1996 NHL Draft
Matt Higgins in the 1996 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Matt Higgins 18th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 57 games put him 65th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 1996 draft
- 15Dainius ZubrusC1293 GP · 591 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 16Mario LarocqueD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 17Jaroslav SvejkovskyR113 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Matt HigginsC57 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Matthieu DescôteauxD5 GP · 2 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 20Marcus NilsonL521 GP · 168 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 21Marco SturmL938 GP · 487 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
18th
of 241 players selected
10th
of 138 forwards 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
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matt Higgins made his NHL debut on November 26, 1997, 1 year and 157 days after the draft.
57
Games
1
Goals
2
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1996 draft
- 18Matt HigginsC57 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 44Mathieu GaronG341 GP · 144 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 71Arron AshamR789 GP · 208 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 92Kim StaalLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 99Etienne DrapeauCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 127Daniel ArchambaultDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 154Brett ClarkD689 GP · 186 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 181Timo VertalaLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 207Mattia BaldiLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 233Michel TremblayLMTLMontréal Canadiens