2001 NHL Draft

The top 50 selections at the 39th annual NHL Entry Draft held June 23-24, 2001, in Sunrise, Fla. The order of the first 14 positions were determined by a draft lottery of non-playoff teams held April 10 in New York. Only the worst five teams from the 2000-01 regular season had the chance to win the first overall pick. No team could move up more than four spots in the draft order or drop more than one position. Positions 15 through 30 reflect regular season records in reverse order. The top 30 picks are first round selections and the remaining 20 are from the second round. (*) denotes compensatory pick.

Top 50 Picks

	Team	Player, Last Team	Pos
1	Atlanta	Ilya Kovalchuk, Spartak (Rus)	R
2	a-Ottawa	Jason Spezza, Windsor (OHL)	C
3	Tampa Bay	Alexander Svitov, Omsk (Rus)	C
4	Florida	Stephen Weiss, Plymouth (OHL)	C
5	Anaheim	Stanislav Chistov, Omsk (Rus)	C
6	Minnesota	Mikko Koivu, TPS Turku (Fin)	C
7	Montreal	Mike Komisarek, Michigan (CCHA)	D
8	Columbus	Pascal Leclaire, Halifax (QMJHL)	G
9	Chicago	Tuomo Ruutu, Jokerit (Fin)	C
10	NY Rangers	Dan Blackburn, Kootenay (WHL)	G
11	b-Phoenix	Fredrik Sjostrom, Frolunda (Swe)	R
12	Nashville	Dan Hamhuis, Prince George (WHL)	D
13	c-Edmonton	Ales Hemsky, Hull (QMJHL)	R
14	d-Calgary	Chuck Kobasew, Boston Coll. (HE)	R
15	Carolina	Igor Knyazev, Spartak (Rus)	D
16	Vancouver	R.J. Umberger, Ohio St. (CCHA)	C
17	Toronto	Carlo Colaiacovo, Erie (OHL)	D
18	Los Angeles	Jens Karlsson, Frolunda (Swe)	R
19	e-Boston	Shaone Morrisonn, Kamloops (WHL)	D
20	San Jose	Marcel Goc, Schwenningen (Ger)	C
21	Pittsburgh	Colby Armstrong, Red Deer (WHL)	R
22	Buffalo	Jiri Novotny, Budejovice Jr. (Cze)	C
23	f-Ottawa	Tim Gleason, Windsor (OHL)	D
24	g-Florida	Lukas Krajicek, Peterborough (OHL)	D
25	h-Montreal	Alexander Perejougin, Omsk (Rus)	C
26	Dallas	Jason Bacashihua, Chicago (NAHL)	G
27	i-Philadelphia	Jeff Woywitka, Red Deer (OHL)	D
28	New Jersey	Adrian Foster, Saskatoon (WHL)	L
29	j-Chicago	Adam Munro, Erie (OHL)	G
30	k-Los Angeles	David Steckel, Ohio St. (CCHA)	C
31	l-Phoenix	Matthew Spiller, Seattle (WHL)	D
32	m-Buffalo	Derek Roy, Kitchener (OHL)	C
33	n-Nashville	Timofei Shishkanov, Spartak (Rus)	L
34	Florida	Greg Watson, Prince Albert (WHL)	C
35	Anaheim	Mark Popovic, St. Michael's (OHL)	D
36	Minnesota	Kyle Wanvig, Red Deer (WHL)	R
37	Montreal	Duncan Milroy, Swift Current (WHL)	R
38	Columbus	Tim Jackman, MSU-Mankato (WCHA)	R
39	o-Toronto	Karel Pilar, Litvinov (Cze)	D
40	NY Rangers	Fedor Tjutin, St. Petersburg (Rus)	D
41	Calgary	Andrei Taratukhin, Omsk (Rus)	C
42	Nashville	Tomas Slovak, Kosice (Svk)	D
43	c-Edmonton	Doug Lynch, Red Deer (WHL)	D
44	d-New Jersey	Igor Pohanka, Prince Albert (WHL)	C
45	Phoenix*	Martin Podlesak, Lethbridge (WHL)	C
46	Carolina	Michael Zigomanis, Kingston (OHL)	C
47	p-Tampa Bay	Alexander Polushin, Tver (Rus)	L
48	p-New Jersey*	Thomas Pihlman, Jyvaskyla (Fin)	L
49	q-Los Angeles	Mike Cammalleri, Michigan (CCHA)	C
50	Buffalo*	Chris Thorburn, North Bay (OHL)	C

Acquired picks: a—from NY Islanders; b—from Calgary; c—from Boston; d—from Phoenix; e—from Edmonton; f—from Philadelphia; g—from St. Louis via New Jersey; h—from Washington; i—from Ottawa; j—from Detroit; k—from Colorado; l—from NY Islanders via Tampa Bay; m—from Tampa Bay; n—from Atlanta via Vancouver; o—from Chicago; p—from Vancouver; q—from Toronto.

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