Swiss players in the 1997 NHL Draft

Three Swiss players were picked in the 1997 NHL Draft, one of them in the first round. Michel Riesen went first, at number 14 to the Edmonton Oilers. Two of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 1

1 pick

Michel Riesen (L)Left wingNHL 2000 · INACTIVE

EDM

Round 6

1 pick

161

David Aebischer (G)GoaltenderNHL 2000–2007 · INACTIVE

COL

Round 8

1 pick

209

Rene Stussi (C)Center

ANA

The teams that drafted them

EDMEdmonton OilersNo. 14

COLColorado AvalancheNo. 161

ANAAnaheim DucksNo. 209

The class in the NHL

Regular season, whole careers: skaters by points, goalies by games.

The class against the other years

Players picked each year and the year's first pick.