2001 NHL Draft
Tomas Malec in the 2001 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Tomas Malec 64th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 3.
He was the fourth of the 15 Slovaks selected that year. It was the fourth of the 12 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 46 games put him 89th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 64
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 1
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 61–67 in the 2001 draft
- 61Andreas HolmqvistDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 62Igor GrigorenkoRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 63Peter BudajG368 GP · 158 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 65Brendan BellD102 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 66Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 67Robin LeblancRNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
4th
of 15 Slovaks selected
19th
of 96 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 42Tomas SlovakDNSHNashville Predators
- 44Igor PohankaCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 63Peter BudajG368 GP · 158 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 120Tomas SurovyL126 GP · 59 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 143Frantisek SkladanyLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 170Jan TabacekDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 198Ivan KolozvaryFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 213Jan ChovanGTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 227Marek SvatosR344 GP · 172 PCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tomas Malec made his NHL debut on December 15, 2002, 1 year and 175 days after the draft.
46
Games
0
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2001 draft
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 34Greg WatsonFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 68Grant McNeillD3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 117Michael WoodfordRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 136Billy ThompsonGNo NHL gamesFLAFlorida Panthers
- 169Dustin JohnerCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 200Toni KoivistoFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 231Kyle BruceRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 263Jan BlanarDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 267Ivan MajeskyD202 GP · 31 PFLAFlorida Panthers