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1996 NHL Draft

Michel Larocque in the 1996 NHL Draft

San Jose Sharks selected Michel Larocque 137th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 6.

He was the second of the 4 Germans selected that year. It was the fifth 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 3 games put him 90th in the class.

Overall pick
137
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 2
Drafting team
SJSSan Jose Sharks
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 134–140 in the 1996 draft

  1. 134Luke CurtinLCOL
  2. 135Michal PodolkaGDET
  3. 136Andreas DackellR613 GP · 250 POTT
  4. 137Michel LarocqueG3 GP · 0 WSJS
  5. 138Todd MillerCNYI
  6. 139Robert EscheG186 GP · 78 WPHX
  7. 140Dmitriy YakushinD2 GP · 0 PTOR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

2nd
of 4 Germans selected
11th
of 23 goaltenders selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Germans selected

  1. 21Marco SturmL938 GP · 487 PSJS
  2. 137Michel LarocqueG3 GP · 0 WSJS
  3. 160Kai FischerGCOL
  4. 212Erich GoldmannD1 GP · 0 POTT
Every pick from Germany in the 1996 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Michel Larocque made his NHL debut on January 25, 2001, 4 years and 217 days after the draft.

3
Games
0
Wins
0
Shutouts
.847
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

San Jose Sharks picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  2. 21Marco SturmL938 GP · 487 PSJS
  3. 55Terry FriesenGSJS
  4. 102Matt BradleyR675 GP · 149 PSJS
  5. 137Michel LarocqueG3 GP · 0 WSJS
  6. 164Jake DeadmarshDSJS
  7. 191Cory CyrenneCSJS
  8. 217David ThibeaultLSJS