The 1996 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Kiel Center (now called the Scottrade Center) in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 22, 1996. It has gone down in NHL history as perhaps the weakest draft class in league history, as few players selected have become star players in the NHL, save for J.P. Dumont, taken 3rd overall by the New York Islanders, Daniel Briere, drafted 24th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes, Tomas Kaberle, drafted 204th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Zdeno Chara, taken 56th, by the New York Islanders, and Sami Salo, plucked 239th overall by the Ottawa Senators.

Contents 1 Selections by round 1.1 Round one 1.2 Round two 1.3 Round three 1.4 Round four 1.5 Round five 1.6 Round six 1.7 Round seven 1.8 Round eight 1.9 Round nine 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Selections by round

= NHL All-Star [1]

= Hall of Famers

[edit] Round one

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Chris Phillips (Defence)	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	Andrei Zyuzin (Defence)	Russia	San Jose Sharks	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)
3	Jean-Pierre Dumont (Right wing)	Canada	New York Islanders	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	Alexandre Volchkov (Right wing)	Russia	Washington Capitals (from Los Angeles Kings)	Barrie Colts (OHL)
5	Ric Jackman (Defence)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6	Boyd Devereaux (Centre)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	Erik Rasmussen (Centre)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA)
8	Johnathan Aitken (Defence)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9	Ruslan Salei (Defence)	Belarus	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
10	Lance Ward (Defence)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
11	Dan Focht (Defence)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
12	Josh Holden (Centre)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Regina Pats (WHL)
13	Derek Morris (Defence)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Regina Pats (WHL)
14	Marty Reasoner (Centre)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Boston College Eagles (NCAA)
15	Dainius Zubrus (Right wing)	Lithuania	Philadelphia Flyers	Caledon Canadians (MetJHL)
16	Mario Larocque (Defence)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
17	Jaroslav Svejkovsky (Left wing)	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
18	Matt Higgins (Centre)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
19	Matthieu Descoteaux (Defence)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
20	Marcus Nilson (Right wing)	Sweden	Florida Panthers	Djurgårdens IF (SEL)
21	Marco Sturm (Centre)	Germany	San Jose Sharks	Landshut EV (DEL)
22	Jeff Brown (Defence)	Canada	New York Rangers	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
23	Craig Hillier (Goaltender)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
24	Daniel Briere (Centre)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
25	Peter Ratchuk (Defence)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Shattuck St. Mary's (USHS)
26	Jesse Wallin (Defence)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

[edit] Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
27	Cory Sarich (Defence)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
28	Pavel Skrbek (Defence)	Czech Republic	Pittsburgh Penguins	HC Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
29	Dan LaCouture (Left wing)	United States	New York Islanders	Enfield Jr. Whalers (EJHL)
30	Josh Green (Winger)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
31	Remi Royer (Defence)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)
32	Chris Hajt (Defence)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
33	Darren Van Oene (Left wing)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
34	Trevor Wasyluk (Left wing)	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
35	Matt Cullen (Centre)	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	St. Cloud State (NCAA)
36	Marek Posmyk (Defence)	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs	Dukla Jihlava
37	Marian Cisar (Right wing)	Slovakia	Los Angeles Kings	Bratislava (Slovakia)
38	Wes Mason (Left wing)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
39	Travis Brigley (Winger)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
40	Steve Begin (Centre)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
41	Josh de Wolf (Defence)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Twin Cities Vulcans (USHL)
42	Jeff Paul (Defence)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
43	Jan Bulis (Centre)	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	Barrie Colts (OHL)
44	Mathieu Garon (Goaltender)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
45	Henry Kuster (Right wing)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
46	Geoff Peters (Centre)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Niagara-Falls Thunder (OHL)
47	Pierre Dagenais (Left wing)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Moncton Alpines (QMJHL)
48	Daniel Goneau (Left wing)	Canada	New York Rangers	Granby Prédateurs (QMJHL)
49	Colin White (Defence)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
50	Francis Larivee (Goaltender)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Laval Titan Collège Français (QMJHL)
51	Yuri Babenko (Centre)	Russia	Colorado Avalanche	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (RUS)
52	Aren Miller (Goaltender)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

