1996 NHL Draft
Mario Larocque in the 1996 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Mario Larocque 16th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 6 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 5 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 1996 draft
- 13Derek MorrisD1107 GP · 424 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 14Marty ReasonerC798 GP · 266 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 15Dainius ZubrusC1293 GP · 591 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 16Mario LarocqueD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 17Jaroslav SvejkovskyR113 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Matt HigginsC57 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Matthieu DescôteauxD5 GP · 2 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
16th
of 241 players selected
8th
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
Mario Larocque made his NHL debut on January 7, 1999, 2 years and 199 days after the draft.
5
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1996 draft
- 16Mario LarocqueD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 69Curtis TiplerRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 125Jason RobinsonDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 152Nikolai IgnatovDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 157Xavier DelisleC16 GP · 5 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 179Pavel KubinaD970 GP · 386 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning