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1996 NHL Draft

Chris Phillips in the 1996 NHL Draft

Ottawa Senators selected Chris Phillips first overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 7 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1179.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
OTTOttawa Senators
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 1996 draft

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  3. 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYI
  4. 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

1st
of 241 players selected
1st
of 80 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  3. 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYI
  4. 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSH
  5. 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDAL
  6. 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDM
  7. 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUF
  8. 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOS
  9. 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANA
  10. 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJD

+ 231 more

The 1996 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Chris Phillips made his NHL debut on October 1, 1997, 1 year and 101 days after the draft.

1179
Games
71
Goals
217
Assists
288
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Ottawa Senators picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTT
  3. 136Andreas DackellR613 GP · 250 POTT
  4. 163Francois HardyDOTT
  5. 212Erich GoldmannD1 GP · 0 POTT
  6. 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTT
  7. 239Sami SaloD878 GP · 339 POTT