2002 NHL Draft
Derek Meech in the 2002 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Derek Meech 229th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 32nd pick of round 7.
It was the seventh of the 10 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 144 games put him 57th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 229
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 32
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 226–232 in the 2002 draft
- 226Joey CrabbR179 GP · 53 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 227Ryan SteevesFCOLColorado Avalanche
- 228Dmitri UtkinLBOSBoston Bruins
- 229Derek MeechD144 GP · 17 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 230Colton FretterFATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 231Jaroslav KracikFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 232Peter HafnerDFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
228th
of 290 players selected
70th
of 92 defensemen 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
Derek Meech made his NHL debut on December 7, 2006, 4 years and 167 days after the draft.
144
Games
4
Goals
13
Assists
17
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2002 draft
- 58Jiri HudlerR708 GP · 428 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 95Valtteri FilppulaC1056 GP · 530 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 131Johan BerggrenDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 166Logan KoopmansGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 197James CuddihyCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 229Derek MeechD144 GP · 17 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 260Pierre-Olivier BeaulieuDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 262Christian SoderstromFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 291Jonathan EricssonD680 GP · 125 PDETDetroit Red Wings