1998 NHL Draft
Martin Skoula in the 1998 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Martin Skoula 17th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 10 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 776 games put him 24th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 17
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 17
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 14–20 in the 1998 draft
- 14Patrick DesrochersG11 GP · 2 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 15Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 16Eric ChouinardC90 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 19Robyn RegehrD1089 GP · 199 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 20Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PCOLColorado Avalanche
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
1st
of 21 Czechs selected
4th
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYINew York Islanders
- 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Martin Skoula made his NHL debut on October 5, 1999, 1 year and 100 days after the draft.
776
Games
44
Goals
152
Assists
196
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 1998 draft
- 12Alex TanguayL1088 GP · 863 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 19Robyn RegehrD1089 GP · 199 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 20Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 28Ramzi AbidL68 GP · 30 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 38Philippe SauveG32 GP · 10 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 53Steve MooreC69 GP · 12 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 79Evgeny LazarevLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 141K.C. TimmonsLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 167Alexander RiazantsevDCOLColorado Avalanche