[edit] Round three

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
53	Eric Naud (left wing)	Canada	Boston Bruins	St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)
54	Francois Methot (centre)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
55	Terry Friesen (goaltender)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
56	Zdeno Chara (defence)	Slovakia	New York Islanders	Dukla Trencin (SVK)
57	Greg Phillips (right wing)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
58	Sergei Zimakov (defence)	Russia	Washington Capitals	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (RUS)
59	Tom Poti (defence)	United States	Edmonton Oilers	Cushing Academy (Mass H.S.)
60	Chris Allen (defence)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
61	Andrei Petrunin (right wing)	Russia	Hartford Whalers	CSKA Moscow (RUS)
62	Per-Anton Lundstrom (defence)	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes	Modo Hockey (SEL)
63	Scott Parker (right wing)	United States	New Jersey Devils	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
64	Chester Gallant (right wing)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Niagara-Falls Thunder (OHL)
65	Oleg Kvasha (left wing)	Russia	Florida Panthers	CSKA Moscow (RUS)
66	Mike Lankshear (defence)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Guelph Storm (OHL)
67	Gordie Dwyer (left wing)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
68	Konstantin Kalmikov (right wing)	Ukraine	Toronto Maple Leafs	Detroit Falcons (CoHL)
69	Curtis Tipler (right wing)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regina Pats (WHL)
70	Jon Sim (left wing)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
71	Arron Asham (right wing)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
72	Boyd Kane (left wing)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regina Pats (WHL)
73	Dmitri Vlasenkov (left wing)	Russia	Calgary Flames	Torpedo Yaroslavl (RSL)
74	David Weninger (goaltender)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
75	Zenith Komarniski (defence)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
76	Dmitri Subbotin (left wing)	Russia	New York Rangers	CSKA Moscow (RSL)
77	Boris Protsenko (right wing)	Ukraine	Pittsburgh Penguins	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
78	Shawn McNeil (centre)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
79	Mark Parrish (right wing)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	St. Cloud State (NCAA)
80	Jason Doyle (right wing)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (WHL)

[edit] Round four

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
81	Antti-Jussi Niemi (Defence)	Finland	Ottawa Senators	Jokerit (FNL)
82	Joey Tetarenko (Defence)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
83	Tyrone Garner (Goaltender)	Canada	New York Islanders	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
84	Mikael Simons (Right wing)	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	Mora (SWE)
85	Justin Davis (Right wing)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
86	Jason Sessa (Right wing)	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
87	Kurt Walsh (Forward)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
88	Craig MacDonald (Winger)	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Harvard University (NCAA)
89	Toni Lydman (Defence)	Finland	Calgary Flames	Kiekko-Reipas (FIN)
90	Mike Hurley (Right wing)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
91	Josef Boumedienne (Defence)	Sweden	New Jersey Devils	Huddinge (SWE)
92	Kim Staal (Centre)	Denmark	Montreal Canadiens	Malmö IF (SEL)
93	Jonas Soling (Right wing)	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	Huddinge (SWE)
94	Christian Lefebvre		Calgary Flames	Granby Prédateurs (QMJHL)
95	Jon Zukiwsky (Centre)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
96	Eric Belanger (Centre)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
97	Andrei Petrakov (Right wing)	Russia	St. Louis Blues	Yekaterinburg Automobilist (Russia)
98	Ben Storey (Defence)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Harvard University (NCAA)
99	Etienne Drapeau (Centre)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
100	Trent Whitfield (Centre)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
101	Josh MacNevin (Defence)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Vernon Vipers (BCJHL)
102	Matt Bradley (Right wing)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
103	Vladimir Antipov (Right wing)	Russia	Toronto Maple Leafs	Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia)
104	Steve Wasylko (Centre)	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
105	Michal Rozsíval (Defence)	Czech Republic	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dukla Jihlava (CZE)
106	Mike Martone (Defence)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
107	Randy Petruk (Goaltender)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
108	Johan Forsander (Left wing)		Detroit Red Wings	HV71 (SEL)

[edit] Round five

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
109	Andy Berenzweig (Defence)	United States	New York Islanders	University of Michigan (NCAA)
110	Peter Cava (Centre)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
111	Brandon Sugden (Right wing)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHL)
112	Ryan Christie (Left wing)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
113	Evgeny Tsybuk (Defence)	Russia	Dallas Stars	Yaroslavl Torpedo (RUS)
114	Brian Urick (Right wing)	United States	Edmonton Oilers	Notre Dame (NCAA)
115	Alexei Tezikov (Defence)	Russia	Buffalo Sabres	HC Lada Togliatti (RHSL)
116	Mark McMahon (Defence)	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
117	Brendan Buckley (Defence)	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Boston College (NCAA)
118	Glenn Crawford (Left wing)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
119	Richard Lintner (Defence)	Slovakia	Phoenix Coyotes	Trencin Jr. (SVK)
120	Jesse Black (Defence)	Canada	Los Angeles	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
121	Tyler Prosofsky (Right wing)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
122	Josef Straka (Centre)	Czech Republic	Calgary Flames	HC Litvínov (Czech)
123	Peter Hogan (Defence)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
124	Per-Ragnar Bergkvist (Goaltender)		Philadelphia Flyers	Leksands IF (SEL)
125	Jason Robinson (Defence)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
126	Matt Lahey (Left wing)		Washington Capitals	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
127	Daniel Archambault (Defence)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
128	Petr Sachl (Right wing)	Czech Republic	New York Islanders	HC České Budějovice (Czech)
129	Andrew Long (Centre)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
130	Andy Johnson (Defence)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
131	Colin Pepperall (Left wing)	Canada	New York Rangers	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
132	Elias Abrahamsson (Defence)	Sweden	Boston Bruins	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
133	Jesse Boulerice (Right wing)	United States	Philadelphia Flyers	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
134	Luke Curtin (Left wing)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
135	Michal Podolka (Goaltender)	Czech Republic	Detroit Red Wings	Sault-Ste.-Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

