1996 NHL Draft
Peter Ratchuk in the 1996 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Peter Ratchuk 25th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first 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 32 games put him 74th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 25
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 25
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 22–28 in the 1996 draft
- 22Jeff BrownDNYRNew York Rangers
- 23Craig HillierGNo NHL gamesPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 24Daniel BrièreC973 GP · 696 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 25Peter RatchukD32 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 26Jesse WallinD49 GP · 2 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 27Cory SarichD969 GP · 158 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 28Pavel SkrbekD12 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
25th
of 241 players selected
11th
of 80 defensemen 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
Peter Ratchuk made his NHL debut on December 16, 1998, 2 years and 177 days after the draft.
32
Games
1
Goals
1
Assists
2
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