1998 NHL Entry Draft

líčkůThe 1998 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27th at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. A total of 258 players were drafted.
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==Draft Order==
Selections By Round
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 |
Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9
===Round 1===
# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	Vincent Lecavalier (C)	Canada 	Tampa Bay Lightning from San Jose via Florida 	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
2 	David Legwand (C) 	 	Nashville Predators from San Jose via Tampa Bay	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3 	Brad Stuart (D) 	Canada 	San Jose Sharks from Nashville 	Regina Pats (WHL)
4 	Bryan Allen (D) 	Canada 	Vancouver Canucks 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5 	Vitali Vishnevsky (D) 	 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
6 	Rico Fata (RW) 	Canada 	Calgary Flames 	London Knights (OHL)
7 	Manny Malhotra (C) 	Canada 	New York Rangers 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
8 	Mark Bell (C) 	Canada 	Chicago Blackhawks from Toronto 	Ottawa 67s (OHL)
9 	Michael Rupp (LW) 	 	New York Islanders 	Erie Otters (OHL)
10	Nikolai Antropov (C) 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs from Chicago 	Ust-Kamengorsk (Kazakhstan)
11	Jeff Heerema (RW) 	Canada 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
12	Alex Tanguay (C) 	Canada 	Colorado Avalanche from San Jose 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
13	Michael Henrich (RW) 	Canada 	Edmonton Oilers 	Barrie Colts (OHL)
14	Patrick DesRochers (G)	Canada 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
15	Mathieu Chouinard (G) 	Canada 	Ottawa Senators 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
16	Eric Chouinard (C) 	Canada 	Montreal Canadiens 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
17	Martin Škoula (D) 	 	Colorado Avalanche from Los Angeles 	Barrie Colts (OHL)
18	Dmitri Kalinin (D) 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
19	Robyn Regehr (D) 	Canada 	Colorado Avalanche from Boston 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
20	Scott Parker (RW) 	Canada 	Colorado Avalanche from Washington 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
21	Mathieu Biron (D) 	Canada 	Los Angeles Kings from Colorado 	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
22	Simon Gagne (RW) 	Canada 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
23	Milan Kraft (RW) 	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	HC Keramika Plzeň (Staropramen Extraliga)
24	Christian Backman (D) 	 	St. Louis Blues 	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
25	Jiri Fischer (D) 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
26	Mike Van Ryn (D) 	Canada 	New Jersey Devils 	University of Michigan (CCHA)
27	Scott Gomez (C) 	 	New Jersey Devils from Dallas 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
===Round 2===
# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team
28	Ramzi Abid (LW) 	Canada 	Colorado Avalanche from Tampa Bay 	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
29	Jonathan Cheechoo (RW) 	Canada 	San Jose Sharks from Nashville 	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
30	Kyle Rossiter (D) 	Canada 	Florida Panthers 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
31	Artem Chubarov (D) 	Canada 	Vancouver Canucks 	HC Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
32	Stephen Peat (RW) 	Canada 	Anaheim Mighty Ducks 	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
33	Blair Betts (C) 	Canada 	Calgary Flames 	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
34	Andrew Peters (LW) 	Canada 	Buffalo Sabres from New York Rangers 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
35	Petr Svoboda (D) 	 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	HC Havlíčkův Brod (1. DZ Liga)
36	Chris Nielsen (C) 	Canada 	New York Islanders 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
37	Christian Berglund (C) 	 	New Jersey Devils 	Färjestads BK (Elitserien)
38	Philippe Sauve (G) 	 	Colorado Avalanche from Chicago 	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
39	John Erskine (D) 	Canada 	Dallas Stars from Colorado via New Jersey 	London Knights (OHL)
40	Randy Copley (LW) 	Canada 	New York Rangers 	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
41	Maxim Linnik (D) 	 	Detroit Red Wings from San Jose via Detroit 	St. Thomas Jr. B (OJHL)
42	Jason Beckett (D) 	Canada 	Philadelphia Flyers from Edmonton 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
43	Ossi Väänänen (D) 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
44	Mike Fisher (C) 	Canada 	Ottawa Senators 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
45	Mike Ribeiro (C) 	Canada 	Montreal Canadiens 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
46	Justin Papineau (C) 	Canada 	Los Angeles Kings 	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
47	Norm Milley (RW) 	Canada 	Buffalo Sabres 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
48	Jonathan Girard (D) 	Canada 	Boston Bruins 	Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL)
49	Jomar Cruz (G) 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
50	Jaroslav Kristek (RW) 	 	Buffalo Sabres from San Jose via Colorado 	HC Zlín (Staropramen Extraliga)
51	Ian Forbes (D) 	Canada 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
52	Bobby Allen (D) 	 	Boston Bruins 	Boston College (Hockey East)
53	Steve Moore (C) 	Canada 	Colorado Avalanche 	Harvard (ECAC)
54	Alexander Zevakhin (LW)	 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
55	Ryan Barnes (LW) 	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings from St. Louis 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
56	Tomek Valtonen (LW) 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Ilves (SM-liiga)
57	Tyler Bouck (RW) 	Canada 	Dallas Stars from New Jersey 	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
58	Chris Bala (LW) 	 	Ottawa Senators from Philadelphia via Dallas	Harvard (ECAC)
===Round 3===
# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team
59	Todd Hornung (C) 	Canada 	Washington Capitals from Tampa Bay 	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
60	Denis Arkhipov (C) 	 	Nashville Predators 	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
61	Joe DiPenta (D) 	Canada 	Florida Panthers 	Boston University (Hockey East)
62	Paul Manning (D) 	Canada 	Calgary Flames from Carolina via Vancouver 	Colorado College (WCHA)
63	Lance Ward (D) 	Canada 	Florida Panthers from Colorado via Anaheim 	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
64	Brad Richards (C) 	Canada 	Tampa Bay Lightning from Calgary 	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
65	Eric Laplante (LW) 	Canada 	San Jose Sharks 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
66	Jason LaBarbera (G) 	Canada 	New York Rangers 	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
67	Alex Henry (D) 	Canada 	Edmonton Oilers from Tampa Bay via Toronto 	London Knights (OHL)
68	Jarkko Ruutu (LW) 	 	Vancouver Canucks from New York Islanders 	HIFK (SM-liiga)
69	Jamie Hodson (G) 	Canada 	Toronto Maple Leafs from Chicago 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
70	Kevin Holdridge (D) 	Canada 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
71	Erik Cole (LW) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes from San Jose 	Clarkson (ECAC)
72	Dmitry Afanasenkov (LW)	 	Tampa Bay Lightning from Edmonton 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
73	Pat O'Leary (C) 	 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Armstrong H.S. (USHS)
74	Julien Vauclair (D) 	 	Ottawa Senators 	HC Lugano (Swiss A)
75	François Beauchemin (D)	Canada 	Montreal Canadiens 	Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL)
76	Alexei Volkov (G) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Krylja-2 Sovetov (Russia)
77	Mike Pandolfo (RW) 	 	Buffalo Sabres 	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
78	Peter Nordström (LW) 	 	Boston Bruins 	Färjestads BK (Elitserien)
79	Evgeny Lazarev (RW) 	 	Colorado Avalanche from Washington 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
80	David Cameron (C) 	Canada 	Pittsburgh Penguins from Colorado 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
81	Justin Morrison (RW) 	 	Vancouver Canucks from Philadelphia 	Colorado College (WCHA)
82	Brian Gionta (RW) 	 	New Jersey Devils from Pittsburgh via Edmonton 	Boston College (Hockey East)
83	Matt Walker (D) 	Canada 	St. Louis Blues 	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
84	Jake McCracken (G) 	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
85	Geoff Koch (LW) 	 	Nashville Predators from New Jersey via San Jose	University of Michigan (CCHA)
86	Gabriel Karlsson (C) 	 	Dallas Stars 	HV71 (SEL)
===Round 4===
# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team
87 	Alexei Ponikarovsky (C)	 	Toronto Maple Leafs from Detroit via Tampa Bay	Dynamo-2 Moscow (Russia)
88 	Kent Sauer (D) 	 	Nashville Predators 	North Iowa Huskies (USHL)
89 	Ryan Jardine (RW) 	Canada 	Florida Panthers 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
90 	Regan Darby (D) 	Canada 	Vancouver Canucks 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
91 	Josef Vašíček (C) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes from Anaheim 	HC Slavia Praha (Staropramen Extraliga)
92 	Eric Beaudoin (LW) 	Canada 	Tampa Bay Lightning from Calgary 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
93 	Tommy Westlund (RW) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes from New York Islanders 	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)
94 	Matthias Trattnig (C) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks from Toronto 	University of Maine (Hockey East)
95 	Andy Burnham (RW) 	Canada 	New York Islanders 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
96 	Mikko Jokela (D) 	 	New Jersey Devils from Chicago 	HIFK (SM-liiga)
97 	Chris Madden (G) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
98 	Rob Davison (D) 	Canada 	San Jose Sharks 	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
99 	Shawn Horcoff (C) 	Canada 	Edmonton Oilers 	Michigan State University (CCHA)
100	Ryan Van Buskirk (D) 	Canada 	Phoenix Coyotes 	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
101	Petr Schastlivy (LW) 	 	Ottawa Senators 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
102	Shaun Sutter (RW) 	Canada 	Calgary Flames from Montreal 	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
103	Kip Brennan (LW) 	Canada 	Los Angeles Kings 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
104	Miroslav Zálešák (RW) 	 	San Jose Sharks from Buffalo 	HKm Nitra (SVK Extraliga v ľadovom hokeji)
105	Pierre Dagenais (LW) 	Canada 	New Jersey Devils from Los Angeles via Boston 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
106	Krys Barch (RW) 	Canada 	Washington Capitals 	London Knights (OHL)
107	Chris Corrinet (LW) 	 	Washington Capitals from Colorado 	Princeton University (ECAC)
108	Dany Sabourin (G) 	Canada 	Calgary Flames 	Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL)
109	J.P. Morin (D) 	Canada 	Philadelphia Flyers 	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
110	Scott Myers (G) 	Canada 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
