1996 NHL Draft
Matt Bradley in the 1996 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Matt Bradley 102nd overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 22nd pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 8 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 675 games put him 26th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 102
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 22
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 99–105 in the 1996 draft
- 99Etienne DrapeauCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100Trent WhitfieldC194 GP · 29 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 101Josh MacNevinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 102Matt BradleyR675 GP · 149 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 103Vladimir AntipovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 104Steve WasylkoCHFDHartford Whalers
- 105Michal RozsivalD963 GP · 309 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
102nd
of 241 players selected
62nd
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
Matt Bradley made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000, 4 years and 106 days after the draft.
675
Games
59
Goals
90
Assists
149
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 1996 draft
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 21Marco SturmL938 GP · 487 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 55Terry FriesenGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 102Matt BradleyR675 GP · 149 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 137Michel LarocqueG3 GP · 0 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 164Jake DeadmarshDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 191Cory CyrenneCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 217David ThibeaultLSJSSan Jose Sharks