1995 NHL Draft
Petr Sykora in the 1995 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Petr Sykora 18th overall in the 1995 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 1017, and only 2 have scored more points than his 721.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 1995 draft
- 15Jeff WareD21 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 16Martin BironG508 GP · 230 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 17Brad ChurchL2 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Petr SykoraR1017 GP · 721 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 19Dimitri NabokovR55 GP · 24 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 20Denis GauthierD554 GP · 77 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 21Sean BrownD436 GP · 57 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
2nd
of 21 Czechs selected
10th
of 128 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 10Radek DvorakR1260 GP · 590 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 18Petr SykoraR1017 GP · 721 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 28Jan HlavacL436 GP · 224 PNYINew York Islanders
- 50Pavel RosaR36 GP · 18 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 57Lukas ZibDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 60Miloslav GurenD36 GP · 4 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 63Petr BuzekD157 GP · 31 PDALDallas Stars
- 97Pavel KrizDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 109Jan SnopekDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 111Marian MenhartDBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Petr Sykora made his NHL debut on October 28, 1995, 112 days after the draft.
1017
Games
323
Goals
398
Assists
721
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1995 draft
- 18Petr SykoraR1017 GP · 721 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 44Nathan PerrottR89 GP · 9 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 70Sergei VyshedkevichD30 GP · 7 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 78David GosselinR13 GP · 3 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 79Alyn McCauleyC488 GP · 166 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 96Henrik RehnbergDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 122Chris MasonG317 GP · 137 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 148Adam YoungDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 174Richard RochefortCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 200Frederic HenryGNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 226Colin O'HaraDNJDNew Jersey Devils