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1988 NHL Draft

Zdeno Ciger in the 1988 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Zdeno Ciger 54th overall in the 1988 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 3.

It was the third of the 14 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1988, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. His 352 games put him 34th in the class.

Overall pick
54
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 12
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 51–57 in the 1988 draft

  1. 51Robert FournierGSTL
  2. 52Stephane BeauregardG90 GP · 19 WWIN
  3. 53Trevor SimR3 GP · 1 PEDM
  4. 54Zdeno CigerL352 GP · 228 PNJD
  5. 55Darcy LoewenL135 GP · 12 PBUF
  6. 56Craig FisherC12 GP · 0 PPHI
  7. 57Duane DerksenGNo NHL gamesWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1988 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1988 class

1st
of 1 Slovaks selected
33rd
of 145 forwards selected

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

Every pick from Slovakia in the 1988 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Zdeno Ciger made his NHL debut on October 4, 1990, 2 years and 115 days after the draft.

352
Games
94
Goals
134
Assists
228
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1988 draft

  1. 12Corey FosterD45 GP · 11 PNJD
  2. 23Jeffrey ChristianL18 GP · 4 PNJD
  3. 54Zdeno CigerL352 GP · 228 PNJD
  4. 65Matthew RuchtyLNJD
  5. 75Scott LuikRNJD
  6. 96Christopher NelsonDNJD
  7. 117Chad JohnsonLNJD
  8. 138Chad EricksonG2 GP · 1 WNJD
  9. 159Bryan LafortGNJD
  10. 180Sergei SvetlovLNJD
  11. 201Robert WoodsDNJD
  12. 207Alexander SemakC289 GP · 174 PNJD
  13. 222Charles HughesGNJD
  14. 243Michael PohlLNJD