2001 NHL Draft
Tomas Surovy in the 2001 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Tomas Surovy 120th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 4.
He was the fifth of the 15 Slovaks selected that year. It was the fifth of the 9 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 126 games put him 71st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 120
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 23
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 117–123 in the 2001 draft
- 117Michael WoodfordRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 118Brandon RogersDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 119Aleksey ZotkinLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 120Tomas SurovyL126 GP · 59 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 121Drew MacIntyreG6 GP · 0 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 122Igor ValeevRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 123Aaron LobbRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
5th
of 15 Slovaks selected
69th
of 159 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 42Tomas SlovakDNSHNashville Predators
- 44Igor PohankaCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 63Peter BudajG368 GP · 158 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 120Tomas SurovyL126 GP · 59 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 143Frantisek SkladanyLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 170Jan TabacekDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 198Ivan KolozvaryFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 213Jan ChovanGTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 227Marek SvatosR344 GP · 172 PCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tomas Surovy made his NHL debut on February 14, 2003, 1 year and 235 days after the draft.
126
Games
27
Goals
32
Assists
59
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2001 draft
- 21Colby ArmstrongR476 GP · 209 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 54Noah WelchD75 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 86Drew FataD8 GP · 2 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 96Alexandre RouleauDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 120Tomas SurovyL126 GP · 59 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 131Ben EavesCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 156Andy SchneiderDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 217Tomas DubaGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 250Brandon Crawford-WestGPITPittsburgh Penguins