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1997 NHL Draft

Mike Mottau in the 1997 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Mike Mottau 182nd overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 7.

It was the tenth of the 12 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 321 games put him 36th in the class.

Overall pick
182
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 21
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 179–185 in the 1997 draft

  1. 179Mark MooreDPIT
  2. 180Jim BaxterDBOS
  3. 181Mat SnesrudDANA
  4. 182Mike MottauD321 GP · 58 PNYR
  5. 183Tyler PalmerDFLA
  6. 184Jeremy AdduonoRBUF
  7. 185Samuel St. PierreRTBL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

182nd
of 246 players selected
66th
of 91 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Joe ThorntonC1714 GP · 1539 PBOS
  2. 2Patrick MarleauC1779 GP · 1197 PSJS
  3. 3Olli JokinenC1231 GP · 750 PLAK
  4. 4Roberto LuongoG1044 GP · 489 WNYI
  5. 5Eric BrewerD1009 GP · 271 PNYI
  6. 6Daniel TkaczukC19 GP · 11 PCGY
  7. 7Paul MaraD734 GP · 253 PTBL
  8. 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOS
  9. 9Nick BoyntonD605 GP · 144 PWSH
  10. 10Brad FerenceD250 GP · 34 PVAN

+ 236 more

The 1997 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mike Mottau made his NHL debut on October 26, 2000, 3 years and 127 days after the draft.

321
Games
7
Goals
51
Assists
58
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 19Stefan CherneskiRNYR
  2. 46Wes JarvisDNYR
  3. 73Burke HenryD39 GP · 8 PNYR
  4. 93Tomi KallarssonDNYR
  5. 126Jason McLeanGNYR
  6. 134Johan LindbomL38 GP · 4 PNYR
  7. 136Mike YorkL579 GP · 322 PNYR
  8. 154Shawn DegagneGNYR
  9. 175Johan HolmqvistG99 GP · 48 WNYR
  10. 182Mike MottauD321 GP · 58 PNYR
  11. 210Andrew ProskurnickiLNYR
  12. 236Richard MillerDNYR