1996 NHL Draft
Mark Parrish in the 1996 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Mark Parrish 79th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 27th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 13 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 722 games put him 24th in the class, but only 8 have scored more points than his 387.
- Overall pick
- 79
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 27
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 76–82 in the 1996 draft
- 76Dmitri SubbotinLNYRNew York Rangers
- 77Boris ProtsenkoRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 78Shawn McNeilCWSHWashington Capitals
- 79Mark ParrishR722 GP · 387 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 80Jason DoyleRBOSBoston Bruins
- 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators
- 82Joey TetarenkoR73 GP · 5 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
79th
of 241 players selected
46th
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
Mark Parrish made his NHL debut on October 9, 1998, 2 years and 109 days after the draft.
722
Games
216
Goals
171
Assists
387
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 1996 draft
- 25Peter RatchukD32 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 79Mark ParrishR722 GP · 387 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 98Ben StoreyDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 107Randy PetrukGNo NHL gamesCOLColorado Avalanche
- 134Luke CurtinLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 146Brian WillsieR381 GP · 109 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 160Kai FischerGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 167Dan HinoteR503 GP · 90 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 176Samuel PåhlssonC798 GP · 199 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 188Roman PylnerCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 214Matthew ScorsuneDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 240Justin ClarkRCOLColorado Avalanche