1998 NHL Entry Draft

The 1998 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27th at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. A total of 258 players were drafted.

Draft Order

Round 1

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
1	Vincent Lecavalier (C)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning from San Jose via Florida	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
2	David Legwand (C)	United States	Nashville Predators from San Jose via Tampa Bay	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3	Brad Stuart (D)	Canada	San Jose Sharks from Nashville	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	Bryan Allen (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	Vitali Vishnevsky (D)	Russia	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
6	Rico Fata (RW)	Canada	Calgary Flames	London Knights (OHL)
7	Manny Malhotra (C)	Canada	New York Rangers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
8	Mark Bell (C)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks from Toronto	Ottawa 67s (OHL)
9	Michael Rupp (LW)	United States	New York Islanders	Erie Otters (OHL)
10	Nikolai Antropov (C)	Kazakhstan	Toronto Maple Leafs from Chicago	Ust-Kamengorsk (Kazakhstan)
11	Jeff Heerema (RW)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
12	Alex Tanguay (C)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche from San Jose	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
13	Michael Henrich (RW)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Barrie Colts (OHL)
14	Patrick DesRochers (G)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
15	Mathieu Chouinard (G)	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
16	Eric Chouinard (C)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
17	Martin Skoula (D)	Czech Republic	Colorado Avalanche from Los Angeles	Barrie Colts (OHL)
18	Dmitri Kalinin (D)	Russia	Buffalo Sabres	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
19	Robyn Regehr (D)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche from Boston	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
20	Scott Parker (RW)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche from Washington	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
21	Mathieu Biron (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings from Colorado	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
22	Simon Gagne (RW)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
23	Milan Kraft (RW)	Czech Republic	Pittsburgh Penguins	Keramika Plzen (Extraliga)
24	Christian Backman (D)	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
25	Jiri Fischer (D)	Czech Republic	Detroit Red Wings	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
26	Mike Van Ryn (D)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	University of Michigan (CCHA)
27	Scott Gomez (C)	United States	New Jersey Devils from Dallas	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Round 2

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
28	Ramzi Abid (LW)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche from Tampa Bay	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
29	Jonathan Cheechoo (RW)	Canada	San Jose Sharks from Nashville	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
30	Kyle Rossiter (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
31	Artem Chubarov (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
32	Stephen Peat (RW)	Canada	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
33	Blair Betts (C)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
34	Andrew Peters (LW)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres from New York Rangers	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
35	Petr Svoboda (D)	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs	HC Havlickuv Brod (Czech Republic)
36	Chris Nielsen (C)	Canada	New York Islanders	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
37	Christian Berglund (C)	Sweden	New Jersey Devils	Färjestads BK (Elitserien)
38	Philippe Sauve (G)	United States	Colorado Avalanche from Chicago	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
39	John Erskine (D)	Canada	Dallas Stars from Colorado via New Jersey	London Knights (OHL)
40	Randy Copley (LW)	Canada	New York Rangers	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
41	Maxim Linnik (D)	Ukraine	Detroit Red Wings from San Jose via Detroit	St. Thomas Jr. B (OJHL)
42	Jason Beckett (D)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers from Edmonton	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
43	Ossi Väänänen (D)	Finland	Phoenix Coyotes	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
44	Mike Fisher (C)	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
45	Mike Ribeiro (C)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
46	Justin Papineau (C)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
47	Norm Milley (RW)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
48	Jonathan Girard (D)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL)
49	Jomar Cruz (G)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
50	Jaroslav Kristek (RW)	Czech Republic	Buffalo Sabres from San Jose via Colorado	HC Zlin (Extraliga)
51	Ian Forbes (D)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
52	Bobby Allen (D)	United States	Boston Bruins	Boston College (Hockey East)
53	Steve Moore (C)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Harvard (ECAC)
54	Alexander Zevakhin (LW)	Russia	Pittsburgh Penguins	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
55	Ryan Barnes (LW)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings from St. Louis	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
56	Tomek Valtonen (LW)	Finland	Detroit Red Wings	Ilves (SM-liiga)
57	Tyler Bouck (RW)	Canada	Dallas Stars from New Jersey	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
58	Chris Bala (LW)	United States	Ottawa Senators from Philadelphia via Dallas	Harvard (ECAC)

