Entry Draft

1996 NHL Draft

241 selections CAN 36 RUS 17 SWE 11 CZE 9

Draft 1996

All R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7

#

Prospect

Pos

Birthplace

Drafted by

Amateur club

Nat

Round 1 Picks 1-26

1

Chris Phillips

- -

-

-

Ottawa Senators

OTT

-

-

-

2

Andrei Zyuzin

185 cm · 93 kg

D Ufa, RUS

D

Ufa, RUS

San Jose Sharks

SJS

RUS

Salavat Yulaev

RUS

3

J-P Dumont

183 cm · 99 kg

LW Montreal,, CAN

LW

Montreal,, CAN

New York Islanders

NYI

CAN

Val-d'Or Foreurs

CAN

4

Alexander Volchkov

185 cm · 93 kg

N/A RUS

N/A

RUS

Washington Capitals

WSH

RUS

Barrie Colts

RUS

5

Ric Jackman

188 cm · 89 kg

D Toronto, CAN

D

Toronto, CAN

Dallas Stars

DAL

CAN

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

CAN

6

Boyd Devereaux

188 cm · 88 kg

C Seaforth, CAN

C

Seaforth, CAN

Edmonton Oilers

EDM

CAN

Kitchener Rangers

CAN

7

Erik Rasmussen

185 cm · 94 kg

C Minneapolis, USA

C

Minneapolis, USA

Buffalo Sabres

BUF

USA

U. of Minnesota

USA

8

Johnathan Aitken

- -

-

-

Boston Bruins

BOS

-

-

-

9

Ruslan Salei

183 cm · 96 kg

D Minsk, BLR

D

Minsk, BLR

Anaheim Ducks

ANA

BLR

Las Vegas Thunder

BLR

10

Lance Ward

191 cm · 98 kg

D Lloydminster, CAN

D

Lloydminster, CAN

New Jersey Devils

NJD

CAN

Red Deer Rebels

CAN

11

Dan Focht

- -

-

-

Phoenix Coyotes

PHX

-

-

-

12

Josh Holden

183 cm · 86 kg

C Calgary, CAN

C

Calgary, CAN

Vancouver Canucks

VAN

CAN

Regina Pats

CAN

13

Derek Morris

- -

-

-

Calgary Flames

CGY

-

-

-

14

Marty Reasoner

- -

-

-

St. Louis Blues

STL

-

-

-

15

Dainius Zubrus

- -

-

-

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI

-

-

-

16

Mario Larocque

- -

-

-

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL

-

-

-

17

Jaroslav Svejkovsky

- -

-

-

Washington Capitals

WSH

-

-

-

18

Matt Higgins

188 cm · 92 kg

C Calgary, CAN

C

Calgary, CAN

Montréal Canadiens

MTL

CAN

Moose Jaw Warriors

CAN

19

Matthieu Descôteaux

- -

-

-

Edmonton Oilers

EDM

-

-

-

20

Marcus Nilson

188 cm · 89 kg

LW Balsta, SWE

LW

Balsta, SWE

Florida Panthers

FLA

SWE

Djurgardens IF Stockholm

SWE

21

Marco Sturm

180 cm · 88 kg

RW Dingolfing, DEU

RW

Dingolfing, DEU

San Jose Sharks

SJS

DEU

Landshut EV

DEU

22

Jeff Brown

191 cm · 97 kg

D Mississauga, CAN

D

Mississauga, CAN

New York Rangers

NYR

CAN

Sarnia Sting

CAN

23

Craig Hillier

- -

-

-

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT

-

-

-

24

Daniel Brière

- -

-

-

Phoenix Coyotes

PHX

-

-

-

25

Peter Ratchuk

183 cm · 92 kg

D Buffalo, USA

D

Buffalo, USA

Colorado Avalanche

COL

USA

Shattuck-St. Mary's

USA

26

Jesse Wallin

- -

-

-

Detroit Red Wings

DET

-

-

-