2002 NHL Draft
Chris Higgins in the 2002 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Chris Higgins 14th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 6 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 711 games put him 14th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 14
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 14
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 11–17 in the 2002 draft
- 11Keith BallardD604 GP · 175 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 12Steve EmingerD488 GP · 99 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 13Alexander SeminR650 GP · 517 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 14Chris HigginsL711 GP · 333 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTTOttawa Senators
- 17Boyd GordonC706 GP · 161 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
14th
of 290 players selected
8th
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Chris Higgins made his NHL debut on October 11, 2003, 1 year and 111 days after the draft.
711
Games
165
Goals
168
Assists
333
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2002 draft
- 14Chris HigginsL711 GP · 333 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Tomas LinhartDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 99Michael LambertFMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 182Andre DeveauxC31 GP · 2 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 212Jonathan FerlandR7 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 275Konstantin KorneevDMTLMontréal Canadiens