1997 Draft Choices Round 8 - Tampa Bay Lightning

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1997 Draft Choices Round 8

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Anaheim Ducks
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	19	209	ANA	Rene Stussi	C	CHE	5' 11"	183	SwissB	Thurgau
Boston Bruins
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	1	191	BOS	Antti Laaksonen	L	FIN	6' 0"	180	NCAA	U. of Denver
Buffalo Sabres
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	22	212	BUF	Kamil Piros	R	CZE	6' 0"	195	Czech.	Litvinov Jr.
Carolina Hurricanes
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	5	195	CAR	Niklas Nordgren	L	SWE	6' 0"	185	Sweden	Modo Jrs.
8	9	199	CAR	Randy Fitzgerald	L	CAN	5' 9"	170	OHL	Detroit Whalers
Chicago Blackhawks
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	14	204	CHI	Sergei Shikhanov	R	RUS	6' 2"	190	Russia	Tolyatti Lada
Colorado Avalanche
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	27	217	COL	Doug Schmidt	D	USA	5' 10"	205	USHL	Waterloo Black Hawks
Dallas Stars
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	26	216	DAL	Alexei Komarov	D	RUS	6' 8"	194	Russia	Yaroslavl Torpedo
Detroit Red Wings
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	23	213	DET	Steve Wilejto	C	CAN	5' 11"	178	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders
Edmonton Oilers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	15	205	EDM	Chris Kerr	D	CAN	6' 2"	185	OHL	Sudbury Wolves
Florida Panthers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	21	211	FLA	Doug Schueller	D	USA	6' 1"	200	USHL	Twin City Vulcans
Los Angeles Kings
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	3	193	LAK	Jay Kopischke	L	USA	6' 3"	210	USHL	North Iowa Huskies
Montréal Canadiens
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	7	197	MTL	Petr Kubos	D	CZE	6' 2"	189	Czech	Vsetin HC
8	12	202	MTL	Andrei Sidyakin	R	RUS	5' 11"	169	CIS	Salavat Yulaev
New Jersey Devils
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	25	215	NJD	Scott Clemmensen	G	USA	6' 3"	205	USHL	Des Moines Buccaneers
New York Islanders
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	6	196	NYI	Jeremy Symington	G	CAN	6' 2"	185	Ontario	Petrolia Jr. B
New York Rangers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	20	210	NYR	Andrew Proskurnicki	L	CAN	6' 3"	201	OHL	Sarnia Sting
Ottawa Senators
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	13	203	OTT	Nick Gillis	R	USA	6' 0"	188	Mass H.S.	Cushing Academy
Philadelphia Flyers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	24	214	PHI	Marko Kauppinen	D	FIN	6' 0"	178		JyP HT Juniors
Phoenix Coyotes
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	17	207	PHX	Alex Andreyev	D	LVA	6' 4"	230	SJHL	Weyburn Red Wings
Pittsburgh Penguins
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	18	208	PIT	Andrew Ference	D	CAN	5' 11"	189	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks
San Jose Sharks
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	2	192	SJS	Cam Severson	L	CAN	6' 2"	220	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders
St. Louis Blues
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	16	206	STL	Bobby Haglund	L	USA	5' 11"	195	USHL	Des Moines Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	8	198	TBL	Shawn Skolney	D	CAN	6' 2"	185	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds
Toronto Maple Leafs
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	4	194	TOR	Russ Bartlett	C	USA	6' 1"	182	N.H.	Phillips-Exeter Academy
Vancouver Canucks
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	11	201	VAN	Denis Martynyuk	L	RUS	6' 3"	187	Russia	CSKA Moscow
Washington Capitals
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	10	200	WSH	Pierre-Luc Therrien	G	CAN	5' 11"	170	QMJHL	Drummondville Voltigeurs

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