2001 NHL Draft
Colby Armstrong in the 2001 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Colby Armstrong 21st overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 476 games put him 39th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 21
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 21
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 18–24 in the 2001 draft
- 18Jens KarlssonFLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 19Shaone MorrisonnD480 GP · 75 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 20Marcel GocC636 GP · 188 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 21Colby ArmstrongR476 GP · 209 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 23Tim GleasonD727 GP · 142 POTTOttawa Senators
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
21st
of 289 players selected
14th
of 159 forwards 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
Colby Armstrong made his NHL debut on December 29, 2005, 4 years and 189 days after the draft.
476
Games
89
Goals
120
Assists
209
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2001 draft
- 21Colby ArmstrongR476 GP · 209 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 54Noah WelchD75 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 86Drew FataD8 GP · 2 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 96Alexandre RouleauDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 120Tomas SurovyL126 GP · 59 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 131Ben EavesCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 156Andy SchneiderDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 217Tomas DubaGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 250Brandon Crawford-WestGPITPittsburgh Penguins