1992 NHL Draft
Robert Petrovicky in the 1992 NHL Draft
Hartford Whalers selected Robert Petrovicky 9th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 3 Slovaks selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Hartford Whalers made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 208 games put him 51st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 9
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 9
- Drafting team
- HFDHartford Whalers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 6–12 in the 1992 draft
- 6Cory StillmanL1025 GP · 727 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Ryan SittlerLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Brandon ConveryC72 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 11David CooperD30 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 12Sergei KrivokrasovR450 GP · 195 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 35Jozef CiernyL1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 78Robert SvehlaD655 GP · 335 PCGYCalgary Flames
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Robert Petrovicky made his NHL debut on October 6, 1992, 108 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Hartford Whalers picks in the 1992 draft
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 47Andrei NikolishinC628 GP · 280 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 57Jan VopatD126 GP · 31 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 79Kevin SmythL58 GP · 14 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 81Jason McBainD9 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 143Jarrett ReidCHFDHartford Whalers
- 153Ken BelangerL248 GP · 23 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 177Konstantin KorotkovCHFDHartford Whalers
- 201Greg ZwakmanDHFDHartford Whalers
- 225Steven HalkoD155 GP · 15 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 249Joacim EsbjorsDHFDHartford Whalers