ENTRY DRAFT

1997

LNH ENTRY DRAFT

ROUND #1			GP	PTS
1	BOS	Joe Thornton C	1901	1673
2	SJ	Patrick Marleau C	1974	1324
3	LA	Olli Jokinen C	1237	755
4	NYI	Roberto Luongo G	1114	20
5	NYI	Eric Brewer D	1043	288
6	CGY	Daniel Tkaczuk C	19	11
7	TB	Paul Mara D	767	260
8	BOS	Sergei Samsonov W	964	618
9	WAS	Nicholas Boynton D	626	150
10	FLA	Brad Ference D	250	34
11	MON	Jason Ward W	348	84
12	OTT	Marian Hossa W	1514	1282
13	CHI	Daniel Cleary W	1059	439
14	EDM	Michel Riesen W	12	1
15	LA	Matt Zultek W	-	-
16	CHI	Ty Jones W	14	-
17	PIT	Robert Dome W	53	14
18	ANA	Michael Holmqvist C	156	35
19	NYR	Stefan Cherneski W	-	-
20	FLA	Mike Brown W	34	3
21	BUF	Mika Noronen G	71	1
22	CAR	Nikos Tselios D	2	-
23	SJ	Scott Hannan D	1155	238
24	NJ	Jean-François Damphousse G	6	-
25	DAL	Brenden Morrow W	1109	621
26	COL	Kevin Grimes D	-	-
ROUND #2			GP	PTS
27	BOS	Ben Clymer D	454	131
28	CAR	Brad Defauw W	9	3
29	LA	Scott Barney W	27	11
30	PHI	Jean-Marc Pelletier G	7	-
31	NYI	Jeff Zehr W	4	-
32	CGY	Evan Lindsay G	-	-
33	TB	Kyle Kos D	-	-
34	VAN	Ryan Bonni D	3	-
35	WAS	Jean-Francois Fortin D	-	-
36	VAN	Harold Druken C	150	64
37	MON	Gregor Baumgartner W	-	-
38	NJ	Stanislav Gron W	1	-
39	CHI	Jeremy Reich W	103	6
40	STL	Tyler Rennette C	-	-
41	EDM	Patrick Dovigi G	-	-
42	CGY	John Tripp W	43	9
43	UTA	Juha Gustafsson D	-	-
44	PIT	Brian Gaffaney C	-	-
45	ANA	Maxim Balmochnykh W	-	-
46	NYR	Wes Jarvis D	-	-
47	FLA	Kristian Huselius W	686	465
48	BUF	Henrik Tallinder D	717	154
49	DET	Yuri Butsayev W	99	14
50	PHI	Pat Kavanagh W	20	2
51	CGY	Dmitry Kokorev D	-	-
52	DAL	Roman Lyashenko C	156	26
53	COL	Graham Belak W	-	-
ROUND #3			GP	PTS
54	BOS	Mattias Karlin W	-	-
55	COL	Rick Berry D	197	15
56	FLA	Vratislav Cech D	-	-
57	TOR	Jeff Farkas C	16	3
58	OTT	Jani Hurme G	76	-
59	NYI	Jarrett Smith C	-	-
60	CGY	Derek Schutz C	-	-
61	TB	Matt Elich W	16	2
62	PHI	Kris Mallette D	-	-
63	BOS	Lee Goren W	72	9
64	VAN	Kyle Freadrich W	23	1
65	MON	Ilkka Mikkola D	-	-
66	OTT	Josh Langfeld W	144	32
67	CHI	Mike Souza W	-	-
68	EDM	Sergei Yerkovich D	-	-
69	BUF	Maxim Afinogenov W	700	418
70	CGY	Erik Andersson W	12	3
71	PIT	Josef Melichar D	354	49
72	ANA	Jay Legault W	-	-
73	NYR	Burke Henry D	39	8
74	FLA	Nick Smith C	15	-
75	BUF	Jeff Martin C	-	-
76	DET	Petr Sykora C	12	4
77	DAL	Steve Gainey W	33	2
78	COL	Ville Nieminen W	443	137
79	NYI	Robert Schnabel D	22	3
80	CAR	Francis Lessard W	115	4
ROUND #4			GP	PTS
81	BOS	Karol Bartanus W	-	-
82	SJ	Adam Colagiacomo W	-	-
83	LA	Joe Corvo D	758	328
84	TOR	Adam Mair C	650	122
85	NYI	Petr Mika W	3	-
86	STL	Didier Tremblay D	-	-
87	COL	Brad Larsen W	319	52
88	CAR	Shane Willis W	176	74
89	WAS	Curtis Cruickshank G	-	-
90	VAN	Chris Stanley C	-	-
91	MON	Daniel Tetrault D	-	-
92	CGY	Chris St. Croix D	-	-
93	NYR	Tomi Kallarsson D	-	-
94	EDM	Jonas Elofsson D	-	-
95	FLA	Ivan Novoseltsev W	234	75
96	UTA	Scott McCallum D	-	-
97	PIT	Alexandre Mathieu C	-	-
98	STL	Jan Horacek D	-	-
99	LA	Sean Blanchard D	-	-
100	CGY	Ryan Ready W	7	1
101	BUF	Luc Theoret D	-	-
102	DET	Quintin Laing W	79	11
103	PHI	Mikhail Chernov D	-	-
104	NJ	Lucas Nehrling D	-	-
105	DAL	Marcus Kristoffersson W	-	-
106	STL	Jame Pollock D	9	-
ROUND #5			GP	PTS
107	SJ	Adam Nittel-Spylo W	-	-
108	TB	Mark Thompson D	-	-
109	TB	Jan Sulc C	-	-
110	CHI	Benjamin Simon C	81	4
111	TOR	Frantisek Mrazek W	-	-
112	TB	Karel Betik D	3	2
113	CGY	Martin Moîse W	-	-
114	VAN	David Darguzas W	-	-
115	NYI	Adam Edinger C	-	-
116	WAS	Kevin Caulfield C	-	-
117	VAN	Matt Cockell G	-	-
118	MON	Konstantin Sidulov D	-	-
119	OTT	Magnus Arvedson W	486	236
120	CHI	Pete Gardiner C	-	-
121	EDM	Jason Chimera W	1178	444
122	MON	Gennady Razin D	-	-
