1996 NHL Draft
Chris Allen in the 1996 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Chris Allen 60th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 3.
It was the second of the 9 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 2 games put him 94th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 60
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 8
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 57–63 in the 1996 draft
- 57Greg PhillipsCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 58Sergei ZimakovDWSHWashington Capitals
- 59Tom PotiD824 GP · 327 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 60Chris AllenD2 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 61Andrei PetruninLHFDHartford Whalers
- 62Per-Anton LundstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 63Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
60th
of 241 players selected
24th
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
Chris Allen made his NHL debut on April 18, 1998, 1 year and 300 days after the draft.
2
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 1996 draft
- 20Marcus NilsonL521 GP · 168 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 60Chris AllenD2 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 65Oleg KvashaC493 GP · 217 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 82Joey TetarenkoR73 GP · 5 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 129Andrew LongCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 156Gaetan PoirierLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 183Alexandre CoutureDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 209Denis KhloptonovGFLAFlorida Panthers
- 235Russell SmithDFLAFlorida Panthers