Russian players in the 1988 NHL Draft

Eight Russian players were picked in the 1988 NHL Draft, none of them in the first round. Alexander Mogilny went first, at number 89 to the Buffalo Sabres. That was the fourth most of the 11 countries with a player picked. Five of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 5

1 pick

Alexander Mogilny (R)Right wingNHL 1989–2005 · INACTIVE

BUF

Round 7

1 pick

129

Valeri Kamensky (L)Left wingNHL 1991–2001 · INACTIVE

QUE

Round 9

1 pick

180

Sergei Svetlov (L)Left wing

NJD

Round 10

3 picks

199

Pavel Kostichkin (C)Center

WIN

207

Alexander Semak (C)CenterNHL 1991–1996 · INACTIVE

NJD

208

Vladimir Zubkov (D)Defenseman

EDM

Round 11

1 pick

213

Alexei Gusarov (D)DefensemanNHL 1990–2000 · INACTIVE

QUE

Round 12

1 pick

252

Sergei Priakin (L)Left wingNHL 1988–1990 · INACTIVE

CGY

The teams that drafted them

QUEQuebec Nordiques2 picks, first at 129

NJDNew Jersey Devils2 picks, first at 180

BUFBuffalo SabresNo. 89

WINWinnipeg JetsNo. 199

EDMEdmonton OilersNo. 208

CGYCalgary FlamesNo. 252

The class in the NHL

Regular season, whole careers: skaters by points, goalies by games.

The class against the other years

Players picked each year and the year's first pick.