1996 NHL Draft
Dan Focht in the 1996 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Dan Focht 11th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 8 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 82 games put him 58th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 11
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 11
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 8–14 in the 1996 draft
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 11Dan FochtD82 GP · 8 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 12Josh HoldenC60 GP · 14 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 13Derek MorrisD1107 GP · 424 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 14Marty ReasonerC798 GP · 266 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
11th
of 241 players selected
6th
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
Dan Focht made his NHL debut on December 15, 2001, 5 years and 176 days after the draft.
82
Games
2
Goals
6
Assists
8
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1996 draft
- 11Dan FochtD82 GP · 8 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 24Daniel BrièreC973 GP · 696 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 62Per-Anton LundstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 139Robert EscheG186 GP · 78 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 174Trevor LetowskiR616 GP · 201 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 200Nicholas LentRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 226Marc-Etienne HubertCPHXPhoenix Coyotes