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1997 NHL Draft

Marian Hossa in the 1997 NHL Draft

Ottawa Senators selected Marian Hossa 12th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 1309, and only 2 have scored more points than his 1134.

Overall pick
12
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 12
Drafting team
OTTOttawa Senators
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 9–15 in the 1997 draft

  1. 9Nick BoyntonD605 GP · 144 PWSH
  2. 10Brad FerenceD250 GP · 34 PVAN
  3. 11Jason WardR336 GP · 81 PMTL
  4. 12Marian HossaR1309 GP · 1134 POTT
  5. 13Daniel ClearyR938 GP · 387 PCHI
  6. 14Michel RiesenL12 GP · 1 PEDM
  7. 15Matt ZultekCLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

1st
of 6 Slovaks selected
7th
of 136 forwards selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 12Marian HossaR1309 GP · 1134 POTT
  2. 17Robert DomeL53 GP · 14 PPIT
  3. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 81Karol BartanusRBOS
  5. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  6. 177Ladislav NagyL435 GP · 311 PSTL
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Marian Hossa made his NHL debut on October 1, 1997, 102 days after the draft.

1309
Games
525
Goals
609
Assists
1134
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Ottawa Senators picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 12Marian HossaR1309 GP · 1134 POTT
  2. 58Jani HurmeG76 GP · 29 WOTT
  3. 66Josh LangfeldR143 GP · 32 POTT
  4. 119Magnus ArvedsonL434 GP · 225 POTT
  5. 146Jeff SullivanDOTT
  6. 173Robin BaculROTT
  7. 203Nick GillisROTT
  8. 229Karel RachunekD371 GP · 140 POTT