1996 NHL Draft
Willie Mitchell in the 1996 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Willie Mitchell 199th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 8.
It was the twelfth of the 14 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 907 games put him 14th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 199
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 10
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 196–202 in the 1996 draft
- 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 197Kevin MarshLHFDHartford Whalers
- 198Kevin KellettDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 199Willie MitchellD907 GP · 180 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 200Nicholas LentRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 201Jeff ScissonsCVANVancouver Canucks
- 202Ryan WadeRCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
199th
of 241 players selected
68th
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
Willie Mitchell made his NHL debut on March 25, 2000, 3 years and 277 days after the draft.
907
Games
34
Goals
146
Assists
180
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1996 draft
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 38Wesley MasonLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 41Joshua DewolfDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 47Pierre DagenaisR142 GP · 58 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 49Colin WhiteD797 GP · 129 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 63Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 91Josef BoumedienneD47 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 101Josh MacNevinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 118Glenn CrawfordCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 145Sean RitchlinRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 173Daryl AndrewsDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 199Willie MitchellD907 GP · 180 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 205Jason BertschRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 225Pasi PetrilainenDNJDNew Jersey Devils