1996 NHL Draft
Craig Adams in the 1996 NHL Draft
Hartford Whalers selected Craig Adams 223rd overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 9.
It was the ninth of the 10 picks Hartford Whalers made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 951.
- Overall pick
- 223
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 8
- Drafting team
- HFDHartford Whalers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 220–226 in the 1996 draft
- 220Nick BootlandLDALDallas Stars
- 221John HultbergGEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 222Scott BuhlerGNo NHL gamesBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 223Craig AdamsR951 GP · 160 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 224Tobias JohanssonLANAAnaheim Ducks
- 225Pasi PetrilainenDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 226Marc-Etienne HubertCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
1st
of 1 players from BHR selected
125th
of 138 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Craig Adams made his NHL debut on October 24, 2000, 4 years and 124 days after the draft.
951
Games
55
Goals
105
Assists
160
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Hartford Whalers picks in the 1996 draft
- 34Trevor WasylukLHFDHartford Whalers
- 61Andrei PetruninLHFDHartford Whalers
- 88Craig MacDonaldC233 GP · 35 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 104Steve WasylkoCHFDHartford Whalers
- 116Mark McMahonDHFDHartford Whalers
- 143Aaron BakerGHFDHartford Whalers
- 171Greg KuznikD1 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 197Kevin MarshLHFDHartford Whalers
- 223Craig AdamsR951 GP · 160 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 231Askhat RakhmatullinLHFDHartford Whalers