1996 NHL Entry Draft

The 1996 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Kiel Arena (now called the Scottrade Center) in St. Louis, Missouri on June 22, 1996.

Trivia

This draft is considered possibly the weakest ever, in league history, as few players selected have become impact players in the NHL. Some notable names from this draft class are Daniel Briere, Zdeno Chara and Jon Sim.

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

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

Round 5

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
109	Andrew Berenzweig (D)		New York Islanders	University of Michigan (NCAA)
110	Peter Cava (C)		Toronto Maple Leafs	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
111	Brian Sugden (R)		Toronto Maple Leafs	London Knights (OHL)
112	Ryan Christie (L)		Dallas Stars	Owen Sounds Platers (OHL)
113	Evgeny Tsybuk (D)		Dallas Stars	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Rus)
114	Brian Urick (R)		Edmonton Oilers	Notre-Dame (NCAA)
115	Andrei Tzikov (D)		Buffalo Sabres	Lada Togliatti (Rus)
116	Mark McMahon (D)		Hartford Whalers	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
117	Brandon Buckley (D)		Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Boston College (NCAA)
118	Glenn Crawford (L)		New Jersey Devils	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
119	Richard Lintner (D)		Phoenix Coyotes	Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)
120	Jesse Black (D)		Los Angeles Kings	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
121	Tyler Prosofsky (R)		Vancouver Canucks	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
122	Josef Straka (C)		Calgary Flames	HC Litvinov (Czech)
123	Peter Hogan (D)		Los Angeles Kings	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
124	Per-Ragnar Bergkvist (G)		Philadelphia Flyers	Leksands IF (Swe)
125	Jason Robinson (D)		Tampa Bay Lightning	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
126	Matt Lahey (LW)		Washington Capitals	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
127	Daniel Archambeault (D)		Montreal Canadiens	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
128	Petr Sachl (RW)		New York Islanders	HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech)
129	Andrew Long (C)		Florida Panthers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
130	Andy Johnson (D)		Chicago Blackhawks	Peterborough Petes (QMJHL)
131	Colin Pepperall (LW)		New York Rangers	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
132	Elias Abrahamsson (D)		Boston bruins	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
133	Jesse Boulerice (C)		Philadelphia Flyers	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
134	Luke Curtin (LW)		Colorado Avalanche	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
135	Michal Podolka (G)		Detroit Red Wings	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Round 6

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
136	Andreas Dackell ()		Ottawa Senators	Brynäs IF (Swe)
137	Michel Larocque (G)	{{}}	San Jose Sharks	Boston University (NCAA)
138	Todd Miller (C)		New York Islanders	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
139	Robert Esche (G)		Phoenix Coyotes	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
140	Dmitriy Yakushin (D)		Toronto Maple Leafs	Pembroke (COJHL)
141	Bryan Randall (RW)		Edmonton Oilers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
142	Ryan Davis (RW)		Buffalo Sabres	Owen Sounds Platers (OHL)
143	Aaron Baker	{{}}	Hartford Whalers	[[]] ()
144	Magnus Nilsson	{{}}	Detroit Red Wings	[[]] ()
145	Sean Ritchlin	{{}}	New Jersey Devils	[[]] ()
146	Brian Willsie		Colorado Avalanche
147	Nolan McDonald		Vancouver Canucks
148	Chris Bogas		Toronto Maple Leafs
149	Blaine Russell		Anaheim Mighty Ducks
150	Peter Bergman		Pittsburgh Penguins
151	Lucio DeMartinis		Toronto Maple Leafs
152	Nikolai Ignatov		Tampa Bay Lightning
153	AJ Van Bruggen		Washington Capitals
154	Brett Clark		Montreal Canadiens
155	Chris Lane		Boston Bruins
156	Gaetan Poirier		Florida Panthers
157	Xavier Delisle		Tampa Bay Lightning
158	Ola Sandberg		NY Rangers
159	Stephen Wagner		St Louis Blues
160	Kai Fischer		Colorado Avalanche
161	Darren Mortier		Buffalo Sabres
162	Alexandre Jacques		Detroit Red Wings
163	Francois Hardy		Ottawa Senators
164	Jake Deadmarsh		San Jose Sharks

Round 7

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] 7 168 Edmonton David Bernier R St. Hyacinthe Lasers [QMJHL] 7 169 St. Louis Daniel Corso C Victoriaville Tigres [QMJHL] 7 170 Edmonton Brandon Lafrance R Ohio State University [NCAA] 7 171 Hartford Greg Kuznik D Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL] 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] 7 175 Vancouver Clint Cabana D Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL] 7 176 Colorado Samuel Pahlsson C Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL] 7 177 St. Louis Reed Low R Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL] 7 178 Toronto Reggie Berg C U. of Minnesota [NCAA] 7 179 Tampa Bay Pavel Kubina D Vitkovice HC [Czech] 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) 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] 190 Los Angeles Steve Valiquette G Sudbury Wolves [OHL] 191 San Jose Cory Cyrenne C Brandon Wheat Kings [WHL] 192 NY Islanders Evgeny Korolev D Peterborough Petes [OHL]

