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1998 NHL Draft

Mike Van Ryn in the 1998 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Mike Van Ryn 26th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 12 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 353 games put him 44th in the class.

Overall pick
26
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 26
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 23–29 in the 1998 draft

  1. 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPIT
  2. 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTL
  3. 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDET
  4. 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJD
  5. 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJD
  6. 28Ramzi AbidL68 GP · 30 PCOL
  7. 29Jonathan CheechooR501 GP · 305 PSJS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

26th
of 258 players selected
10th
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

  1. 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBL
  2. 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSH
  3. 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJS
  4. 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVAN
  5. 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANA
  6. 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGY
  7. 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYR
  8. 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHI
  9. 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYI
  10. 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTOR

+ 248 more

The 1998 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mike Van Ryn made his NHL debut on October 5, 2000, 2 years and 100 days after the draft.

353
Games
30
Goals
99
Assists
129
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJD
  2. 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJD
  3. 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJD
  4. 82Brian GiontaR1026 GP · 595 PNJD
  5. 96Mikko JokelaD1 GP · 0 PNJD
  6. 105Pierre DagenaisR142 GP · 58 PNJD
  7. 119Anton ButLNJD
  8. 143Ryan FlinnL31 GP · 1 PNJD
  9. 172Jacques LariviereLNJD
  10. 199Erik JensenRNJD
  11. 227Marko AhosiltaCNJD
  12. 257Ryan HeldCNJD