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2005 NHL Draft

Vladimir Mihalik in the 2005 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Vladimir Mihalik 30th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 7 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 15 games put him 82nd in the class.

Overall pick
30
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 30
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 27–33 in the 2005 draft

  1. 27Joe FinleyD21 GP · 1 PWSH
  2. 28Matt NiskanenD949 GP · 356 PDAL
  3. 29Steve DownieR434 GP · 196 PPHI
  4. 30Vladimir MihalikD15 GP · 3 PTBL
  5. 31Brendan MikkelsonD131 GP · 10 PANA
  6. 32Tyler PlanteGNo NHL gamesFLA
  7. 33James NealL869 GP · 559 PDAL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2005 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2005 class

2nd
of 7 Slovaks selected
12th
of 87 defensemen selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 13Marek ZagrapanCBUF
  2. 30Vladimir MihalikD15 GP · 3 PTBL
  3. 92Marek BartanusRTBL
  4. 121Juraj MikusFMTL
  5. 123Ondrej OtcenasFCAR
  6. 133Stanislav LascekRTBL
  7. 205Mario BliznakC6 GP · 1 PVAN
Every pick from Slovakia in the 2005 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Vladimir Mihalik made his NHL debut on October 4, 2008, 3 years and 66 days after the draft.

15
Games
0
Goals
3
Assists
3
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 30Vladimir MihalikD15 GP · 3 PTBL
  2. 73Radek SmolenakL7 GP · 1 PTBL
  3. 89Chris LawrenceCTBL
  4. 92Marek BartanusRTBL
  5. 102Blair JonesC132 GP · 17 PTBL
  6. 133Stanislav LascekRTBL
  7. 163Marek KvapilRTBL
  8. 165Kevin BeechGTBL
  9. 225John WessbeckerDTBL