2003 NHL Draft
Miroslav Kopriva in the 2003 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Miroslav Kopriva 187th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 6.
He was the 13th of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the fifth of the 9 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. Miroslav Kopriva is not one of them.
- Overall pick
- 187
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 20
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 184–190 in the 2003 draft
- 184Dragan UmicevicLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 185Francis WathierL10 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 186Drew MillerL571 GP · 122 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 187Miroslav KoprivaGNo NHL gamesMINMinnesota Wild
- 188Mark FloodD39 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 189Jonathan LehunCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 190Chad BrownleeDVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
13th
of 18 Czechs selected
17th
of 29 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 36Vojtech PolakL5 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 38Kamil KrepsC232 GP · 60 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 42Petr VranaL16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 59Michal BarinkaD34 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 105Martin LojekD5 GP · 1 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 106Jan HejdaD627 GP · 135 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 129Patrik ValcakFBOSBoston Bruins
- 130Matej TrojovskyDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 131David SvagrovskyRCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Miroslav Kopriva never played an NHL game.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2003 draft
- 20Brent BurnsD1595 GP · 951 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 56Patrick O'SullivanC334 GP · 161 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 78Danny IrmenC2 GP · 0 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 157Marcin KoluszFMINMinnesota Wild
- 187Miroslav KoprivaGNo NHL gamesMINMinnesota Wild
- 207Grigory MisharinDMINMinnesota Wild
- 219Adam CourchaineCMINMinnesota Wild
- 251Mathieu MelansonLMINMinnesota Wild
- 281Jean-Michel BolducDMINMinnesota Wild