1997 Draft Choices Round 1 - Detroit Red Wings

1997 Draft Choices Round 1

Year:	Team:	Position:	Round:

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Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	1	1	BOS	Joe Thornton	C	CAN	6' 4"	230	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1	22	22	CAR	Nikos Tselios	D	USA	6' 5"	226	OHL	Belleville Bulls
1	20	20	FLA	Mike Brown	L	CAN	6' 4"	225	WHL	Red Deer Rebels
1	23	23	SJS	Scott Hannan	D	CAN	6' 1"	225	WHL	Kelowna Rockets
1	2	2	SJS	Patrick Marleau	C	CAN	6' 2"	220	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds
1	5	5	NYI	Eric Brewer	D	CAN	6' 3"	220	WHL	Prince George Cougars
1	16	16	CHI	Ty Jones	R	USA	6' 3"	218	WHL	Spokane Chiefs
1	4	4	NYI	Roberto Luongo	G	CAN	6' 3"	217	QMJHL	Val-d'Or Foreurs
1	17	17	PIT	Robert Dome	L	SVK	6' 0"	217	IHL	Las Vegas Thunder
1	3	3	LAK	Olli Jokinen	C	FIN	6' 3"	215	FNL	HIFK Helsinki
1	26	26	COL	Kevin Grimes	D	CAN	6' 2"	211	OHL	Kingston Frontenacs
1	12	12	OTT	Marian Hossa	R	SVK	6' 1"	210	Slovak	Dukla Trencin
1	18	18	ANA	Michael Holmqvist	C	SWE	6' 4"	210	SEL	Djurgardens IF Stockholm
1	25	25	DAL	Brenden Morrow	L	CAN	6' 0"	209	WHL	Portland Winter Hawks
1	11	11	MTL	Jason Ward	R	CAN	6' 2"	208	OHL	Erie Otters
1	7	7	TBL	Paul Mara	D	USA	6' 4"	207	OHL	Sudbury Wolves
1	13	13	CHI	Daniel Cleary	R	CAN	6' 0"	205	OHL	Belleville Bulls
1	10	10	VAN	Brad Ference	D	CAN	6' 3"	201	WHL	Spokane Chiefs
1	21	21	BUF	Mika Noronen	G	FIN	6' 2"	196	FNL	Tappara Tampere
1	6	6	CGY	Daniel Tkaczuk	C	CAN	6' 1"	195	OHL	Barrie Colts
1	19	19	NYR	Stefan Cherneski	R	CAN	6' 0"	195	WHL	Brandon Wheat Kings
1	14	14	EDM	Michel Riesen	L	CHE	6' 2"	190	SwissA	Biel
1	8	8	BOS	Sergei Samsonov	L	RUS	5' 8"	188	IHL	Detroit Vipers
1	24	24	NJD	Jean-Francois Damphousse	G	CAN	6' 0"	146	QMJHL	Moncton Wildcats
1	9	9	WSH	Nick Boynton	D	CAN			OHL	Ottawa 67's
1	15	15	LAK	Matt Zultek	C	CAN			OHL	Ottawa 67's

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