123	UTA	Curtis Suter D	-	-
124	PIT	Harlan Pratt D	-	-
125	ANA	Luc Vaillancourt G	-	-
126	NYR	Jason McLean G	-	-
127	FLA	Pat Parthenais D	-	-
128	BUF	Torrey DiRoberto W	-	-
129	DET	John Wikstrom D	-	-
130	CHI	Kyle Calder W	608	297
131	NJ	Jiri Bicek W	69	13
132	DAL	Teemu Elomo W	-	-
133	COL	Aaron Miskovich C	-	-
134	NYR	Johan Lindbom W	38	4
ROUND #6			GP	PTS
135	BOS	Denis Timofeyev D	-	-
136	NYR	Mike York C	585	323
137	LA	Richard Seeley D	-	-
138	TOR	Eric Gooldy W	-	-
139	NYI	Bobby Leavins C	-	-
140	CGY	Ilja Demidov D	-	-
141	EDM	Peter Sarno C	6	1
142	CAR	Kyle Dafoe D	-	-
143	WAS	Henrik Petre D	-	-
144	VAN	Matt Cooke W	1156	436
145	MON	Jonathan Desroches D	-	-
146	OTT	Jeffrey Sullivan D	-	-
147	CHI	Heath Gordon W	-	-
148	VAN	Larry Shapley W	-	-
149	STL	Nicholas Bilotto D	-	-
150	LA	Jeff Katcher D	-	-
151	UTA	Robert Francz W	-	-
152	PIT	Petr Havelka W	-	-
153	TB	Andrei Skopintsev D	40	6
154	NYR	Shawn Degagne G	-	-
155	FLA	Keith Delaney C	-	-
156	BUF	Brian Campbell D	1189	548
157	DET	B.J. Young W	1	-
158	PHI	Jordon Flodell D	-	-
159	NJ	Sascha Goc D	22	-
160	DAL	Alexei Timkin D	-	-
161	COL	David Aebischer G	227	3
ROUND #7			GP	PTS
162	BOS	Joel Trottier W	-	-
163	SJ	Joe Dusbabek W	-	-
164	PHI	Todd Fedoruk W	570	99
165	TOR	Hugo Marchand D	-	-
166	NYI	Kris Knoblauch W	-	-
167	CGY	Jeremy Rondeau W	-	-
168	TB	Justin Jack D	-	-
169	CAR	Andrew Merrick W	-	-
170	TB	Eero Somervuori W	-	-
171	VAN	Rod Leroux D	-	-
172	MON	Ben Guite C	185	46
173	OTT	Robin Bacul C	-	-
174	CHI	Jerad Smith D	-	-
175	NYR	Johan Holmqvist G	105	2
176	EDM	Kevin Bolibruck D	-	-
177	STL	Ladislav Nagy W	453	315
178	ANA	Tony Mohagen W	-	-
179	PIT	Mark Moore D	-	-
180	BOS	Jim Baxter D	-	-
181	ANA	Mat Snesrud D	-	-
182	NYR	Mike Mottau D	317	59
183	FLA	Tyler Palmer D	-	-
184	BUF	Jeremy Adduono W	-	-
185	TB	Samuel St-Pierre W	-	-
186	DET	Mike Laceby D	-	-
187	EDM	Chad Hinz C	-	-
188	NJ	Mathieu Benoit W	-	-
189	DAL	Jeff McKercher D	-	-
190	TOR	Shawn Thornton W	810	109
ROUND #8			GP	PTS
191	BOS	Antti Laaksonen W	508	174
192	SJ	Cam Severson W	38	3
193	LA	Jay Kopischke W	-	-
194	TOR	Russ Bartlett C	-	-
195	CAR	Niklas Nordgren W	58	6
196	NYI	Jeremy Symington G	-	-
197	MON	Petr Kubos D	-	-
198	TB	Shawn Skolney D	-	-
199	CAR	Randy Fitzgerald W	-	-
200	WAS	Pierre-Luc Therrien G	-	-
201	VAN	Denis Martynyuk W	-	-
202	MON	Andrei Sidyakin W	-	-
203	OTT	Nick Gillis C	-	-
204	CHI	Sergei Shikhanov C	-	-
205	EDM	Chris Kerr D	-	-
206	STL	Bob Haglund C	-	-
207	UTA	Alex Andreyev D	-	-
208	PIT	Andrew Ference D	1027	263
209	ANA	Rene Stussi W	-	-
210	NYR	Andrew Proskurnicki W	-	-
211	FLA	Doug Schueller D	-	-
212	BUF	Kamil Piros C	28	8
213	DET	Steve Wilejto C	-	-
214	PHI	Marko Kauppinen D	-	-
215	NJ	Scott Clemmensen G	196	4
216	DAL	Alexei Komarov D	-	-
217	COL	Doug Schmidt D	-	-
ROUND #9			GP	PTS
218	BOS	Éric Van Acker D	-	-
219	SJ	Mark Smith C	401	74
220	LA	Konrad Brand D	-	-
221	TOR	Jonathan Hedstrom W	86	28
222	NYI	Ryan Clark D	-	-
223	CGY	Paul Dustin W	-	-
224	TB	Paul Comrie C	15	3
225	CAR	Kent McDonell W	32	3
226	WAS	Matt Oikawa W	-	-
227	VAN	Peter Brady G	-	-
228	MON	Jarl Ygranes D	-	-
229	OTT	Karel Rachunek D	397	148
230	CHI	Chris Feil D	-	-
231	EDM	Alexander Fomichev G	-	-
232	STL	Dmitri Plekhanov D	-	-
233	UTA	Wyatt Smith C	216	32
234	PIT	Eric Lind D	-	-
235	ANA	Tommi Degerman C	-	-
236	NYR	Richard Miller D	-	-
237	FLA	Benoît Côté C	-	-
238	BUF	Dylan Kemp D	-	-
239	DET	Greg Willers D	-	-
240	PHI	Par Styf D	-	-
241	NJ	Jan Sorinko D	-	-
242	DAL	Brett McLean C	395	163
243	COL	Kyle Kidney W	-	-
244	STL	Marek Ivan C	-	-
245	COL	Steve Lafleur D	-	-
246	BOS	Jay Henderson W	33	4

