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1997 NHL Entry Draft Round-by-Round Selections Round One
1. Boston -- Joe Thornton, c, Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
2. San Jose -- Patrick Marleau, c, Seattle (WHL)
3. Los Angeles -- Olli Jokinen, c, IFK Helsinki (Finland)
4. N.Y. Islanders (from Toronto) -- Roberto Luongo, g, Val d'Or (QMJHL)
5. N.Y. Islanders -- Eric Brewer, d, Prince George (WHL)
6. Calgary -- Daniel Tkaczuk, c, Barrie (OHL)
7. Tampa Bay -- Paul Mara, d, Sudbury (OHL)
8. Boston (from Carolina) -- Sergei Samsonov, lw, Detroit (IHL)
9. Washington -- Nick Boynton, d, Ottawa (OHL)
10. Vancouver -- Brad Ference, d, Spokane (WHL)
11. Montreal -- Jason Ward, c-rw, Erie (OHL)
12. Ottawa -- Marian Hossa, c, Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)
13. Chicago -- Daniel Cleary, lw, Belleville (OHL)
14. Edmonton -- Michael Riesen, lw, Biel-Bienne (Switzerland)
15. Los Angeles (from St. Louis) -- Matt Zultek, lw, Ottawa (OHL)
16. Chicago (from Phoenix) -- Ty Jones, rw, Spokane (WHL)
17. Pittsburgh -- Robert Dome, rw-c, Utah/Long Beach/Las Vegas (IHL)
18. Anaheim -- Mikael Holmqvist, c, Djurgarden (Sweden)
19. N.Y. Rangers -- Stefan Cherneski, rw, Brandon (WHL)
20. Florida -- Mike Brown, c, Red Deer (WHL)
21. Buffalo -- Mika Noronen, g, Tappara (Finland)
22. Carolina (from Detroit) -- Nikos Tselios, d, Belleville (OHL)
23. San Jose (from Carolina via Philadelphia) --
Scott Hannan, d, Kelowna (WHL)
24. New Jersey -- Jean-Francois Damphousse, g, Moncton (QMJHL)
25. Dallas -- Brenden Morrow, lw, Portland (WHL)
26. Colorado -- Kevin Grimes, d, Kingston (OHL)
Round Two
27. Boston -- Ben Clymer, d, Minnesota (WCHA)
28. Carolina (from San Jose) -- Brad DeFauw, lw, North Dakota (WCHA)
29. Los Angeles -- Scott Barney, c, Peterborough (OHL)
30. Philadelphia (from Toronto) -- Jean-Marc Pelletier, g, Cornell (ECAC)
31. N.Y. Islanders -- Jeff Zehr, lw, Windsor (OHL)
32. Calgary -- Evan Lindsay, g, Prince Albert (WHL)
33. Tampa Bay -- Kyle Kos, d, Red Deer (WHL)
34. Vancouver (from Carolina) -- Ryan Bonni, d, Saskatoon (WHL)
35. Washington -- Jean-Francois Fortin, d, Sherbrooke (QMJHL)
36. Vancouver -- Harold Druken, c, Detroit (OHL)
37. Montreal -- Gregor Baumgartner, c, Laval (QMJHL)
38. New Jersey (from Ottawa) -- Stanislav Gron, c, Bratislava (Slovakia)
39. Chicago -- Jeremy Reich, c, Seattle (WHL)
40. St. Louis -- Tyler Rennette, c, North Bay (OHL)
41. Edmonton -- Patrick Dovigi, g, Erie (OHL)
42. Calgary (from St. Louis) -- John Tripp, rw, Oshawa (OHL)
43. Phoenix -- Juha Gustafsson, d, Kieko Espoo (Finland)
44. Pittsburgh -- Brian Gaffaney, d, Northern Iowa (USHL)
45. Anaheim -- Maxim Balmochnykh, lw, Lada Togliatti (Russia)
46. N.Y. Rangers -- Wes Jarvis, d, Kitchener (OHL)
47. Florida -- Kristian Huselius, lw, Farjestad (Sweden)
48. Buffalo -- Hendrik Tallinder, d, AIK (Sweden)
49. Detroit -- Yuri Butsayev, c, Lada Togliatti (Russia)
