1996 Draft Choices Round 1 - New Jersey Devils

1996 Draft Choices Round 1

Year:	Team:	Position:	Round:

A
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	8	8	BOS	Johnathan Aitken	D	CAN	6' 4"	211	WHL	Medicine Hat Tigers
B
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	24	24	PHX	Danny Briere	C	CAN	5' 10"	179	QMJHL	Drummondville Voltigeurs
1	22	22	NYR	Jeff Brown	D	CAN	6' 1"	217	OHL	Sarnia Sting
D
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	19	19	EDM	Matthieu Descoteaux	D	CAN	6' 3"	222	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes
1	6	6	EDM	Boyd Devereaux	C	CAN	6' 2"	195	OHL	Kitchener Rangers
1	3	3	NYI	J-P Dumont	R	CAN	6' 1"	205	QMJHL	Val-d'Or Foreurs
F
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	11	11	PHX	Dan Focht	D	CAN	6' 6"	237	WHL	Tri-City Americans
H
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	18	18	MTL	Matt Higgins	C	CAN	6' 2"	188	WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors
1	23	23	PIT	Craig Hillier	G	CAN	6' 0"	165	OHL	Ottawa 67's
1	12	12	VAN	Josh Holden	C	CAN	6' 0"	189	WHL	Regina Pats
J
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	5	5	DAL	Richard Jackman	D	CAN	6' 2"	214	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
L
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	16	16	TBL	Mario Larocque	D	CAN	6' 4"	202	QMJHL	Hull Olympiques
M
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	13	13	CGY	Derek Morris	D	CAN	6' 0"	215	WHL	Regina Pats
N
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	20	20	FLA	Marcus Nilson	L	SWE	6' 2"	188	SEL	Djurgardens IF Stockholm
P
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	1	1	OTT	Chris Phillips	D	CAN	6' 3"	220	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders
R
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	7	7	BUF	Erik Rasmussen	C	USA	6' 1"	210	NCAA	U. of Minnesota
1	25	25	COL	Peter Ratchuk	D	USA	6' 0"	175	Minn.	Shattuck-St. Mary's
1	14	14	STL	Marty Reasoner	C	USA	6' 1"	205	NCAA	Boston College
S
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	9	9	ANA	Ruslan Salei	D	BLR	6' 1"	212	IHL	Las Vegas Thunder
1	21	21	SJS	Marco Sturm	L	DEU	6' 0"	194	DEL	Landshut EV
1	17	17	WSH	Jaroslav Svejkovsky	R	CZE	6' 1"	193	WHL	Tri-City Americans
V
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	4	4	WSH	Alexander Volchkov	L	RUS	6' 2"	205	OHL	Barrie Colts
W
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	26	26	DET	Jesse Wallin	D	CAN	6' 2"	203	WHL	Red Deer Rebels
1	10	10	NJD	Lance Ward	R	CAN			WHL	Red Deer Rebels
Z
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	15	15	PHI	Dainius Zubrus	R	LTU	6' 5"	225	COJHL	Pembroke
1	2	2	SJS	Andrei Zyuzin	D	RUS	6' 1"	208	Russia	Salavat Yulajev

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