2001 NHL Draft
Noah Welch in the 2001 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Noah Welch 54th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 9 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 75 games put him 80th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 54
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 24
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 51–57 in the 2001 draft
- 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 52Edward CaronLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 53Kiel McLeodCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 54Noah WelchD75 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 55Jason PominvilleR1060 GP · 727 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 56Andrei MedvedevGCGYCalgary Flames
- 57Jay McClementC906 GP · 244 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
54th
of 289 players selected
15th
of 96 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
+ 279 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Noah Welch made his NHL debut on March 24, 2006, 4 years and 274 days after the draft.
75
Games
4
Goals
5
Assists
9
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2001 draft
- 21Colby ArmstrongR476 GP · 209 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 54Noah WelchD75 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 86Drew FataD8 GP · 2 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 96Alexandre RouleauDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 120Tomas SurovyL126 GP · 59 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 131Ben EavesCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 156Andy SchneiderDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 217Tomas DubaGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 250Brandon Crawford-WestGPITPittsburgh Penguins