2001 NHL Draft
Derek Boogaard in the 2001 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Derek Boogaard 202nd overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 7.
It was the sixth of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 277 games put him 53rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 202
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 6
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 199–205 in the 2001 draft
- 199Matt SudermanDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 200Toni KoivistoFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 201Colin FitzrandolphCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 202Derek BoogaardL277 GP · 16 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 203Andrew ArcherDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 204Raffaele SannitzFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 205Teemu JaaskelainenDCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
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
Derek Boogaard made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 4 years and 103 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2001 draft
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 36Kyle WanvigR75 GP · 15 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 74Chris HeidDMINMinnesota Wild
- 93Stephane VeilleuxL506 GP · 106 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 202Derek BoogaardL277 GP · 16 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 239Jake RiddleLMINMinnesota Wild