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National Hockey League - 1996 Round 1 Entry Draft History

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
1	1	Ottawa Senators	Chris Phillips	D	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL
1	2	San Jose Sharks	Andrei Zyuzin	D	Salavat Yulajev	Russia
1	3	New York Islanders	J.P. Dumont	R	Val d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL
1	4	Washington Capitals	Alexandre Volchkov	R	Barrie Colts	OHL
1	5	Dallas Stars	Ric Jackman	D	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
1	6	Edmonton Oilers	Boyd Devereaux	C	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
1	7	Buffalo Sabres	Erik Rasmussen	C	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
1	8	Boston Bruins	Johnathan Aitken	D	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
1	9	Anaheim Ducks	Ruslan Salei	D	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL
1	10	New Jersey Devils	Lance Ward	D	Red Deer Rebels	WHL
1	11	Arizona Coyotes	Dan Focht	D	Tri-City Americans	WHL
1	12	Vancouver Canucks	Josh Holden	C	Regina Pats	WHL
1	13	Calgary Flames	Derek Morris	D	Regina Pats	WHL
1	14	St Louis Blues	Marty Reasoner	C	Boston College	NCAA
1	15	Philadelphia Flyers	Dainius Zubrus	R	Pembroke	COJHL
1	16	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mario Larocque	D	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
1	17	Washington Capitals	Jaroslav Svejkovsky	L	Tri-City Americans	WHL
1	18	Montreal Canadiens	Matt Higgins	C	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL
1	19	Edmonton Oilers	Matthieu Descoteaux	D	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
1	20	Florida Panthers	Marcus Nilson	R	Djurgardens IF Stockholm	SEL
1	21	San Jose Sharks	Marco Sturm	C	Landshut EV	DEL
1	22	New York Rangers	Jeff Brown	D	Sarnia Sting	OHL
1	23	Pittsburgh Penquins	Craig Hillier	G	Ottawa 67's	OHL
1	24	Arizona Coyotes	Daniel Briere	C	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL
1	25	Colorado Avalanche	Peter Ratchuk	D	Shattuck St. Mary's	Minn.
1	26	Detroit Red Wings	Jesse Wallin	D	Red Deer Rebels	WHL

1996 Round 2 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
2	27	Buffalo Sabres	Cory Sarich	D	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
2	28	Pittsburgh Penquins	Pavel Skrbek	D	Kladno	Czech
2	29	New York Islanders	Dan LaCouture	L	Enfield Jr. Whalers	EJHL
2	30	Los Angeles Kings	Josh Green	W	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
2	31	Chicago Blackhawks	Remi Royer	D	St. Hyacinthe Lasers	QMJHL
2	32	Edmonton Oilers	Chris Hajt	D	Guelph Storm	OHL
2	33	Buffalo Sabres	Darren Van Oene	L	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
2	34	Hartford Whalers	Trevor Wasyluk	L	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
2	35	Anaheim Ducks	Matt Cullen	C	St. Cloud State	NCAA
2	36	Toronto Maple Leafs	Marek Posmyk	D	Dukla Jihlava	Czech
2	37	Los Angeles Kings	Marian Cisar	R	Bratislava	Slovakia
2	38	New Jersey Devils	Wes Mason	L	Sarnia Sting	OHL
2	39	Calgary Flames	Travis Brigley	L	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL
2	40	Calgary Flames	Steve Begin	C	Val d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL
2	41	New Jersey Devils	Josh DeWolf	D	Twin City Vulcans	USHL
2	42	Chicago Blackhawks	Jeff Paul	D	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL
2	43	Washington Capitals	Jan Bulis	C	Barrie Colts	OHL
2	44	Montreal Canadiens	Mathieu Garon	G	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL
2	45	Boston Bruins	Henry Kuster	R	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
2	46	Chicago Blackhawks	Geoff Peters	C	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL
2	47	New Jersey Devils	Pierre Dagenais	L	Moncton Alpines	QMJHL
2	48	New York Rangers	Daniel Goneau	L	Granby Predateurs	QMJHL
2	49	New Jersey Devils	Colin White	D	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
2	50	Toronto Maple Leafs	Francis Larivee	G	Laval Titan College Francais	QMJHL
2	51	Colorado Avalanche	Yuri Babenko	C	Krylja Sovetov	Russia
2	52	Detroit Red Wings	Aren Miller	G	Spokane Chiefs	WHL

