1996 NHL Draft
Steve Begin in the 1996 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Steve Begin 40th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 2.
It was the third of the 9 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 524 games put him 32nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 40
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 14
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 37–43 in the 1996 draft
- 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 38Wesley MasonLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 39Travis BrigleyL55 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 40Steve BeginL524 GP · 108 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 41Joshua DewolfDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 42Jeff PaulD2 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 43Jan BulisC552 GP · 245 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
40th
of 241 players selected
22nd
of 138 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 231 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Steve Begin made his NHL debut on October 1, 1997, 1 year and 101 days after the draft.
524
Games
56
Goals
52
Assists
108
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 1996 draft
- 13Derek MorrisD1107 GP · 424 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 39Travis BrigleyL55 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 40Steve BeginL524 GP · 108 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGYCalgary Flames
- 89Toni LydmanD847 GP · 242 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 94Christian LefebvreDCGYCalgary Flames
- 122Josef StrakaCCGYCalgary Flames
- 202Ryan WadeRCGYCalgary Flames
- 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGYCalgary Flames