2003 NHL Draft
Jaroslav Halak in the 2003 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Jaroslav Halak 271st overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 9.
He was the tenth of the 10 Slovaks selected that year. It was the eleventh and last of the 11 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 581 games put him 41st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 271
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 10
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 268–274 in the 2003 draft
- 268Lauris DarzinsFNSHNashville Predators
- 269Rylan KaipCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 270Kevin HarveyLCGYCalgary Flames
- 271Jaroslav HalakG581 GP · 295 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 272Sean SullivanDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 273Albert VishnyakovFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 274Martin GuerinRLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
10th
of 10 Slovaks selected
27th
of 29 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 50Ivan BarankaD1 GP · 1 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 65Branislav FabryRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 76Richard StehlikDNSHNashville Predators
- 81Stefan RuzickaR55 GP · 17 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 91Martin SagatLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 120Stefan BlahoRNYINew York Islanders
- 176Ivan DornicCNYRNew York Rangers
- 212Denis RehakDNYINew York Islanders
- 258Vladimir KutnyLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 271Jaroslav HalakG581 GP · 295 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jaroslav Halak made his NHL debut on February 18, 2007, 3 years and 241 days after the draft.
581
Games
295
Wins
53
Shutouts
.915
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2003 draft
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 40Cory UrquhartCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 61Maxim LapierreC614 GP · 139 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 79Ryan O'ByrneD308 GP · 39 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 113Corey LockeC9 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 123Danny StewartLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 177Christopher Heino-LindbergGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 188Mark FloodD39 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 217Oskari KorpikariDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 241Jimmy BonneauLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 271Jaroslav HalakG581 GP · 295 WMTLMontréal Canadiens