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1991 NHL Draft

Ziggy Palffy in the 1991 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Ziggy Palffy 26th overall in the 1991 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 2.

He was the first of the 2 Slovaks selected that year. It was the second of the 12 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1991, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 684 games put him 33rd in the class, but only 7 have scored more points than his 713.

Overall pick
26
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 4
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 23–29 in the 1991 draft

  1. 23Ray WhitneyL1330 GP · 1064 PSJS
  2. 24Rene CorbetL362 GP · 132 PQUE
  3. 25Eric LavigneD1 GP · 0 PWSH
  4. 26Ziggy PalffyR684 GP · 713 PNYI
  5. 27Steve StaiosD1001 GP · 220 PSTL
  6. 28Jim CampbellR285 GP · 136 PMTL
  7. 29Jassen CullimoreD812 GP · 111 PVAN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1991 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1991 class

1st
of 2 Slovaks selected
19th
of 146 forwards selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 26Ziggy PalffyR684 GP · 713 PNYI
  2. 40Jozef StumpelL957 GP · 677 PBOS
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1991 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ziggy Palffy made his NHL debut on January 7, 1994, 2 years and 199 days after the draft.

684
Games
329
Goals
384
Assists
713
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 1991 draft

  1. 4Scott LachanceD819 GP · 143 PNYI
  2. 26Ziggy PalffyR684 GP · 713 PNYI
  3. 48Jamie McLennanG254 GP · 80 WNYI
  4. 70Milan HnilickaG121 GP · 29 WNYI
  5. 92Steve JunkerR5 GP · 0 PNYI
  6. 114Rob ValicevicR193 GP · 48 PNYI
  7. 136Andreas JohanssonL377 GP · 169 PNYI
  8. 158Todd SparksLNYI
  9. 180John JohnsonCNYI
  10. 202Robert CanavanLNYI
  11. 224Markus ThuressonCNYI
  12. 246Marty SchrinerCNYI