1991 NHL Draft
Alex Kovalev in the 1991 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Alex Kovalev 15th overall in the 1991 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 22 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1991, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 1316, and only one has scored more points than his 1029.
- Overall pick
- 15
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 15
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 12–18 in the 1991 draft
- 12Tyler WrightC613 GP · 149 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 13Philippe BoucherD748 GP · 300 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Pat PeakeC134 GP · 69 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 15Alex KovalevR1316 GP · 1029 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 16Markus NäslundL1117 GP · 869 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 17Brent BilodeauDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 18Glen MurrayR1009 GP · 651 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1991 class
1st
of 22 Russians selected
10th
of 146 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 15Alex KovalevR1316 GP · 1029 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 49Dmitri FilimonovD30 GP · 5 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 71Igor KravchukD699 GP · 274 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 98Dimitri MotkovDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 99Yan KaminskyL26 GP · 5 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 102Alexei KudashovC25 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 117Jevgeni NamestnikovD43 GP · 9 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 120Alexander KuzminskyCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 122Dmitry YushkevichD786 GP · 225 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 127Oleg PetrovR382 GP · 187 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alex Kovalev made his NHL debut on October 12, 1992, 1 year and 112 days after the draft.
1316
Games
430
Goals
599
Assists
1029
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 1991 draft
- 15Alex KovalevR1316 GP · 1029 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 37Darcy WerenkaDNYRNew York Rangers
- 96Corey MachanicDNYRNew York Rangers
- 125Fredrik JaxRNYRNew York Rangers
- 128Barry YoungDNYRNew York Rangers
- 147John RushinCNYRNew York Rangers
- 169Corey HirschG108 GP · 34 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 191Vjateslav UvayevDNYRNew York Rangers
- 213Jamie RamG1 GP · 0 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 235Vitali ChinakovCNYRNew York Rangers
- 257Brian WisemanC3 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers