1998 NHL Draft
Rickard Wallin in the 1998 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Rickard Wallin 160th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 6.
He was the tenth of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the eighth of the 10 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 79 games put him 79th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 160
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 15
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 157–163 in the 1998 draft
- 157Brad VothDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 158Jari ViuhkolaCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 159Trevor EttingerDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 161Chris NeilR1026 GP · 250 POTTOttawa Senators
- 162Andrei MarkovD990 GP · 572 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 163Tomas ZizkaD25 GP · 8 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
10th
of 17 Swedes selected
95th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 86Gabriel KarlssonCDALDallas Stars
- 93Tommy WestlundL203 GP · 22 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 112Viktor WallinDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 136David YtfeldtDVANVancouver Canucks
- 142Calle SteenRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 145Mikael SamuelssonR699 GP · 346 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rickard Wallin made his NHL debut on December 12, 2002, 4 years and 168 days after the draft.
79
Games
8
Goals
11
Assists
19
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1998 draft
- 14Patrick DesrochersG11 GP · 2 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 43Ossi VaananenD479 GP · 68 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 73Pat O'LearyCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 100Ryan Van BuskirkDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 115Jay LeachD70 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 116Josh BlackburnGPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 187Erik WestrumC27 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 214Justin HansenRPHXPhoenix Coyotes