1996 NHL Entry Draft

Round 1						NHL Totals
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	1	Ottawa	Chris Phillips	D	Prince Albert Raiders [WHL]	781	51	153	204	578
1	2	San Jose	Andrei Zyuzin	D	Salavat Yulajev (Russia)	496	38	82	120	446
1	3	NY Islanders	J.P. Dumont	R	Val d'Or Foreurs [QMJHL]	678	187	272	459	328
1	4	Washington	Alexandre Volchkov	R	Barrie Colts [OHL]	3	0	0	0	0
1	5	Dallas	Richard Jackman	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]	231	19	58	77	166
1	6	Edmonton	Boyd Devereaux	C	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]	627	67	112	179	205
1	7	Buffalo	Erik Rasmussen	C	U. of Minnesota [NCAA]	545	52	76	128	305
1	8	Boston	Johnathan Aitken	D	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]	44	0	1	1	70
1	9	Anaheim	Ruslan Salei	D	Las Vegas Thunder [IHL]	828	42	146	188	1007
1	10	New Jersey	Lance Ward	D	Red Deer Rebels [WHL]	209	4	12	16	391
1	11	Phoenix	Dan Focht	D	Tri-City Americans [WHL]	82	2	6	8	145
1	12	Vancouver	Josh Holden	C	Regina Pats [WHL]	60	5	9	14	16
1	13	Calgary	Derek Morris	D	Regina Pats [WHL]	793	76	264	340	794
1	14	St. Louis	Marty Reasoner	C	Boston College [NCAA]	544	78	128	206	295
1	15	Philadelphia	Dainius Zubrus	C	Pembroke (COJHL)	853	166	272	438	556
1	16	Tampa Bay	Mario Larocque	D	Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]	5	0	0	0	16
1	17	Washington	Jaroslav Svejkovsky	L	Tri-City Americans [WHL]	113	23	19	42	56
1	18	Mtl. Canadiens	Matt Higgins	C	Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]	57	1	2	3	6
1	19	Edmonton	Matthieu Descoteaux	D	Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]	5	1	1	2	4
1	20	Florida	Marcus Nilson	R	Djurgardens IF Stockholm [SEL]	521	67	101	168	270
1	21	San Jose	Marco Sturm	C	Landshut EV [DEL]	779	212	217	429	368
1	22	NY Rangers	Jeff Brown	D	Sarnia Sting [OHL]
1	23	Pittsburgh	Craig Hillier	G	Ottawa 67's [OHL]
1	24	Phoenix	Daniel Briere	C	Drummondville Voltigeurs [QMJHL]	591	204	269	473	459
1	25	Colorado	Peter Ratchuk	D	Shattuck St. Mary's [Minn.]	32	1	1	2	10
1	26	Detroit	Jesse Wallin	D	Red Deer Rebels [WHL]	49	0	2	2	34

Round 2
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2	27	Buffalo	Cory Sarich	D	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]	692	14	102	116	836
2	28	Pittsburgh	Pavel Skrbek	D	Kladno [Czech]	12	0	0	0	8
2	29	NY Islanders	Dan LaCouture	L	Enfield Jr. Whalers (EJHL)	337	20	25	45	348
2	30	Los Angeles	Josh Green	W	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]	322	35	39	74	193
2	31	Chicago	Remi Royer	D	St. Hyacinthe Lasers [QMJHL]	18	0	0	0	67
2	32	Edmonton	Chris Hajt	D	Guelph Storm [OHL]	6	0	0	0	2
2	33	Buffalo	Darren Van Oene	L	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
2	34	Hartford	Trevor Wasyluk	L	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
2	35	Anaheim	Matt Cullen	C	St. Cloud State [NCAA]	799	153	260	413	358
2	36	Toronto	Marek Posmyk	D	Dukla Jihlava [Czech]	19	1	2	3	20
2	37	Los Angeles	Marian Cisar	R	Bratislava (Slovakia)	73	13	17	30	57
2	38	New Jersey	Wes Mason	L	Sarnia Sting [OHL]
2	39	Calgary	Travis Brigley	L	Lethbridge Hurricanes [WHL]	55	3	6	9	16
2	40	Calgary	Steve Begin	C	Val d'Or Foreurs [QMJHL]	409	47	39	86	482
2	41	New Jersey	Josh DeWolf	D	Twin City Vulcans [USHL]
2	42	Chicago	Jeff Paul	D	Niagara Falls Thunder [OHL]	2	0	0	0	7
2	43	Washington	Jan Bulis	C	Barrie Colts [OHL]	552	96	149	245	268
2	44	Mtl. Canadiens	Mathieu Garon	G	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]	204	0	4	4	24
2	45	Boston	Henry Kuster	W	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
2	46	Chicago	Geoff Peters	C	Niagara Falls Thunder [OHL]
2	47	New Jersey	Pierre Dagenais	L	Moncton Alpines [QMJHL]	142	35	23	58	58
2	48	NY Rangers	Daniel Goneau	L	Granby Predateurs [QMJHL]	53	12	3	15	14
2	49	New Jersey	Colin White	D	Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]	593	18	89	107	754
2	50	Toronto	Francis Larivee	G	Laval Titan College Francais [QMJHL]
2	51	Colorado	Yuri Babenko	C	Krylja Sovetov [Russia]	3	0	0	0	0
2	52	Detroit	Aren Miller	G	Spokane Chiefs [WHL]

