2003 NHL Draft
Maxim Lapierre in the 2003 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Maxim Lapierre 61st overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 31st pick of round 2.
It was the third of the 11 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 614 games put him 39th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 61
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 31
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 58–64 in the 2003 draft
- 58Jeremy CollitonC57 GP · 6 PNYINew York Islanders
- 59Michal BarinkaD34 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 60Marc-Andre BernierRVANVancouver Canucks
- 61Maxim LapierreC614 GP · 139 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 62David BackesR965 GP · 561 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 63David LiffitonD7 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 64Jimmy HowardG543 GP · 246 WDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
61st
of 292 players selected
43rd
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Maxim Lapierre made his NHL debut on November 15, 2005, 2 years and 147 days after the draft.
614
Games
65
Goals
74
Assists
139
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2003 draft
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 40Cory UrquhartCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 61Maxim LapierreC614 GP · 139 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 79Ryan O'ByrneD308 GP · 39 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 113Corey LockeC9 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 123Danny StewartLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 177Christopher Heino-LindbergGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 188Mark FloodD39 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 217Oskari KorpikariDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 241Jimmy BonneauLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 271Jaroslav HalakG581 GP · 295 WMTLMontréal Canadiens