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2002 NHL Draft

Jiri Hudler in the 2002 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Jiri Hudler 58th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 2.

He was the seventh of the 26 Czechs selected that year. It was the first 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 708 games put him 15th in the class, but only 6 have scored more points than his 428.

Overall pick
58
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 28
Drafting team
DETDetroit Red Wings
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 55–61 in the 2002 draft

  1. 55Denis GrotDVAN
  2. 56Vladislav EvseevLBOS
  3. 57Matt StajanC1003 GP · 413 PTOR
  4. 58Jiri HudlerR708 GP · 428 PDET
  5. 59Maxime DaigneaultGNo NHL gamesWSH
  6. 60Adam HenrichLTBL
  7. 61Johnny BoychukD725 GP · 206 PCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

7th
of 26 Czechs selected
34th
of 165 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLA
  2. 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTT
  3. 19Jakub KoreisCPHX
  4. 26Martin VagnerDDAL
  5. 35Ondrej NemecDPIT
  6. 45Tomas LinhartDMTL
  7. 58Jiri HudlerR708 GP · 428 PDET
  8. 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDET
  9. 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAK
  10. 83Lukas MensatorGVAN

+ 16 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2002 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jiri Hudler made his NHL debut on October 16, 2003, 1 year and 116 days after the draft.

708
Games
164
Goals
264
Assists
428
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 58Jiri HudlerR708 GP · 428 PDET
  2. 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDET
  3. 95Valtteri FilppulaC1056 GP · 530 PDET
  4. 131Johan BerggrenDDET
  5. 166Logan KoopmansGDET
  6. 197James CuddihyCDET
  7. 229Derek MeechD144 GP · 17 PDET
  8. 260Pierre-Olivier BeaulieuDDET
  9. 262Christian SoderstromFDET
  10. 291Jonathan EricssonD680 GP · 125 PDET