111	Brent Hobday (LW) 	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
112	Viktor Wallin (D) 	 	Anaheim Mighty Ducks from Detroit 	HV71 (SEL)
113	Kristian Antila (G) 	 	Edmonton Oilers from New Jersey via Toronto 	Ilves Jr. (SM-liiga)
114	Boyd Kane (LW) 	Canada 	New York Rangers from Dallas 	Regina Pats (OHL)
===Round 5===
115. Jay Leach (D) - Phoenix Coyotes (from TAM)
116. Josh Blackburn (G) - San Jose Sharks (from NAS)
117. Jaroslav Špaček (D) - Florida Panthers (from SAN/FLA)
118. Mike Siklenka (D) - Washington Capitals
119. Anton But (F) - New Jersey Devils (from VAN)
120. Brent Gauvreau (C) - Calgary Flames (from ANA)
121. Curtis Rich (D) - Tampa Bay Lightning (from CGY)
122. Pat Leahy (RW) - New York Rangers
123. Jiří Dopita (C) - New York Islanders (from TOR)
124. Francis Belanger (LW) - Chicago Blackhawks(from NYI/CHI)
125. Erik Wendell (F) - Washington Capitals(from CHI)
126. Morgan Warren (RW) - Toronto Maple Leafs (from CHI/CAR)
127. Brandon Coalter (LW) - San Jose Sharks
128. Paul Elliott (D) - Edmonton Oilers
129. Robert Schnabel (D) - Phoenix Coyotes
130. Gavin McLeod (D) - Ottawa Senators
131. Tomáš Klouček (D) - New York Rangers
132. Andrei Bashkirov - Montreal Canadiens
133. Joe Rullier (D) - Los Angeles Kings
134. Rob Scuderi (D) - Pittsburgh Penguins (from BUF)
135. Andrew Raycroft (G) - Boston Bruins
136. David Jonsson (D) - Vancouver Canucks (from WAS)
137. Aaron Goldade (C) - Buffalo Sabres
138. Martin Beauchesne (D) - Nashville Predators (from COL)
139. Garrett Prosofsky (C) - Philadelphia Flyers (from VAN)
140. Rick Bertran (D) - Vancouver Canucks (from PIT)
141. K.C. Timmons (LW) - Colorado Avalanche (from STL)
142. Calle Steen (F) - Detroit Red Wings
143. Ryan Flinn (LW) - New Jersey Devils
144. Oleg Smirnov (F) - Edmonton Oilers (from NJD)
145. Mikael Samuelsson (F) - San Jose Sharks (from DAL)
===Round 6===
146. Sergei Kuznetsov (C) - Tampa Bay Lightning
147. Craig Brunel(RW) - Nashville Predators
148. Chris Ovington (D) - Florida Panthers (from SAN/FLA)
149. Paul Cabana (F) - Vancouver Canucks
150. Trent Hunter (RW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
151. Adam Deleeuw (LW) - Detroit Red Wings
152. Gordie Dwyer (LW) - Montreal Canadiens (from CGY)
153. Pavel Patera (LW) - Dallas Stars (from NYR)
154. Allan Rourke (D) - Toronto Maple Leafs
155. Kevin Clauson(D) - New York Islanders
156. Kent Huskins (D) - Chicago Blackhawks
157. Brad Voth (D - St. Louis Blues (from CAR)
158. Jari Viuhkola (C) - Chicago Blackhawks (from SAN)
159. Trevor Ettinger (D) - Edmonton Oilers
160. Rickard Wallin (C) - Phoenix Coyotes
161. Chris Neil (RW) - Ottawa Senators (from CHI)
162. Andrei Markov (C) - Montreal Canadiens
163. Tomas Žižka (D) - Los Angeles Kings
164. Aleš Kotalík (F) - Buffalo Sabres
165. Ryan Milanovic (LW) - Boston Bruins
166. Jonathan Pelletier (G) - Chicago Blackhawks (from WAS)
167. Alexander Ryazantsev (D) - Colorado Avalanche
168. Antero Niittymäki (G) - Philadelphia Flyers
169. Jan Fadrný (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins
170. Andrei Trochinsky (C) - St. Louis Blues
171. Pavel Datsyuk (C) - Detroit Red Wings
172. Jacques Lariviere (LW) - New Jersey Devils
173. Niko Kapanen (C) - Dallas Stars
===Round 7===
174. Brett Allan (F) - Tampa Bay Lightning
175. Cam Ondrik(G) - Philadelphia Flyers (from NAS)
176. B.J. Kethceson (D) - Florida Panthers
177. Vincent Malts (RW) - Vancouver Canucks
178. Jesse Fibiger (D) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
179. Nathan Foster (D) - Washington Senators (from CGY)
180. Stefan Lundqvist (RW) - New York Rangers
181. Jonathan Gagnon (C) - Toronto Maple Leafs
182. Evgeny Korolev (D) - New York Islanders
183. Tyler Arnason (C) - Chicago Blackhawks
184. Donald Smith (C) - Carolina Hurricanes
