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2002 NHL Draft

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen in the 2002 NHL Draft

Columbus Blue Jackets selected Ole-Kristian Tollefsen 65th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 3.

He was the second of the 2 Norwegians selected that year. It was the third of the 13 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 163 games put him 53rd in the class.

Overall pick
65
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 2
Drafting team
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 62–68 in the 2002 draft

  1. 62Andrei MikhnovFSTL
  2. 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDET
  3. 64Jason RyznarL8 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 65Ole-Kristian TollefsenD163 GP · 12 PCBJ
  5. 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAK
  6. 67Gregory CampbellC803 GP · 187 PFLA
  7. 68Brett SkinnerD11 GP · 0 PVAN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

2nd
of 2 Norwegians selected
19th
of 92 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Norwegians selected

  1. 42Marius HoltetFDAL
  2. 65Ole-Kristian TollefsenD163 GP · 12 PCBJ
Every pick from Norway in the 2002 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen made his NHL debut on November 23, 2005, 3 years and 154 days after the draft.

163
Games
4
Goals
8
Assists
12
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJ
  2. 41Joakim LindströmC150 GP · 43 PCBJ
  3. 65Ole-Kristian TollefsenD163 GP · 12 PCBJ
  4. 96Jeff GenovyCCBJ
  5. 98Ivan TkachenkoFCBJ
  6. 119Jekabs RedlihsDCBJ
  7. 133Lasse PirjetaL146 GP · 50 PCBJ
  8. 168Tim KonsoradaRCBJ
  9. 184Jaroslav BalastikL74 GP · 24 PCBJ
  10. 199Greg MauldinL36 GP · 10 PCBJ
  11. 225Steven GoertzenR68 GP · 4 PCBJ
  12. 231Jaroslav KracikFCBJ
  13. 263Sergei MozyakinFCBJ