2003 NHL Draft
Vojtech Polak in the 2003 NHL Draft
Dallas Stars selected Vojtech Polak 36th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 2.
He was the second of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 5 games put him 111th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 36
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 6
- Drafting team
- DALDallas Stars
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 33–39 in the 2003 draft
- 33Loui ErikssonL1050 GP · 613 PDALDallas Stars
- 34Mike EgenerDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 35Konstantin GlazachevLNSHNashville Predators
- 36Vojtech PolakL5 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 37Kevin KleinD627 GP · 154 PNSHNashville Predators
- 38Kamil KrepsC232 GP · 60 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 39Tim RamholtD1 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 36Vojtech PolakL5 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 38Kamil KrepsC232 GP · 60 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 42Petr VranaL16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 59Michal BarinkaD34 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 105Martin LojekD5 GP · 1 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 106Jan HejdaD627 GP · 135 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 129Patrik ValcakFBOSBoston Bruins
- 130Matej TrojovskyDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 131David SvagrovskyRCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vojtech Polak made his NHL debut on October 22, 2005, 2 years and 123 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Dallas Stars picks in the 2003 draft
- 33Loui ErikssonL1050 GP · 613 PDALDallas Stars
- 36Vojtech PolakL5 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 54B.J. CrombeenR445 GP · 80 PDALDallas Stars
- 99Matt NickersonDDALDallas Stars
- 134Alexander NaurovFDALDallas Stars
- 144Eero KilpelainenGDALDallas Stars
- 165Gino GuyerCDALDallas Stars
- 185Francis WathierL10 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 195Drew BagnallD2 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 196Elias GranathDDALDallas Stars
- 259Niko VainioDDALDallas Stars