1998 NHL Draft
Kent Huskins in the 1998 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Kent Huskins 156th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 6.
It was the third of the 9 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 318 games put him 46th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 156
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 11
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 153–159 in the 1998 draft
- 153Pavel PateraL32 GP · 9 PDALDallas Stars
- 154Allan RourkeD55 GP · 5 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 155Kevin ClausonDNYINew York Islanders
- 156Kent HuskinsD318 GP · 68 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 157Brad VothDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 158Jari ViuhkolaCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 159Trevor EttingerDEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
156th
of 258 players selected
49th
of 79 defensemen 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
Kent Huskins made his NHL debut on December 23, 2006, 8 years and 179 days after the draft.
318
Games
13
Goals
55
Assists
68
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 1998 draft
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 94Matthias TrattnigLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 156Kent HuskinsD318 GP · 68 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 158Jari ViuhkolaCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 166Jonathan PelletierGCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 183Tyler ArnasonC487 GP · 245 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 210Sean GriffinDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 238Alexandre CoutureLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 240Andrei YershovDCHIChicago Blackhawks