1996 Round 3 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
3	53	Boston Bruins	Eric Naud	L	St. Hyacinthe Lasers	QMJHL
3	54	Buffalo Sabres	Francois Methot	C	St. Hyacinthe Lasers	QMJHL
3	55	San Jose Sharks	Terry Friesen	G	Swift Current Broncos	WHL
3	56	New York Islanders	Zdeno Chara	D	Dukla Trencin	Slovakia
3	57	Los Angeles Kings	Greg Phillips	R	Saskatoon Blades	WHL
3	58	Washington Capitals	Sergei Zimakov	D	Krylja Sovetov	Russia
3	59	Edmonton Oilers	Tom Poti	D	Cushing Academy	Mass. H.S.
3	60	Florida Panthers	Chris Allen	D	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
3	61	Hartford Whalers	Andrei Petrunin	R	CSKA Moscow	Russia
3	62	Arizona Coyotes	Per-Anton Lundstrom	D	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik	SEL
3	63	New Jersey Devils	Scott Parker	R	Kelowna Rockets	WHL
3	64	Philadelphia Flyers	Chester Gallant	R	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL
3	65	Florida Panthers	Oleg Kvasha	L	CSKA Moscow	Russia
3	66	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mike Lankshear	D	Guelph Storm	OHL
3	67	St Louis Blues	Gordie Dwyer	L	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL
3	68	Toronto Maple Leafs	Konstantin Kalmikov	R	Detroit Falcons	CoHL
3	69	Tampa Bay Lightning	Curtis Tipler	R	Regina Pats	WHL
3	70	Dallas Stars	Jon Sim	L	Sarnia Sting	OHL
3	71	Montreal Canadiens	Arron Asham	R	Red Deer Rebels	WHL
3	72	Pittsburgh Penquins	Boyd Kane	L	Regina Pats	WHL
3	73	Calgary Flames	Dmitri Vlasenkov	L	Yaroslavl Torpedo	Russia
3	74	Washington Capitals	David Weninger	G	Michigan Tech	NCAA
3	75	Vancouver Canucks	Zenith Komarniski	D	Tri-City Americans	WHL
3	76	New York Rangers	Dmitry Subbotin	F	CSKA Moscow	Russia
3	77	Pittsburgh Penquins	Boris Protsenko	R	Calgary Hitmen	WHL
3	78	Washington Capitals	Shawn McNeil	C	Kamloops Blazers	WHL
3	79	Colorado Avalanche	Mark Parrish	R	St. Cloud State	NCAA
3	80	Boston Bruins	Jason Doyle		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL

1996 Round 4 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
4	81	Ottawa Senators	Antti-Jussi Niemi	D	Jokerit Helsinki	FNL
4	82	Florida Panthers	Joey Tetarenko	R	Portland Winter Hawks	WHL
4	83	New York Islanders	Tyrone Garner	G	Oshawa Generals	OHL
4	84	Los Angeles Kings	Mikael Simons	R	Mora	Sweden
4	85	Washington Capitals	Justin Davis	R	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
4	86	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jason Sessa	R	Lake Superior State University	NCAA
4	87	Buffalo Sabres	Kurt Walsh	F	Owen Sound Platers	OHL
4	88	Hartford Whalers	Craig MacDonald	C	Harvard University	NCAA
4	89	Calgary Flames	Toni Lydman	D	Reipas	Finland
4	90	Dallas Stars	Mike Hurley	R	Tri-City Americans	WHL
4	91	New Jersey Devils	Josef Boumedienne	D	Huddinge	Sweden
4	92	Montreal Canadiens	Kim Staal	C	Malmo IF	SEL
4	93	Vancouver Canucks	Jonas Soling	R	Huddinge	Sweden
4	94	Calgary Flames	Christian Lefebvre		Granby Predateurs	QMJHL
4	95	St Louis Blues	Jon Zukiwsky	C	Red Deer Rebels	WHL
4	96	Los Angeles Kings	Eric Belanger	C	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL
4	97	St Louis Blues	Andrei Petrakov	R	Yekaterinburg Automobilist	Russia
4	98	Colorado Avalanche	Ben Storey	D	Harvard University	NCAA
4	99	Montreal Canadiens	Etienne Drapeau	C	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL
4	100	Boston Bruins	Trent Whitfield	C	Spokane Chiefs	WHL
4	101	New Jersey Devils	Josh MacNevin	D	Vernon Vipers	BCJHL
4	102	San Jose Sharks	Matt Bradley	R	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
4	103	Toronto Maple Leafs	Vladimir Antipov	R	Yaroslavl Torpedo	Russia
4	104	Hartford Whalers	Steve Wasylko	C	Detroit Whalers	OHL
4	105	Pittsburgh Penquins	Michal Rozsival	D	Dukla Jihlava	Czech
4	106	Buffalo Sabres	Mike Martone	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
4	107	Colorado Avalanche	Randy Petruk	G	Kamloops Blazers	WHL
4	108	Detroit Red Wings	Johan Forsander	L	HV71 Jonkoping	SEL

