1996 NHL Draft
Richard Lintner in the 1996 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Richard Lintner 119th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 5.
He was the third of the 7 Slovaks selected that year. It was the fourth of the 8 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 112 games put him 55th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 119
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 11
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 116–122 in the 1996 draft
- 116Mark McMahonDHFDHartford Whalers
- 117Brendan BuckleyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 118Glenn CrawfordCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 120Jesse BlackDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 121Tyler ProsofskyCVANVancouver Canucks
- 122Josef StrakaCCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
3rd
of 7 Slovaks selected
41st
of 80 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 56Zdeno CharaD1680 GP · 680 PNYINew York Islanders
- 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTTOttawa Senators
- 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGYCalgary Flames
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Richard Lintner made his NHL debut on October 2, 1999, 3 years and 102 days after the draft.
112
Games
8
Goals
12
Assists
20
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1996 draft
- 11Dan FochtD82 GP · 8 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 24Daniel BrièreC973 GP · 696 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 62Per-Anton LundstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 119Richard LintnerD112 GP · 20 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 139Robert EscheG186 GP · 78 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 174Trevor LetowskiR616 GP · 201 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 200Nicholas LentRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 226Marc-Etienne HubertCPHXPhoenix Coyotes