2001 NHL Draft

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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

TeamPlayer, Last TeamPos
1AtlantaIlya Kovalchuk, Spartak (Rus)R
2a-OttawaJason Spezza, Windsor (OHL)C
3Tampa BayAlexander Svitov, Omsk (Rus)C
4FloridaStephen Weiss, Plymouth (OHL)C
5AnaheimStanislav Chistov, Omsk (Rus)C
6MinnesotaMikko Koivu, TPS Turku (Fin)C
7MontrealMike Komisarek, Michigan (CCHA)D
8ColumbusPascal Leclaire, Halifax (QMJHL)G
9ChicagoTuomo Ruutu, Jokerit (Fin)C
10NY RangersDan Blackburn, Kootenay (WHL)G
11b-PhoenixFredrik Sjostrom, Frolunda (Swe)R
12NashvilleDan Hamhuis, Prince George (WHL)D
13c-EdmontonAles Hemsky, Hull (QMJHL)R
14d-CalgaryChuck Kobasew, Boston Coll. (HE)R
15CarolinaIgor Knyazev, Spartak (Rus)D
16VancouverR.J. Umberger, Ohio St. (CCHA)C
17TorontoCarlo Colaiacovo, Erie (OHL)D
18Los AngelesJens Karlsson, Frolunda (Swe)R
19e-BostonShaone Morrisonn, Kamloops (WHL)D
20San JoseMarcel Goc, Schwenningen (Ger)C
21PittsburghColby Armstrong, Red Deer (WHL)R
22BuffaloJiri Novotny, Budejovice Jr. (Cze)C
23f-OttawaTim Gleason, Windsor (OHL)D
24g-FloridaLukas Krajicek, Peterborough (OHL)D
25h-MontrealAlexander Perejougin, Omsk (Rus)C
26DallasJason Bacashihua, Chicago (NAHL)G
27i-PhiladelphiaJeff Woywitka, Red Deer (OHL)D
28New JerseyAdrian Foster, Saskatoon (WHL)L
29j-ChicagoAdam Munro, Erie (OHL)G
30k-Los AngelesDavid Steckel, Ohio St. (CCHA)C
31l-PhoenixMatthew Spiller, Seattle (WHL)D
32m-BuffaloDerek Roy, Kitchener (OHL)C
33n-NashvilleTimofei Shishkanov, Spartak (Rus)L
34FloridaGreg Watson, Prince Albert (WHL)C
35AnaheimMark Popovic, St. Michael's (OHL)D
36MinnesotaKyle Wanvig, Red Deer (WHL)R
37MontrealDuncan Milroy, Swift Current (WHL)R
38ColumbusTim Jackman, MSU-Mankato (WCHA)R
39o-TorontoKarel Pilar, Litvinov (Cze)D
40NY RangersFedor Tjutin, St. Petersburg (Rus)D
41CalgaryAndrei Taratukhin, Omsk (Rus)C
42NashvilleTomas Slovak, Kosice (Svk)D
43c-EdmontonDoug Lynch, Red Deer (WHL)D
44d-New JerseyIgor Pohanka, Prince Albert (WHL)C
45Phoenix*Martin Podlesak, Lethbridge (WHL)C
46CarolinaMichael Zigomanis, Kingston (OHL)C
47p-Tampa BayAlexander Polushin, Tver (Rus)L
48p-New Jersey*Thomas Pihlman, Jyvaskyla (Fin)L
49q-Los AngelesMike Cammalleri, Michigan (CCHA)C
50Buffalo*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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