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2005 NHL Draft

Martin Hanzal in the 2005 NHL Draft

Phoenix Coyotes selected Martin Hanzal 17th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 13 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 5 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 673 games put him 23rd in the class.

Overall pick
17
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 17
Drafting team
PHXPhoenix Coyotes
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 14–20 in the 2005 draft

  1. 14Sasha PokulokDWSH
  2. 15Ryan O'MarraC33 GP · 7 PNYI
  3. 16Alex BourretRATL
  4. 17Martin HanzalC673 GP · 338 PPHX
  5. 18Ryan ParentD106 GP · 7 PNSH
  6. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  7. 20Kenndal McArdleL42 GP · 3 PFLA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2005 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2005 class

1st
of 13 Czechs selected
11th
of 120 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 17Martin HanzalC673 GP · 338 PPHX
  2. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  3. 39Petr KalusR11 GP · 5 PBOS
  4. 41Ondrej PavelecG398 GP · 156 WATL
  5. 73Radek SmolenakL7 GP · 1 PTBL
  6. 94Jakub VojtaDCAR
  7. 106Vladimir SobotkaC548 GP · 171 PBOS
  8. 131Tomas PopperleG2 GP · 0 WCBJ
  9. 135Tomas PospisilRATL
  10. 136Tomas KudelkaDOTT

+ 3 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2005 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Martin Hanzal made his NHL debut on October 4, 2007, 2 years and 66 days after the draft.

673
Games
127
Goals
211
Assists
338
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 17Martin HanzalC673 GP · 338 PPHX
  2. 59Pier-Olivier PelletierGPHX
  3. 105Keith YandleD1109 GP · 619 PPHX
  4. 148Anton KrysanovCPHX
  5. 212Pat BrosnihanRPHX