Round 3

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
59	Todd Hornung (C)	Canada	Washington Capitals from Tampa Bay	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
60	Denis Arkhipov (C)	Russia	Nashville Predators	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
61	Joe DiPenta (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Boston University (Hockey East)
62	Paul Manning (D)	Canada	Calgary Flames from Carolina via Vancouver	Colorado College (WCHA)
63	Lance Ward (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers from Colorado via Anaheim	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
64	Brad Richards (C)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning from Calgary	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
65	Eric Laplante (LW)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
66	Jason LaBarbera (G)	Canada	New York Rangers	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
67	Alex Henry (D)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers from Tampa Bay via Toronto	London Knights (OHL)
68	Jarkko Ruutu (LW)	Finland	Vancouver Canucks from New York Islanders	HIFK (SM-liiga)
69	Jamie Hodson (G)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs from Chicago	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
70	Kevin Holdridge (D)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
71	Erik Cole (LW)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes from San Jose	Clarkson (ECAC)
72	Dmitry Afanasenkov (LW)	Russia	Tampa Bay Lightning from Edmonton	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
73	Pat O'Leary (C)	United States	Phoenix Coyotes	Armstrong H.S. (USHS)
74	Julien Vauclair (D)	Switzerland	Ottawa Senators	HC Lugano (Swiss A)
75	François Beauchemin (D)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL)
76	Alexei Volkov (G)	Russia	Los Angeles Kings	Krylja-2 Sovetov (Russia)
77	Mike Pandolfo (RW)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
78	Peter Nordström (LW)	Sweden	Boston Bruins	Färjestads BK (Elitserien)
79	Evgeny Lazarev (RW)	Ukraine	Colorado Avalanche from Washington	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
80	David Cameron (C)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins from Colorado	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
81	Justin Morrison (RW)	United States	Vancouver Canucks from Philadelphia	Colorado College (WCHA)
82	Brian Gionta (RW)	United States	New Jersey Devils from Pittsburgh via Edmonton	Boston College (Hockey East)
83	Matt Walker (D)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
84	Jake McCracken (G)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
85	Geoff Koch (LW)	United States	Nashville Predators from New Jersey via San Jose	University of Michigan (CCHA)
86	Gabriel Karlsson (C)	Sweden	Dallas Stars	HV71 (SEL)

Round 4

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
87	Alexei Ponikarovsky (C)	Ukraine	Toronto Maple Leafs from Detroit via Tampa Bay	Dynamo-2 Moscow (Russia)
88	Kent Sauer (D)	United States	Nashville Predators	North Iowa Huskies (USHL)
89	Ryan Jardine (RW)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
90	Regan Darby (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
91	Josef Vasicek (C)	Czech Republic	Carolina Hurricanes from Anaheim	HC Slavia Praha (Czech)
92	Eric Beaudoin (LW)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning from Calgary	Guelph Storm (OHL)
93	Tommy Westlund (RW)	Sweden	Carolina Hurricanes from New York Islanders	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
94	Matthias Trattnig (C)	Austria	Chicago Blackhawks from Toronto	University of Maine (Hockey East)
95	Andy Burnham (RW)	Canada	New York Islanders	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
96	Mikko Jokela (D)	Finland	New Jersey Devils from Chicago	HIFK (SM-liiga)
97	Chris Madden (G)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Guelph Storm (OHL)
98	Rob Davison (D)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
99	Shawn Horcoff (C)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Michigan State University (CCHA)
100	Ryan Van Buskirk (D)	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
101	Petr Schastlivy (LW)	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
102	Shaun Sutter (RW)	Canada	Calgary Flames from Montreal	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
103	Kip Brennan (LW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
104	Miroslav Zalesak (RW)	Slovakia	San Jose Sharks from Buffalo	HC Plastika Nitra (Slovakia)
105	Pierre Dagenais (LW)	Canada	New Jersey Devils from Los Angeles via Boston	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
106	Krys Barch (RW)	Canada	Washington Capitals	London Knights (OHL)
107	Chris Corrinet (LW)	United States	Washington Capitals from Colorado	Princeton University (ECAC)
108	Dany Sabourin (G)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
109	J.P. Morin (D)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
110	Scott Myers (G)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
111	Brent Hobday (LW)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
112	Viktor Wallin (D)	Sweden	Anaheim Mighty Ducks from Detroit	HV71 (SEL)
113	Kristian Antila (G)	Finland	Edmonton Oilers from New Jersey via Toronto	Ilves Jr. (SM-liiga)
114	Boyd Kane (LW)	Canada	New York Rangers from Dallas	Regina Pats (OHL)