50. Philadelphia -- Pat Kavanagh, rw, Peterborough (OHL)
51. Calgary (from New Jersey via Carolina) --
Dmitri Kokorev, d, Moscow Dynamo (Russia)
52. Dallas -- Roman Lyashenko, c, Yaroslavl (Russia)
53. Colorado -- Graham Belak, d, Edmonton (WHL)
Round Three
54. Boston -- Mattias Karlin, c, Modo (Sweden)
55. Colorado (from San Jose via St. Louis) -- Rick Berry, d, Seattle (WHL)
56. Florida (from Los Angeles) -- Vratislav Cech, d, Kitchener (OHL)
57. Toronto -- Jeff Farkas, c, Boston College (Hockey East)
58. Ottawa (from New Jersey) -- Jani Hurme, g, TPS Turko (Finland)
59. N.Y. Islanders -- Jarrett Smith, c, Prince George (WHL)
60. Calgary -- Derek Schutz, c, Spokane (WHL)
61. Tampa Bay -- Matt Elich, rw, Windsor (OHL)
62. Philadelphia (from Carolina) -- Kris Mallette, d, Kelowna (WHL)
63. Boston (from Washington) -- Lee Goren, rw, North Dakota (WCHA)
64. Vancouver -- Kyle Freadrich, lw, Regina (WHL)
65. Montreal -- Ilkka Mikkola, d, Karpat (Finland)
66. Ottawa (from New Jersey) -- Josh Langfeld, rw, Lincoln (USHL)
67. Chicago -- Mike Souza, lw, New Hampshire (ECAC)
68. Edmonton -- Sergei Terkovich, d, Las Vegas (IHL)
69. Buffalo (from St. Louis) -- Maxim Afinoganov, rw, Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
70. Calgary (from Phoenix) -- Erik Andersson, c, Denver (WCHA)
71. Pittsburgh -- Josef Melichar, d, Budejovice (Czech Republic)
72. Anaheim -- Jay Legault, lw, London (OHL)
73. N.Y. Rangers -- Burke Henry, d, Brandon (WHL)
74. Florida -- Nick Smith, c, Barrie (OHL)
75. Buffalo -- Jeff Martin, c, Windsor (OHL)
76. Detroit -- Petr Sykora, c, H.C. Pardubice (Czech Republic)
77. Dallas (from Philadelphia) -- Steve Gainey, c, Kamloops (WHL)
78. Colorado (from New Jersey via St. Louis) --
Ville Nieminen, w, Tappara Tampere (Finland)
79. N.Y. Islanders (from Dallas) --
Robert Schnabel, d, Slavia Praha (Czech Republic)
80. Carolina (from Colorado via N.Y. Islanders and Calgary) --
Francis Lessard, d, Val d'Or (QMJHL)
Round Four
81. Boston -- Karol Bartanus, rw, Drummondville (QMJHL)
82. San Jose (from N.Y Rangers) -- Adam Colagiacomo, rw, Oshawa (OHL)
83. Los Angeles -- Joseph Corvo, d, Western Michigan (CCHA)
84. Toronto -- Adam Mair, c, Owen Sound (OHL)
85. N.Y. Islanders -- Petr Mika, c, Slavia Praha (Czech Republic)
86. St. Louis (from Calgary) -- Didier Tremblay, d, Halifax (QMJHL)
87. Colorado (from Tampa Bay) -- Brad Larsen, lw, Swift Current (WHL)
88. Carolina -- Shane Willis, rw, Lethbridge (WHL)
89. Washington -- Curtis Cruickshank, g, Kingston (OHL)
90. Vancouver -- Chris Stanley, c, Belleville (OHL)
91. Montreal -- Daniel Tetrault, d, Brandon (WHL)
92. Calgary (from Ottawa) -- Chris St. Croix, d, Kamloops (WHL)
93. N.Y. Rangers (from Chicago via San Jose) -- Tomi Kallarsson, d, HPK (Finland)
94. Edmonton -- Jonas Elofsson, d, Farjestad (Sweden)
95. Florida (from St. Louis) -- Ivan Novoseltsev, rw, Krylja Sovetov (Russia)
