1997 NHL Entry Draft
ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 
Round 1
No.TeamPlayerPos.Last teamLeagueNationality
1.BostonJoe ThorntonCSault Ste. MarieOHLCanada
2.San JosePatrick MarleauCSeattle WHLCanada
3.Los AngelesOlli JokinenCHelsinki IFKSM-LiigaFinland
4.N.Y. IslandersRoberto LuongoGVal d'OrQMJHLCanada
5.N.Y. IslandersEric BrewerDPrince GeorgeWHLCanada
6.CalgaryDaniel TkaczukCBarrie OHLCanada
7.Tampa BayPaul MaraDSudbury OHLUSA
8.BostonSergei SamsonovLWDetroit IHLRussia
9.WashingtonNick BoyntonDOttawa OHLCanada
10.VancouverBrad FerenceDSpokane WHLCanada
11.MontrealJason WardCErie OHLCanada
12.OttawaMarian HossaLWTrencin Slovak ExtraligaSlovakia
13.ChicagoDaniel ClearyLW BellevilleOHLCanada
14.EdmontonMichel RiesenRWBiel Nationalliga BSwitzerland
15.Los AngelesMatt ZultekLWOttawa OHLCanada
16.ChicagoTy JonesRWSpokane WHLUSA
17.PittsburghRobert DomeRWLas VegasIHLSlovakia
18.AnaheimMichael HolmqvistC StockholmSweden U20Sweden
19.N.Y. RangersStefan CherneskiRW BrandonWHLCanada
20.FloridaMike BrownCRed Deer WHLCanada
21.BuffaloMika NoronenGTampere TapparaFinland U20Finland
22.CarolinaNikos TseliosD BellevilleOHLUSA
23.San JoseScott HannanDKelowna WHLCanada
24.New JerseyJ.F. DamphousseG MonctonQMJHLCanada
25.DallasBrenden MorrowLWPortland WHLCanada
26.ColoradoKevin GrimesDKingston OHLCanada