1996 NHL Draft
Zenith Komarniski in the 1996 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Zenith Komarniski 75th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 3.
It was the second of the 8 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 21 games put him 78th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 75
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 23
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 72–78 in the 1996 draft
- 72Boyd KaneL31 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGYCalgary Flames
- 74Dave WeningerGWSHWashington Capitals
- 75Zenith KomarniskiD21 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 76Dmitri SubbotinLNYRNew York Rangers
- 77Boris ProtsenkoRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 78Shawn McNeilCWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
75th
of 241 players selected
27th
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
Zenith Komarniski made his NHL debut on November 20, 1999, 3 years and 151 days after the draft.
21
Games
1
Goals
1
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1996 draft
- 12Josh HoldenC60 GP · 14 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 75Zenith KomarniskiD21 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 93Jonas SolingLVANVancouver Canucks
- 121Tyler ProsofskyCVANVancouver Canucks
- 147Nolan McDonaldGVANVancouver Canucks
- 175Clint CabanaDVANVancouver Canucks
- 201Jeff ScissonsCVANVancouver Canucks
- 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks