The 1991 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 22 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. A total of 264 players were drafted. The draft was famous for the controversy surrounding star first overall draft pick, touted by some observers to be The Next One, Eric Lindros, who was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques but immediately refused to sign a contract. What followed was one of the biggest trades in NHL history, which the Philadelphia Flyers used to acquire Lindros, in the process trading away future superstar Peter Forsberg.
[edit] Selections by round
Below are listed the selections in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and which team made the selection.
[edit] Round one
[edit] Round two
[edit] Round three
[edit] Round four
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 67 | Kerry Toporowski | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 68 | Dave Karpa | Defence | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 69 | Terry Chitaroni | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 70 | Milan Hnilicka | Goalie | | New York Islanders | |
| 71 | Igor Kravchuk | Defence | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
| 72 | Peter Ambroziak | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 73 | Vladimir Vujtek | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 74 | Mike Torchia | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 75 | Jim Storm | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 76 | Mike Knuble | | | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 77 | Brad Willner | | | New Jersey Devils | |
| 78 | Mario Nobili | | | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 79 | Keith Redmond | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 80 | Justin Morrison | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 81 | Alexei Zhitnik | Defence |  Soviet Union | Los Angeles Kings | Sokil Kyiv (USSR) |
| 82 | Joe Tamminen | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 83 | Sylvain LaPointe | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 84 | Brad Tiley | | | Boston Bruins | |
| 85 | Steve Magnusson | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 86 | Aris Brimanis | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 87 | Grayden Reid | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 88 | Chris Boyer | Goalie |  United States | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
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[edit] Round five
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 89 | Dan Ryder | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 90 | Patrick Labrecque | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 91 | Juha Ylonen | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 92 | Steve Junker | | | New York Islanders | |
| 93 | Ryan Haggerty | | | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 94 | Yanick Degrace | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 95 | Dan Kesa | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 96 | Corey Machanic | | | New York Rangers | |
| 97 | Mike Kennedy | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 98 | Dmitri Motkov | | | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 99 | Yan Kaminsky | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 100 | Brad Layzell | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 101 | Steve Shields | Goaltender | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 102 | Alexei Kudashov | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 103 | Bill Lindsay | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 104 | Rob Melanson | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 105 | Tony Prpic | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 106 | Mariusz Czerkawski | Right Wing |  Poland | Boston Bruins | GKS Tychy (Poland) |
| 107 | Jerome Butler | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 108 | Pauli Jaks | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 109 | Jeff Callinan | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 110 | Maco Balkovec | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
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[edit] Round six
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 111 | Fredrik Nilsson | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 112 | Kevin St. Jacques | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
| 113 | Jeff Perry | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 114 | Rob Valicevic | | | New York Islanders | |
| 115 | Jeff Sebastian | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 116 | Clayton Norris | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 117 | Evgeny Namestnikov | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 118 | Mark Lawrence | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 119 | Mike Harding | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 120 | Alexander Kuzminski | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 121 | Curtis Regnier | | | New Jersey Devils | |
| 122 | Dmitri Yushkevich | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 123 | Sean O'Donnell | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 124 | Brian Holzinger | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 125 | Fredrik Jax | | | New York Rangers | |
| 126 | Brian Clifford | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 127 | Oleg Petrov | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 128 | Barry Young | | | New York Rangers | |
| 129 | Bobby Marshall | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 130 | Brett Seguin | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 131 | Bruce Gardiner | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 132 | Jacques Auger | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
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[edit] Round seven
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 133 | Jaroslav Otevrel | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 134 | Mikael Johansson | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 135 | Martin Prochazka | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 136 | Andreas Johansson | | | New York Islanders | |
| 137 | Geoff Finch | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 138 | Andrei Lomakin | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 139 | Brent Thurston | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 140 | Matt Hoffman | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 141 | Brian Mueller | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 142 | Sean Muswagon | | | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 143 | Dave Craievich | | | New Jersey Devils | |
| 144 | David Oliver | | | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 145 | Chris Snell | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 146 | Dave Morissette | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 147 | John Rushin | | | New York Rangers | |
| 148 | Ed Patterson | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 149 | Brady Kramer | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 150 | Gary Golczewski | | | Boston Bruins | |
| 151 | Kelly Harper | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 152 | Kelly Fairchild | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 153 | Terry Hollinger | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 154 | Scott Kirton | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
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[edit] Round eight
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 155 | Dean Grillo | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 156 | Janne Laukkanen | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 157 | Aaron Asp | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 158 | Todd Sparks | | | New York Islanders | |
