1998 NHL Draft
Eric Chouinard in the 1998 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Eric Chouinard 16th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 90 games put him 76th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 1998 draft
- 13Michael HenrichREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 14Patrick DesrochersG11 GP · 2 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 15Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 16Eric ChouinardC90 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 19Robyn RegehrD1089 GP · 199 PCOLColorado Avalanche
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
16th
of 258 players selected
11th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Eric Chouinard made his NHL debut on January 16, 2001, 2 years and 203 days after the draft.
90
Games
11
Goals
11
Assists
22
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1998 draft
- 16Eric ChouinardC90 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Mike RibeiroC1074 GP · 793 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 75Francois BeaucheminD903 GP · 288 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 152Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 162Andrei MarkovD990 GP · 572 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 189Andrei KruchininDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 201Craig MurrayCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 216Michael RyderR806 GP · 484 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 247Darcy HarrisRMTLMontréal Canadiens