1998 NHL Draft
Tomas Zizka in the 1998 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Tomas Zizka 163rd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 6.
He was the twelfth of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the sixth of the 9 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 25 games put him 104th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 163
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 18
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 160–166 in the 1998 draft
- 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 161Chris NeilR1026 GP · 250 POTTOttawa Senators
- 162Andrei MarkovD990 GP · 572 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 163Tomas ZizkaD25 GP · 8 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 164Ales KotalikR542 GP · 284 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 165Ryan MilanovicLBOSBoston Bruins
- 166Jonathan PelletierGCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
12th
of 21 Czechs selected
53rd
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYINew York Islanders
- 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tomas Zizka made his NHL debut on January 22, 2003, 4 years and 209 days after the draft.
25
Games
2
Goals
6
Assists
8
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1998 draft
- 21Mathieu BironD253 GP · 44 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 46Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 103Kip BrennanL61 GP · 2 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 133Joe RullierDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 163Tomas ZizkaD25 GP · 8 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 190Tommi HannusCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 217Jim HenkelCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 248Matthew YeatsG5 GP · 1 WLAKLos Angeles Kings