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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)
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147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164

Round 7

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191	Cory Cyrenne (C)		San Jose Sharks	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
192

Round 8

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215	Craig Stahl (RW)		Detroit Red Wings	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
216
217
218
219
220

Round 9

See also

• 1996-97 NHL season
• List of NHL players

References

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