BY POSITION

1997 LNH ENTRY DRAFT

POSITION	QTY	%
Centers	134	54,5
Defensemen	93	37,8
Goalies	19	7,7
TOTAL	246

ORIGIN

1997 LNH ENTRY DRAFT

COUNTRIES			QTY
	Canada		129
	Ontario	47
	Quebec	20
	Alberta	19
	Saskatchewan	18
	Manitoba	11
	British Columbia	9
	Newfoundland	5
	United States		39
	Minnesota	9
	Massachusetts	6
	New York	5
	Illinois	3
	Michigan	3
	Connecticut	2
	New Jersey	2
	Ohio	2
	Alaska	1
	California	1
	Colorado	1
	Georgia	1
	Iowa	1
	New Hampshire	1
	Washington	1
	Russia		18
	Czech Republic		17
	Sweden		15
	Finland		12
	Slovakia		5
	Switzerland		3
	Austria		2
	Germany		2
	Belarus		1
	Latvia		1
	Norway		1
	Ukraine		1

BY TEAMS

1997 LNH ENTRY DRAFT

TEAMS		QTY
BOS	Boston Bruins	12
CGY	Calgary Flames	12
NYR	New York Rangers	12
TB	Tampa Bay Lightning	12
CHI	Chicago Blackhawks	11
FLA	Florida Panthers	11
MON	Montreal Canadiens	11
NYI	New York Islanders	11
VAN	Vancouver Canucks	11
BUF	Buffalo Sabres	10
COL	Colorado Avalanche	10
EDM	Edmonton Oilers	10
CAR	Carolina Hurricanes	9
DAL	Dallas Stars	9
LA	Los Angeles Kings	9
PIT	Pittsburgh Penguins	9
STL	St-Louis Blues	9
ANA	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	8
DET	Detroit Red Wings	8
NJ	New Jersey Devils	8
OTT	Ottawa Senators	8
PHI	Philadelphia Flyers	8
TOR	Toronto Maple Leafs	8
SJ	San Jose Sharks	7
WAS	Washington Capitals	7
UTA	Phoenix Coyotes	6