Round 5

115. Jay Leach (D) - Phoenix Coyotes (from TAM)

116. Josh Blackburn (G) - San Jose Sharks (from NAS)

117. Jaroslav Spacek (D) - Florida Panthers (from SAN/FLA)

118. Mike Siklenka (D) - Washington Capitals

119. Anton But (F) - New Jersey Devils (from VAN)

120. Brent Gauvreau (C) - Calgary Flames (from ANA)

121. Curtis Rich (D) - Tampa Bay Lightning (from CGY)

122. Pat Leahy (RW) - New York Rangers

123. Jiri Dopita (C) - New York Islanders (from TOR)

124. Francis Belanger (LW) - Chicago Blackhawks(from NYI/CHI)

125. Erik Wendell (F) - Washington Capitals(from CHI)

126. Morgan Warren (RW) - Toronto Maple Leafs (from CHI/CAR)

127. Brandon Coalter (LW) - San Jose Sharks

128. Paul Elliott (D) - Edmonton Oilers

129. Robert Schnabel (D) - Phoenix Coyotes

130. Gavin McLeod (D) - Ottawa Senators

131. Tomas Kloucek (D) - New York Rangers

132. Andrei Bashkirov - Montreal Canadiens

133. Joe Rullier (D) - Los Angeles Kings

134. Rob Scuderi (D) - Pittsburgh Penguins (from BUF)

135. Andrew Raycroft (G) - Boston Bruins

136. David Jonsson (D) - Vancouver Canucks (from WAS)

137. Aaron Goldade (C) - Buffalo Sabres

138. Martin Beauchesne (D) - Nashville Predators (from COL)

139. Garrett Prosofsky (C) - Philadelphia Flyers (from VAN)

140. Rick Bertran (D) - Vancouver Canucks (from PIT)

141. K.C. Timmons (LW) - Colorado Avalanche (from STL)

142. Calle Steen (F) - Detroit Red Wings

143. Ryan Flinn (LW) - New Jersey Devils

144. Oleg Smirnov (F) - Edmonton Oilers (from NJD)

145. Mikael Samuelsson (F) - San Jose Sharks (from DAL)

Round 6

146. Sergei Kuznetsov (C) - Tampa Bay Lightning

147. Craig Brunel(RW) - Nashville Predators

148. Chris Ovington (D) - Florida Panthers (from SAN/FLA)

149. Paul Cabana (F) - Vancouver Canucks

150. Trent Hunter (RW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks

151. Adam Deleeuw (LW) - Detroit Red Wings

152. Gordie Dwyer (LW) - Montreal Canadiens (from CGY)

153. Pavel Patera (LW) - Dallas Stars (from NYR)

154. Allan Rourke (D) - Toronto Maple Leafs

155. Kevin Clauson(D) - New York Islanders

156. Kent Huskins (D) - Chicago Blackhawks

157. Brad Voth (D - St. Louis Blues (from CAR)

158. Jari Viuhkola (C) - Chicago Blackhawks (from SAN)

159. Trevor Ettinger (D) - Edmonton Oilers

160. Rickard Wallin (C) - Phoenix Coyotes

161. Chris Neil (RW) - Ottawa Senators (from CHI)

162. Andrei Markov (C) - Montreal Canadiens

163. Tomas Zizka (D) - Los Angeles Kings

164. Ales Kotalik (F) - Buffalo Sabres

165. Ryan Milanovic (LW) - Boston Bruins

166. Jonathan Pelletier (G) - Chicago Blackhawks (from WAS)

167. Alexander Ryazantsev (D) - Colorado Avalanche

168. Antero Niittymäki (G) - Philadelphia Flyers

169. Jan Fadrny (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins

170. Andrei Trochinsky (C) - St. Louis Blues

171. Pavel Datsyuk (C) - Detroit Red Wings

172. Jacques Lariviere (LW) - New Jersey Devils

173. Niko Kapanen (C) - Dallas Stars

Round 7

174. Brett Allan (F) - Tampa Bay Lightning

175. Cam Ondrik(G) - Philadelphia Flyers (from NAS)

176. B.J. Kethceson (D) - Florida Panthers

177. Vincent Malts (RW) - Vancouver Canucks

178. Jesse Fibiger (D) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks

179. Nathan Foster (D) - Washington Senators (from CGY)

180. Stefan Lundqvist (RW) - New York Rangers

181. Jonathan Gagnon (C) - Toronto Maple Leafs

182. Evgeny Korolev (D) - New York Islanders

183. Tyler Arnason (C) - Chicago Blackhawks

184. Donald Smith (C) - Carolina Hurricanes

185. Robert Mulick (D) - San Jose Sharks

186. Mike Morrison (G) - Edmonton Oilers

187. Erik Westrum (C) - Phoenix Coyotes

188. Michel Periard (D) - Ottawa Senators

189. Andrei Kruchinin (D) - Montreal Canadiens

