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1996 NHL Draft

Andrei Podkonicky in the 1996 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Andrei Podkonicky 196th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 8.

He was the fourth of the 7 Slovaks selected that year. It was the eighth of the 10 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 8 games put him 84th in the class.

Overall pick
196
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 7
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 193–199 in the 1996 draft

  1. 193Kai NurminenL69 GP · 28 PLAK
  2. 194Joel KwiatkowskiD282 GP · 45 PDAL
  3. 195Fernando PisaniR462 GP · 169 PEDM
  4. 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTL
  5. 197Kevin MarshLHFD
  6. 198Kevin KellettDANA
  7. 199Willie MitchellD907 GP · 180 PNJD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

4th
of 7 Slovaks selected
110th
of 138 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Slovaks selected

  1. 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAK
  2. 56Zdeno CharaD1680 GP · 680 PNYI
  3. 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHX
  4. 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTL
  5. 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTT
  6. 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVAN
  7. 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGY
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1996 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Andrei Podkonicky made his NHL debut on March 14, 2001, 4 years and 265 days after the draft.

8
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 14Marty ReasonerC798 GP · 266 PSTL
  2. 67Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PSTL
  3. 95Jonathan ZukiwskyCSTL
  4. 97Andrei PetrakovLSTL
  5. 159Stephen WagnerGSTL
  6. 169Daniel CorsoC77 GP · 25 PSTL
  7. 177Reed LowR256 GP · 19 PSTL
  8. 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTL
  9. 203Anthony HutchinsCSTL
  10. 229Konstantin ShafranovR5 GP · 3 PSTL