2003 NHL Draft
Petr Vrana in the 2003 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Petr Vrana 42nd overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 16 games put him 102nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 42
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 12
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 39–45 in the 2003 draft
- 39Tim RamholtD1 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 40Cory UrquhartCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 41Matt SmabyD122 GP · 6 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 42Petr VranaL16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 43Josh HennessyC23 GP · 1 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 44Konstantin PushkarevR17 GP · 5 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 45Patrice BergeronC1294 GP · 1040 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
4th
of 18 Czechs selected
30th
of 176 forwards 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
Petr Vrana made his NHL debut on October 18, 2008, 5 years and 119 days after the draft.
16
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2003 draft
- 17Zach PariseL1254 GP · 889 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 42Petr VranaL16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 93Ivan KhomutovFNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 167Zach TarkirDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 197Jason SmithGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 261Joey TenuteC1 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 292Arseny BondarevLNJDNew Jersey Devils