1998 Draft Choices Round 5 - Tampa Bay Lightning

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1998 Draft Choices Round 5

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AJHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	4	118	WSH	Mike Siklenka	R	CAN	6' 5"	240	AJHL	Lloydminster Blazers
Czech
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	9	123	NYI	Jiri Dopita	C	CZE	6' 4"	222	Czech	Petra Vsetin HC
5	17	131	NYR	Tomas Kloucek	D	CZE	6' 3"	235	Czech	Slavia Praha HC
IHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	18	132	MTL	Andrei Bashkirov	L	RUS	6' 0"	215	IHL	Fort Wayne Komets
Minn.
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	11	125	WSH	Erik Wendell	C	USA	6' 1"	197	Minn.	Maple Grove H.S.
NCAA
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	1	115	PHX	Jay Leach	D	USA	6' 4"	220	NCAA	Providence College
5	8	122	NYR	Patrick Leahy	R	USA	6' 3"	200	NCAA	Miami University (Ohio)
5	20	134	PIT	Rob Scuderi	D	USA	6' 1"	216	NCAA	Boston College
OHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	6	120	CGY	Brent Gauvreau	R	CAN			OHL	Oshawa Generals
5	13	127	SJS	Brandon Coalter	L	CAN	6' 2"	201	OHL	Oshawa Generals
5	21	135	BOS	Andrew Raycroft	G	CAN	6' 1"	178	OHL	Sudbury Wolves
5	26	140	VAN	Rick Bertran	D	CAN	6' 3"	180	OHL	Kitchener Rangers
QMJHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	10	124	PHI	Francis Belanger	L	CAN	6' 2"	233	QMJHL	Rimouski Oceanic
5	12	126	TOR	Morgan Warren	R	CAN	6' 1"	190	QMJHL	Moncton Wildcats
5	19	133	LAK	Joe Rullier	D	CAN	6' 3"	225	QMJHL	Rimouski Oceanic
5	24	138	NSH	Martin Beauchesne	D	CAN	6' 0"	200	QMJHL	Sherbrooke Faucons
5	29	143	NJD	Ryan Flinn	L	CAN	6' 4"	235	QMJHL	Laval Titan College Francais
Russia
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	5	119	NJD	Anton But	L	UKR	6' 1"	201	Russia	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl
SEL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	3	117	FLA	Jaroslav Spacek	D	CZE	6' 0"	210	SEL	Farjestads BK Karlstad
5	22	136	VAN	David Ytfeldt	D	SWE	6' 0"	187	SEL	Leksands IF
5	31	145	SJS	Mikael Samuelsson	R	SWE	6' 2"	218	SEL	Sodertalje SK
Sweden
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	28	142	DET	Calle Steen	R	SWE	5' 11"	198	Sweden	Hammarby IK
USHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	2	116	PHX	Josh Blackburn	G	USA	6' 0"	185	USHL	Lincoln Stars
WHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	7	121	TBL	Curtis Rich	D	CAN	6' 4"	200	WHL	Calgary Hitmen
5	14	128	EDM	Paul Elliott	D	CAN	6' 0"	202	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes
5	15	129	PHX	Robert Schnabel	D	CZE	6' 5"	232	WHL	Red Deer Rebels
5	16	130	OTT	Gavin McLeod	D	CAN	6' 4"	187	WHL	Kelowna Rockets
5	23	137	BUF	Aaron Goldade	C	CAN	6' 0"	180	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings
5	25	139	PHI	Garrett Prosofsky	C	CAN	5' 11"	180	WHL	Saskatoon Blades
5	27	141	COL	Kristinn (K.C.) Timmons	L	CAN	6' 2"	205	WHL	Tri-City Americans
WPHL
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
5	30	144	EDM	Oleg Smirnov	L	RUS	5' 11"	176	WPHL	Elektrostal Kristall

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