1997 Draft Choices Round 9 - New Jersey Devils

1997 Draft Choices Round 9

Year:	Team:	Position:	Round:

AJHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	14	231	EDM	Alexandre Fomitchev	G	RUS	5' 10"	175	AJHL	St. Albert Saints
BCJHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	10	227	VAN	Peter Brady	G	CAN	6' 0"	170	BCJHL	Powell River Paper Kings
Conn.
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	17	234	PIT	Eric Lind	D	USA	6' 1"	198	Conn.	Avon Old Farms H.S.
Conn. H.S.
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	26	243	COL	Kyle Kidney	L	USA	6' 2"	220	Conn. H.S.	Salisbury School
Czech
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	12	229	OTT	Karel Rachunek	D	CZE	6' 2"	220	Czech	Zlin ZPS HC
Czech Republic
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	24	241	NJD	Jan Srdinko	D	CZE	1' 0"	100	Czech Republic
NCAA
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	7	224	TBL	Paul Comrie	C	CAN	5' 11"	192	NCAA	U. of Denver
9	9	226	WSH	Matt Oikawa	R	CAN	6' 2"	205	NCAA	St. Lawrence University
9	13	230	CHI	Chris Feil	D	USA	6' 2"	180	NCAA	Ohio State University
9	16	233	PHX	Wyatt Smith	C	USA	5' 11"	205	NCAA	U. of Minnesota
9	18	235	ANA	Tommi Degerman	C	FIN	6' 1"	176	NCAA	Boston University
9	19	236	NYR	Richard Miller	D	USA	6' 3"	200	NCAA	Providence College
Norway
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	11	228	MTL	Jarl-Espen Ygranes	D	NOR	6' 1"	187	Norway	Furuset
OHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	8	225	CAR	Kent McDonell	R	CAN			OHL	Guelph Storm
9	22	239	DET	Greg Willers	D	CAN	6' 1"	195	OHL	Kingston Frontenacs
9	28	245	COL	Stephen Lafleur	D	CAN	6' 4"	185	OHL	Belleville Bulls
QMJHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	1	218	BOS	Eric Van Acker	D	CAN	6' 5"	220	QMJHL	Chicoutimi Sagueneens
9	20	237	FLA	Benoit Cote	C	CAN	6' 3"	192	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes
Russia
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	15	232	STL	Dmitri Plekhanov	D	RUS	6' 2"	180	Russia	Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik
Sweden
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	4	221	TOR	Jonathan Hedstrom	R	SWE	6' 0"	200	Sweden	Skelleftea
9	23	240	PHI	Par Styf	D	SWE	6' 0"	187	Sweden	Modo Jrs.
USHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	5	222	NYI	Ryan Clark	D	CAN			USHL	Lincoln Stars
WHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
9	2	219	SJS	Mark Smith	C	CAN	5' 10"	200	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes
9	3	220	LAK	Konrad Brand	D	CAN	6' 2"	200	WHL	Medicine Hat Tigers
9	6	223	CGY	Dustin Paul	R	CAN	5' 11"	195	WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors
9	21	238	BUF	Dylan Kemp	D	CAN	6' 1"	191	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes
9	25	242	DAL	Brett McLean	C	CAN	5' 11"	185	WHL	Kelowna Rockets
9	27	244	STL	Marek Ivan	L	CZE	6' 1"	182	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes
9	29	246	BOS	Jay Henderson	L	CAN	5' 11"	190	WHL	Edmonton Ice

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