1993 NHL Draft
John Jakopin in the 1993 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected John Jakopin 97th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 12 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. His 113 games put him 72nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 97
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 19
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 94–100 in the 1993 draft
- 94Bob WrenL5 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 95Jason SmithDCGYCalgary Flames
- 96Marty MurrayC261 GP · 73 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 97John JakopinD113 GP · 7 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 98Dieter KochanG21 GP · 1 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 99Jean-Francois HouleLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100Benoit LaroseDDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1993 class
97th
of 286 players selected
31st
of 93 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Alexandre DaigleR616 GP · 327 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Chris ProngerD1167 GP · 698 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 3Chris GrattonC1092 GP · 568 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Paul KariyaL989 GP · 989 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 5Rob NiedermayerC1153 GP · 469 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 6Viktor KozlovC897 GP · 537 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Jason ArnottC1244 GP · 938 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 8Niklas SundströmR750 GP · 349 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 9Todd HarveyR671 GP · 223 PDALDallas Stars
- 10Jocelyn ThibaultG586 GP · 238 WQUEQuebec Nordiques
+ 276 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
John Jakopin made his NHL debut on March 13, 1998, 4 years and 260 days after the draft.
113
Games
1
Goals
6
Assists
7
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1993 draft
- 22Anders ErikssonD572 GP · 176 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 48Jonathan ColemanDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 74Kevin HiltonCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 97John JakopinD113 GP · 7 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 100Benoit LaroseDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 126Norm MaracleG66 GP · 14 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 152Tim SpitzigRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 178Yuri YereskoDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 204Viteslav SkutaDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 230Ryan ShanahanRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 256James KoseckiGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 282Gordon HuntCDETDetroit Red Wings