1996 NHL Draft
Lubomir Vaic in the 1996 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Lubomir Vaic 227th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 9.
He was the sixth of the 7 Slovaks selected that year. It was the eighth and last of the 8 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 83rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 227
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 12
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 224–230 in the 1996 draft
- 224Tobias JohanssonLANAAnaheim Ducks
- 225Pasi PetrilainenDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 226Marc-Etienne HubertCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 229Konstantin ShafranovR5 GP · 3 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 230Jared HopeCTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
6th
of 7 Slovaks selected
128th
of 138 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 56Zdeno CharaD1680 GP · 680 PNYINew York Islanders
- 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTTOttawa Senators
- 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGYCalgary Flames
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lubomir Vaic made his NHL debut on October 30, 1997, 1 year and 130 days after the draft.
9
Games
1
Goals
1
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1996 draft
- 12Josh HoldenC60 GP · 14 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 75Zenith KomarniskiD21 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 93Jonas SolingLVANVancouver Canucks
- 121Tyler ProsofskyCVANVancouver Canucks
- 147Nolan McDonaldGVANVancouver Canucks
- 175Clint CabanaDVANVancouver Canucks
- 201Jeff ScissonsCVANVancouver Canucks
- 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks