Entry Draft

1997 NHL Draft

246 selections CAN 24 RUS 13 CZE 12 FIN 11

Draft 1997

All R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7

#

Prospect

Pos

Birthplace

Drafted by

Amateur club

Nat

Round 1 Picks 1-26

1

Joe Thornton

193 cm · 106 kg

C London, CAN

C

London, CAN

Boston Bruins

BOS

CAN

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

CAN

2

Patrick Marleau

- -

-

-

San Jose Sharks

SJS

-

-

-

3

Olli Jokinen

188 cm · 90 kg

C Kuopio, FIN

C

Kuopio, FIN

Los Angeles Kings

LAK

FIN

HIFK Helsinki

FIN

4

Roberto Luongo

- -

-

-

New York Islanders

NYI

-

-

-

5

Eric Brewer

- -

-

-

New York Islanders

NYI

-

-

-

6

Daniel Tkaczuk

188 cm · 93 kg

C Toronto, CAN

C

Toronto, CAN

Calgary Flames

CGY

CAN

Barrie Colts

CAN

7

Paul Mara

- -

-

-

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL

-

-

-

8

Sergei Samsonov

- -

-

-

Boston Bruins

BOS

-

-

-

9

Nick Boynton

- -

-

-

Washington Capitals

WSH

-

-

-

10

Brad Ference

- -

-

-

Vancouver Canucks

VAN

-

-

-

11

Jason Ward

- -

-

-

Montréal Canadiens

MTL

-

-

-

12

Marian Hossa

191 cm · 90 kg

RW Stara Lubovna, SVK

RW

Stara Lubovna, SVK

Ottawa Senators

OTT

SVK

Dukla Trencin

SVK

13

Daniel Cleary

185 cm · 93 kg

LW Carbonear, NL

LW

Carbonear, NL

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI

-

Belleville Bulls

-

14

Michel Riesen

188 cm · 88 kg

RW Oberbalm, CHE

RW

Oberbalm, CHE

Edmonton Oilers

EDM

CHE

Biel

CHE

15

Matt Zultek

- -

-

-

Los Angeles Kings

LAK

-

-

-

16

Ty Jones

- -

-

-

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI

-

-

-

17

Robert Dome

183 cm · 93 kg

C Skalica, SVK

C

Skalica, SVK

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT

SVK

Las Vegas Thunder

SVK

18

Michael Holmqvist

191 cm · 94 kg

C SWE

C

SWE

Anaheim Ducks

ANA

SWE

Djurgardens IF Stockholm

SWE

19

Stefan Cherneski

- -

-

-

New York Rangers

NYR

-

-

-

20

Mike Brown

- -

-

-

Florida Panthers

FLA

-

-

-

21

Mika Noronen

185 cm · 89 kg

G Tampere, FIN

G

Tampere, FIN

Buffalo Sabres

BUF

FIN

Tappara Tampere

FIN

22

Nikos Tselios

- -

-

-

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR

-

-

-

23

Scott Hannan

- -

-

-

San Jose Sharks

SJS

-

-

-

24

Jean-Francois Damphousse

- -

-

-

New Jersey Devils

NJD

-

-

-

25

Brenden Morrow

- -

-

-

Dallas Stars

DAL

-

-

-

26

Kevin Grimes

- -

-

-

Colorado Avalanche

COL

-

-

-