1991 NHL Draft
Aaron Ward in the 1991 NHL Draft
Winnipeg Jets selected Aaron Ward 5th overall in the 1991 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1991, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 839 games put him 18th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- WINWinnipeg Jets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 1991 draft
- 2Pat FalloonR575 GP · 322 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Scott NiedermayerD1263 GP · 740 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 4Scott LachanceD819 GP · 143 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Aaron WardD839 GP · 151 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 6Peter ForsbergC708 GP · 885 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7Alek StojanovR107 GP · 7 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Richard MatvichukD796 GP · 178 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1991 class
5th
of 264 players selected
3rd
of 89 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Eric LindrosC760 GP · 865 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 2Pat FalloonR575 GP · 322 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Scott NiedermayerD1263 GP · 740 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 4Scott LachanceD819 GP · 143 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Aaron WardD839 GP · 151 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 6Peter ForsbergC708 GP · 885 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7Alek StojanovR107 GP · 7 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Richard MatvichukD796 GP · 178 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 9Patrick PoulinL634 GP · 235 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Martin LapointeR991 GP · 381 PDETDetroit Red Wings
+ 254 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Aaron Ward made his NHL debut on October 5, 1993, 2 years and 105 days after the draft.
839
Games
44
Goals
107
Assists
151
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1991 draft
- 5Aaron WardD839 GP · 151 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 49Dmitri FilimonovD30 GP · 5 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 91Juha YlonenC341 GP · 102 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 99Yan KaminskyL26 GP · 5 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 115Jeff SebastianDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 159Jeff RicciardiDWINWinnipeg Jets
- 181Sean GauthierG1 GP · 0 WWINWinnipeg Jets
- 203Igor UlanovD739 GP · 162 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 225Jason JenningsRWINWinnipeg Jets
- 247Sergei SorokinDWINWinnipeg Jets