96. Phoenix -- Scott McCallum, d, Tri-City (WHL)
97. Pittsburgh -- Alexandre Mathieu, c, Halifax (QMJHL)
98. St. Louis (from Anaheim via Colorado) -- Jan Horacek, d,
Slavia Praha (Czech Republic)
99. Los Angeles (from N.Y. Rangers) -- Sean Blanchard, d, Ottawa (OHL)
100. Calgary (from Florida) -- Ryan Ready, lw, Belleville (OHL)
101. Buffalo -- Luc Theoret, d, Lethbridge (WHL)
102. Detroit -- Quintin Laing, lw, Kelowna (WHL)
103. Philadelphia -- Mikhail Chernov, d, Yaroslavl (Russia)
104. New Jersey -- Lucas Nehrling, d, Sarnia (OHL)
105. Dallas -- Marc Kristofferson, w, Mora (Sweden)
106. St. Louis (from Colorado) -- Jame Pollock, d, Seattle (WHL)
Round Five
107. San Jose (from Boston) -- Adam Wittel, rw, Erie (OHL) 108. Tampa Bay (from San Jose) -- Mark Thompson, d, Regina (WHL) 109. Tampa Bay (from Los Angeles) -- Jan Sulc, c, Litvinov (Czech Republic) 110. Chicago -- Benjamin Simon, c, Notre Dame (CCHA) 111. Toronto -- Frantisek Mrazek, c, Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic) 112. Tampa Bay (from N.Y. Islanders) -- Karel Betik, d, Kelowna (WHL) 113. Calgary -- Martin Moise, lw, Beauport (QMJHL) 114. Vancouver (from Tampa Bay) -- David Darguzas, lw, Edmonton (WHL) 115. N.Y. Islanders (from Carolina) -- Adam Edinger, c, Bowling Green (CCHA) 116. Washington -- Kevin Caulfield, rw, Boston College (Hockey East) 117. Vancouver -- Matt Cockell, g, Saskatoon (WHL) 118. Montreal -- Konstantin Sidulov, d, Chelybinsk (Russia) 119. Ottawa -- Magnus Arvedsson, f, Farjestad (Sweden) 120. Chicago -- Peter Gardiner, rw, RPI (ECAC) 121. Edmonton -- Jason Chimera, c, Medicine Hat (WHL) 122. Montreal (from St. Louis) -- Gennady Razin, Kamploops (WHL) 123. Phoenix -- Curtis Suter, d, Spokane (WHL) 124. Pittsburgh -- Harlan Pratt, d, Prince Albert (WHL) 125. Anaheim -- Luc Vaillancourt, g, Beauport (QMJHL) 126. N.Y. Rangers -- Jason McLean, g, Moose Jaw (WHL) 127. Florida -- Pat Parthenais, d, Detroit (OHL) 128. Buffalo -- Torrey DiRoberto, c, Seattle (WHL) 129. Detroit -- John Wikstrom, d, Lulea (Sweden) 130. Chicago (from Philadelphia) -- Kyle Calder, c, Regina (WHL) 131. New Jersey -- Jiri Bicek, w, HC Kosice (Slovakia) 132. Dallas -- Teemu Elomo, w, TPS Turko (Finland) 133. Colorado -- Aaron Miskovich, c, Green Bay (USHL) 134. N.Y. Rangers -- Johan Lindbom, w, HV-71 (Sweden)Round Six 135. Boston -- Denis Timofeev, d, CSKA Moscow (Russia) 136. N.Y. Rangers (from San Jose) -- Michael York, c, Michigan State (CCHA) 137. Los Angeles -- Richard Seeley, d, Prince Albert (WHL) 138. Toronto -- Eric Gooldy, lw, Detroit (OHL) 139. N.Y. Islanders -- Bobby Leavins, lw, Brandon (WHL) 140. Calgary (from N.Y. Islanders) -- Ilga Demidov, d, Dynamo (Russia) 141. Edmonton (from Tampa Bay) -- Peter Sarno, c, Windsor (OHL) 142. Carolina -- Kyle Dafoe, d, Owen Sound (OHL) 143. Washington -- Henrik Petre, d, Djurgarden (Sweden) 144. Vancouver -- Matt Cooke, lw, Windsor (OHL) 145. Montreal -- Jonathan Desroches, d, Granby (QMJHL) 146. Ottawa -- Jeff Sullivan, d, Halifax (QMJHL) 147. Chicago -- Heath Gordon, lw, Green Bay (USHL) 148. Vancouver (from Edmonton) -- Larry Shapley, d, Weiland (Jr. B) 149. St. Louis -- Nicholas Bilotto, d, Beauport (QMJHL) 150. Los Angeles -- Jeff Katcher, d, Brandon (WHL) 151. Phoenix -- Robert Francz, lw, Peterborough (OHL) 152. Pittsburgh -- Petr Havelka, lw, Sparta Praha (Czech Republic) 153. Tampa Bay (from Anaheim) -- Andrei Skopintsev, d, TPS Turko (Finland) 154. N.Y. Rangers -- Shawn Degagne, g, Kitchener (OHL) 155. Florida -- Keith Delaney, c, Barrie (OHL) 156. Buffalo -- Brian Campbell, d, Ottawa (OHL) 157. Detroit -- B.J. Young, rw, Red Deer (WHL) 158. Philadelphia -- Jordon Flodell, d, Moose Jaw (WHL) 159. New Jersey -- Sascha Goc, d, Schwenningen (Germany) 160. Dallas -- Alexei Timkin, w, Yaroslavl (Russia) 161. David Aebischer, g, Fribourg (Switzerland)Round Seven 162. Boston -- Joel Trottier, rw, Ottawa (OHL) 163. San Jose -- Joe Dusbabek, rw, Notre Dame (CCHA) 164. Philadelphia (from Los Angeles) -- Todd Fedoruk, lw, Kelowna (WHL) 165. Toronto -- Hugo Marchand, d, Victoriaville (QMJHL) 166. N.Y. Islanders -- Kris Knoblauch, lw, Edmonton (WHL) 167. Calgary -- Jeremy Rondeau, lw, Swift Current (WHL) 168. Tampa Bay -- Justin Jack, rw, Kelowna (WHL) 169. Carolina (from Philadelphia) -- Andrew Merrick, c, Michigan (CCHA) 170. Tampa Bay (from Washington) -- Eero Somervuori, w, Jokerit (Finland) 171. Vancouver -- Rod Leroux, d, Seattle (WHL) 172. Montreal -- Ben Guite, rw, Maine (Hockey East) 173. Ottawa -- Robin Bacul, w, Slavia Praha (Czech Republic) 174. Chicago -- Jerad Smith, d, Portland (WHL) 175. N.Y. Rangers -- Johan Holmqvist, g, Brynas Gavle (Sweden) 176. Edmonton -- Kevin Bolibruck, d, Peterborough (OHL) 177. St. Louis -- Ladislav Nagy, c, Kosice (Russia) 178. Anaheim (from Philadephia via Phoenix) -- Tony Mohagen, lw, Seattle (WHL) 179. Pittsburgh -- Mark Moore, d, Harvard (ECAC) 180. Boston -- Jim Baxter, d, Oshawa (OHL) 181. Anaheim -- Mat Snesrud, d, Northern Iowa (USHL) 182. N.Y. Rangers -- Mike Mottau, d, Boston College (Hockey East) 183. Florida -- Tyler Palmer, d, Lake Superior State (CCHA) 184. Buffalo -- Jeremy Adduono, rw, Sudbury (OHL) 185. Tampa Bay -- Samuel St. Pierre, rw, Victoriaville (QMJHL) 186. Detroit -- Mike Laceby, c, Kingston (OHL) 187. Edmonton (from Philadelphia) -- Chad Hinz, c, Moose Jaw (WHL) 188. New Jersey -- Mathieu Benoit, rw, Chicoutimi (QMJHL) 189. Dallas -- Jeff McKercher, d, Barrie (OHL) 190. Toronto (from Colorado) -- Shawn Thornton, rw, Peterborough (OHL)Round Eight 191. Boston -- Antti Laaksonen, lw, Denver (WCHA) 192. San Jose -- Cam Severson, lw, Prince Albert (WHL) 193. Los Angeles -- Jay Kopischke, lw, Northern Iowa (USHL) 194. Toronto -- Russ Bartlett, c, Phillips-Exeter (US High School) 195. Carolina -- Niklas Nordgren, lw, Modo (Sweden) 