Russian players in the 1990 NHL Draft

13 Russian players were picked in the 1990 NHL Draft, none of them in the first round. Vyacheslav Kozlov went first, at number 45 to the Detroit Red Wings. That was the fourth most of the 13 countries with a player picked. Nine of them have played in the NHL.

Picked

In the first round

Have played in the NHL

Every pick, round by round

Round 3

1 pick

Vyacheslav Kozlov (L)Left wingNHL 1991–2009 · INACTIVE

DET

Round 4

1 pick

Alexei Zhamnov (C)CenterNHL 1992–2005 · INACTIVE

WIN

Round 5

1 pick

Sergei Zubov (D)DefensemanNHL 1992–2008 · INACTIVE

NYR

Round 6

2 picks

109

Viacheslav Butsayev (C)CenterNHL 1992–1999 · INACTIVE

PHI

114

Andrei Kovalev (R)Right wing

WSH

Round 7

2 picks

142

Viktor Gordiouk (R)Right wingNHL 1992–1994 · INACTIVE

BUF

146

Dimitri Frolov (D)Defenseman

CGY

Round 8

2 picks

148

Andrei Kovalenko (R)Right wingNHL 1992–2000 · INACTIVE

QUE

158

Alexander Karpovtsev (D)DefensemanNHL 1993–2005 · INACTIVE

QUE

Round 11

2 picks

221

Valeri Zelepukin (L)Left wingNHL 1991–2000 · INACTIVE

NJD

224

Sergei Selyanin (D)Defenseman

WIN

Round 12

2 picks

244

Sergei Nemchinov (L)Left wingNHL 1991–2001 · INACTIVE

NYR

249

Sergei Martinyuk (R)Right wing

MTL

The teams that drafted them

WINWinnipeg Jets2 picks, first at 77

NYRNew York Rangers2 picks, first at 85

QUEQuebec Nordiques2 picks, first at 148

DETDetroit Red WingsNo. 45

PHIPhiladelphia FlyersNo. 109

WSHWashington CapitalsNo. 114

BUFBuffalo SabresNo. 142

CGYCalgary FlamesNo. 146

NJDNew Jersey DevilsNo. 221

MTLMontréal CanadiensNo. 249

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.