL
  9. 129Miroslav BlatakDDET
  10. 132Dusan SalfickyGNo NHL gamesNYI

+ 21 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2001 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tomas Plihal made his NHL debut on January 26, 2007, 5 years and 216 days after the draft.

89
Games
7
Goals
9
Assists
16
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

San Jose Sharks picks in the 2001 draft

  1. 20Marcel GocC636 GP · 188 PSJS
  2. 106Christian EhrhoffD789 GP · 339 PSJS
  3. 107Dimitri PatzoldG3 GP · 0 WSJS
  4. 140Tomas PlihalC89 GP · 16 PSJS
  5. 175Ryane CloweL491 GP · 309 PSJS
  6. 182Tom CavanaghR18 GP · 3 PSJS