185. Robert Mulick (D) - San Jose Sharks
186. Mike Morrison (G) - Edmonton Oilers
187. Erik Westrum (C) - Phoenix Coyotes
188. Michel Periard (D) - Ottawa Senators
189. Andrei Kruchinin (D) - Montreal Canadiens
190. Tommi Hannus (C) - Los Angeles Kings
191. Brad Moran (C) - Buffalo Sabres
192. Radek Duda (RW) - Calgary Flames (from BOS)
193. Rastislav Staňa (G) - Washington Capitals
194. Oak Hewer (C) - Tampa Bay Lightning (from COL)
195. Tomáš Divíšek (F) - Philadelphia Flyers
196. Joel Scherban (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins
197. Brad Twordik (C) - St. Louis Blues
198. Jeremy Goetzinger (D) - Detroit Red Wings
199. Erik Jensen (F) - New Jersey Devils
200. Scott Perry (C) - Dallas Stars
===Round 8===
201. Craig Murray (C) - Montreal Canadiens (from TAM)
202. Martin Bartek(LW) - Nashville Predators
203. Ian Jacobs (RW) - Florida Panthers
204. Craig Mischler (C) - Vancouver Canucks
205. David Bernier (RW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
206. Jonas Frögren (D) - Calgary Flames
207. Johan Witehall (LW) - New York Rangers
208. Jaroslav Svoboda (RW) - Carolina Hurricanes (from TOR)
209. Frederik Brind'Amour (G) - New York Islanders
210. Sean Griffin (D) - Chicago Blackhawks
211. Mark Kosick (C) - Carolina Hurricanes
212. Jim Fahey (D) - San Jose Sharks
213. Christian Lefebvre (D) - Edmonton Oilers
214. Justin Hansen (RW) - Phoenix Coyotes
215. Dwight Wolfe (D) - Toronto Maple Leafs (from OTT)
216. Michael Ryder (RW) - Montreal Canadiens
217. Jim Henkel (C) - Los Angeles Kings
218. David Moravec (LW) - Buffalo Sabres
219.Curtis Valentine (LW) - Vancouver Canucks (from BOS)
220. Mike Farrell (D) - Washington Capitals
221. Daniel Hulak (D) - Tampa Bay Lightning (from COL)
222. Ľubomír Pištek (RW) - Philadelphia Flyers
223. Sergey Verenkin (RW) - Ottawa Senators (from SAN)
224. Mika Lehto (G) - Pittsburgh Penguins
225. Yevgeny Pastukh (LW) - St. Louis Blues
226. David Petrásek (D) - Detroit Red Wings
227. Marko Ahosilta (C) - New Jersey Devils
228. Mikhail Travnicek (F) - Toronto Maple Leafs (from DAL)
===Round 9===
229. Chris Lyness (D) - Tampa Bay Lightning
230. Karlis Skrastins (D) - Nashville Predators
231. Adrian Wischser (C) - Florida Panthers
232. Jason Metcalfe (D) - Vancouver Canucks
233. Pelle Prestberg (LW) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
234. Kevin Mitchell (D) - Calgary Flames
235. Jan Mertzig (D) - New York Rangers
236. Sergei Rostov (D) - Toronto Maple Leafs
237. Ben Blais (D) - New York Islanders
238. Alexandre Couture (LW) - Chicago Blackhawks
239. Brent McDonald (C) - Carolina Hurricanes
240. Andrei Yershov (D) - Chicago Blackhawks (from SAN)
241. Maxim Spiridonov (RW) - Edmonton Oilers
242. Jason Doyle (RW) - New York Islanders (from PHO)
243. Petr Hubáček (C) - Philadelphia Flyers
244. Toby Petersen (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins
245. Andreas Andersson (G) - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
246. Rastislav Pavlikovský (C) - Ottawa Senators
247. Darcy Harris (RW) - Montreal Canadiens
248. Matthew Yeats (RW) - Los Angeles Kings
249. Edo Terglav (RW) - Buffalo Sabres
250. Radek Matějovský (RW) - New York Islanders (from BOS)
251. Blake Evans - Washington Capitals
252. Martin Cibák (C) - Tampa Bay Lighting (from COL)
253. Bruno St. Jacques (D) - Philadelphia Flyers
254. Matt Hussey (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins
255. Johnny Pohl (C) - St. Louis Blues
256. Petja Pietilainen (C) - Detroit Red Wings
257. Ryan Held (C) - New Jersey Devils
258. Sergei Skrobat (D) - Philadelphia Flyers (from DAL)
==See also==
*1998 NHL Expansion Draft
*1998-99 NHL season
*List of NHL first overall draft choices
*List of NHL players
==References==
*HockeyDatabase
NHL Entry Draft
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