Round 3
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
3	53	Boston	Eric Naud	L	St. Hyacinthe Lasers [QMJHL]
3	54	Buffalo	Francois Methot	C	St. Hyacinthe Lasers [QMJHL]
3	55	San Jose	Terry Friesen	G	Swift Current Broncos [WHL]
3	56	NY Islanders	Zdeno Chara	D	Trencin Dukla [Slovak]	767	104	215	319	1210
3	57	Los Angeles	Greg Phillips	R	Saskatoon Blades [WHL]
3	58	Washington	Sergei Zimakov	D	Krylja Sovetov [Russia]
3	59	Edmonton	Tom Poti	D	Cushing Academy [Mass H.S.]	717	63	231	294	536
3	60	Florida	Chris Allen	D	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]	2	0	0	0	2
3	61	Hartford	Andrei Petrunin	R	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
3	62	Phoenix	Per-Anton Lundstrom	D	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]
3	63	New Jersey	Scott Parker	R	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]	308	7	14	21	699
3	64	Philadelphia	Chester Gallant	R	Niagara Falls Thunder [OHL]
3	65	Florida	Oleg Kvasha	L	CSKA Moscow [Russia]	493	81	136	217	335
3	66	Toronto	Mike Lankshear	D	Guelph Storm [OHL]
3	67	St. Louis	Gordie Dwyer	L	Beauport Harfangs [QMJHL]	108	0	5	5	394
3	68	Toronto	Konstantin Kalmikov	R	Detroit Falcons [CoHL]
3	69	Tampa Bay	Curtis Tipler	R	Regina Pats [WHL]
3	70	Dallas	Jonathan Sim	L	Sarnia Sting [OHL]	358	61	52	113	248
3	71	Mtl. Canadiens	Arron Asham	R	Red Deer Rebels [WHL]	576	72	83	155	692
3	72	Pittsburgh	Boyd Kane	L	Regina Pats [WHL]	28	0	3	3	37
3	73	Calgary	Dmitri Vlasenkov	L	Yaroslavl Torpedo [Russia]
3	74	Washington	David Weninger	G	Michigan Tech [NCAA]
3	75	Vancouver	Zenith Komarniski	D	Tri-City Americans [WHL]	21	1	1	2	10
3	76	NY Rangers	Dmitry Subbotin	F	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
3	77	Pittsburgh	Boris Protsenko	R	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
3	78	Washington	Shawn McNeil	C	Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
3	79	Colorado	Mark Parrish	R	St. Cloud State [NCAA]	704	216	169	385	242
3	80	Boston	Jason Doyle	R	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]

