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Red Wings Draft Picks Trivia Quiz

This quiz all about first round draft picks of the Detroit Red Wings starting from 1996. Hope you enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by wwefan77. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
wwefan77

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
224,782

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1996? Hint

Jesse Wallin

Magnus Nilsson

Boyd Devereaux

Ronnie Sundin

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1997? Hint

Petr Sykora

Yuri Butsayev

Quintin Laing

B.J. Young

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1998? Hint

Mike Van Ryn

Jiri Fischer

Ryan Barnes

Pavel Datsyuk

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1999? Hint

Anton Borodkin

Jari Tolsa

Ken Davis

Darrell Hay

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2000? Hint

Jeff Taffe

Niklas Kronwall

Martin Samuelsson

Dmitri Semenov

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2001? Hint

Igor Grigorenko

Fedor Fedorov

Peter Budaj

Drew MacIntyre

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2002? Hint

Paul Ranger

Tomas Fleischmann

Jiri Hudler

Valtteri Filppula

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2003? Hint

Kyle Quincey

Jim Howard

Andreas Sundin

Rejean Beauchemin

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2004? Hint

Robert Page

Dustin Boyd

Johan Franzen

Siarhei Kolasau

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2005? Hint

Sidney Crosby

Ryan Parent

Vladimir Mihalik

Jakub Kindl

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1996?

Answer: Jesse Wallin

They took Wallin with the last pick of the first round 26th overall from the Red Deer Rebels out of the WHL. He played 49 games with the Red Wings franchise recording only 2 points.

2. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1997?

Answer: Yuri Butsayev

The Wings took Butsayev in the second round 49th overall from Tolyatti Lada in Russia. He actually had a fairly decent career as a Red Wing recording 14 points in 99 games before heading back to Europe in 2002.

3. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1998?

Answer: Jiri Fischer

Fischer was selected 25th overall from the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL. Jiri Fischer has proven to be a solid defenseman for the Red Wings he has 60 points in over 300 games with the franchise. Tragedy struck Fischer in 2005, while on the bench he suffered a dangerous seizer he literally stopped breathing but they revived him. Right now his future in the NHL is unclear although he said he wants to return.

4. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 1999?

Answer: Jari Tolsa

Detroit didn't have a pick until the fourth round when selected Tolsa 120th overall from Frolunda out of Sweden.

5. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2000?

Answer: Niklas Kronwall

Kronwall was selected 29th overall out of Djurgardens in Stockholm. In 2004-05, while with the Grand-Rapids Griffins of the AHL, he recorded 53 points in 73 games earning all-star honors.

6. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2001?

Answer: Igor Grigorenko

Grigorenko was selected 62nd overall in the first round. He continued to be a solid player.

7. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2002?

Answer: Jiri Hudler

Hudler was selected 58th overall in the second round Vsetin HC of the Czech League. Hudler had shown a lot of potential in 2005-06 as he was named to the AHL all-star team as a starter. He recorded 51 points in just 38 games.

8. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2003?

Answer: Jim Howard

Howard was taken 64th overall out the University of Maine. It looked like Detroit had found their goaltender of the future. Howard already had some action in the NHL.

9. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2004?

Answer: Johan Franzen

Franzen was selected 97th overall from Linkopings, HC. Franzen already had a lot experience in the NHL in 43 games with the Wings 8 goals and 1 assist.

10. Who did the Red Wings take with their first pick in 2005?

Answer: Jakub Kindl

Kindl was taken 19th overall from Kitchener Rangers of the OHL. In 2005-06 with Kitchener Rangers, he recorded 37 points in 34 games.

Source: Author wwefan77

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