1996 NHL Draft
Matt Cullen in the 1996 NHL Draft
Anaheim Ducks selected Matt Cullen 35th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 7 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 1516, and none has scored more points than his 731.
- Overall pick
- 35
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 9
- Drafting team
- ANAAnaheim Ducks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 32–38 in the 1996 draft
- 32Chris HajtD6 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 33Darren Van OeneLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 34Trevor WasylukLHFDHartford Whalers
- 35Matt CullenC1516 GP · 731 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 36Marek PosmykD19 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 38Wesley MasonLNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
35th
of 241 players selected
18th
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 Cullen made his NHL debut on October 28, 1997, 1 year and 128 days after the draft.
1516
Games
266
Goals
465
Assists
731
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Anaheim Ducks picks in the 1996 draft
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 35Matt CullenC1516 GP · 731 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 117Brendan BuckleyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 149Blaine RussellGANAAnaheim Ducks
- 172Timo AhmaojaDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 198Kevin KellettDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 224Tobias JohanssonLANAAnaheim Ducks