2012 NHL Draft
Matt Grzelcyk in the 2012 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Matt Grzelcyk 85th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 3.
It was the second of the 6 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 597 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 85
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 24
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 82–88 in the 2012 draft
- 82Jarrod MaidensC/LOTTOttawa Senators
- 83Matt MurrayG279 GP · 147 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 84Steven HodgesCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 85Matt GrzelcykD597 GP · 187 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 86Colton ParaykoD815 GP · 318 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 87Frederik AndersenG552 GP · 324 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 88James MelindyDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
85th
of 211 players selected
27th
of 77 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 2Ryan MurrayD445 GP · 131 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 3Alex GalchenyukC654 GP · 354 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 4Griffin ReinhartD37 GP · 2 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Morgan RiellyD969 GP · 561 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 6Hampus LindholmD846 GP · 344 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 7Mathew DumbaD748 GP · 261 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 8Derrick PouliotD226 GP · 54 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 9Jacob TroubaD925 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matt Grzelcyk made his NHL debut on December 14, 2016, 4 years and 174 days after the draft.
597
Games
26
Goals
161
Assists
187
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 2012 draft
- 24Malcolm SubbanG87 GP · 36 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 85Matt GrzelcykD597 GP · 187 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 131Seth GriffithC80 GP · 19 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 145Cody PayneRBOSBoston Bruins
- 175Matt BenningD465 GP · 102 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 205Colton HargroveLBOSBoston Bruins