Entry Draft

1998 NHL Draft

258 selections CAN 95 CZE 21 RUS 18 SWE 12

Draft 1998

All R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7

#

Prospect

Pos

Birthplace

Drafted by

Amateur club

Nat

Round 1 Picks 1-27

1

Vincent Lecavalier

193 cm · 82 kg

C Ile Bizard, CAN

C

Ile Bizard, CAN

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL

CAN

Rimouski Oceanic

CAN

2

David Legwand

- -

-

-

Nashville Predators

NSH

-

-

-

3

Brad Stuart

- -

-

-

San Jose Sharks

SJS

-

-

-

4

Bryan Allen

193 cm · 95 kg

D Kingston, CAN

D

Kingston, CAN

Vancouver Canucks

VAN

CAN

Oshawa Generals

CAN

5

Vitaly Vishnevski

188 cm · 93 kg

D Kharkov, UKR

D

Kharkov, UKR

Anaheim Ducks

ANA

UKR

Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl

UKR

6

Rico Fata

180 cm · 92 kg

RW Sault Ste. Marie, CAN

RW

Sault Ste. Marie, CAN

Calgary Flames

CGY

CAN

London Knights

CAN

7

Manny Malhotra

188 cm · 95 kg

C Mississauga, CAN

C

Mississauga, CAN

New York Rangers

NYR

CAN

Guelph Storm

CAN

8

Mark Bell

191 cm · 86 kg

C St. Paul's, CAN

C

St. Paul's, CAN

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI

CAN

Ottawa 67's

CAN

9

Mike Rupp

196 cm · 104 kg

LW Cleveland, USA

LW

Cleveland, USA

New York Islanders

NYI

USA

Erie

USA

10

Nik Antropov

196 cm · 92 kg

C Vost, RUS

C

Vost, RUS

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR

RUS

Astana

RUS

11

Jeff Heerema

185 cm · 85 kg

RW Thunder Bay, CAN

RW

Thunder Bay, CAN

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR

CAN

Sarnia Sting

CAN

12

Alex Tanguay

- -

-

-

Colorado Avalanche

COL

-

-

-

13

Michael Henrich

188 cm · 95 kg

RW Thornhill, CAN

RW

Thornhill, CAN

Edmonton Oilers

EDM

CAN

Barrie Colts

CAN

14

Patrick Desrochers

191 cm · 95 kg

G Penetanguishene, CAN

G

Penetanguishene, CAN

Phoenix Coyotes

PHX

CAN

Sarnia Sting

CAN

15

Mathieu Chouinard

185 cm · 96 kg

G Laval, CAN

G

Laval, CAN

Ottawa Senators

OTT

CAN

Shawinigan

CAN

16

Eric Chouinard

191 cm · 93 kg

C Atlanta, USA

C

Atlanta, USA

Montréal Canadiens

MTL

USA

Quebec Remparts

USA

17

Martin Skoula

191 cm · 101 kg

D Litomerice, CZE

D

Litomerice, CZE

Colorado Avalanche

COL

CZE

Barrie Colts

CZE

18

Dmitri Kalinin

188 cm · 97 kg

D Cheljabinsk, RUS

D

Cheljabinsk, RUS

Buffalo Sabres

BUF

RUS

Traktor Chelyabinsk

RUS

19

Robyn Regehr

193 cm · 98 kg

D Recife, BRA

D

Recife, BRA

Colorado Avalanche

COL

BRA

Kamloops Blazers

BRA

20

Scott Parker

- -

-

-

Colorado Avalanche

COL

-

-

-

21

Mathieu Biron

198 cm · 104 kg

D Lac St-Charles, CAN

D

Lac St-Charles, CAN

Los Angeles Kings

LAK

CAN

Shawinigan Cataractes

CAN

22

Simon Gagne

183 cm · 77 kg

C Ste-Foy, CAN

C

Ste-Foy, CAN

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI

CAN

Quebec Remparts

CAN

23

Milan Kraft

193 cm · 98 kg

LW Plzen, CZE

LW

Plzen, CZE

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT

CZE

Keramika Plzen

CZE

24

Christian Backman

193 cm · 95 kg

D Alingsas, SWE

D

Alingsas, SWE

St. Louis Blues

STL

SWE

Vastra Frolunda

SWE

25

Jiri Fischer

196 cm · 102 kg

D Kladno, CZE

D

Kladno, CZE

Detroit Red Wings

DET

CZE

Hull Olympiques

CZE

26

Mike Ryn

- -

-

-

New Jersey Devils

NJD

-

-

-

27

Scott Gomez

180 cm · 91 kg

C Anchorage, AK

C

Anchorage, AK

New Jersey Devils

NJD

-

Tri-City Americans

-