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1998 NHL Draft

Robert Schnabel in the 1998 NHL Draft

Phoenix Coyotes selected Robert Schnabel 129th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 5.

He was the ninth of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the seventh of the 10 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 22 games put him 106th in the class.

Overall pick
129
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 15
Drafting team
PHXPhoenix Coyotes
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

New York Islanders had already picked him in 1997, 79th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 126–132 in the 1998 draft

  1. 126Morgan WarrenRTOR
  2. 127Brandon CoalterLSJS
  3. 128Paul ElliottDEDM
  4. 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHX
  5. 130Gavin McLeodDOTT
  6. 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYR
  7. 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

9th
of 21 Czechs selected
38th
of 79 defensemen selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOL
  2. 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPIT
  3. 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDET
  4. 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTOR
  5. 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUF
  6. 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCAR
  7. 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLA
  8. 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYI
  9. 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHX
  10. 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYR

+ 11 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Robert Schnabel made his NHL debut on January 12, 2002, 3 years and 199 days after the draft.

22
Games
0
Goals
3
Assists
3
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 14Patrick DesrochersG11 GP · 2 WPHX
  2. 43Ossi VaananenD479 GP · 68 PPHX
  3. 73Pat O'LearyCPHX
  4. 100Ryan Van BuskirkDPHX
  5. 115Jay LeachD70 GP · 3 PPHX
  6. 116Josh BlackburnGPHX
  7. 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHX
  8. 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHX
  9. 187Erik WestrumC27 GP · 3 PPHX
  10. 214Justin HansenRPHX