1996 Round 5 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
5	109	New York Islanders	Bubba Berenzweig	D	U. of Michigan	NCAA
5	110	Toronto Maple Leafs	Peter Cava	C	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
5	111	Toronto Maple Leafs	Brandon Sugden	R	London Knights	OHL
5	112	Dallas Stars	Ryan Christie	L	Owen Sound Platers	OHL
5	113	Dallas Stars	Evgeny Tsybuk	D	Yaroslavl Torpedo	Russia
5	114	Edmonton Oilers	Brian Urick	R	Notre Dame	NCAA
5	115	Buffalo Sabres	Alexei Tezikov	D	Lada Togliatti	Russia
5	116	Hartford Whalers	Mark McMahon	D	Kitchener Rangers	OHL
5	117	Anaheim Ducks	Brendan Buckley	D	Boston College	NCAA
5	118	New Jersey Devils	Glenn Crawford	L	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
5	119	Arizona Coyotes	Richard Lintner	D	Trencin Jr.	Slovakia
5	120	Los Angeles Kings	Jesse Black	D	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL
5	121	Vancouver Canucks	Tyler Prosofsky	R	Kelowna Rockets	WHL
5	122	Calgary Flames	Josef Straka	C	Litvinov CHP HC	Czech
5	123	Los Angeles Kings	Peter Hogan	D	Oshawa Generals	OHL
5	124	Philadelphia Flyers	Per-Ragnar Bergkvist	G	Leksands IF	SEL
5	125	Tampa Bay Lightning	Jason Robinson	D	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL
5	126	Washington Capitals	Matt Lahey	L	Peterborough Petes	OHL
5	127	Montreal Canadiens	Daniel Archambault	D	Val d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL
5	128	New York Islanders	Petr Sachl	R	Ceske Budejovice HC	Czech
5	129	Florida Panthers	Andrew Long	C	Guelph Storm	OHL
5	130	Chicago Blackhawks	Andy Johnson	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
5	131	New York Rangers	Colin Pepperall	L	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL
5	132	Boston Bruins	Elias Abrahamsson	D	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
5	133	Philadelphia Flyers	Jesse Boulerice	R	Detroit Whalers	OHL
5	134	Colorado Avalanche	Luke Curtin	L	Kelowna Rockets	WHL
5	135	Detroit Red Wings	Michal Podolka	G	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL

1996 Round 6 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
6	136	Ottawa Senators	Andreas Dackell	R	Brynas IF Gavle	SEL
6	137	San Jose Sharks	Michel Larocque	G	Boston University	NCAA
6	138	New York Islanders	Todd Miller	C	Sarnia Sting	OHL
6	139	Arizona Coyotes	Robert Esche	G	Detroit Whalers	OHL
6	140	Toronto Maple Leafs	Dmitri Yakushin	D	Pembroke	COJHL
6	141	Edmonton Oilers	Bryan Randall	R	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
6	142	Buffalo Sabres	Ryan Davis	R	Owen Sound Platers	OHL
6	143	Hartford Whalers	Aaron Baker	G	Tri-City Americans	WHL
6	144	Detroit Red Wings	Magnus Nilsson	L	Vita Hasten	Sweden
6	145	New Jersey Devils	Sean Ritchlin	R	U. of Michigan	NCAA
6	146	Colorado Avalanche	Brian Willsie	R	Guelph Storm	OHL
6	147	Vancouver Canucks	Nolan McDonald	G	U. of Vermont	NCAA
6	148	Toronto Maple Leafs	Chris Bogas	D	Michigan State University	NCAA
6	149	Anaheim Ducks	Blaine Russell	G	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL
6	150	Pittsburgh Penquins	Peter Bergman		Kamloops Blazers	WHL
6	151	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lucio DeMartinis		Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
6	152	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nikolai Ignatov	D	CSKA Moscow	Russia
6	153	Washington Capitals	A.J. Van Bruggen	R	Northern Michigan University	NCAA
6	154	Montreal Canadiens	Brett Clark	D	U. of Maine	NCAA
6	155	Boston Bruins	Chris Lane		Spokane Chiefs	WHL
6	156	Florida Panthers	Gaetan Poirier	L	Merrimack College	NCAA
6	157	Tampa Bay Lightning	Xavier Delisle	C	Granby Predateurs	QMJHL
6	158	New York Rangers	Ola Sandberg	D	Djurgardens IF Stockholm	SEL
6	159	St Louis Blues	Stephen Wagner	G	Olds Grizzlys	AJHL
6	160	Colorado Avalanche	Kai Fischer	G	Duesseldorf EG	DEL
6	161	Buffalo Sabres	Darren Mortier	C	Sarnia Sting	OHL
6	162	Detroit Red Wings	Alexandre Jacques	R	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL

1996 Round 7 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
7	163	Ottawa Senators	Francois Hardy	D	Val d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL
7	164	San Jose Sharks	Jake Deadmarsh	D	Kamloops Blazers	WHL
7	165	New York Islanders	J.R. Prestifilippo	G	Hotchkiss Academy	CT
7	166	Dallas Stars	Eoin McInerney	G	London Knights	OHL
7	167	Colorado Avalanche	Dan Hinote	C	Army	NCAA
7	168	Edmonton Oilers	David Bernier	R	St. Hyacinthe Lasers	QMJHL
7	169	St Louis Blues	Daniel Corso	C	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL
7	170	Edmonton Oilers	Brandon Lafrance	R	Ohio State University	NCAA
7	171	Hartford Whalers	Greg Kuznik	D	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
7	172	Anaheim Ducks	Timo Ahmaoja	D	JyP HT Jyvaskyla	FNL
7	173	New Jersey Devils	Daryl Andrews	D	Melfort Mustangs	SJHL
7	174	Arizona Coyotes	Trevor Letowski	C	Sarnia Sting	OHL
7	175	Vancouver Canucks	Clint Cabana	D	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
7	176	Colorado Avalanche	Samuel Pahlsson	C	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik	SEL
7	177	St Louis Blues	Reed Low	R	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL
7	178	Toronto Maple Leafs	Reggie Berg	C	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
7	179	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pavel Kubina	D	Vitkovice HC	Czech
7	180	Washington Capitals	Mike Anderson	W	U. of Minnesota	NCAA
7	181	Montreal Canadiens	Timo Vertala	L	JyP HT Jyvaskyla	FNL
7	182	Boston Bruins	Tom Brown	D	Sarnia Sting	OHL
7	183	Florida Panthers	Alexandre Couture	D	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL
7	184	Chicago Blackhawks	Mike Vellinga	D	Guelph Storm	OHL
7	185	New York Rangers	Jeff Dessner	D	Taft H.S.	CT
7	186	Pittsburgh Penquins	Eric Meloche	R	Cornwall	COJHL
7	187	Philadelphia Flyers	Roman Malov	C	Omsk Avangard	Russia
7	188	Colorado Avalanche	Roman Pylner		Litvinov Jr.	Czech
7	189	Detroit Red Wings	Colin Beardsmore	C	North Bay Centennials	OHL

