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Lecavalier is
top pick
1997 NHL
Entry Draft
No. 1 picks 1969-1998
|
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Pos |
League |
| 1 |
Tampa Bay (from SAN/FLA) |
Vincent Lecavalier |
C |
QMJHL |
| 2 |
Nashville (from SAN/TAM) |
David Legwand |
C |
OHL |
| 3 |
San Jose (from NAS) |
Brad Stuart |
D |
WHL |
| 4 |
Vancouver |
Bryan Allen |
D |
OHL |
| 5 |
Anaheim |
Vitaly Vishnevsky |
D |
Russia |
| 6 |
Calgary |
Rico Fata |
C |
OHL |
| 7 |
NY Rangers |
Manny Malhotra |
C |
OHL |
| 8 |
Chicago (from TOR) |
Mark Bell |
C |
OHL |
| 9 |
NY Islanders |
Michael Rupp |
LW |
OHL |
| 10 |
Toronto (from CHI) |
Nikolai Antropov |
C |
Kazakhstan |
| 11 |
Carolina |
Jeff Heerema |
RW |
OHL |
| 12 |
Colorado (from SAN) |
Alex Tanguay |
C |
QMJHL |
| 13 |
Edmonton |
Michael Henrich |
RW |
OHL |
| 14 |
Phoenix |
Patrick DesRochers |
G |
OHL |
| 15 |
Ottawa |
Mathieu Chouinard |
G |
QMJHL |
| 16 |
Montreal |
Eric Chouinard |
C |
QMJHL |
| 17 |
Colorado (from LOS) |
Martin Skoula |
D |
OHL |
| 18 |
Buffalo |
Dimitri Kalinin |
D |
Russia |
| 19 |
Colorado (from BOS) |
Robyn Regehr |
D |
WHL |
| 20 |
Colorado (from WAS) |
Scott Parker |
RW |
WHL |
| 21 |
Los Angeles (from COL) |
Mathieu Biron |
D |
QMJHL |
| 22 |
Philadelphia |
Simon Gagne |
C |
QMJHL |
| 23 |
Pittsburgh |
Milan Kraft |
C |
Czech Rep. |
| 24 |
St. Louis |
Christian Backman |
D |
Sweden |
| 25 |
Detroit |
Jiri Fischer |
D |
QMJHL |
| 26 |
New Jersey |
Mike Van Ryn |
D |
CCHA |
| 27 |
New Jersey (from DAL) |
Scott Gomez |
C |
WHL |
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