1996 NHL Entry Draft
General information
Date(s)	June 22, 1996
Location	Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Overview
First selection	Chris Phillips (Ottawa Senators)
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The 1996 NHL Entry Draft was the 34th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 22, 1996.

The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Zdeno Chara, who retired after the 2021–22 season.

Selections by round

Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.

Round one

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
1	Chris Phillips	Defense	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	Andrei Zyuzin	Defense	Russia	San Jose Sharks	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia)
3	Jean-Pierre Dumont	Right Wing	Canada	New York Islanders	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	Alexander Volchkov	Left Wing	Russia	Washington Capitals (from Los Angeles)1	Barrie Colts (OHL)
5	Ric Jackman	Defense	Canada	Dallas Stars	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6	Boyd Devereaux	Center	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	Erik Rasmussen	Center	United States	Buffalo Sabres	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
8	Johnathan Aitken	Defense	Canada	Boston Bruins (from Hartford)2	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
9	Ruslan Salei	Defense	Belarus	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
10	Lance Ward	Defense	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
11	Dan Focht	Defense	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
12	Josh Holden	Center	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Regina Pats (WHL)
13	Derek Morris	Defense	Canada	Calgary Flames	Regina Pats (WHL)
14	Marty Reasoner	Center	United States	St. Louis Blues (from St. Louis via Edmonton)3	Boston College (Hockey East)
15	Dainius Zubrus	Right Wing	Lithuania	Philadelphia Flyers (from Toronto)4	Pembroke Lumber Kings (COJHL)
16	Mario Larocque	Defense	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
17	Jaroslav Svejkovsky	Right Wing	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
18	Matt Higgins	Center	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
19	Matthieu Descoteaux	Defense	Canada	Edmonton Oilers (from Boston)5	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
20	Marcus Nilson	Left Wing	Sweden	Florida Panthers	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
21	Marco Sturm	Left Wing	Germany	San Jose Sharks (from Chicago)6	Landshut EV (Germany)
22	Jeff Brown	Defense	Canada	New York Rangers	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
23	Craig Hillier	Goaltender	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
24	Daniel Briere	Center	Canada	Phoenix Coyotes (from Philadelphia via San Jose and Buffalo)7	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
25	Peter Ratchuk	Defense	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Shattuck-Saint Mary's (USHS–MN)
26	Jesse Wallin	Defense	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)

1. Los Angeles' first-round pick went to Washington as the result of a trade on July 8, 1995 that sent Byron Dafoe and Dmitri Khristich to Los Angeles in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft and this pick.
2. Hartford's first-round pick went to Boston as the result of a trade on August 26, 1994 that sent Glen Wesley to Hartford in exchange for first-round picks of the 1996 Entry Draft and the 1997 Entry Draft along with this pick.
3. St. Louis' first-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade with Edmonton on August 4, 1995 that sent Curtis Joseph and the rights to Mike Grier to Edmonton in exchange a first-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft and this pick.

   Edmonton previously acquired this pick and a first-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft as compensation on July 28, 1995 after St. Louis signed free agent Shayne Corson.

4. Toronto's first-round pick went to Philadelphia as the result of a trade on August 30, 1995 that sent Dmitry Yushkevich and a second-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft to Toronto in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft, a second-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft and this pick.
5. Boston's first-round pick went to Edmonton as the result of a trade on January 11, 1996 that sent Bill Ranford to Boston in exchange for Mariusz Czerkawski, the rights to Sean Brown and this pick.
6. Chicago's first-round pick went to San Jose as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent two second-round picks (# 31 and # 46 overall) in the 1996 Entry Draft to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
7. Buffalo's acquired first-round pick went to Winnipeg as the result of a trade on February 15, 1996 that sent Michal Grosek and Darryl Shannon to Buffalo in exchange for Craig Muni and this pick. Winnipeg relocated to Arizona after the 1995–96 NHL season.

   Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on November 16, 1995 that sent Doug Bodger to San Jose in exchange for Vaclav Varada, a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft, rights to Martin Spanhel and this pick.

   San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on November 16, 1995 that sent Pat Falloon to Philadelphia in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft, rights to Martin Spanhel and this pick.

