1996 NHL Entry Draft

St. Louis, Missouri - June 22, 1996

Summary statistics

			POSITION SPLIT			NATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUND	TO NHL	GP	FWD	DEF	GOA..
Round 1	92.31%	427.2	46.2%	50.0%	3.8%	61.5%	11.5%	3.8%	7.7%	0.0%	15.4%
Round 2	66.67%	213.3	59.3%	29.6%	11.1%	66.7%	14.8%	0.0%	3.7%	0.0%	14.8%
Round 3	40.74%	201.7	66.7%	25.9%	7.4%	55.6%	11.1%	3.7%	18.5%	0.0%	11.1%
Round 4	35.71%	138.7	64.3%	28.6%	7.1%	60.7%	3.6%	14.3%	7.1%	7.1%	7.1%
Round 5	18.52%	13.3	51.9%	40.7%	7.4%	51.9%	18.5%	7.4%	7.4%	0.0%	14.8%
Round 6	25.93%	70.0	51.9%	22.2%	25.9%	59.3%	14.8%	11.1%	3.7%	0.0%	11.1%
Round 7	29.63%	122.0	51.9%	40.7%	7.4%	55.6%	18.5%	3.7%	3.7%	7.4%	11.1%
Round 8	34.62%	107.7	53.8%	38.5%	7.7%	53.8%	15.4%	0.0%	11.5%	3.8%	15.4%
Round 9	26.92%	87.5	69.2%	23.1%	7.7%	42.3%	7.7%	11.5%	7.7%	11.5%	19.2%
TOTAL¹		152.8	57.3%	33.2%	9.5%	56.4%	12.9%	6.2%	7.9%	3.3%	13.3%
TO NHL²	41.08%		38.4%	51.3%	21.7%	36.0%	41.9%	33.3%	31.6%	50.0%	68.8%

¹⁾ Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 56.4% of all drafted players were Canadian).
²⁾ Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 36.0% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

					OVERALL				PER DRAFT PICK
Rk	TEAM	WAPP¹	PICKS	TO NHL	GP	G	A	P	GP	G	A	P
1	Ottawa Senators	6.73	7	85.7%	2789	274	631	905	398.4	39.1	90.1	129.3
2	San Jose Sharks	13.36	8	50.0%	2112	339	417	756	264.0	42.4	52.1	94.5
3	New York Islanders	22.84	10	60.0%	2921	447	816	1263	292.1	44.7	81.6	126.3
4	Washington Capitals	28.80	12	25.0%	668	119	168	287	55.7	9.9	14.0	23.9
5	Dallas Stars	30.90	8	50.0%	989	110	151	261	123.6	13.8	18.9	32.6
6	Edmonton Oilers	32.80	10	50.0%	1924	224	453	677	192.4	22.4	45.3	67.7
7	Buffalo Sabres	36.22	10	30.0%	1544	74	214	288	154.4	7.4	21.4	28.8
8	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	41.11	7	28.6%	2433	311	624	935	347.6	44.4	89.1	133.6
9	Phoenix Coyotes	44.57	8	62.5%	1969	401	532	933	246.1	50.1	66.5	116.6
10	Boston Bruins	46.04	10	20.0%	238	11	19	30	23.8	1.1	1.9	3.0
11	Calgary Flames	49.81	9	55.6%	2875	228	647	875	319.4	25.3	71.9	97.2
12	New Jersey Devils	52.90	14	42.9%	2410	105	315	420	172.1	7.5	22.5	30.0
13	Philadelphia Flyers	55.60	6	33.3%	1465	236	365	601	244.2	39.3	60.8	100.2
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	57.96	6	50.0%	991	113	278	391	165.2	18.8	46.3	65.2
15	Vancouver Canucks	58.15	8	37.5%	90	7	11	18	11.3	0.9	1.4	2.3
16	Pittsburgh Penguins	60.68	8	50.0%	1080	77	255	332	135.0	9.6	31.9	41.5
17	Chicago Blackhawks	70.05	7	28.6%	20	0	0	0	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
18	Montreal Canadiens	70.25	10	40.0%	1876	140	264	404	187.6	14.0	26.4	40.4
19	St. Louis Blues	71.72	10	60.0%	1252	117	202	319	125.2	11.7	20.2	31.9
20	Florida Panthers	73.22	9	44.4%	1089	152	238	390	121.0	16.9	26.4	43.3
21	New York Rangers	74.23	8	25.0%	54	12	3	15	6.8	1.5	0.4	1.9
22	Los Angeles Kings	75.93	10	50.0%	1349	204	289	493	134.9	20.4	28.9	49.3
23	Detroit Red Wings	88.61	9	11.1%	49	0	2	2	5.4	0.0	0.2	0.2
24	Toronto Maple Leafs	91.83	14	21.4%	1005	88	478	566	71.8	6.3	34.1	40.4
25	Colorado Avalanche	94.06	13	46.2%	2439	375	412	787	187.6	28.8	31.7	60.5
26	Hartford Whalers	97.91	10	30.0%	1185	66	129	195	118.5	6.6	12.9	19.5