[edit] Round six

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
136	Andreas Dackell (right wing)	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	Brynäs IF (SWE)
137	Michel Larocque (goaltender)	Germany	San Jose Sharks	Boston University (NCAA)
138	Todd Miller (Centre)	Canada	New York Islanders	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
139	Robert Esche (goaltender)	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
140	Dmitriy Yakushin (defence)	Ukraine	Toronto Maple Leafs	Pembroke (COJHL)
141	Bryan Randall (right wing)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
142	Ryan Davis (right wing)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
143	Aaron Baker (goaltender)	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
144	Magnus Nilsson (left wing]])	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Vita Hasten (Sweden)
145	Sean Ritchlin (right wing)	United States	New Jersey Devils	University of Michigan (NCAA)
146	Brian Willsie (right wing)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Guelph Storm (OHL)
147	Nolan McDonald (goaltender)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	University of Vermont (NCAA)
148	Chris Bogas (defence)	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Michigan State University (NCAA)
149	Blaine Russell (goaltender)	Canada	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
150	Peter Bergman		Pittsburgh Penguins	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
151	Lucio DeMartinis	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
152	Nikolai Ignatov (defence)	Russia	Tampa Bay Lightning	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
153	A. J. van Bruggen (right wing)	United States	Washington Capitals	Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
154	Brett Clark (defence)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	University of Maine (NCAA)
155	Chris Lane		Boston Bruins	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
156	Gaetan Poirier (left wing)	United States	Florida Panthers	Merrimack College (NCAA)
157	Xavier Delisle (centre)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Granby Prédateurs (QMJHL)
158	Ola Sandberg (defence)	Sweden	New York Rangers	Djurgårdens IF (SEL)
159	Stephen Wagner (goaltender)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
160	Kai Fischer (goaltender)		Colorado Avalanche	Duesseldorf EG (DEL)
161	Darren Mortier (centre)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
162	Alexandre Jacques (right wing)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

[edit] Round seven

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
163	Francois Hardy (Defence)	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
164	Jake Deadmarsh (Defence)	Canada|	San Jose Sharks	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
165	J. R. Prestifilippo (Goaltender)	United States	New York Islanders	Hotchkiss Academy
166	Eion McInerney (Goaltender)	Canada	Dallas Stars	London Knights (OHL)
167	Dan Hinote (Centre)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Army (NCAA)
168	David Bernier (Right wing)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	St. Hyacinthe Lasers (QMJHL)
169	Daniel Corso (Centre)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
170	Brandon Lafrance (Right wing)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Ohio State University (NCAA)
171	Greg Kuznik (Defence)	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
172	Timo Ahmaoja (Defence)	Finland	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Jyp HT Jyvaskyla (FNL)
173	Daryl Andrews (Defence)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Melfort Mustangs (SJHL)
174	Trevor Letowski (Centre)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
175	Clint Cabana (Defence)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
176	Samuel Pahlsson (Centre)	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik (SWE)
177	Reed Low (Right wing)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
178	Reggie Berg (Centre)	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	University of Minnesota (NCAA)
179	Pavel Kubina (Defence)	Czech Republic	Tampa Bay Lightning	HC Vitkovice (CZE)
186	Eric Meloche (Right wing)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Cornwall Colts (OCJHL)

[edit] Round eight

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
190	Steve Valiquette (Goaltender)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
194	Joel Kwiatkowski (Defence)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
195	Fernando Pisani (Left wing)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
199	Willie Mitchell (Defence)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Melfort (SJHL)
200	Nick Lent (Right wing)	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
204	Tomas Kaberle (Defence)	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs	Kladno (CZE)

[edit] Round nine

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
216	Ivan Ciernik (Left wing)	Slovakia	Ottawa Senators	Nitra (Slovakia)
222	Scott Buhler (Goaltender)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
223	Craig Adams (Right wing)	Brunei	Hartford Whalers	Harvard University (NCAA)
226	Marc-Etienne Hubert (Centre)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Laval Titan Collège Français (QMJHL)
228	Ronald Petrovicky (Right wing)	Slovakia	Calgary Flames	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
234	Anders Soderberg (Left wing)	Sweden	Boston Bruins	Modo Hockey (SWE)
239	Sami Salo (Defence)	Finland	Ottawa Senators	TPS (FIN)

[edit] See also

• 1996–97 NHL season
• List of NHL players

[edit] References

• www.hockeydb.com

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