1996 NHL Draft
Daniel Brière in the 1996 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Daniel Brière 24th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 8 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 973, and only one has scored more points than his 696.
- Overall pick
- 24
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 24
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 21–27 in the 1996 draft
- 21Marco SturmL938 GP · 487 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 22Jeff BrownDNYRNew York Rangers
- 23Craig HillierGNo NHL gamesPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 24Daniel BrièreC973 GP · 696 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 25Peter RatchukD32 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 26Jesse WallinD49 GP · 2 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 27Cory SarichD969 GP · 158 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
24th
of 241 players selected
13th
of 138 forwards 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
Daniel Brière made his NHL debut on March 19, 1998, 1 year and 270 days after the draft.
973
Games
307
Goals
389
Assists
696
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1996 draft
- 11Dan FochtD82 GP · 8 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 24Daniel BrièreC973 GP · 696 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 62Per-Anton LundstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 139Robert EscheG186 GP · 78 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 174Trevor LetowskiR616 GP · 201 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 200Nicholas LentRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 226Marc-Etienne HubertCPHXPhoenix Coyotes