1998 NHL Draft
Mike Ribeiro in the 1998 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Mike Ribeiro 45th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 7 of them have played more games than his 1074, and only 4 have scored more points than his 793.
- Overall pick
- 45
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 18
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 42–48 in the 1998 draft
- 42Jason BeckettDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 43Ossi VaananenD479 GP · 68 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 44Mike FisherC1104 GP · 589 POTTOttawa Senators
- 45Mike RibeiroC1074 GP · 793 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 46Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 47Norman MilleyR29 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 48Jonathan GirardD150 GP · 44 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
45th
of 258 players selected
26th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mike Ribeiro made his NHL debut on October 2, 1999, 1 year and 97 days after the draft.
1074
Games
228
Goals
565
Assists
793
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1998 draft
- 16Eric ChouinardC90 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Mike RibeiroC1074 GP · 793 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 75Francois BeaucheminD903 GP · 288 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 152Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 162Andrei MarkovD990 GP · 572 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 189Andrei KruchininDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 201Craig MurrayCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 216Michael RyderR806 GP · 484 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 247Darcy HarrisRMTLMontréal Canadiens