1997 NLL Draft

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The 1997 NLL Draft composed of nine rounds where 72 lacrosse players were selected. The draft was completed on a conference call with all the teams coaches.^[1]

1st round[]

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
1	Baltimore Thunder	Matt Shearer[1]	F	Loyola College
2	Boston Blazers	#		University of Massachusetts
3	Ontario Raiders	Ken Millin	F	Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
4	Syracuse Smash		G	Western Canada
5	New York Saints	Tom Wreggitt#		Peterborough Lakers (MSL)
6	Philadelphia Wings	Rusty Kruger	F	Orangeville, Ontario
7	Buffalo Bandits		F	Peterborough Lakers (MSL)
8	Buffalo Bandits		F	Whitby Warriors (OLL Jr. A)

2nd Round[]

 *  Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Pro Team and had won at least one NLL Award
 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
9	Baltimore Thunder	Michael Watson#	F	University of Virginia
10	Boston Blazers	#		Scarborough, Ontario
11	Ontario Raiders	Derek Malawsky	F	New Westminster Salmonbellies (WLA)
12	Syracuse Smash		F	Burnaby, British Columbia
13	New York Saints		D	Victoria Shamrocks (WLA)
14	Philadelphia Wings	#		Vancouver, British Columbia
15	Buffalo Bandits		F	Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
16	Rochester Knighthawks	Josh Sanderson*	F	Orangeville Northmen (OLL Jr. A)

3rd Round[]

 ^x  Denotes player who won at least one NLL Award
 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
17	Baltimore Thunder		F	United States Naval Academy
18	Boston Blazers	Cam Woodsx	D	Brooklin Redmen (MSL)
19	Ontario Raiders		D	Ontario
20	Syracuse Smash	#		Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
21	New York Saints	#	G	North Shore Indians (WLA)
22	Philadelphia Wings	#		Coquitlam Adanacs (WLA)
23	Buffalo Bandits		F	Orangeville, Ontario
24	Rochester Knighthawks		F	Brampton Excelsiors (MSL)

4th Round[]

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
25	Baltimore Thunder	#		Johns Hopkins University
26	Boston Blazers	#		(MSL)
27	Ontario Raiders	Glenn Clark	D	Brooklin Redmen (MSL)
28	Syracuse Smash		F	Nazareth College
29	New York Saints	John Gagliardi	F	Johns Hopkins University
30	Philadelphia Wings	Dave Stilley	D	Duke University
31	Buffalo Bandits	Clay Hill	D	Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
32	Rochester Knighthawks		F	St. Catharines Athletics (MSL)

5th Round[]

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
33	Baltimore Thunder	Doug Knight	F	University of Virginia
34	Boston Blazers	#		Colgate University
35	Ontario Raiders	R. Phillips#	G	Peterborough Lakers (MSL)
36	Syracuse Smash		F	Niagara Falls Gamblers (MSL)
37	New York Saints	#		Princeton University
38	Philadelphia Wings	Jake Bergey	F	Salisbury State University
39	Buffalo Bandits	Sean Howe#		St. Catharines Athletics (MSL)
40	Rochester Knighthawks	Pat Cougevan		Syracuse University

6th Round[]

 ^x  Denotes player who won at least one NLL Award
 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
41	Baltimore Thunder	#		University of North Carolina
42	Boston Blazers	#		Hofstra University
43	Ontario Raiders	Steve Tollx	D	Niagara Falls Gamblers (MSL)
44	Syracuse Smash		F	Victoria Shamrocks (WLA)
45	New York Saints	#		Duke University
46	Philadelphia Wings	G. Atterbury#		Washington College
47	Buffalo Bandits	#		Canisius College
48	Rochester Knighthawks	#	D	Nazareth College

7th Round[]

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
49	Baltimore Thunder	#		University of Virginia
50	Boston Blazers	B. Proefrock#		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
51	Ontario Raiders		D	Whitby Warriors (OLL Jr. A)
52	Syracuse Smash		F	Niagara Falls Gamblers (MSL)
53	New York Saints	#		University of Massachusetts
54	Philadelphia Wings		F	University of North Carolina
55	Buffalo Bandits		F	Michigan State University
56	Rochester Knighthawks	Phil Sanderson	D	Orangeville Northmen (OLL Jr. A)

8th Round[]

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
57	Baltimore Thunder	M. Marchant#		Mount Washington College
58	Boston Blazers	#		Michigan State University
59	Ontario Raiders		F	Coquitlam Adanacs (WLA)
60	Syracuse Smash	#		Brooklin Redmen (MSL)
61	New York Saints	#		Butler University
62	Philadelphia Wings		F	Johns Hopkins University
63	Buffalo Bandits	Chris Levis	G	Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
64	Rochester Knighthawks	#		Syracuse University

9th Round[]

 ^#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs

Pick #	NLL Team	Player	Position	Club/College
65	Baltimore Thunder	#		Loyola College
66	Boston Blazers	#		Denison University
67	Ontario Raiders		F	Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
68	Syracuse Smash	#		Six Nations Chiefs (MSL)
69	New York Saints	#		Johns Hopkins University
70	Philadelphia Wings	#		Mount Washington College
71	Buffalo Bandits		F	Burnaby Lakers (MSL)
72	Rochester Knighthawks		F	Hobart and William Smith Colleges

References[]

Preceded by

National Lacrosse League Entry Draft 1997

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