1997 NHL Entry Draft Results
Through round five
First Round
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 Flames, Daniel Tkaczuk, C, Barrie, OHL.
7, Tampa Bay, Paul Mara, D, Sudbury, OHL.
8, Boston (from Hartford), Sergei Samsonov, LW, Detroit, IHL.
9, Washington, Nicholas Boynton, D, Ottawa, OHL.
10, Vancouver, Brad Ference, D, Spokane, WHL.
11, Montreal, Jason Ward, C, Erie, OHL.
12, Ottawa, Marian Hossa, W, Dukla Trencin, Slovak.
13, Chicago, Daniel Cleary, LW, Belleville, OHL.
14, Edmonton, Michael Riesen, W, HC Biel, Swiss B.
15, Los Angeles (from St. Louis), Matt Zultek, LW, Ottawa, OHL.
16, Chicago (from Phoenix), Ty Jones, RW, Spokane, WHL.
17, Pittsburgh, Robert Dome, C-W, Las Vegas-Long Beach, IHL.
18, Anaheim, Mikael Holmqvist, W, 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, Nikos Tselios, D, Belleville, OHL.
23, San Jose (from Carolina), Scott Hannan, D, Kelowna, WHL.
24, New Jersey, Jean-Francois Damphousse, G, Moncton, QJMHL.
25, Dallas, Brenden Morrow, LW, Portland, WHL.
26, Colorado, Kevin Grimes, D, Kingston, OHL.
Second Round
27, Boston, Ben Clymer, D, U. of Minnesota.
28, Carolina (from San Jose), Brad DeFauw, LW, U. of North Dakota.
29, Los Angeles, Scott Barney, C, Peterborough, OHL.
30, Philadelphia (from Toronto), Jean-Marc Pelletier, G, Cornell.
31, N.Y. Islanders, Jeff Zehr, LW, Windsor, OHL.
32, Calgary, Even 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, J.F. Fortin, D, Sherbrooke, QJMHL.
36, Vancouver, Harold Druken, LW, Detroit, OHL.
37, Montreal, Gregor Baumgartner, C, Laval, QMJL.
38, New Jersey (from Ottawa), Stanislav Grow, C, Slovan Bratislava, European.
39, Chicago, Jeremy Reich, C, Seattle, WHL.
40, St. Louis Blues, 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, Espoo, European.
44, Pittsburgh, Brian Gaffaney, D, North Iowa Jr., US Junior.
45, Anaheim, Maxim Balmochnykh, LW, Lada Togliatti, European.
46, N.Y. Rangers, Wes Jarvis, D, Kitchener, OHL.
47, Flordia, Kristian Huselius, W, Farjestad Karlstad, European.
48, Buffalo, Henrik Huselius, W, Aik Jr., European.
49, Detroit, Yuri Butsayev, C, Lada Togliatti, European.
50, Philadelphia, Pat Kavanagh, RW, Peterborough, OHL.
51, Calgary (from Carolina), Dimitri Kokorev, D, Dynamo Jr., European.
52, Dallas, Roman Lyashenko, C, Yaroslavl, European.
53, Colorado, Graham Belak, D, Edmonton, WHL.
Third Round
54, Boston, Mattian Karlin, C, Modo Ornskoldsvik, European.
55, Colorado (from St. Louis), Rick Berry, D, Seattle, WHL.
56, Florida (from Los Angeles), Vratislav Cech, D Kitchener, OHL.
57, Toronto, Jeff Farkas, C, Boston College.
58, Ottawa (from New Jersey), Jami Hurme, G, TPS Turko, European.
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, U. of North Dakota.
64, Vancouver, Kyle Freadrich, LW, Regina, WHL.
65, Montreal, Ilkka Mikkola, D, Karpat, European.
66, Ottawa (from New Jersey), Josh Langfeld, RW, Lincoln, U.S. Junior.
67, Chicago, Mike Souza, LW, U. of New Hampshire.
68, Edmonton, Sergei Yerkovich, D, Las Vegas, IHL.
69, Buffalo (from St. Louis), Maxim Afinogenov, RW, Dynamo Moscow, European.
70, Calgary (from Phoenix), Erik Andersson, C, U. of Denver.
71, Pittsburgh, Josef Melichar, D, Budejovice Junior, European.
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 Sykorka, C, HC Pardubice, European.
77, Dallas (from Philadelphia), Steve Gainey, C, Kamloops, WHL.
78, Colorado (from St. Louis), Ville Nieminen, W, Tarrara Tampere, European.
79, N.Y. Islanders (from Dallas), Robert Schnabel, D, Slavia Praha, European.
80, Carolina (from Calgary), Francis Lessard, D, Val D'Or, QHJL.
Fourth Round
81, Boston, Karol Bartanus, RW, Drummondville, QMJL.
82, San Jose (from N.Y. Rangers), Adam Colagiacomo, RW, Oshawa, OHL.
83, Los Angeles, Joseph Corvo, D, Western Michigan U.
84, Toronto, Adam Mair, C, Owen Sound, OHL.
85, N.Y. Islanders, Petr Mika, C, Slavia Praha, European.
86, St. Louis (from Calgary), Didier Tremblay, D, Halifax, QMJL.
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 San Jose), Tomi Kallarsson, D, HPK Jr., European.
94, Edmonton, Jonas Elofsson, D, Farjestad Karlstad, European.
95, Florida (from St. Louis), Ivan Novoseltsev, RW, Krylja Sovtov, European.
96, Phoenix, Scott McCallum, D, Tri-City, WHL.
97, Pittsburgh, Alexandre Mathieu, D, Halifax, QMJL.
98, St. Louis (from Colorado), Jan Horacek, D, Slavia Praha, European.
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, European.
104, New Jersey, Lucas Nehrling, D, Sarnia, OHL.
105, Dallas, Marc Kristofferson, W, Mora, European.
106, St. Louis (from Colorado), Jame Pollock, D, Seattle, WHL.
Fifth Round
107, San Jose (from Boston), Adam Nittel, RW, Erie, OHL.
108, Tampa Bay, (from San Jose), Mark Thompson, D, Regina, WHL.
109, Tampa Bay (from Los Angeles), Jan Sulc, C, Litvinov Jr., European.
110, Chicago, Benjamin Simon, C, Notre Dame.
111, Toronto, Frantisek Mrazek, C, Ceske-Budejovice, European.
112, Tampa Bay (from N.Y. Islanders), Karel Betik, D, Kelowna, WHL.
113, Calgary, Martin Moise, LW, Beauport, QMJL.
114, Vancouver (from Tampa Bay), David Darguzas, LW, Edmonton, WHL.
115, N.Y. Islanders (from Carolina), Adam Edinger, C, Bowling Green.
116, Washington, Kevin Caulfield, RW, Boston College.
117, Vancouver, Matt Cockell, G, Saskatoon, WHL.
118, Montreal, Konstantin Sidulov, D, Chelybinsk, European.
119, Ottawa, Magnus Arvedsson, F, Farjestad Karlstad, European.
120, Chicago, Peter Gardiner, RW, Renesselar.
121, Edmonton, Jason Chimera, C, Medicine Hat, WHL.
122, Montreal (from St. Louis), Gennady Razin, D, Kamloops, WHL.
123, Phoenix, Chris Suter, D, Spokane, WHL.
124, Pittsburgh, Harlan Pratt, D, Prince Albert, WHL.
125, Anaheim, Luc Vaillancourt, G, Beauport, QMJL.
126, N.Y. Rangers, Jason McClean, G, Moose Jaw, WHL.
127, Florida, Pat Parthenais, D, Detroit, OHL.
128, Buffalo, Torrey DiRoberto, C, Seattle, WHL.
129, Detroit, John Wikstrom, D, Lulea, European.
130, Chicago (from Philadelphia), Kyle Calder, C, Regina, WHL.
131, New Jersey, Jiri Bicek, W, HC Kosice, European.
132, Dallas, Teemu Elomo, W, TPS Turko, European.
133, Colorado, Aaron Miskovich, C, Green Bay, U.S. Junior.
134, N.Y. Rangers, Johan Lindbom, W, HV 71, European.
Last Updated 10 Janauary 1998
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