Round two

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
27	Cory Sarich	Defense	Canada	Buffalo Sabres (from Ottawa via St. Louis)1	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
28	Pavel Skrbek	Defense	Czech Republic	Pittsburgh Penguins (from San Jose via New Jersey)2	Poldi Kladno (Czech Republic)
29	Dan LaCouture	Left Wing	United States	New York Islanders	Enfield Jr. Whalers (EJHL)
30	Josh Green	Center	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
31	Remi Royer	Defense	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Dallas via Phoenix and San Jose)3	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
32	Chris Hajt	Defense	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
33	Darren Van Oene	Left Wing	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
34	Trevor Wasyluk	Left Wing	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
35	Matt Cullen	Center	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	St. Cloud State University (WCHA)
36	Marek Posmyk	Defense	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs (from New Jersey)4	Dukla Jihlava (Czech Republic)
37	Marian Cisar	Right Wing	Slovakia	Los Angeles Kings (from Phoenix)5	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
38	Wes Mason	Left Wing	Canada	New Jersey Devils (from Vancouver)6	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
39	Travis Brigley	Left Wing	Canada	Calgary Flames	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
40	Steve Begin	Center	Canada	Calgary Flames (from St. Louis)7	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
41	Josh DeWolf	Defense	United States	New Jersey Devils (from Toronto via Pittsburgh)8	Twin Cities Vulcans (USHL)
42	Jeff Paul	Defense	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay)9	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
43	Jan Bulis	Center	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	Barrie Colts (OHL)
44	Mathieu Garon	Goaltender	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
45	Henry Kuster	Right Wing	Canada	Boston Bruins	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
46	Geoff Peters	Center	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks (from Florida via San Jose)10	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
47	Pierre Dagenais	Left Wing	Canada	New Jersey Devils (from Chicago via Tampa Bay)11	Moncton Alpines (QMJHL)
48	Daniel Goneau	Left Wing	Canada	New York Rangers	Granby Predateurs (QMJHL)
49	Colin White	Defense	Canada	New Jersey Devils (from Pittsburgh)12	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
50	Francis Larivee	Goaltender	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Philadelphia)13	Laval Titan Collège Français (QMJHL)
51	Yuri Babenko	Center	Russia	Colorado Avalanche	Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
52	Aren Miller	Goaltender	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

1. St. Louis' second-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on March 20, 1996 that sent Yuri Khmylev and an eighth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft to St. Louis in exchange for Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, a third-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft and this pick.

   St. Louis previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 4, 1995 that sent Steve Duchesne to Hartford in exchange for this pick.

2. New Jersey'a second-round pick went to Pittsburgh as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent two second-round picks in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 41 and # 49 overall) to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.

   New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on November 15, 1995 that sent Chris Terreri to San Jose in exchange for this pick.

3. San Jose's second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent a first-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 46 overall) and this pick.

   San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 18, 1996 that sent Craig Janney to Winnipeg in exchange for Darren Turcotte and this pick.

   Winnipeg previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 8, 1995 that sent a third-round pick in the 1995 Entry Draft to Dallas in exchange for this pick.

4. New Jersey's second-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on March 13, 1996 that sent Dave Andreychuk to New Jersey in exchange for Toronto's option of a fourth-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft or third-round pick in the 1999 Entry Draft and this pick.
5. Arizona's second-round pick went to Los Angeles as the result of a trade on August 8, 1994 that sent Brent Thompson and cash to Winnipeg in exchange for rights to Ruslan Batyrshin and this pick. Winnipeg also had an option to swap 6th-rd picks in the 1996 Entry Draft. Winnipeg relocated to Arizona after the 1995–96 NHL season.
6. Vancouver's second-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on November 23, 1995 that sent Esa Tikkanen to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.
7. St. Louis' second-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on July 4, 1994 that sent Al MacInnis and a fourth-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft to St. Louis in exchange for Phil Housley, a second-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft and this pick.
8. Pittsburgh's second-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent a second-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 28 overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for a second-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 49 overall) and this pick.

   Pittsburgh previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 8, 1995 that sent Larry Murphy to Toronto in exchange for Dmitri Mironov and this pick.

9. Tampa Bay's second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on March 20, 1996 that sent Patrick Poulin, Igor Ulanov and a second-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 47 overall) to Tampa Bay in exchange for Enrico Ciccone and this pick.
10. San Jose's second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent a first-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 21 overall) to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 31 overall) and this pick.

    San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 16, 1996 that sent Ray Sheppard and a fourth-round pick in the a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft to Florida in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft and this pick.

11. Tampa Bay's second-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent Corey Schwab to Tampa Bay in exchange for Jeff Reese, an eighth-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft and this pick.

    Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 20, 1996 that sent Enrico Ciccone and a second-round pick in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 42 overall) to Chicago in exchange for Patrick Poulin, Igor Ulanov and this pick.

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