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2001 NHL Draft

Jaroslav Bednar in the 2001 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Jaroslav Bednar 51st overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 2.

He was the sixth of the 31 Czechs selected that year. It was the fourth of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 102 games put him 74th in the class.

Overall pick
51
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 21
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
24 years

The picks around it

Picks 48–54 in the 2001 draft

  1. 48Tuomas PihlmanL15 GP · 2 PNJD
  2. 49Michael CammalleriL906 GP · 642 PLAK
  3. 50Chris ThorburnR801 GP · 134 PBUF
  4. 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAK
  5. 52Edward CaronLEDM
  6. 53Kiel McLeodCCBJ
  7. 54Noah WelchD75 GP · 9 PPIT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2001 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2001 class

6th
of 31 Czechs selected
33rd
of 159 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Czechs selected

  1. 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDM
  2. 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUF
  3. 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLA
  4. 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTOR
  5. 45Martin PodlesakCPHX
  6. 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAK
  7. 71Tomas PlekanecC1001 GP · 608 PMTL
  8. 126Daniel VolrabCDAL
  9. 129Miroslav BlatakDDET
  10. 132Dusan SalfickyGNo NHL gamesNYI

+ 21 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2001 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jaroslav Bednar made his NHL debut on October 4, 2001, 103 days after the draft.

102
Games
10
Goals
25
Assists
35
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2001 draft

  1. 18Jens KarlssonFLAK
  2. 30David SteckelC425 GP · 79 PLAK
  3. 49Michael CammalleriL906 GP · 642 PLAK
  4. 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAK
  5. 83Henrik JuntunenRLAK
  6. 116Richard PetiotD15 GP · 3 PLAK
  7. 152Terry DenikeGLAK
  8. 153Tuukka MantylaDLAK
  9. 214Cristobal HuetG272 GP · 129 WLAK
  10. 237Mike GabinetDLAK
  11. 277Sebastien LaplanteGLAK