1998 Draft Choices Round 1 - Detroit Red Wings

1998 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	10	10	TOR	Nik Antropov	R	KAZ	6' 6"	245	Russia	Torpedo UST-Kamengorsk
1	20	20	COL	Scott Parker	R	USA	6' 5"	240	WHL	Kelowna Rockets
1	21	21	LAK	Mathieu Biron	D	CAN	6' 6"	233	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes
1	25	25	DET	Jiri Fischer	D	CZE	6' 5"	229	QMJHL	Hull Olympiques
1	17	17	COL	Martin Skoula	D	CZE	6' 3"	226	OHL	Barrie Colts
1	19	19	COL	Robyn Regehr	D	BRA	6' 3"	225	WHL	Kamloops Blazers
1	4	4	VAN	Bryan Allen	D	CAN	6' 5"	220	OHL	Oshawa Generals
1	7	7	NYR	Manny Malhotra	C	CAN	6' 2"	220	OHL	Guelph Storm
1	8	8	CHI	Mark Bell	L	CAN	6' 4"	220	OHL	Ottawa 67's
1	5	5	ANA	Vitaly Vishnevski	D	UKR	6' 2"	215	Russia	Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl
1	16	16	MTL	Eric Chouinard	C	USA	6' 3"	215	QMJHL	Quebec Remparts
1	6	6	CGY	Rico Fata	L	CAN	6' 0"	214	OHL	London Knights
1	26	26	NJD	Mike Van Ryn	D	CAN	6' 1"	213	NCAA	U. of Michigan
1	11	11	CAR	Jeff Heerema	R	CAN	6' 2"	212	OHL	Sarnia Sting
1	23	23	PIT	Milan Kraft	C	CZE	6' 4"	212	Czech.	Keramika Plzen
1	3	3	SJS	Brad Stuart	D	CAN	6' 2"	210	WHL	Regina Pats
1	18	18	BUF	Dmitri Kalinin	D	RUS	6' 3"	210	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk
1	24	24	STL	Christian Backman	D	SWE	6' 4"	210	Sweden	Vastra Frolunda
1	1	1	TBL	Vincent Lecavalier	C	CAN	6' 4"	208	QMJHL	Rimouski Oceanic
1	13	13	EDM	Michael Henrich	R	CAN	6' 2"	206	OHL	Barrie Colts
1	14	14	PHX	Patrick Desrochers	G	CAN	6' 4"	205	OHL	Sarnia Sting
1	2	2	NSH	David Legwand	C	USA	6' 2"	204	OHL	Plymouth Whalers
1	27	27	NJD	Scott Gomez	C	USA	5' 11"	198	WHL	Tri-City Americans
1	12	12	COL	Alex Tanguay	L	CAN	6' 1"	195	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads
1	22	22	PHI	Simon Gagne	L	CAN	6' 1"	193	QMJHL	Quebec Remparts
1	9	9	NYI	Michael Rupp	C	USA			OHL	Erie Otters
1	15	15	OTT	Mathieu Chouinard	G	CAN			QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes

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