190. Tommi Hannus (C) - Los Angeles Kings

191. Brad Moran (C) - Buffalo Sabres

192. Radek Duda (RW) - Calgary Flames (from BOS)

193. Rastislav Stana (G) - Washington Capitals

194. Oak Hewer (C) - Tampa Bay Lightning (from COL)

195. Tomas Divisek (F) - Philadelphia Flyers

196. Joel Scherban (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins

197. Brad Twordik (C) - St. Louis Blues

198. Jeremy Goetzinger (D) - Detroit Red Wings

199. Erik Jensen (F) - New Jersey Devils

200. Scott Perry (C) - Dallas Stars

Round 8

201. Craig Murray (C) - Montreal Canadiens (from TAM)

202. Martin Bartek(LW) - Nashville Predators

203. Ian Jacobs (RW) - Florida Panthers

204. Craig Mischler (C) - Vancouver Canucks

205. David Bernier (RW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks

206. Jonas Frögren (D) - Calgary Flames

207. Johan Witehall (LW) - New York Rangers

208. Jaroslav Svoboda (RW) - Carolina Hurricanes (from TOR)

209. Frederik Brind'Amour (G) - New York Islanders

210. Sean Griffin (D) - Chicago Blackhawks

211. Mark Kosick (C) - Carolina Hurricanes

212. Jim Fahey (D) - San Jose Sharks

213. Christian Lefebvre (D) - Edmonton Oilers

214. Justin Hansen (RW) - Phoenix Coyotes

215. Dwight Wolfe (D) - Toronto Maple Leafs (from OTT)

216. Michael Ryder (RW) - Montreal Canadiens

217. Jim Henkel (C) - Los Angeles Kings

218. David Moravec (LW) - Buffalo Sabres

219.Curtis Valentine (LW) - Vancouver Canucks (from BOS)

220. Mike Farrell (D) - Washington Capitals

221. Daniel Hulak (D) - Tampa Bay Lightning (from COL)

222. Lubomir Pistek (RW) - Philadelphia Flyers

223. Sergey Verenkin (RW) - Ottawa Senators (from SAN)

224. Mika Lehto (G) - Pittsburgh Penguins

225. Yevgeny Pastukh (LW) - St. Louis Blues

226. David Petrasek (D) - Detroit Red Wings

227. Marko Ahosilta (C) - New Jersey Devils

228. Mikhail Travnicek (F) - Toronto Maple Leafs (from DAL)

Round 9

229. Chris Lyness (D) - Tampa Bay Lightning

230. Karlis Skrastins (D) - Nashville Predators

231. Adrian Wischser (C) - Florida Panthers

232. Jason Metcalfe (D) - Vancouver Canucks

233. Pelle Prestberg (LW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks

234. Kevin Mitchell (D) - Calgary Flames

235. Jan Mertzig (D) - New York Rangers

236. Sergei Rostov (D) - Toronto Maple Leafs

237. Ben Blais (D) - New York Islanders

238. Alexandre Couture (LW) - Chicago Blackhawks

239. Brent McDonald (C) - Carolina Hurricanes

240. Andrei Yershov (D) - Chicago Blackhawks (from SAN)

241. Maxim Spiridonov (RW) - Edmonton Oilers

242. Jason Doyle (RW) - New York Islanders (from PHO)

243. Petr Hubacek (C) - Philadelphia Flyers

244. Toby Petersen (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins

245. Andreas Andersson (G) - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

246. Rastislav Pavlikovsky (C) - Ottawa Senators

247. Darcy Harris (RW) - Montreal Canadiens

248. Matthew Yeats (RW) - Los Angeles Kings

249. Edo Terglav (RW) - Buffalo Sabres

250. Radek Matejovsky (RW) - New York Islanders (from BOS)

251. Blake Evans - Washington Capitals

252. Martin Cibak (C) - Tampa Bay Lighting (from COL)

253. Bruno St. Jacques (D) - Philadelphia Flyers

254. Matt Hussey (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins

255. Johnny Pohl (C) - St. Louis Blues

256. Petja Pietilainen (C) - Detroit Red Wings

257. Ryan Held (C) - New Jersey Devils

258. Sergei Skrobat (D) - Philadelphia Flyers (from DAL)

See also

• 1998 NHL Expansion Draft
• 1998-99 NHL season
• List of NHL first overall draft choices
• List of NHL players

References

• HockeyDatabase

Preceded by: 1997 NHL Entry Draft

NHL Entry Draft

Succeeded by: 1999 NHL Entry Draft