1996–97 Pittsburgh Penguins season
Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team ( League )
1 23 Craig Hillier Goaltender Canada Ottawa 67 's ( OHL )
2 28 Pavel Skrbek Defense Czech Republic HC Kladno ( Czech )
3 72 Boyd Kane Left Wing Canada Regina Pats ( WHL )
3 77 Borys Protsenko Right Wing Ukraine Calgary Hitmen ( WHL )
4 105 Michal Rozsival Defense Czech Republic Dukla Jihlava ( Czech )
6 150 Peter Bergman Center Canada Kamloops Blazers ( WHL )
7 186 Eric Meloche Right Wing Canada Cornwall Colts ( COJHL )
9 238 Timo Seikkula Center Finland Junkkarit ( Finland )
Draft picks
See also : List of Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks Pittsburgh Penguins ' picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft . [ 8 ]
The 1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 30th in the National Hockey League. This was the final season for Mario Lemieux before his first retirement.