1996 NHL Draft
Ric Jackman in the 1996 NHL Draft
Dallas Stars selected Ric Jackman 5th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 8 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 231 games put him 48th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- DALDallas Stars
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 1996 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
5th
of 241 players selected
3rd
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
Ric Jackman made his NHL debut on October 22, 1999, 3 years and 122 days after the draft.
231
Games
19
Goals
58
Assists
77
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Dallas Stars picks in the 1996 draft
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 70Jon SimL469 GP · 139 PDALDallas Stars
- 90Mike HurleyRDALDallas Stars
- 112Ryan ChristieL7 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 113Yevgeni TsybukDDALDallas Stars
- 166Eoin McInerneyGDALDallas Stars
- 194Joel KwiatkowskiD282 GP · 45 PDALDallas Stars
- 220Nick BootlandLDALDallas Stars