1996 NHL Draft
Colin White in the 1996 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Colin White 49th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 2.
It was the fifth of the 14 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 797 games put him 22nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 49
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 23
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 46–52 in the 1996 draft
- 46Geoff PetersCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 47Pierre DagenaisR142 GP · 58 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 48Daniel GoneauL53 GP · 15 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 49Colin WhiteD797 GP · 129 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 50Francis LariveeGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 52Aren MillerGNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
49th
of 241 players selected
20th
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
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 231 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Colin White made his NHL debut on January 11, 2000, 3 years and 203 days after the draft.
797
Games
21
Goals
108
Assists
129
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1996 draft
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 38Wesley MasonLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 41Joshua DewolfDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 47Pierre DagenaisR142 GP · 58 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 49Colin WhiteD797 GP · 129 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 63Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 91Josef BoumedienneD47 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 101Josh MacNevinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 118Glenn CrawfordCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 145Sean RitchlinRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 173Daryl AndrewsDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 199Willie MitchellD907 GP · 180 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 205Jason BertschRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 225Pasi PetrilainenDNJDNew Jersey Devils