American players in the 1997 NHL Draft

38 American players were picked in the 1997 NHL Draft, three of them in the first round. Paul Mara went first, at number 7 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. That was the second most of the 15 countries with a player picked. 13 of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 1

3 picks

Paul Mara (D)DefensemanNHL 1998–2010 · INACTIVE

TBL

Ty Jones (R)Right wing

CHI

Nikos Tselios (D)Defenseman

CAR

Round 2

4 picks

Ben Clymer (R)Right wingNHL 1999–2006 · INACTIVE

BOS

Brad Defauw (L)Left wingNHL 2002 · INACTIVE

CAR

Jean-Marc Pelletier (G)GoaltenderNHL 1998–2003 · INACTIVE

PHI

Brian Gaffaney (D)Defenseman

PIT

Round 3

3 picks

Jeff Farkas (C)CenterNHL 1999–2002 · INACTIVE

TOR

Matt Elich (R)Right wingNHL 1999–2000 · INACTIVE

TBL

Josh Langfeld (R)Right wingNHL 2001–2007 · INACTIVE

OTT

Round 4

2 picks

Joe Corvo (D)DefensemanNHL 2002–2013 · INACTIVE

LAK

Chris St. Croix (D)Defenseman

CGY

Round 5

6 picks

110

Benjamin Simon (L)Left wingNHL 2001–2005 · INACTIVE

CHI

115

Adam Edinger (C)Center

NYI

116

Kevin Caulfield (R)Right wing

WSH

127

Pat Parthenais (D)Defenseman

FLA

128

Torrey Diroberto (C)Center

BUF

133

Aaron Miskovich (C)Center

COL

Round 6

4 picks

136

Mike York (L)Left wingNHL 1999–2008 · INACTIVE

NYR

138

Eric Gooldy (L)Left wing

TOR

147

Heath Gordon (L)Left wing

CHI

157

B.J. Young (R)Right wing

DET

Round 7

4 picks

163

Joe Dusbabek (R)Right wing

SJS

169

Andrew Merrick (C)Center

CAR

181

Mat Snesrud (D)Defenseman

ANA

182

Mike Mottau (D)DefensemanNHL 2000–2013 · INACTIVE

NYR

Round 8

7 picks

193

Jay Kopischke (L)Left wing

LAK

194

Russ Bartlett (C)Center

TOR

203

Nick Gillis (R)Right wing

OTT

206

Bobby Haglund (L)Left wing

STL

211

Doug Schueller (D)Defenseman

FLA

215

Scott Clemmensen (G)GoaltenderNHL 2001–2014 · INACTIVE

NJD

217

Doug Schmidt (D)Defenseman

COL

Round 9

5 picks

230

Chris Feil (D)Defenseman

CHI

233

Wyatt Smith (C)CenterNHL 1999–2007 · INACTIVE

PHX

234

Eric Lind (D)Defenseman

PIT

236

Richard Miller (D)Defenseman

NYR

243

Kyle Kidney (L)Left wing

COL

The teams that drafted them

CHIChicago Blackhawks4 picks, first at 16

CARCarolina Hurricanes3 picks, first at 22

TORToronto Maple Leafs3 picks, first at 57

COLColorado Avalanche3 picks, first at 133

NYRNew York Rangers3 picks, first at 136

TBLTampa Bay Lightning2 picks, first at 7

PITPittsburgh Penguins2 picks, first at 44

OTTOttawa Senators2 picks, first at 66

LAKLos Angeles Kings2 picks, first at 83

FLAFlorida Panthers2 picks, first at 127

BOSBoston BruinsNo. 27

PHIPhiladelphia FlyersNo. 30

CGYCalgary FlamesNo. 92

NYINew York IslandersNo. 115

WSHWashington CapitalsNo. 116

BUFBuffalo SabresNo. 128

DETDetroit Red WingsNo. 157

SJSSan Jose SharksNo. 163

ANAAnaheim DucksNo. 181

STLSt. Louis BluesNo. 206

NJDNew Jersey DevilsNo. 215

PHXPhoenix CoyotesNo. 233

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.