1996 NHL Draft
Brian Willsie in the 1996 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Brian Willsie 146th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 6.
It was the seventh of the 13 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 381 games put him 39th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 146
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 11
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 143–149 in the 1996 draft
- 143Aaron BakerGHFDHartford Whalers
- 144Magnus NilssonLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 145Sean RitchlinRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 146Brian WillsieR381 GP · 109 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 147Nolan McDonaldGVANVancouver Canucks
- 148Chris BogasDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 149Blaine RussellGANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
146th
of 241 players selected
85th
of 138 forwards 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
Brian Willsie made his NHL debut on January 9, 2000, 3 years and 201 days after the draft.
381
Games
52
Goals
57
Assists
109
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 1996 draft
- 25Peter RatchukD32 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 79Mark ParrishR722 GP · 387 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 98Ben StoreyDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 107Randy PetrukGNo NHL gamesCOLColorado Avalanche
- 134Luke CurtinLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 146Brian WillsieR381 GP · 109 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 160Kai FischerGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 167Dan HinoteR503 GP · 90 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 176Samuel PåhlssonC798 GP · 199 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 188Roman PylnerCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 214Matthew ScorsuneDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 240Justin ClarkRCOLColorado Avalanche