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1997 NHL Draft

Mike York in the 1997 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Mike York 136th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 6.

It was the seventh 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 579 games put him 24th in the class.

Overall pick
136
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 2
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 133–139 in the 1997 draft

  1. 133Aaron MiskovichCCOL
  2. 134Johan LindbomL38 GP · 4 PNYR
  3. 135Denis TimofeevDBOS
  4. 136Mike YorkL579 GP · 322 PNYR
  5. 137Richard SeeleyDLAK
  6. 138Eric GooldyLTOR
  7. 139Bobby LeavinsLNYI

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

136th
of 246 players selected
80th
of 136 forwards 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 York made his NHL debut on October 1, 1999, 2 years and 102 days after the draft.

579
Games
127
Goals
195
Assists
322
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