1998 NHL Entry Draft

The 1998 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York, New York. A total of 258 players were drafted.

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Draft order

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

115. Jay Leach (D) - Phoenix Coyotes (from TAM)

116. Josh Blackburn (G) - San Jose Sharks (from NAS)

117. Jaroslav Spacek (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. Jiri 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. Tomas Kloucek (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 (D) - Montreal Canadiens

163. Tomas Zizka (D) - Los Angeles Kings

164. Ales Kotalik (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 Niittymaki (G) - Philadelphia Flyers

169. Jan Fadrny (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 Stana (G) - Washington Capitals

194. Oak Hewer (C) - Tampa Bay Lightning (from COL)

195. Tomas Divisek (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 Frogren (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. Lubomir Pistek (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 Petrasek (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 Hubacek (C) - Philadelphia Flyers

244. Toby Petersen (C) - Pittsburgh Penguins

245. Andreas Andersson (G) - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

246. Rastislav Pavlikovsky (C) - Ottawa Senators

247. Darcy Harris (RW) - Montreal Canadiens

248. Matthew Yeats (RW) - Los Angeles Kings

249. Edo Terglav (RW) - Buffalo Sabres

250. Radek Matejovsky (RW) - New York Islanders (from BOS)

251. Blake Evans - Washington Capitals

252. Martin Cibak (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)

ee also

*1998 NHL Expansion Draft
*1998–99 NHL season
*List of NHL first overall draft choices
*List of NHL players

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1998e.html HockeyDatabase]

NHL Drafts
preceded=1997 NHL Entry Draft
succeeded=1999 NHL Entry Draft