2003 NHL Draft
Zach Parise in the 2003 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Zach Parise 17th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 7 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 8 of them have played more games than his 1254, and only 6 have scored more points than his 889.
- Overall pick
- 17
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 17
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 14–20 in the 2003 draft
- 14Brent SeabrookD1114 GP · 464 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 15Robert NilssonC252 GP · 118 PNYINew York Islanders
- 16Steve BernierR637 GP · 230 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 17Zach PariseL1254 GP · 889 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 18Eric FehrC652 GP · 221 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 19Ryan GetzlafC1157 GP · 1019 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 20Brent BurnsD1595 GP · 951 PMINMinnesota Wild
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
17th
of 292 players selected
12th
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Zach Parise made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 2 years and 106 days after the draft.
1254
Games
434
Goals
455
Assists
889
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2003 draft
- 17Zach PariseL1254 GP · 889 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 42Petr VranaL16 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 93Ivan KhomutovFNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 167Zach TarkirDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 197Jason SmithGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 261Joey TenuteC1 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 292Arseny BondarevLNJDNew Jersey Devils