196. N.Y. Islanders -- Jeremy Symington, g, Petrolia (Jr. B) 197. Montreal (from Calgary) -- Petr Kubos, d, Vsetiv (Czech Republic) 198. Tampa Bay -- Shawn Skolney, d, Seattle (WHL) 199. Carolina -- Randy Fitzgerald, lw, Detroit (OHL) 200. Washington -- Pierre-Luc Therrien, g, Drummondville (QMJHL) 201. Vancouver -- Denis Martynyuk, lw, CSKA Moscow (Russia) 202. Montreal -- Andrei Sidyakin, lw, N/A (Russia) 203. Ottawa -- Nick Gillis, rw, Cushing Academy (US High School) 204. Chicago -- Sergei Shikhanov, rw, Lada Togliatti (Russia) 205. Edmonton -- Chris Kerr, d, Sudbury (OHL) 206. St. Louis -- Bobby Haglund, lw, Des Moines (USHL) 207. Phoenix -- Alex Andreyev, d, Weyburn (Tier II) 208. Pittsburgh -- Andrew Ference, d, Portland (WHL) 209. Anaheim -- Rene Stussi, c, Thurbau (Switzerland) 210. N.Y. Rangers -- Andrew Proskurnicki, lw, Sarnia (OHL) 211. Florida -- Doug Schueller, d, Twin Cities (USHL) 212. Buffalo -- Kamil Piros, c, Chemopetrol Litvinov (Czech Republic) 213. Detroit -- Steve Wilento, c, Prince Albert (WHL) 214. Philadelphia -- Marko Kauppinen, d, JYP Jyvaskyla (Finland) 215. New Jersey -- Scott Clemmensen, g, Des Moines (USHL) 216. Dallas -- Alexei Komarov, d, Yaroslavl (Russia) 217. Colorado -- Doug Schmidt, d, Waterloo (USHL)Round Nine 218. Boston -- Eric Van Acker, d, Chicoutimi (QMJHL) 219. San Jose -- Mark Smith, c, Lethbridge (WHL) 220. Los Angeles -- Konrad Brand, d, Medicine Hat (WHL) 221. Toronto -- Jonathan Hedstrom, w, Skelleftea (Sweden) 222. N.Y. Islanders -- Ryan Clark, d, Lincoln (USHL) 223. Calgary -- Dustin Paul, rw, Moose Jaw (WHL) 224. Tampa Bay -- Paul Comrie, c, Denver (WCHA) 225. Carolina -- Kent McDowell, rw, Guelph (OHL) 226. Washington -- Matt Oikawa, rw, St. Lawrence (ECAC) 227. Vancouver -- Peter Brady, g, Powell River (Tier II) 228. Montreal -- Jarl-Espen Ygranes, d, Furuset (Norway) 229. Ottawa -- Karel Rachunek, d, ZPS Zlin (Czech Republic) 230. Chicago -- Chris Feil, d, Ohio State (CCHA) 231. Edmonton -- Alexandre Fomitchev, g, St. Albert (Tier II) 232. St. Louis -- Dmitri Plekhanov, d, Mizhnekamsk (Russia) 233. Phoenix -- Wyatt Smith, c, Minnesota (WCHA) 234. Pittsburgh -- Eric Lind, d, Avon Old Farms (US High School) 235. Anaheim -- Tommi Degerman, w, Boston University (Hockey East) 236. N.Y. Rangers -- Richard Miller, d, Providence (ECAC) 237. Florida -- Benoit Cote, c, Shawinigan (QMJHL) 238. Buffalo -- Dylan Kemp, d, Lethbridge (WHL) 239. Detroit -- Greg Willers, d, Kingston (OHL) 240. Philadelphia -- Par Styf, d, Modo (Sweden) 241. New Jersey -- Jan Sorinko, N/A, N/A 242. Dallas -- Brett McLean, c, Kelowna (WHL) 243. Colorado -- Kyle Kidney, lw, Salisbury (US High School) 244. St. Louis -- Marek Ivan, lw, Lethbridge (WHL) 245. Colorado (from Boston) -- Stephen Lafleur, d, Belleville (OHL) 246. Boston (from Colorado) -- Jay Henderson, lw, Edmonton (WHL)
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