1996 NHL Draft
Brett Clark in the 1996 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Brett Clark 154th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 6.
It was the seventh of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 689 games put him 25th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 154
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 19
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 151–157 in the 1996 draft
- 151Lucio DemartinisLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 152Nikolai IgnatovDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 153Andrew Van BruggenRWSHWashington Capitals
- 154Brett ClarkD689 GP · 186 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 155Chris LaneDBOSBoston Bruins
- 156Gaetan PoirierLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 157Xavier DelisleC16 GP · 5 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
154th
of 241 players selected
51st
of 80 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 231 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Brett Clark made his NHL debut on October 4, 1997, 1 year and 104 days after the draft.
689
Games
45
Goals
141
Assists
186
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1996 draft
- 18Matt HigginsC57 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 44Mathieu GaronG341 GP · 144 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 71Arron AshamR789 GP · 208 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 92Kim StaalLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 99Etienne DrapeauCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 127Daniel ArchambaultDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 154Brett ClarkD689 GP · 186 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 181Timo VertalaLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 207Mattia BaldiLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 233Michel TremblayLMTLMontréal Canadiens