1997 NHL Draft
Ben Guite in the 1997 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Ben Guite 172nd overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 7.
It was the eighth of the 11 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 175 games put him 44th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 172
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 11
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 169–175 in the 1997 draft
- 169Andrew MerrickCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 170Eero SomervuoriRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 171Rod LerouxDVANVancouver Canucks
- 172Ben GuiteR175 GP · 45 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 173Robin BaculROTTOttawa Senators
- 174Jerad SmithDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 175Johan HolmqvistG99 GP · 48 WNYRNew York Rangers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
172nd
of 246 players selected
99th
of 136 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Joe ThorntonC1714 GP · 1539 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 2Patrick MarleauC1779 GP · 1197 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Olli JokinenC1231 GP · 750 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 4Roberto LuongoG1044 GP · 489 WNYINew York Islanders
- 5Eric BrewerD1009 GP · 271 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Daniel TkaczukC19 GP · 11 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Paul MaraD734 GP · 253 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Nick BoyntonD605 GP · 144 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 10Brad FerenceD250 GP · 34 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 236 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ben Guite made his NHL debut on January 30, 2006, 8 years and 223 days after the draft.
175
Games
19
Goals
26
Assists
45
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1997 draft
- 11Jason WardR336 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 37Gregor BaumgartnerRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 65Ilkka MikkolaDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 91Daniel TetraultDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 118Konstantin SidulovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 122Gennady RazinDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 145Jonathan DesrochesDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 172Ben GuiteR175 GP · 45 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 197Petr KubosDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 202Andrei SidyakinRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 228Jarl-Espen YgranesDMTLMontréal Canadiens