1997 NHL Draft
Sascha Goc in the 1997 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Sascha Goc 159th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 6.
He was the second of the 2 Germans selected that year. It was the fifth of the 8 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 22 games put him 76th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 159
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 25
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 156–162 in the 1997 draft
- 156Brian CampbellD1082 GP · 504 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 157B.J. YoungR1 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 158Jordon FlodellDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 159Sascha GocD22 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 160Alexei TimkinLDALDallas Stars
- 161David AebischerG214 GP · 106 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 162Joel TrottierRBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
2nd
of 2 Germans selected
58th
of 91 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Germans selected
- 151Robert FranczLPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 159Sascha GocD22 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sascha Goc made his NHL debut on October 19, 2000, 3 years and 120 days after the draft.
22
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1997 draft
- 24Jean-Francois DamphousseG6 GP · 1 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 38Stanislav GronC1 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 104Lucas NehrlingDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 131Jiri BicekR62 GP · 13 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 159Sascha GocD22 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 188Mathieu BenoitRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 215Scott ClemmensenG191 GP · 73 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 241Jan SrdinkoDNJDNew Jersey Devils