2001 NHL Draft
Jason Spezza in the 2001 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Jason Spezza 2nd overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 12 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1248, and none has scored more points than his 995.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 2001 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
2nd
of 289 players selected
2nd
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
Jason Spezza made his NHL debut on October 24, 2002, 1 year and 123 days after the draft.
1248
Games
363
Goals
632
Assists
995
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2001 draft
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 23Tim GleasonD727 GP · 142 POTTOttawa Senators
- 81Neil KomadoskiDOTTOttawa Senators
- 99Ray EmeryG287 GP · 145 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 127Christoph SchubertD315 GP · 72 POTTOttawa Senators
- 162Stefan SchauerDOTTOttawa Senators
- 193Brooks LaichC776 GP · 332 POTTOttawa Senators
- 218Jan PlatilDOTTOttawa Senators
- 223Brandon BochenskiR156 GP · 68 POTTOttawa Senators
- 235Neil PetruicDOTTOttawa Senators
- 256Gregg JohnsonCOTTOttawa Senators
- 286Toni DahlmanR22 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators