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1997 NHL Draft

Robert Dome in the 1997 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Robert Dome 17th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 53 games put him 63rd in the class.

Overall pick
17
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 17
Drafting team
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 14–20 in the 1997 draft

  1. 14Michel RiesenL12 GP · 1 PEDM
  2. 15Matt ZultekCLAK
  3. 16Ty JonesR14 GP · 0 PCHI
  4. 17Robert DomeL53 GP · 14 PPIT
  5. 18Michael HolmqvistC156 GP · 35 PANA
  6. 19Stefan CherneskiRNYR
  7. 20Mike BrownL34 GP · 3 PFLA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

2nd
of 6 Slovaks selected
12th
of 136 forwards selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 12Marian HossaR1309 GP · 1134 POTT
  2. 17Robert DomeL53 GP · 14 PPIT
  3. 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJD
  4. 81Karol BartanusRBOS
  5. 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJD
  6. 177Ladislav NagyL435 GP · 311 PSTL
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Robert Dome made his NHL debut on October 1, 1997, 102 days after the draft.

53
Games
7
Goals
7
Assists
14
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 17Robert DomeL53 GP · 14 PPIT
  2. 44Brian GaffaneyDPIT
  3. 71Josef MelicharD349 GP · 49 PPIT
  4. 97Alexandre MathieuCPIT
  5. 124Harlan PrattDPIT
  6. 152Petr HavelkaLPIT
  7. 179Mark MooreDPIT
  8. 208Andrew FerenceD907 GP · 225 PPIT
  9. 234Eric LindDPIT