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1997 NHL Draft

Wyatt Smith in the 1997 NHL Draft

Phoenix Coyotes selected Wyatt Smith 233rd overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 9.

It was the sixth and last of the 6 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 211 games put him 41st in the class.

Overall pick
233
Round and pick
Round 9, pick 16
Drafting team
PHXPhoenix Coyotes
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 230–236 in the 1997 draft

  1. 230Chris FeilDCHI
  2. 231Alexandre FomitchevGEDM
  3. 232Dmitri PlekhanovDSTL
  4. 233Wyatt SmithC211 GP · 32 PPHX
  5. 234Eric LindDPIT
  6. 235Tommi DegermanCANA
  7. 236Richard MillerDNYR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

233rd
of 246 players selected
130th
of 136 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Joe ThorntonC1714 GP · 1539 PBOS
  2. 2Patrick MarleauC1779 GP · 1197 PSJS
  3. 3Olli JokinenC1231 GP · 750 PLAK
  4. 4Roberto LuongoG1044 GP · 489 WNYI
  5. 5Eric BrewerD1009 GP · 271 PNYI
  6. 6Daniel TkaczukC19 GP · 11 PCGY
  7. 7Paul MaraD734 GP · 253 PTBL
  8. 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOS
  9. 9Nick BoyntonD605 GP · 144 PWSH
  10. 10Brad FerenceD250 GP · 34 PVAN

+ 236 more

The 1997 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Wyatt Smith made his NHL debut on April 7, 2000, 2 years and 291 days after the draft.

211
Games
10
Goals
22
Assists
32
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 43Juha GustafssonDPHX
  2. 96Scott McCallumDPHX
  3. 123Curtis SuterDPHX
  4. 151Robert FranczLPHX
  5. 207Alex AndreyevDPHX
  6. 233Wyatt SmithC211 GP · 32 PPHX