1998 Draft Choices Round 1 - Tampa Bay Lightning

Team

1998 Draft Choices Round 1

Year:	Team:	Position:	Round:

A
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	4	4	VAN	Bryan Allen	D	CAN	6' 5"	220	OHL	Oshawa Generals
1	10	10	TOR	Nik Antropov	R	KAZ	6' 6"	245	Russia	Torpedo UST-Kamengorsk
B
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	24	24	STL	Christian Backman	D	SWE	6' 4"	210	Sweden	Vastra Frolunda
1	8	8	CHI	Mark Bell	L	CAN	6' 4"	220	OHL	Ottawa 67's
1	21	21	LAK	Mathieu Biron	D	CAN	6' 6"	233	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes
C
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	15	15	OTT	Mathieu Chouinard	G	CAN			QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes
1	16	16	MTL	Eric Chouinard	C	USA	6' 3"	215	QMJHL	Quebec Remparts
D
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	14	14	PHX	Patrick Desrochers	G	CAN	6' 4"	205	OHL	Sarnia Sting
F
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	6	6	CGY	Rico Fata	L	CAN	6' 0"	214	OHL	London Knights
1	25	25	DET	Jiri Fischer	D	CZE	6' 5"	229	QMJHL	Hull Olympiques
G
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	22	22	PHI	Simon Gagne	L	CAN	6' 1"	193	QMJHL	Quebec Remparts
1	27	27	NJD	Scott Gomez	C	USA	5' 11"	198	WHL	Tri-City Americans
H
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	11	11	CAR	Jeff Heerema	R	CAN	6' 2"	212	OHL	Sarnia Sting
1	13	13	EDM	Michael Henrich	R	CAN	6' 2"	206	OHL	Barrie Colts
K
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	18	18	BUF	Dmitri Kalinin	D	RUS	6' 3"	210	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk
1	23	23	PIT	Milan Kraft	C	CZE	6' 4"	212	Czech.	Keramika Plzen
L
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	1	1	TBL	Vincent Lecavalier	C	CAN	6' 4"	208	QMJHL	Rimouski Oceanic
1	2	2	NSH	David Legwand	C	USA	6' 2"	204	OHL	Plymouth Whalers
M
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	7	7	NYR	Manny Malhotra	C	CAN	6' 2"	220	OHL	Guelph Storm
P
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	20	20	COL	Scott Parker	R	USA	6' 5"	240	WHL	Kelowna Rockets
R
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	19	19	COL	Robyn Regehr	D	BRA	6' 3"	225	WHL	Kamloops Blazers
1	9	9	NYI	Michael Rupp	C	USA			OHL	Erie Otters
S
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	17	17	COL	Martin Skoula	D	CZE	6' 3"	226	OHL	Barrie Colts
1	3	3	SJS	Brad Stuart	D	CAN	6' 2"	210	WHL	Regina Pats
T
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	12	12	COL	Alex Tanguay	L	CAN	6' 1"	195	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads
V
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	26	26	NJD	Mike Van Ryn	D	CAN	6' 1"	213	NCAA	U. of Michigan
1	5	5	ANA	Vitaly Vishnevski	D	UKR	6' 2"	215	Russia	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl

Tickets

News

Subscribe to Lightning E-News Login to My Bolts Nation

tampabaylightning.com is the official Web site of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay Lightning and tampabaylightning.com are trademarks of Lightning Hockey L.P. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. Copyright © 1999-2013 Lightning Hockey, L.P. and the National Hockey League. All Rights Reserved.