The 1996 NHL Entry Draft was the 34th
NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft (french: Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirem ...
. It was held at the
Kiel Center
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Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland pe ...
in
St. Louis
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, Missouri, on June 22, 1996.
The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was
Zdeno Chára
Zdeno Chára (; born 18 March 1977) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins, and Washington Capitals between 1997 a ...
, who retired after the
2021–22 season.
Selections by round
Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.
Round one
Round two
Round three
Round four
Round five
Round six
Round seven
Round eight
Round nine
Draftees based on nationality
See also
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1996–97 NHL season
The 1996–97 NHL season was the 80th regular season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who swept the Philadelphia Flyers in four games and won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 42 years.
T ...
*
List of NHL players
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References
www.hockeydb.com
External links
a
The Internet Hockey Database
{{1996–97 NHL season by team
Draft
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National Hockey League Entry Draft