NHL Draft 1997

• 1. Joe Thornton drafted by Boston Bruins
• 2. Patrick Marleau drafted by San Jose Sharks
• 3. Olli Jokinen drafted by Los Angeles Kings
• 4. Roberto Luongo drafted by New York Islanders
• 5. Eric Brewer drafted by New York Islanders
• 6. Daniel Tkaczuk drafted by Calgary Flames
• 7. Paul Mara drafted by Tampa Bay
• 8. Sergei Samsonov drafted by Boston Bruins
• 9. Nick Boynton drafted by Washington Capitals
• 10. Brad Ference drafted by Vancouver
• 11. Jason Ward drafted by Montreal Canadiens
• 12. Marian Hossa drafted by Ottawa Senators
• 13. Daniel Cleary drafted by Chicago
• 14. Michel Riesen drafted by Edmonton Oilers
• 15. Matt Zultek drafted by Los Angeles Kings
• 16. Ty Jones drafted by Chicago Blackhawks
• 17. Robert Döme drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins
• 18. Michael Holmqvist drafted by Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• 19. Stefan Cherneski drafted by New York Rangers
• 20. Mike Brown drafted by Florida Panthers
• 21. Mika Noronen drafted by Buffalo Sabres
• 22. Nikos Tselios drafted by Carolina Hurricanes
• 23. Scott Hannan drafted by San Jose Sharks
• 24. Jean-Francois Damphousse drafted by New Jersey Devils
• 25. Brenden Morrow drafted by Dallas Stars
• 26. Kevin Grimes drafted by Colorado Avalanche
• 27. Ben Clymer drafted by Boston Bruins
• 28. Brad Defauw drafted by Carolina
• 29. Scott Barney drafted by Los Angeles Kings
• 30. Jean-Marc Pelletier drafted by Philadelphia Flyers
• 32. Evan Lindsay drafted by Calgary Flames
• 34. Ryan Bonni drafted by Vancouver
• 35. Jean-Francois Fortin drafted by Washington Capitals
• 36. Harold Druken drafted by Vancouver Canucks
• 37. Gregor Baumgartner drafted by Montreal Canadiens
• 38. Stanislav Gron drafted by New Jersey Devils (from Ottawa Senators)
• 39. Jeremy Reich drafted by Chicago Blackhawks
• 43. Juha Gustafsson drafted by Phoenix Coyotes
• 45. Maxim Balmochnykh drafted by Anaheim
• 46. Wes Jarvis drafted by NY Rangers
• 47. Kristian Huselius drafted by Florida
• 48. Henrik Tallinder drafted by Buffalo
• 49. Yury Butsayev drafted by Detroit Red Wings
• 50. Pat Kavanagh drafted by Philadelphia Flyers
• 51. Dmitri Kokorev drafted by Calgary
• 52. Roman Lyashenko drafted by Dallas Stars
• 53. Graham Belak drafted by Colorado Avalanche
• 54. Mattias Karlin drafted by Boston
• 55. Rick Berry drafted by Colorado Avalanche
• 56. Vratislav Cech drafted by Florida Panthers
• 57. Jeff Farkas drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs
• 58. Jani Hurme drafted by Ottawa Senators (from NJ)
• 61. Matt Elich drafted by Tampa Bay Lightning
• 62. Kris Mallette drafted by Philadelphia Flyers
• 63. Lee Goren drafted by Boston
• 65. Ilkka Mikkola drafted by Montreal Canadiens
• 66. Josh Langfeld drafted by Ottawa
• 67. Mike Souza drafted by Chicago Blackhawks
• 68. Sergei Erkovich drafted by Edmonton Oilers
• 69. Maxim Afinogenov drafted by Buffalo Sabres (from St. Louis Blues)
• 70. Erik Andersson drafted by Calgary Flames
• 71. Josef Melichar drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins
• 73. Burke Henry drafted by New York Rangers
• 74. Nicholas Smith drafted by Florida
• 76. Petr Sýkora drafted by Detroit Red Wings
• 77. Steve Gainey drafted by Dallas
• 78. Ville Nieminen drafted by Colorado Avalanche (from STL)
• 79. Robert Schnabel drafted by New York Islanders (from Dallas Stars)
• 80. Francis Lessard drafted by Carolina Hurricanes
• 81. Karol Bartanus drafted by Boston Bruins
• 82. Adam Colagiacomo drafted by San Jose
• 83. Joe Corvo drafted by Los Angeles Kings
• 84. Adam Mair drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs
• 85. Petr Mika drafted by NY Islanders
• 86. Didier Tremblay drafted by St Louis
• 87. Brad Larsen drafted by Colorado Avalanache
• 88. Shane Willis drafted by Carolina Hurricanes
• 89. Curtis Cruickshank drafted by Washington
• 90. Chris Stanley drafted by Vancouver Canucks
• 91. Daniel Tetrault drafted by Montreal
• 92. Chris St. Croix drafted by Calgary
• 93. Tomi Källarsson drafted by New York Rangers (from San Jose)
• 94. Jonas Elofsson drafted by Edmonton Oilers
• 95. Ivan Novoseltsev drafted by Florida Panthers
• 97. Alexander Mathieu drafted by Pittsburgh
• 98. Jan Horáček drafted by St.Louis Blues (from Colorado Avalanche)
• 99. Sean Blanchard drafted by Los Angeles Kings
