1996 NHL Draft
Trent Whitfield in the 1996 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Trent Whitfield 100th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 4.
It was the fifth of the 10 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 194 games put him 50th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 100
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 20
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 97–103 in the 1996 draft
- 97Andrei PetrakovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 98Ben StoreyDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 99Etienne DrapeauCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100Trent WhitfieldC194 GP · 29 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 101Josh MacNevinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 102Matt BradleyR675 GP · 149 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 103Vladimir AntipovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
100th
of 241 players selected
61st
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
Trent Whitfield made his NHL debut in the playoffs on April 17, 2000, 3 years and 300 days after the draft.
194
Games
11
Goals
18
Assists
29
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 1996 draft
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 45Henry KusterRBOSBoston Bruins
- 53Eric NaudLBOSBoston Bruins
- 80Jason DoyleRBOSBoston Bruins
- 100Trent WhitfieldC194 GP · 29 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 132Elias AbrahamssonDBOSBoston Bruins
- 155Chris LaneDBOSBoston Bruins
- 182Thomas BrownDBOSBoston Bruins
- 208Bob PrierRBOSBoston Bruins
- 234Anders SoderbergLBOSBoston Bruins