2000 NHA Expansion Draft

In the off-season of 2000 the NHA welcomed the Atlanta Rockets and the Anaheim Tigers. Their rosters were selected via an expansion draft, with the Rockets winning the coin flip to select first.

        Player Chosen:          Former Team:

 1 ATL  Igor Korolev            WAS
 2 ANA  Felix Potvin            VIC
 3 ATL  Peter Skudra            OTT
 4 ANA  Patrick Lalime          CHI
 5 ATL  Jamie McLennan          PHO
 6 ANA  Gary Suter              PHO
 7 ATL  Alyn McCauley           WAS
 8 ANA  Juha Ylonen             CAR
 9 ATL  Sergei Brylin           CAR
10 ANA  Eric Messier            LOS
11 ATL  Colin Forbes            OTT
12 ANA  Christian Laflamme      NY 
13 ATL  Boyd Devereaux          CLM
14 ANA  Alexander Selivanov     BOS
15 ATL  Joe Reekie              HAR
16 ANA  Maxim Galanov           BOS
17 ATL  Shean Donovan           DET
18 ANA  Craig Conroy            VAN
19 ATL  Sami Helenius           LOS
20 ANA  Brandon Convery         QUE
21 ATL  Jason Marshall          NY 
22 ANA  Shawn Chambers          MIN
23 ATL  Philippe Boucher        DAL
24 ANA  Eric Lacroix            EDM
25 ATL  Andrei Nazarov          PHI
26 ANA  Johan Garpenlov         TB 
27 ATL  Richard Brennan         FLO
28 ANA  Antti Aalto             MON
29 ATL  Pascal Rheaume          STL
30 ANA  Mikko Eloranta          VAN
31 ATL  Martin Sonnenberg       SJ 
32 ANA  James Black             STL
33 ATL  Benoit Gratton          PHI
34 ANA  Cam Stewart             TB 
35 ATL  Kent Manderville        WIN
36 ANA  Mike McBain             WIN
37 ATL  Matt Cooke              VIC
38 ANA  Rumun Ndur              SJ 
39 ATL  Mike Crowley            MIN
40 ANA  Rob Tallas              QUE
41 ATL  Kevin Hodson            PIT
42 ANA  Chris McAlpine          PIT
43 ATL  Drew Bannister          MON
44 ANA  Peter Ferraro           HAR
45 ATL  Shaun Van Allen         CAL
46 ANA  Derek Plante            DET
47 ATL  Eric Fichaud            DEN
48 ANA  Greg Hawgood            CLM
49 ATL  Gino Odjick             CAL
50 ANA  Joe Sacco               DEN
51 ATL  Terran Sandwith         FLO
52 ANA  Jeff Toms               CHI
53 ATL  Jay Moore               TOR
54 ANA  Tony Hrkac              TOR
55 ATL  Steve Kelly             EDM
56 ANA  Jim McKenzie            DAL