• 100. Ryan Ready drafted by Calgary Flames
• 102. Quintin Laing drafted by Detroit Red Wings
• 103. Mikhail Chernov drafted by Philadelphia Flyers
• 105. Marcus Kristoffersson drafted by Dallas
• 106. James Pollock drafted by St. Louis Blues
• 107. Adam Nittel drafted by San Jose
• 108. Mark Thompson drafted by Tampa Bay Lightning
• 109. Jan Sulc drafted by Tampa Bay Lightning
• 110. Ben Simon drafted by Chicago
• 111. František Mrázek drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs
• 112. Karel Betik drafted by Tampa Bay Lightning
• 117. Matt Cockell drafted by Vancouver Canucks
• 118. Konstantin Sidulov drafted by Montreal
• 119. Magnus Arvedson drafted by Ottawa
• 120. Pete Gardiner drafted by Chicago
• 121. Jason Chimera drafted by Edmonton
• 122. Gennady Razin drafted by Montreal Canadians
• 124. Harlan Pratt drafted by Pittsburgh
• 129. John Wikström drafted by Detroit
• 130. Kyle Calder drafted by Chicago
• 131. Jiri Bicek drafted by New Jersey Devils
• 131. Peter Zubek drafted by New Jersey
• 132. Teemu Elomo drafted by Dallas Stars
• 133. Aaron Miskovich drafted by Colorado Avalanche
• 134. Johan Lindbom drafted by New York Rangers
• 135. Denis Timofeev drafted by Boston Bruins
• 136. Mike York drafted by NY Rangers
• 137. Richard Seeley drafted by Los Angeles Kings
• 140. Ilya Demidov drafted by Calgary
• 141. Peter Sarno drafted by Edmonton Oilers
• 143. Henrik Petré drafted by Washington Capitals
• 144. Matt Cooke drafted by Vancouver Canucks
• 151. Robert Francz drafted by Phoenix
• 152. Petr Havelka drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins
• 153. Andrei Skopintsev drafted by Tampa Bay Lightning (from ANA)
• 159. Sascha Goc drafted by New Jersey
• 160. Aleksei Timkin drafted by Dallas
• 161. David Aebischer drafted by Colorado Avalanche
• 162. Joel Trottier drafted by Boston Bruins
• 163. Joe Dusbabek drafted by San Jose Sharks
• 164. Todd Fedoruk drafted by Philadelphia Flyers
• 166. Kris Knoblauch drafted by NY Islanders
• 170. Eero Somervuori drafted by Tampa Bay Lightning (from WSH)
• 172. Ben Guite drafted by Montreal Canadiens
• 173. Robin Bacul drafted by Ottawa Senators
• 175. Johan Holmqvist drafted by New York Rangers
• 176. Kevin Bolibruck drafted by Edmonton Oilers
• 177. Ladislav Nagy drafted by St. Louis Blues
• 180. Jim Baxter drafted by Boston Bruins
• 181. Matt Snesrud drafted by Anaheim
• 182. Mike Mottau drafted by New York Rangers
• 184. Jeremy Adduono drafted by Buffalo
• 185. Samuel St. Pierre drafted by Tampa Bay
• 187. Chad Hinz drafted by Edmonton
• 188. Mathieu Benoit drafted by New Jersey Devils
• 190. Shawn Thornton drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs
• 191. Antti Laaksonen drafted by Boston Bruins
• 195. Niklas Nordgren drafted by Carolina
• 196. Jeremy Symington drafted by New York Islanders
• 197. Petr Kubos drafted by Montreal Canadians (from Calgary Flames)
• 201. Denis Martynyuk drafted by Vancouver
• 202. Andrei Sidyakin drafted by Montreal
• 204. Sergei Shikhanov drafted by Chicago Blackhawks
• 207. Aleksandrs Andrejevs drafted by Phoenix
• 208. Andrew Ference drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins
• 209. René Stüssi drafted by Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• 210. Andrew M Proskurnicki drafted by New York Rangers
• 211. Doug Schueller drafted by Florida Panthers
• 212. Kamil Piroš drafted by Buffalo Sabres
• 214. Marko Kauppinen drafted by Philadelphia Flyers
• 215. Scott Clemmensen drafted by New Jersey Devils
• 216. Alexei Komarov drafted by Dallas
• 219. Mark Smith drafted by San Jose Sharks
• 221. Jonathan Hedström drafted by Toronto Maple Leafs
• 225. Kent McDonell drafted by Carolina Hurricanes
• 226. Matt Oikawa drafted by Washington Capitals
• 228. Jarl Espen Ygranes drafted by Montreal Canadiens
• 229. Karel Rachunek drafted by Ottawa Senators
• 231. Alexander Fomichyov drafted by Edmonton Oilers
• 232. Dmitri Plekhanov drafted by St. Louis
• 233. Wyatt Smith drafted by Phoenix Coyotes
• 234. Eric Lind drafted by Pittsburgh
• 235. Tommi Degerman drafted by Anaheim Mighty Ducks
• 239. Greg Willers drafted by Detroit
• 240. Pär Styf drafted by Philadelphia Flyers
• 241. Jan Srdínko drafted by New Jersey Devils
• 242. Brett McLean drafted by Dallas
• 244. Marek Ivan drafted by St.Louis Blues
• 246. Jay Henderson drafted by Boston Bruins