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1996 NHL Draft

Ivan Ciernik in the 1996 NHL Draft

Ottawa Senators selected Ivan Ciernik 216th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 9.

He was the fifth of the 7 Slovaks selected that year. It was the sixth of the 7 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 89 games put him 57th in the class.

Overall pick
216
Round and pick
Round 9, pick 1
Drafting team
OTTOttawa Senators
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 213–219 in the 1996 draft

  1. 213Jeff MillekerCPHI
  2. 214Matthew ScorsuneDCOL
  3. 215Craig StahlRDET
  4. 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTT
  5. 217David ThibeaultLSJS
  6. 218Mike MuzechkaDNYI
  7. 219Sebastien SimardLLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

5th
of 7 Slovaks selected
121st
of 138 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Slovaks selected

  1. 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAK
  2. 56Zdeno CharaD1680 GP · 680 PNYI
  3. 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHX
  4. 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTL
  5. 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTT
  6. 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVAN
  7. 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGY
Every pick from Slovakia in the 1996 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ivan Ciernik made his NHL debut on November 17, 1997, 1 year and 148 days after the draft.

89
Games
12
Goals
14
Assists
26
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Ottawa Senators picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTT
  3. 136Andreas DackellR613 GP · 250 POTT
  4. 163Francois HardyDOTT
  5. 212Erich GoldmannD1 GP · 0 POTT
  6. 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTT
  7. 239Sami SaloD878 GP · 339 POTT