Round 8

	193	Los Angeles	Kai Nurminen	F	HV71 Jonkoping [SEL]
	194	Dallas	Joel Kwiatkowski	D	Prince George Cougars [WHL]
	195	Edmonton	Fernando Pisani	R	St. Albert Saints [AJHL]
	196	St. Louis	Andrej Podkonicky	L	ZTK Zvolen (Slovakia)
	197	Hartford	Kevin Marsh	W	Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
	198	Anaheim	Kevin Kellett	D	Prince Albert Raiders [WHL]
	199	New Jersey	Willie Mitchell	D	Melfort Mustangs [SJHL]
	200	Phoenix	Nick Lent	R	Omaha Lancers [USHL]
	201	Vancouver	Jeff Scissons	C	Vernon Vipers [BCJHL]
	202	Calgary	Ryan Wade	F	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]
	203	St. Louis	Tony Hutchins	F	Lawrence Academy (Mass.)
	204	Toronto	Tomas Kaberle	D	Kladno [Czech]
	205	New Jersey	Jay Bertsch		Spokane Chiefs [WHL]
	206	Washington	Oleg Orekhovsky	D	Moscow Dynamo [Russia]
	207	Mtl. Canadiens	Mattia Baldi		Ambri-Piotta [Swiss-A]
	208	Boston	Bob Prier	F	St. Lawrence University [NCAA]
	209	Florida	Denis Khlopotnov	G	CSKA Moscow [Russia]
	210	Chicago	Chris Twerdun	D	Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]
	211	NY Rangers	Ryan McKie	D	London Knights [OHL]
	212	Ottawa	Erich Goldmann	D	Mannheim Eagles [DEL]
	213	Philadelphia	Jeff Milliker		Moose Jaw Warriors [WHL]
	214	Colorado	Matt Scorsune	D	Hotchkiss Academy (Conn.)
	215	Detroit	Craig Stahl	W	Tri-City Americans [WHL]
	216	Ottawa	Ivan Ciernik	L	Nitra (Slovakia)
	217	San Jose	David Thibeault	L	Drummondville Voltigeurs [QMJHL]
	218	NY Islanders	Mike Muzechka		Calgary Hitmen [WHL]
	219	Los Angeles	Sebastien Simard

Round 9

	220	Dallas	Nick Bootland	W	Guelph Storm [OHL]
	221	Edmonton	John Hultberg	G	Kingston Frontenacs [OHL]
	222	Buffalo	Scott Buhler	G	Medicine Hat Tigers [WHL]
	223	Hartford	Craig Adams	R	Harvard University [NCAA]
	224	Anaheim	Tobias Johansson	D	Malmo IF [SEL]
	225	New Jersey	Pasi Petrilainen	D	Tappara Tampere [FNL]
	226	Phoenix	Marc-Etienne Hubert	C	Laval Titan College Francais [QMJHL]
	227	Vancouver	Lubomir Vaic	C	Kosice (Slovakia)
	228	Calgary	Ronald Petrovicky	R	Prince George Cougars [WHL]
	229	St. Louis	Konstantin Shafronov	R	Fort Wayne Komets [IHL]
	230	Toronto	Jared Hope		Spokane Chiefs [WHL]
	231	Hartford	Askhat Rakhmatulin	F	Salavat Yulajev (Russia)
	232	Washington	Chad Cavanagh	C	London Knights [OHL]
	233	Mtl. Canadiens	Michel Tremblay		Shawinigan Cataractes [QMJHL]
	234	Boston	Anders Soderberg	L	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik [SEL]
	235	Florida	Russell Smith		Hull Olympiques [QMJHL]
	236	Chicago	Andrei Kozyrev	D	Cherepovets Severstal [Russia]
	237	NY Rangers	Ronnie Sundin	D	Vastra Frolunda HC Goteborg [SEL]
	238	Pittsburgh	Timo Seikkula	C	Junkkarit (Finland)
	239	Ottawa	Sami Salo	D	TPS Turku [FNL]
	240	Colorado	Justin Clark	R	U. of Michigan [NCAA]
	241	Detroit	Evgeny Afanasiev		Detroit (Midget)

See also

• 1996-97 NHL season
• List of NHL players

References

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