2001 NHL Draft
R.J. Umberger in the 2001 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected R.J. Umberger 16th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 6 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 779 games put him 19th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 2001 draft
- 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 14Chuck KobasewR601 GP · 210 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 15Igor KnyazevDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 16R.J. UmbergerC779 GP · 392 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 17Carlo ColaiacovoD470 GP · 157 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 18Jens KarlssonFLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 19Shaone MorrisonnD480 GP · 75 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
16th
of 289 players selected
11th
of 159 forwards 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
R.J. Umberger made his NHL debut on October 30, 2005, 4 years and 129 days after the draft.
779
Games
180
Goals
212
Assists
392
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2001 draft
- 16R.J. UmbergerC779 GP · 392 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 66Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 114Evgeny GladskikhLVANVancouver Canucks
- 151Kevin BieksaD808 GP · 278 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 212Jason KingR59 GP · 23 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 245Konstantin MihailovCVANVancouver Canucks