1996 NHL Draft
Eric Belanger in the 1996 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Eric Belanger 96th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 4.
It was the fifth of the 10 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 820 games put him 19th in the class, but only 10 have scored more points than his 358.
- Overall pick
- 96
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 16
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 93–99 in the 1996 draft
- 93Jonas SolingLVANVancouver Canucks
- 94Christian LefebvreDCGYCalgary Flames
- 95Jonathan ZukiwskyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 96Eric BelangerC820 GP · 358 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 97Andrei PetrakovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 98Ben StoreyDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 99Etienne DrapeauCMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
96th
of 241 players selected
58th
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
Eric Belanger made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000, 4 years and 106 days after the draft.
820
Games
138
Goals
220
Assists
358
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1996 draft
- 30Josh GreenC341 GP · 76 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 57Greg PhillipsCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 84Mikael SimonsCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 96Eric BelangerC820 GP · 358 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 120Jesse BlackDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 123Peter HoganDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 190Steve ValiquetteG46 GP · 16 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 193Kai NurminenL69 GP · 28 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 219Sebastien SimardLLAKLos Angeles Kings