1998 Draft Choices Round 3 - New Jersey Devils

1998 Draft Choices Round 3

Year:	Team:	Position:	Round:

Armstrong H.S.
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	15	73	PHX	Pat O'Leary	C	USA	6' 2"	190	Minn.	Armstrong H.S.
Boston College
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	24	82	NJD	Brian Gionta	R	USA	5' 7"	173	NCAA	Boston College
Boston University
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	3	61	FLA	Joe Dipenta	D	CAN	6' 2"	220	NCAA	Boston University
Brandon Wheat Kings
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	11	69	TOR	Jamie Hodson	G	CAN	6' 2"	205	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings
Clarkson University
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	13	71	CAR	Erik Cole	L	USA	6' 2"	205	NCAA	Clarkson University
Colorado College
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	4	62	CGY	Paul Manning	D	CAN	6' 4"	208	NCAA	Colorado College
3	23	81	VAN	Justin Morrison	R	USA	6' 3"	205	NCAA	Colorado College
Farjestads BK Karlstad
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	20	78	BOS	Peter Nordstrom	R	SWE	6' 1"	200	SEL	Farjestads BK Karlstad
Halifax Mooseheads
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	7	65	SJS	Eric Laplante	L	CAN	6' 0"	185	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads
HIFK Helsinki
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	10	68	VAN	Jarkko Ruutu	L	FIN	6' 1"	204	FNL	HIFK Helsinki
HV71 Jonkoping
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	28	86	DAL	Gabriel Karlsson	C	SWE	6' 1"	189	SEL	HV71 Jonkoping
Kazan Ak-Bars
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	2	60	NSH	Denis Arkhipov	C	RUS	6' 3"	215	Russia	Kazan Ak-Bars
Kitchener Rangers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	21	79	COL	Evgeny Lazarev	L	UKR	6' 2"	216	OHL	Kitchener Rangers
Krylja-2 Sovetov
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	18	76	LAK	Alexey Volkov	G	RUS	6' 1"	185	Russia	Krylja-2 Sovetov
Laval Titan College Francais
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	17	75	MTL	Francois Beauchemin	D	CAN	6' 0"	213	QMJHL	Laval Titan College Francais
London Knights
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	9	67	EDM	Alex Henry	D	CAN	6' 6"	231	OHL	London Knights
Lugano
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	16	74	OTT	Julien Vauclair	D	CHE	6' 0"	200	SwissA	Lugano
Plymouth Whalers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	12	70	CAR	Kevin Holdridge	D	USA	6' 2"	202	OHL	Plymouth Whalers
Portland Winter Hawks
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	1	59	WSH	Todd Hornung	C	CAN	6' 2"	220	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks
3	8	66	NYR	Jason LaBarbera	G	CAN	6' 3"	230	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks
3	25	83	STL	Matt Walker	D	CAN	6' 4"	215	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks
Prince Albert Raiders
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	22	80	PIT	David Cameron	C	CAN	6' 1"	180	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders
Red Deer Rebels
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	5	63	FLA	Lance Ward	R	CAN	6' 3"	214	WHL	Red Deer Rebels
Rimouski Oceanic
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	6	64	TBL	Brad Richards	C	CAN	6' 0"	195	QMJHL	Rimouski Oceanic
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	26	84	DET	Jake McCracken	G	CAN	5' 10"	180	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
St. Sebastian's
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	19	77	BUF	Mike Pandolfo	L	USA	6' 3"	218	Mass. H.S.	St. Sebastian's
Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	14	72	TBL	Dimitri Afanasenkov	L	RUS	6' 2"	209	Russia	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl
U. of Michigan
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
3	27	85	NSH	Geoff Koch	L	USA	6' 1"	190	NCAA	U. of Michigan

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