| 159 | Jeff Ricciardi | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 160 | Dmitri Mironov | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 161 | Eric Johnson | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 162 | Jiri Kuntos | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 163 | Steven Yule | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 164 | Robb McIntyre | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 165 | Paul Wolanski | | | New Jersey Devils | |
| 166 | Gary Kitching | | | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 167 | Tomas Kucharcik | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 168 | Rick Corriveau | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 169 | Corey Hirsch | | | New York Rangers | |
| 170 | Peter McLaughlin | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 171 | Brian Savage | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 172 | Jay Moser | | | Boston Bruins | |
| 173 | David St. Pierre | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 174 | Michael Burkett | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 175 | Chris Kenady | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 176 | Roch Belley | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
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[edit] Round nine
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 177 | Corwin Saurdiff | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 178 | Adam Bartell | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 179 | Guy Lehoux | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 180 | John Johnson | | | New York Islanders | |
| 181 | Sean Gauthier | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 182 | Jim Bode | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 183 | David Neilson | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 184 | Derek Herlofsky | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 185 | Chris Belanger | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 186 | Jim Bermingham | | | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 187 | Dan Reimann | | | New Jersey Devils | |
| 188 | Brent Brekke | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 189 | Tony Iob | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 190 | Trevor Duhaime | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 191 | Vyacheslav Uvayev | | | New York Rangers | |
| 192 | Jeff Lembke | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 193 | Scott Fraser | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 194 | Dan Hodge | | | Boston Bruins | |
| 195 | David Struch | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 196 | Craig Brown | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 197 | Jed Fiebelkorn | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 198 | Scott MacDonald | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
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[edit] Round ten
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 199 | Dale Craigwell | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 200 | Paul Koch | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 201 | Gary Miller | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 202 | Rob Canavan | | | New York Islanders | |
| 203 | Igor Ulanov | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 204 | Josh Bartell | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 205 | Brad Barton | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 206 | Tom Nemeth | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 207 | Jason Currie | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 208 | Jason Firth | | | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 209 | Rob Leask | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 210 | Vegar Barlie | | | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 211 | Spencer Meany | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 212 | Carl LeBlanc | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 213 | Jamie Ram | | | New York Rangers | |
| 214 | Chris Tok | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 215 | Greg MacEachern | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 216 | Steve Norton | | | Boston Bruins | |
| 217 | Sergei Zolotov | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 218 | Mattias Olsson | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 219 | Chris MacKenzie | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 220 | Alexander Andrijevski | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
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[edit] Round eleven
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 221 | Aaron Kriss | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 222 | Doug Friedman | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 223 | Jonathan Kelley | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 224 | Markus Thuresson | | | New York Islanders | |
| 225 | Jason Jennings | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 226 | Neil Little | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 227 | Jason Fitzsimmons | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 228 | Shayne Green | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 229 | Mike Santonelli | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 230 | Bart Turner | | | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 231 | Kevin Riehl | | | New Jersey Devils | |
| 232 | Evgeny Belosheiken | | | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 233 | Mikhail Volkov | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 234 | Rob Puchniak | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 235 | Vitali Chinakhov | | | New York Rangers | |
| 236 | Paul Dyck | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 237 | P. J. Lepler | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 238 | Steve Lombardi | | | Boston Bruins | |
| 239 | Marko Jantunen | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 240 | Andre Boulianne | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 241 | Kevin Rappana | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 242 | Ari Louis | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
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[edit] Round twelve
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team |
| 243 | Mikhail Kravets | | | San Jose Sharks | |
| 244 | Eric Meloche | | | Quebec Nordiques | |
| 245 | Chris O'Rourke | | | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| 246 | Marty Schriner | | | New York Islanders | |
| 247 | Sergei Sorokin | | | Winnipeg Jets | |
| 248 | John Parco | | | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 249 | Xavier Majic | | | Vancouver Canucks | |
| 250 | Jukka Suomalainen | | | Minnesota North Stars | |
| 251 | Rob Peters | | | Hartford Whalers | |
| 252 | Andrew Miller | | | Detroit Red Wings | |
| 253 | Jason Hehr | | | New Jersey Devils | |
| 254 | Juha Riihijarvi | | | Edmonton Oilers | |
| 255 | Michael Smith | | | Buffalo Sabres | |
| 256 | Bill Kovacs | | | Washington Capitals | |
| 257 | Brian Wiseman | | | New York Rangers | |
| 258 | Pasi Huura | | | Pittsburgh Penguins | |
| 259 | Dale Hooper | | | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 260 | Torsten Kienass | | | Boston Bruins | |
| 261 | Andrei Trefilov | | | Calgary Flames | |
| 262 | Mike Gaul | | | Los Angeles Kings | |
| 263 | Mike Veisor | | | St. Louis Blues | |
| 264 | Scott Dean | | | Chicago Blackhawks | |
| Reference: |
| = NHL All-Star [1] | | | = Hall of Famers |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.
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