1996 NHL Draft

Joel Kwiatkowski in the 1996 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected Joel Kwiatkowski 194th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 8.

It was the seventh of the 8 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 282 games put him 45th in the class.

Overall pick: 194
Round and pick: Round 8, pick 5
Drafting team: DALDallas Stars
Date: June 22, 1996
Age at the draft: 19 years

The picks around it

Picks 191–197 in the 1996 draft

191Cory CyrenneCSJSSan Jose Sharks
192Evgeny KorolevD42 GP · 5 PNYINew York Islanders
193Kai NurminenL69 GP · 28 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
194Joel KwiatkowskiD282 GP · 45 PDALDallas Stars
195Fernando PisaniR462 GP · 169 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
197Kevin MarshLHFDHartford Whalers

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

194th

of 241 players selected

66th

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

The 1996 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Joel Kwiatkowski made his NHL debut on February 19, 2001, 4 years and 242 days after the draft.

282

Games

Goals

Assists

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Picks 191–197 in the 1996 draft

Where he came in the 1996 class

First off the board

The road to the NHL

Dallas Stars picks in the 1996 draft