2004 NHL Draft
Peter Olvecky in the 2004 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Peter Olvecky 78th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 3.
He was the fourth of the 10 Slovaks selected that year. It was the third of the 12 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 32 games put him 89th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 78
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 13
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 75–81 in the 2004 draft
- 75Tim BrentC207 GP · 48 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 76Scott LehmanD1 GP · 0 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 77Shawn WellerLOTTOttawa Senators
- 78Peter OlveckyL32 GP · 7 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 79Clayton StonerD360 GP · 48 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 80Billy RyanCNYRNew York Rangers
- 81Vaclav MeidlCNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
4th
of 10 Slovaks selected
48th
of 172 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 23Andrej MeszarosD645 GP · 238 POTTOttawa Senators
- 71Andrej SekeraD842 GP · 253 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 78Peter OlveckyL32 GP · 7 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 103Roman TomanekRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 113Roman KukumbergFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 130Michal SersenDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 142Juraj GracikRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 145Michal ValentGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 170Ladislav ScurkoCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Peter Olvecky made his NHL debut on January 30, 2009, 4 years and 218 days after the draft.
32
Games
2
Goals
5
Assists
7
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2004 draft
- 12A.J. ThelenDMINMinnesota Wild
- 42Roman VoloshenkoLMINMinnesota Wild
- 78Peter OlveckyL32 GP · 7 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 79Clayton StonerD360 GP · 48 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 111Ryan JonesL334 GP · 100 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 114Patrick BordeleauL129 GP · 16 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 117Julien SprungerRMINMinnesota Wild
- 161Jean-Claude SawyerDMINMinnesota Wild
- 175Aaron BoogaardRMINMinnesota Wild
- 195Jean-Michel RizkRMINMinnesota Wild
- 206Anton KhudobinG260 GP · 114 WMINMinnesota Wild
- 272Kyle WilsonC39 GP · 13 PMINMinnesota Wild