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Russian players in the 2001 NHL Draft
36 Russian players were picked in the 2001 NHL Draft, four of them in the first round. Ilya Kovalchuk went first overall, to the Atlanta Thrashers. That was the third most of the 15 countries with a player picked. Nine of them have played in the NHL.
36
Picked
4
In the first round
9
Have played in the NHL
Every pick, round by round
Round 1
4 picks
3
5
15
Igor Knyazev (D)Defenseman
Round 2
7 picks
33
40
41
Andrei Taratukhin (F)Forward
47
Alexander Polushin (F)Forward
56
Andrei Medvedev (G)Goaltender
60
Victor Uchevatov (D)Defenseman
62
Igor Grigorenko (R)Right wing
Round 3
3 picks
66
75
Denis Platonov (R)Right wing
94
Round 4
7 picks
105
Vladimir Korsunov (D)Defenseman
114
Evgeny Gladskikh (L)Left wing
115
Vladimir Gusev (D)Defenseman
119
Aleksey Zotkin (L)Left wing
122
Igor Valeev (R)Right wing
124
Egor Shastin (F)Forward
128
Andrei Posnov (R)Right wing
Round 5
3 picks
159
Dimitri Semin (F)Forward
160
Artem Ternavsky (D)Defenseman
164
Yuri Trubachev (C)Center
Round 6
5 picks
168
174
Alexander Golvin (L)Left wing
177
Andrei Razin (C)Center
178
Anton Lavrentiev (D)Defenseman
187
Artem Vostrikov (C)Center
Round 7
1 pick
216
Oleg Minakov (R)Right wing
Round 8
5 picks
230
Leonid Zhvachin (D)Defenseman
245
Konstantin Mihailov (C)Center
257
Evgeny Gamalej (D)Defenseman
258
259
Dimitri Bezrukov (L)Left wing
Round 9
1 pick
280
Roman Kuhtinov (D)Defenseman
The teams that drafted them
TBLTampa Bay Lightning4 picks, first at 3
CGYCalgary Flames4 picks, first at 41
CHIChicago Blackhawks4 picks, first at 115
NSHNashville Predators3 picks, first at 33
NJDNew Jersey Devils3 picks, first at 60
VANVancouver Canucks3 picks, first at 66
ANAAnaheim Ducks2 picks, first at 5
NYRNew York Rangers2 picks, first at 40
DETDetroit Red Wings2 picks, first at 62
STLSt. Louis Blues2 picks, first at 122
ATLAtlanta ThrashersNo. 1
CARCarolina HurricanesNo. 15
WSHWashington CapitalsNo. 160
TORToronto Maple LeafsNo. 168
PHIPhiladelphia FlyersNo. 177
CBJColumbus Blue JacketsNo. 187
NYINew York IslandersNo. 280
The class in the NHL
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- 2024Ivan Demidov · 527
- 2023Dmitriy Simashev · 619
- 2022Pavel Mintyukov · 1024
- 2021Fedor Svechkov · 1929
- 2020Yaroslav Askarov · 1124
- 2019Vasily Podkolzin · 1026
- 2018Andrei Svechnikov · 219
- 2017Klim Kostin · 3117
- 2016Mikhail Sergachev · 917
- 2015Ivan Provorov · 717
- 2014Nikita Scherbak · 2613
- 2013Valeri Nichushkin · 108
- 2012Nail Yakupov · 111
- 2011Vladislav Namestnikov · 279
- 2010Alexander Burmistrov · 88
- 2009Dmitry Kulikov · 147
- 2008Nikita Filatov · 68
- 2007Alexei Cherepanov · 179
- 2006Semyon Varlamov · 2315
- 2005Vitaly Anikeyenko · 7011
- 2004Alex Ovechkin · 119
- 2003Konstantin Glazachev · 3529
- 2002Alexander Semin · 1333
- 2001Ilya Kovalchuk · 136
- 2000Nikita Alexeev · 841
- 1999Oleg Saprykin · 1129
- 1998Dmitri Kalinin · 1821
- 1997Sergei Samsonov · 819
- 1996Andrei Zyuzin · 221
- 1995Dimitri Nabokov · 1924
- 1994Alexander Kharlamov · 1530
- 1993Viktor Kozlov · 635
- 1992Alexei Yashin · 240
- 1991Alex Kovalev · 1522
- 1990Vyacheslav Kozlov · 4513
- 1989Sergei Fedorov · 7416
- 1988Alexander Mogilny · 898
- 1987Viktor Tumineu · 1502
- 1986Vladimir Krutov · 2381
- 1985Igor Larionov · 2142
- 1984Mikhail Tatarinov · 2271
- 1983Vladislav Tretiak · 1385
- 1982Viktor Nechayev · 1323
- 1978Viacheslav Fetisov · 2011