Round 4
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
4	81	Ottawa	Antti-Jussi Niemi	D	Jokerit Helsinki [FNL]	29	1	1	2	22
4	82	Florida	Joey Tetarenko	R	Portland Winter Hawks [WHL]	73	4	1	5	176
4	83	NY Islanders	Tyrone Garner	G	Oshawa Generals [OHL]	3	0	0	0	0
4	84	Los Angeles	Mikael Simons	R	Mora (Sweden)
4	85	Washington	Justin Davis	R	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]
4	86	Toronto	Jason Sessa	R	Lake Superior State University [NCAA]
4	87	Buffalo	Kurt Walsh	F	Owen Sound Platers [OHL]
4	88	Hartford	Craig MacDonald	C	Harvard University [NCAA]	233	11	24	35	91
4	89	Calgary	Toni Lydman	D	Reipas (Finland)	593	29	149	178	421
4	90	Dallas	Mike Hurley	R	Tri-City Americans [WHL]
4	91	New Jersey	Josef Boumedienne	D	Huddinge (Sweden)	47	4	12	16	36
4	92	Mtl. Canadiens	Kim Staal	C	Malmo IF [SEL]
4	93	Vancouver	Jonas Soling	R	Huddinge (Sweden)
4	94	Calgary	Christian Lefebvre		Granby Predateurs [QMJHL]
4	95	St. Louis	Jon Zukiwsky	C	Red Deer Rebels [WHL]
4	96	Los Angeles	Eric Belanger	C	Beauport Harfangs [QMJHL]	557	106	152	258	251
4	97	St. Louis	Andrei Petrakov	R	Yekaterinburg Automobilist [Russia]
4	98	Colorado	Ben Storey	D	Harvard University [NCAA]
4	99	Mtl. Canadiens	Etienne Drapeau	C	Beauport Harfangs [QMJHL]
4	100	Boston	Trent Whitfield	C	Spokane Chiefs [WHL]	177	11	17	28	97
4	101	New Jersey	Josh MacNevin	D	Vernon Vipers [BCJHL]
4	102	San Jose	Matt Bradley	R	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]	492	42	64	106	416
4	103	Toronto	Vladimir Antipov	R	Yaroslavl Torpedo [Russia]
4	104	Hartford	Steve Wasylko	C	Detroit Whalers [OHL]
4	105	Pittsburgh	Michal Rozsival	D	Dukla Jihlava [Czech]	555	54	149	203	435
4	106	Buffalo	Mike Martone	D	Peterborough Petes [OHL]
4	107	Colorado	Randy Petruk	G	Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
4	108	Detroit	Johan Forsander	L	HV71 Jonkoping [SEL]

Round 5
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
5	109	NY Islanders	Andrew "Bubba" Berenzweig	D	U. of Michigan [NCAA]	37	3	7	10	14
5	110	Toronto	Peter Cava	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]
5	111	Toronto	Brandon Sugden	R	London Knights [OHL]
5	112	Dallas	Ryan Christie	L	Owen Sound Platers [OHL]	7	0	0	0	0
5	113	Dallas	Evgeny Tsybuk	D	Yaroslavl Torpedo [Russia]
5	114	Edmonton	Brian Urick	R	Notre Dame [NCAA]
5	115	Buffalo	Alexei Tezikov	D	Lada Togliatti (Russia)	30	1	1	2	2
5	116	Hartford	Mark McMahon	D	Kitchener Rangers [OHL]
5	117	Anaheim	Brendan Buckley	D	Boston College [NCAA]
5	118	New Jersey	Glenn Crawford	L	Windsor Spitfires [OHL]
5	119	Phoenix	Richard Lintner	D	Trencin Jr. (Slovakia)	112	8	12	20	54
5	120	Los Angeles	Jesse Black	D	Niagara Falls Thunder [OHL]
5	121	Vancouver	Tyler Prosofsky	R	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]
5	122	Calgary	Josef Straka	C	Litvinov CHP HC [Czech]
5	123	Los Angeles	Peter Hogan	D	Oshawa Generals [OHL]
5	124	Philadelphia	Per-Ragnar Bergkvist	G	Leksands IF [SEL]
5	125	Tampa Bay	Jason Robinson	D	Niagara Falls Thunder [OHL]
5	126	Washington	Matt Lahey	L	Peterborough Petes [OHL]
5	127	Mtl. Canadiens	Daniel Archambault	D	Val d'Or Foreurs [QMJHL]
5	128	NY Islanders	Petr Sachl	R	Ceske Budejovice HC [Czech]
5	129	Florida	Andrew Long	C	Guelph Storm [OHL]
5	130	Chicago	Andy Johnson	D	Peterborough Petes [OHL]
5	131	NY Rangers	Colin Pepperall	L	Niagara Falls Thunder [OHL]
5	132	Boston	Elias Abrahamsson	D	Halifax Mooseheads [QMJHL]
5	133	Philadelphia	Jesse Boulerice	R	Detroit Whalers [OHL]	172	8	2	10	333
5	134	Colorado	Luke Curtin	L	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]
5	135	Detroit	Michal Podolka	G	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds [OHL]

