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1996 NHL Draft

Remi Royer in the 1996 NHL Draft

Chicago Blackhawks selected Remi Royer 31st overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 2.

It was the first of the 7 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 18 games put him 80th in the class.

Overall pick
31
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 5
Drafting team
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 28–34 in the 1996 draft

  1. 28Pavel SkrbekD12 GP · 0 PPIT
  2. 29Dan LacoutureL337 GP · 45 PNYI
  3. 30Josh GreenC341 GP · 76 PLAK
  4. 31Remi RoyerD18 GP · 0 PCHI
  5. 32Chris HajtD6 GP · 0 PEDM
  6. 33Darren Van OeneLBUF
  7. 34Trevor WasylukLHFD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

31st
of 241 players selected
15th
of 80 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  3. 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYI
  4. 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSH
  5. 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDAL
  6. 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDM
  7. 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUF
  8. 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOS
  9. 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANA
  10. 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJD

+ 231 more

The 1996 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Remi Royer made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 2 years and 110 days after the draft.

18
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 31Remi RoyerD18 GP · 0 PCHI
  2. 42Jeff PaulD2 GP · 0 PCHI
  3. 46Geoff PetersCCHI
  4. 130Andy JohnsonDCHI
  5. 184Mike VellingaDCHI
  6. 210Chris TwerdunDCHI
  7. 236Andrei KozyrevDCHI