1997 NHL Draft
Kamil Piros in the 1997 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Kamil Piros 212th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 22nd pick of round 8.
He was the 13th of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the ninth of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 28 games put him 73rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 212
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 22
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 209–215 in the 1997 draft
- 209Rene StussiCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 210Andrew ProskurnickiLNYRNew York Rangers
- 211Doug SchuellerDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 212Kamil PirosR28 GP · 8 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 213Steve WilejtoCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 214Marko KauppinenDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 215Scott ClemmensenG191 GP · 73 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
13th
of 16 Czechs selected
122nd
of 136 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 56Vratislav CechDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 71Josef MelicharD349 GP · 49 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 76Petr SykoraC12 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 79Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PNYINew York Islanders
- 85Petr MikaR3 GP · 0 PNYINew York Islanders
- 98Jan HoracekDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 109Jan SulcCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 111Frantisek MrazekCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 112Karel BetikD3 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 152Petr HavelkaLPITPittsburgh Penguins
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Kamil Piros made his NHL debut on October 4, 2001, 4 years and 105 days after the draft.
28
Games
4
Goals
4
Assists
8
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1997 draft
- 21Mika NoronenG71 GP · 23 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 48Henrik TallinderD678 GP · 142 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 75Jeff MartinCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 101Luc TheoretDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 128Torrey DirobertoCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 156Brian CampbellD1082 GP · 504 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 184Jeremy AdduonoRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 212Kamil PirosR28 GP · 8 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 238Dylan KempDBUFBuffalo Sabres