¹⁾ The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1	Chris Phillips	1978	Ottawa Senators	D	1179	71	217	288	756	68
2	Andrei Zyuzin	1978	San Jose Sharks	D	496	38	82	120	446	-40
3	Jean-Pierre Dumont	1978	New York Islanders	F	822	214	309	523	364	-2
4	Alexander Volchkov	1977	Washington Capitals	F	3	0	0	0	0	-2
5	Richard Jackman	1978	Dallas Stars	D	231	19	58	77	166	-54
6	Boyd Devereaux	1978	Edmonton Oilers	F	627	67	112	179	205	5
7	Erik Rasmussen	1977	Buffalo Sabres	F	545	52	76	128	305	5
8	Johnathan Aitken	1978	Boston Bruins	D	44	0	1	1	70	-12
9	Ruslan Salei	1974	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	D	917	45	159	204	1065	-25
10	Lance Ward	1978	New Jersey Devils	D	209	4	12	16	391	-30
11	Dan Focht	1977	Phoenix Coyotes	D	82	2	6	8	145	-32
12	Josh Holden	1978	Vancouver Canucks	F	60	5	9	14	16	-10
13	Derek Morris	1978	Calgary Flames	D	1107	92	332	424	1004	-44
14	Marty Reasoner	1977	St. Louis Blues	F	798	97	169	266	379	-34
15	Dainius Zubrus	1978	Philadelphia Flyers	F	1293	228	363	591	791	1
16	Mario Larocque	1978	Tampa Bay Lightning	D	5	0	0	0	16	-4
17	Jaroslav Svejkovsky	1976	Washington Capitals	F	113	23	19	42	56	-22
18	Matt Higgins	1977	Montreal Canadiens	F	57	1	2	3	6	-11
19	Matthieu Descoteaux	1977	Edmonton Oilers	D	5	1	1	2	4	-2
20	Marcus Nilson	1978	Florida Panthers	F	521	67	101	168	270	5
21	Marco Sturm	1978	San Jose Sharks	F	938	242	245	487	446	59
22	Jeff Brown	1978	New York Rangers	D
23	Craig Hillier	1978	Pittsburgh Penguins	G
24	Daniel Briere	1977	Phoenix Coyotes	F	973	307	389	696	744	-24
25	Peter Ratchuk	1977	Colorado Avalanche	D	32	1	1	2	10	-2
26	Jesse Wallin	1978	Detroit Red Wings	D	49	0	2	2	34	-5

Round 2

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
27	Cory Sarich	1978	Buffalo Sabres	D	969	21	137	158	1089	-9
28	Pavel Skrbek	1978	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	12	0	0	0	8	1
29	Dan Lacouture	1977	New York Islanders	F	337	20	25	45	348	-44
30	Josh Green	1977	Los Angeles Kings	F	341	36	40	76	206	-16
31	Remi Royer	1978	Chicago Blackhawks	D	18	0	0	0	67	-10
32	Chris Hajt	1978	Edmonton Oilers	D	6	0	0	0	2	-1
33	Darren Van Oene	1978	Buffalo Sabres	F
34	Trevor Wasyluk	1978	Hartford Whalers	F
35	Matt Cullen	1976	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	F	1516	266	465	731	592	-24
36	Marek Posmyk	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	19	1	2	3	20	0
37	Marián Cisár	1978	Los Angeles Kings	F	73	13	17	30	57	-12
38	Wes Mason	1977	New Jersey Devils	F
39	Travis Brigley	1977	Calgary Flames	F	55	3	6	9	16	-6
40	Steve Begin	1978	Calgary Flames	F	524	56	52	108	561	-21
41	Josh DeWolf	1977	New Jersey Devils	D
42	Jeff Paul	1978	Chicago Blackhawks	D	2	0	0	0	7	0
43	Jan Bulis	1978	Washington Capitals	F	552	96	149	245	268	-3
44	Mathieu Garon	1978	Montreal Canadiens	G	341	0	7	7	28
45	Henry Kuster	1977	Boston Bruins	F
46	Geoff Peters	1978	Chicago Blackhawks	F
47	Pierre Dagenais	1978	New Jersey Devils	F	142	35	23	58	58	0
48	Daniel Goneau	1976	New York Rangers	F	53	12	3	15	14	-10
49	Colin White	1977	New Jersey Devils	D	797	21	108	129	869	74
50	Francis Larivee	1977	Toronto Maple Leafs	G
51	Yuri Babenko	1978	Colorado Avalanche	F	3	0	0	0	0	0
52	Aren Miller	1978	Detroit Red Wings	G
53	Eric Naud	1977	Boston Bruins	F

Round 3

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
54	Francois Methot	1978	Buffalo Sabres	F
55	Terry Friesen	1977	San Jose Sharks	G
56	Zdeno Chara	1977	New York Islanders	D	1680	209	471	680	2085	301
57	Greg Phillips	1978	Los Angeles Kings	F
58	Sergei Zimakov	1978	Washington Capitals	D
59	Tom Poti	1977	Edmonton Oilers	D	824	69	258	327	586	44
60	Chris Allen	1978	Florida Panthers	D	2	0	0	0	2	1
61	Andrei Petrunin	1978	Hartford Whalers	F
62	Per-Anton Lundström	1977	Phoenix Coyotes	D
63	Scott Parker	1978	New Jersey Devils	F	308	7	14	21	699	4
64	Chester Gallant	1977	Philadelphia Flyers	F
65	Oleg Kvasha	1978	Florida Panthers	F	493	81	136	217	335	0
66	Mike Lankshear	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
67	Gordie Dwyer	1978	St. Louis Blues	F	108	0	5	5	394	-20
68	Konstantin Kalmikov	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
69	Curtis Tipler	1978	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
70	Jon Sim	1977	Dallas Stars	F	469	75	64	139	314	-43
71	Arron Asham	1978	Montreal Canadiens	F	789	94	114	208	1004	-42
72	Boyd Kane	1978	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	31	0	3	3	39	-8
73	Dmitri Vlasenkov	1978	Calgary Flames	F
74	David Weninger	1976	Washington Capitals	G
75	Zenith Komarniski	1978	Vancouver Canucks	D	21	1	1	2	10	-1
76	Dmitry Subbotin	1977	New York Rangers	F
77	Boris Protsenko	1978	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
78	Shawn McNeil	1978	Washington Capitals	F
79	Mark Parrish	1977	Colorado Avalanche	F	722	216	171	387	246	-47
80	Jason Doyle	1978	Boston Bruins	F

Round 4

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
81	Antti-Jussi Niemi	1977	Ottawa Senators	D	29	1	1	2	22	-7
82	Joey Tetarenko	1978	Florida Panthers	F	73	4	1	5	176	-7
83	Tyrone Garner	1978	New York Islanders	G	3	0	0	0	0
84	Mikael Simons	1978	Los Angeles Kings	F
85	Justin Davis	1978	Washington Capitals	F
86	Jason Sessa	1977	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
87	Kurt Walsh	1977	Buffalo Sabres	F
88	Craig MacDonald	1977	Hartford Whalers	F	233	11	24	35	91	-15
89	Toni Lydman	1977	Calgary Flames	D	847	36	206	242	551	45
90	Mike Hurley	1977	Dallas Stars	F
91	Josef Boumedienne	1978	New Jersey Devils	D	47	4	12	16	36	-13
92	Kim Staal	1978	Montreal Canadiens	F
93	Jonas Soling	1978	Vancouver Canucks	F
94	Christian Lefebvre	1978	Calgary Flames	D
95	Jon Zukiwsky	1977	St. Louis Blues	F
96	Eric Belanger	1977	Los Angeles Kings	F	820	138	220	358	361	-24
97	Andrei Petrakov	1976	St. Louis Blues	F
98	Ben Storey	1977	Colorado Avalanche	D
99	Etienne Drapeau	1978	Montreal Canadiens	F
100	Trent Whitfield	1977	Boston Bruins	F	194	11	18	29	104	-3
101	Josh MacNevin	1977	New Jersey Devils	D
102	Matt Bradley	1978	San Jose Sharks	F	675	59	90	149	562	-19
103	Vladimir Antipov	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
104	Steve Wasylko	1978	Hartford Whalers	F
105	Michal Rozsíval	1978	Pittsburgh Penguins	D	963	68	241	309	704	83
106	Mike Martone	1977	Buffalo Sabres	D
107	Randy Petruk	1978	Colorado Avalanche	G
108	Johan Forsander	1978	Detroit Red Wings	F