1996 Round 8 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
8	190	Los Angeles Kings	Stephen Valiquette	G	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
8	191	San Jose Sharks	Cory Cyrenne	C	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL
8	192	New York Islanders	Evgeny Korolev	D	Peterborough Petes	OHL
8	193	Los Angeles Kings	Kai Nurminen	F	HV71 Jonkoping	SEL
8	194	Dallas Stars	Joel Kwiatkowski	D	Prince George Cougars	WHL
8	195	Edmonton Oilers	Fernando Pisani	L	St. Albert Saints	AJHL
8	196	St Louis Blues	Andrej Podkonicky	L	ZTK Zvolen	Slovakia
8	197	Hartford Whalers	Kevin Marsh	W	Calgary Hitmen	WHL
8	198	Anaheim Ducks	Kevin Kellett	D	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL
8	199	New Jersey Devils	Willie Mitchell	D	Melfort Mustangs	SJHL
8	200	Arizona Coyotes	Nick Lent	R	Omaha Lancers	USHL
8	201	Vancouver Canucks	Jeff Scissons	C	Vernon Vipers	BCJHL
8	202	Calgary Flames	Ryan Wade	F	Kelowna Rockets	WHL
8	203	St Louis Blues	Tony Hutchins	F	Lawrence Academy	MA
8	204	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tomas Kaberle	D	Kladno	Czech
8	205	New Jersey Devils	Jay Bertsch		Spokane Chiefs	WHL
8	206	Washington Capitals	Oleg Orekhovsky	D	Moscow Dynamo	Russia
8	207	Montreal Canadiens	Mattia Baldi		Ambri-Piotta	SwissA
8	208	Boston Bruins	Bob Prier	F	St. Lawrence University	NCAA
8	209	Florida Panthers	Denis Khlopotnov	G	CSKA Moscow	Russia
8	210	Chicago Blackhawks	Chris Twerdun	D	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL
8	211	New York Rangers	Ryan McKie	D	London Knights	OHL
8	212	Ottawa Senators	Erich Goldmann	D	Mannheim Eagles	DEL
8	213	Philadelphia Flyers	Jeff Milliker		Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL
8	214	Colorado Avalanche	Matt Scorsune	D	Hotchkiss Academy	CT
8	215	Detroit Red Wings	Craig Stahl	W	Tri-City Americans	WHL

1996 Round 9 Draft Results

Rnd	Pick	Team	Name	Pos	From	League
9	216	Ottawa Senators	Ivan Ciernik	L	Nitra	Slovakia
9	217	San Jose Sharks	David Thibeault	L	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL
9	218	New York Islanders	Mike Muzechka		Calgary Hitmen	WHL
9	219	Los Angeles Kings	Sebastien Simard		Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL
9	220	Dallas Stars	Nick Bootland	L	Guelph Storm	OHL
9	221	Edmonton Oilers	John Hultberg	G	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
9	222	Buffalo Sabres	Scott Buhler	G	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
9	223	Hartford Whalers	Craig Adams	R	Harvard University	NCAA
9	224	Anaheim Ducks	Tobias Johansson	D	Malmo IF	SEL
9	225	New Jersey Devils	Pasi Petrilainen	D	Tappara Tampere	FNL
9	226	Arizona Coyotes	Marc-Etienne Hubert	C	Laval Titan College Francais	QMJHL
9	227	Vancouver Canucks	Lubomir Vaic	C	Kosice	Slovakia
9	228	Calgary Flames	Ronald Petrovicky	R	Prince George Cougars	WHL
9	229	St Louis Blues	Konstantin Shafranov	R	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL
9	230	Toronto Maple Leafs	Jared Hope		Spokane Chiefs	WHL
9	231	Hartford Whalers	Askhat Rakhmatulin	F	Salavat Yulajev	Russia
9	232	Washington Capitals	Chad Cavanagh	C	London Knights	OHL
9	233	Montreal Canadiens	Michel Tremblay		Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL
9	234	Boston Bruins	Anders Soderberg	L	Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik	SEL
9	235	Florida Panthers	Russell Smith		Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
9	236	Chicago Blackhawks	Andrei Kozyrev	D	Cherepovets Severstal	Russia
9	237	New York Rangers	Ronnie Sundin	D	Vastra Frolunda HC Goteborg	SEL
9	238	Pittsburgh Penquins	Timo Seikkula	C	Junkkarit	Finland
9	239	Ottawa Senators	Sami Salo	D	TPS Turku	FNL
9	240	Colorado Avalanche	Justin Clark	R	U. of Michigan	NCAA
9	241	Detroit Red Wings	Evgeny Afanasiev		Detroit	Midget