2001 NHL Draft
Brendan Bell in the 2001 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Brendan Bell 65th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 12 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 102 games put him 74th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 65
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 2
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 62–68 in the 2001 draft
- 62Igor GrigorenkoRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 63Peter BudajG368 GP · 158 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 65Brendan BellD102 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 66Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 67Robin LeblancRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 68Grant McNeillD3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
65th
of 289 players selected
20th
of 96 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
+ 279 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brendan Bell made his NHL debut on March 21, 2006, 4 years and 271 days after the draft.
102
Games
7
Goals
21
Assists
28
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2001 draft
- 17Carlo ColaiacovoD470 GP · 157 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 65Brendan BellD102 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 82Jay HarrisonD372 GP · 75 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 88Nicolas CorbeilCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 134Kyle WellwoodC489 GP · 235 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 168Maxim KondratievD40 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 183Jaroslav SklenarFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 198Ivan KolozvaryFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 213Jan ChovanGTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 246Tomas MojzisD17 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 276Mike KnoepfliLTORToronto Maple Leafs