2001 NHL Draft
Garth Murray in the 2001 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Garth Murray 79th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 11 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 116 games put him 73rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 79
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 16
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 76–82 in the 2001 draft
- 76Oliver SetzingerCNSHNashville Predators
- 77Darren McLachlanLBOSBoston Bruins
- 78Beat ForsterDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 79Garth MurrayC116 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 80Michael GarnettG24 GP · 10 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 81Neil KomadoskiDOTTOttawa Senators
- 82Jay HarrisonD372 GP · 75 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
79th
of 289 players selected
49th
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
Garth Murray made his NHL debut on January 30, 2004, 2 years and 221 days after the draft.
116
Games
8
Goals
2
Assists
10
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 2001 draft
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 40Fedor TyutinD872 GP · 264 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 79Garth MurrayC116 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 113Bryce LampmanD10 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 139Shawn CollymoreRNYRNew York Rangers
- 176Marek ZidlickyD836 GP · 417 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 206Petr PreucilCNYRNew York Rangers
- 226Pontus PetterstromFNYRNew York Rangers
- 230Leonid ZhvachinDNYRNew York Rangers
- 238Ryan HollwegL228 GP · 14 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 269Juris StalsCNYRNew York Rangers