Round 5

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
109	Andrew Berenzweig	1977	New York Islanders	D	37	3	7	10	14	-4
110	Peter Cava	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
111	Brandon Sugden	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
112	Ryan Christie	1978	Dallas Stars	F	7	0	0	0	0	-2
113	Evgeny Tsybuk	1978	Dallas Stars	D
114	Brian Urick	1977	Edmonton Oilers	F
115	Alexei Tezikov	1978	Buffalo Sabres	D	30	1	1	2	2	-1
116	Mark McMahon	1978	Hartford Whalers	D
117	Brendan Buckley	1977	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	D
118	Glenn Crawford	1978	New Jersey Devils	F
119	Richard Lintner	1977	Phoenix Coyotes	D	112	8	12	20	54	-18
120	Jesse Black	1978	Los Angeles Kings	D
121	Tyler Prosofsky	1976	Vancouver Canucks	F
122	Josef Straka	1978	Calgary Flames	F
123	Peter Hogan	1978	Los Angeles Kings	D
124	Per-Ragnar Bergkvist	1976	Philadelphia Flyers	G
125	Jason Robinson	1978	Tampa Bay Lightning	D
126	Matt Lahey	1977	Washington Capitals	F
127	Daniel Archambault	1978	Montreal Canadiens	D
128	Petr Sachl	1977	New York Islanders	F
129	Andrew Long	1978	Florida Panthers	F
130	Andy Johnson	1978	Chicago Blackhawks	F
131	Colin Pepperall	1978	New York Rangers	F
132	Elias Abrahamsson	1977	Boston Bruins	D
133	Jesse Boulerice	1978	Philadelphia Flyers	F	172	8	2	10	333	-17
134	Luke Curtin	1977	Colorado Avalanche	F
135	Michal Podolka	1977	Detroit Red Wings	G

Round 6

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
136	Andreas Dackell	1972	Ottawa Senators	F	613	91	159	250	162	4
137	Michel Larocque	1976	San Jose Sharks	G	3	0	0	0	0
138	Todd Miller	1978	New York Islanders	F
139	Robert Esche	1978	Phoenix Coyotes	G	186	0	8	8	65
140	Dmitri Yakushin	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	2	0	0	0	2	0
141	Bryan Randall	1978	Edmonton Oilers	F
142	Ryan Davis	1978	Buffalo Sabres	F
143	Aaron Baker	1978	Hartford Whalers	G
144	Magnus Nilsson	1978	Detroit Red Wings	F
145	Sean Ritchlin	1977	New Jersey Devils	F
146	Brian Willsie	1978	Colorado Avalanche	F	381	52	57	109	217	-57
147	Nolan McDonald	1977	Vancouver Canucks	G
148	Chris Bogas	1976	Toronto Maple Leafs	D
149	Blaine Russell	1977	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	G
150	Peter Bergman	1978	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
151	Lucio DeMartinis	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
152	Nikolai Ignatov	1978	Tampa Bay Lightning	D
153	A.J. Van Bruggen	1977	Washington Capitals	F
154	Brett Clark	1976	Montreal Canadiens	D	689	45	141	186	293	-60
155	Chris Lane	1978	Boston Bruins	D
156	Gaetan Poirier	1976	Florida Panthers	F
157	Xavier Delisle	1977	Tampa Bay Lightning	F	16	3	2	5	6	-5
158	Ola Sandberg	1977	New York Rangers	D
159	Stephen Wagner	1977	St. Louis Blues	G
160	Kai Fischer	1977	Colorado Avalanche	G
161	Darren Mortier	1978	Buffalo Sabres	F
162	Alexandre Jacques	1977	Detroit Red Wings	F

Round 7

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
163	Francois Hardy	1978	Ottawa Senators	D
164	Jake Deadmarsh	1977	San Jose Sharks	D
165	J.R. Prestifilippo	1977	New York Islanders	G
166	Eoin McInerney	1977	Dallas Stars	G
167	Dan Hinote	1977	Colorado Avalanche	F	503	38	52	90	383	-16
168	David Bernier	1978	Edmonton Oilers	F
169	Daniel Corso	1978	St. Louis Blues	F	77	14	11	25	20	0
170	Brandon Lafrance	1976	Edmonton Oilers	F
171	Greg Kuznik	1978	Hartford Whalers	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
172	Timo Ahmaoja	1978	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	D
173	Daryl Andrews	1977	New Jersey Devils	D
174	Trevor Letowski	1977	Phoenix Coyotes	F	616	84	117	201	209	-19
175	Clint Cabana	1978	Vancouver Canucks	D
176	Samuel Påhlsson	1977	Colorado Avalanche	F	798	68	131	199	356	-70
177	Reed Low	1976	St. Louis Blues	F	256	3	16	19	725	-3
178	Reggie Berg	1976	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
179	Pavel Kubina	1977	Tampa Bay Lightning	D	970	110	276	386	1123	-102
180	Mike Anderson	1976	Washington Capitals	F
181	Timo Vertala	1978	Montreal Canadiens	F
182	Tom Brown	1977	Boston Bruins	D
183	Alexandre Couture	1977	Florida Panthers	D
184	Mike Vellinga	1978	Chicago Blackhawks	D
185	Jeff Dessner	1977	New York Rangers	D
186	Eric Meloche	1976	Pittsburgh Penguins	F	74	9	11	20	36	-21
187	Roman Malov	1977	Philadelphia Flyers	F
188	Roman Pylner	1978	Colorado Avalanche	F
189	Colin Beardsmore	1978	Detroit Red Wings	F