Round 6
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
6	136	Ottawa	Andreas Dackell	R	Brynas IF Gavle [SEL]	613	91	159	250	162
6	137	San Jose	Michel Larocque	G	Boston University [NCAA]	3	0	0	0	0
6	138	NY Islanders	Todd Miller	C	Sarnia Sting [OHL]
6	139	Phoenix	Robert Esche	G	Detroit Whalers [OHL]	186	0	8	8	65
6	140	Toronto	Dmitriy Yakushin	D	Pembroke (COJHL)	2	0	0	0	2
6	141	Edmonton	Bryan Randall	R	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
6	142	Buffalo	Ryan Davis	R	Owen Sound Platers [OHL]
6	143	Hartford	Aaron Baker	G	Tri-City Americans [WHL]
6	144	Detroit	Magnus Nilsson	L	Vita Hasten (Sweden)
6	145	New Jersey	Sean Ritchlin	R	U. of Michigan [NCAA]
6	146	Colorado	Brian Willsie	R	Guelph Storm [OHL]	376	52	56	108	217
6	147	Vancouver	Nolan McDonald	G	U. of Vermont [NCAA]
6	148	Toronto	Chris Bogas	D	Michigan State University [NCAA]
6	149	Anaheim	Blaine Russell	G	Prince Albert Raiders [WHL]
6	150	Pittsburgh	Peter Bergman		Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
6	151	Toronto	Lucio DeMartinis		Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]
6	152	Tampa Bay	Nikolai Ignatov	D	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
6	153	Washington	A.J. Van Bruggen	R	Northern Michigan University [NCAA]
6	154	Mtl. Canadiens	Brett Clark	D	U. of Maine [NCAA]	453	31	88	119	231
6	155	Boston	Chris Lane		Spokane Chiefs [WHL]
6	156	Florida	Gaetan Poirier	L	Merrimack College [NCAA]
6	157	Tampa Bay	Xavier Delisle	C	Granby Predateurs [QMJHL]	16	3	2	5	6
6	158	NY Rangers	Ola Sandberg	D	Djurgardens IF Stockholm [SEL]
6	159	St. Louis	Stephen Wagner	G	Olds Grizzlys [AJHL]
6	160	Colorado	Kai Fischer	G	Duesseldorf EG [DEL]
6	161	Buffalo	Darren Mortier	C	Sarnia Sting [OHL]
6	162	Detroit	Alexandre Jacques	R	Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]

Round 7
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	163	Ottawa	Francois Hardy	D	Val d'Or Foreurs [QMJHL]
7	164	San Jose	Jake Deadmarsh	D	Kamloops Blazers [WHL]
7	165	NY Islanders	J.R. Prestifilippo	G	Hotchkiss Academy (Conn.)
7	166	Dallas	Eoin McInerney	G	London Knights [OHL]
7	167	Colorado	Dan Hinote	C	Army [NCAA]	503	38	52	90	383
7	168	Edmonton	David Bernier	R	St. Hyacinthe Lasers [QMJHL]
7	169	St. Louis	Daniel Corso	C	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]	77	14	11	25	20
7	170	Edmonton	Brandon Lafrance	R	Ohio State University [NCAA]
7	171	Hartford	Greg Kuznik	D	Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]	1	0	0	0	0
7	172	Anaheim	Timo Ahmaoja	D	JyP HT Jyvaskyla [FNL]
7	173	New Jersey	Daryl Andrews	D	Melfort Mustangs [SJHL]
7	174	Phoenix	Trevor Letowski	C	Sarnia Sting [OHL]	616	84	117	201	209
7	175	Vancouver	Clint Cabana	D	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
7	176	Colorado	Samuel Pahlsson	C	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]	557	54	92	146	260
7	177	St. Louis	Reed Low	R	Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]	256	3	16	19	725
7	178	Toronto	Reggie Berg	C	U. of Minnesota [NCAA]
7	179	Tampa Bay	Pavel Kubina	D	Vitkovice HC [Czech]	746	97	213	310	921
7	180	Washington	Mike Anderson	W	U. of Minnesota [NCAA]
7	181	Mtl. Canadiens	Timo Vertala	L	JyP HT Jyvaskyla [FNL]
7	182	Boston	Tom Brown	D	Sarnia Sting [OHL]
7	183	Florida	Alexandre Couture	D	Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL]
7	184	Chicago	Mike Vellinga	D	Guelph Storm [OHL]
7	185	NY Rangers	Jeff Dessner	D	Taft H.S. (Conn.)
7	186	Pittsburgh	Eric Meloche	R	Cornwall (COJHL)	74	9	11	20	36
7	187	Philadelphia	Roman Malov	C	Omsk Avangard [Russia]
7	188	Colorado	Roman Pylner		Litvinov Jr. (Czech.)
7	189	Detroit	Colin Beardsmore	C	North Bay Centennials [OHL]

Round 8
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
8	190	Los Angeles	Steve Valiquette	G	Sudbury Wolves [OHL]	42	0	1	1	4
8	191	San Jose	Cory Cyrenne	C	Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL]
8	192	NY Islanders	Evgeny Korolev	D	Peterborough Petes [OHL]	42	1	4	5	20
8	193	Los Angeles	Kai Nurminen	F	HV71 Jonkoping [SEL]	69	17	11	28	24
8	194	Dallas	Joel Kwiatkowski	D	Prince George Cougars [WHL]	282	16	29	45	245
8	195	Edmonton	Fernando Pisani	R	St. Albert Saints [AJHL]	362	76	69	145	180
8	196	St. Louis	Andrej Podkonicky	L	ZTK Zvolen (Slovakia)	8	1	0	1	2
8	197	Hartford	Kevin Marsh	W	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
8	198	Anaheim	Kevin Kellett	D	Prince Albert Raiders [WHL]
8	199	New Jersey	Willie Mitchell	D	Melfort Mustangs [SJHL]	538	15	92	107	573
8	200	Phoenix	Nick Lent	R	Omaha Lancers [USHL]
8	201	Vancouver	Jeff Scissons	C	Vernon Vipers [BCJHL]
8	202	Calgary	Ryan Wade	F	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]
8	203	St. Louis	Tony Hutchins	F	Lawrence Academy (Mass.)
8	204	Toronto	Tomas Kaberle	D	Kladno [Czech]	738	73	360	433	206
8	205	New Jersey	Jay Bertsch		Spokane Chiefs [WHL]
8	206	Washington	Oleg Orekhovsky	D	Moscow Dynamo [Russia]
8	207	Mtl. Canadiens	Mattia Baldi		Ambri-Piotta [Swiss-A]
8	208	Boston	Bob Prier	F	St. Lawrence University [NCAA]
8	209	Florida	Denis Khlopotnov	G	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
8	210	Chicago	Chris Twerdun	D	Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]
8	211	NY Rangers	Ryan McKie	D	London Knights [OHL]
8	212	Ottawa	Erich Goldmann	D	Mannheim Eagles [DEL]	1	0	0	0	0
8	213	Philadelphia	Jeff Milliker		Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]
8	214	Colorado	Matt Scorsune	D	Hotchkiss Academy (Conn.)
8	215	Detroit	Craig Stahl	W	Tri-City Americans [WHL]

Round 9
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
9	216	Ottawa	Ivan Ciernik	L	Nitra (Slovakia)	89	12	14	26	32
9	217	San Jose	David Thibeault	L	Drummondville Voltigeurs [QMJHL]
9	218	NY Islanders	Mike Muzechka		Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
9	219	Los Angeles	Sebastien Simard		Drummondville Voltigeurs [QMJHL]
9	220	Dallas	Nick Bootland	W	Guelph Storm [OHL]
9	221	Edmonton	John Hultberg	G	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]
9	222	Buffalo	Scott Buhler	G	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
9	223	Hartford	Craig Adams	R	Harvard University [NCAA]	507	37	53	90	383
9	224	Anaheim	Tobias Johansson	D	Malmo IF [SEL]
9	225	New Jersey	Pasi Petrilainen	D	Tappara Tampere [FNL]
9	226	Phoenix	Marc-Etienne Hubert	C	Laval Titan College Francais [QMJHL]
9	227	Vancouver	Lubomir Vaic	C	Kosice (Slovakia)	9	1	1	2	2
9	228	Calgary	Ronald Petrovicky	R	Prince George Cougars [WHL]	342	41	51	92	429
9	229	St. Louis	Konstantin Shafronov	R	Fort Wayne Komets [IHL]	5	2	1	3	0
9	230	Toronto	Jared Hope		Spokane Chiefs [WHL]
9	231	Hartford	Askhat Rakhmatulin	F	Salavat Yulajev (Russia)
9	232	Washington	Chad Cavanagh	C	London Knights [OHL]
9	233	Mtl. Canadiens	Michel Tremblay		Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]
9	234	Boston	Anders Soderberg	L	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]
9	235	Florida	Russell Smith		Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]
9	236	Chicago	Andrei Kozyrev	D	Cherepovets Severstal [Russia]
9	237	NY Rangers	Ronnie Sundin	D	Vastra Frolunda HC Goteborg [SEL]	1	0	0	0	0
9	238	Pittsburgh	Timo Seikkula	C	Junkkarit (Finland)
9	239	Ottawa	Sami Salo	D	TPS Turku [FNL]	597	72	173	245	210
9	240	Colorado	Justin Clark	R	U. of Michigan [NCAA]
9	241	Detroit	Evgeny Afanasiev		Detroit (Midget)