Round 8

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
190	Stephen Valiquette	1977	Los Angeles Kings	G	46	0	1	1	4
191	Cory Cyrenne	1977	San Jose Sharks	F
192	Evgeny Korolev	1978	New York Islanders	D	42	1	4	5	20	-10
193	Kai Nurminen	1969	Los Angeles Kings	F	69	17	11	28	24	-4
194	Joel Kwiatkowski	1977	Dallas Stars	D	282	16	29	45	245	-27
195	Fernando Pisani	1976	Edmonton Oilers	F	462	87	82	169	200	5
196	Andrej Podkonicky	1978	St. Louis Blues	F	8	1	0	1	2	-1
197	Kevin Marsh	1978	Hartford Whalers	F
198	Kevin Kellett	1978	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	D
199	Willie Mitchell	1977	New Jersey Devils	D	907	34	146	180	787	119
200	Nick Lent	1977	Phoenix Coyotes	F
201	Jeff Scissons	1976	Vancouver Canucks	F
202	Ryan Wade	1978	Calgary Flames	F
203	Tony Hutchins	1977	St. Louis Blues	F
204	Tomas Kaberle	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	984	87	476	563	260	17
205	Jason Bertsch	1976	New Jersey Devils	F
206	Oleg Orekhovsky	1977	Washington Capitals	D
207	Mattia Baldi	1977	Montreal Canadiens	F
208	Bob Prier	1976	Boston Bruins	F
209	Denis Khlopotnov	1978	Florida Panthers	G
210	Chris Twerdun	1978	Chicago Blackhawks	D
211	Ryan McKie	1978	New York Rangers	D
212	Erich Goldmann	1976	Ottawa Senators	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
213	Jeff Milleker	1978	Philadelphia Flyers	F
214	Matt Scorsune	1978	Colorado Avalanche	D
215	Craig Stahl	1977	Detroit Red Wings	F

Round 9

No.	Name	Born	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
216	Ivan Ciernik	1977	Ottawa Senators	F	89	12	14	26	32	9
217	David Thibeault	1978	San Jose Sharks	F
218	Mike Muzechka	1978	New York Islanders	D
219	Sebastien Simard	1978	Los Angeles Kings	F
220	Nick Bootland	1978	Dallas Stars	F
221	John Hultberg	1977	Edmonton Oilers	G
222	Scott Buhler	1978	Buffalo Sabres	G
223	Craig Adams	1977	Hartford Whalers	F	951	55	105	160	683	-82
224	Tobias Johwelin	1977	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	F
225	Pasi Petriläinen	1978	New Jersey Devils	D
226	Marc-Etienne Hubert	1978	Phoenix Coyotes	F
227	Lubomir Vaic	1977	Vancouver Canucks	F	9	1	1	2	2	-2
228	Ronald Petrovicky	1977	Calgary Flames	F	342	41	51	92	429	-25
229	Konstantin Shafranov	1968	St. Louis Blues	F	5	2	1	3	0	1
230	Jared Hope	1978	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
231	Askhat Rakhmatullin	1978	Hartford Whalers	F
232	Chad Cavanagh	1978	Washington Capitals	F
233	Michel Tremblay	1978	Montreal Canadiens	F
234	Anders Söderberg	1975	Boston Bruins	F
235	Russell Smith	1978	Florida Panthers	D
236	Andrei Kozyrev	1973	Chicago Blackhawks	D
237	Ronnie Sundin	1970	New York Rangers	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
238	Timo Seikkula	1978	Pittsburgh Penguins	F
239	Sami Salo	1974	Ottawa Senators	D	878	99	240	339	286	130
240	Justin Clark	1977	Colorado Avalanche	F
241	Evgeny Afanasyev	1978	Detroit Red Wings	F

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