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2008 NHL Draft

Alexander Pechurskiy in the 2008 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Alexander Pechurskiy 150th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 5.

He was the eighth of the 8 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 4 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 100th in the class.

Overall pick
150
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 29
Drafting team
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 147–153 in the 2008 draft

  1. 147Kyle De CosteRTBL
  2. 148Matt MartinL987 GP · 178 PNYI
  3. 149Philip LarsenD151 GP · 37 PDAL
  4. 150Alexander PechurskiyG1 GP · 0 WPIT
  5. 151Julien CayerCDET
  6. 152Mark BarberioD272 GP · 56 PTBL
  7. 153Justin AzevedoCLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

8th
of 8 Russians selected
15th
of 23 goaltenders selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Russians selected

  1. 6Nikita FilatovL53 GP · 14 PCBJ
  2. 32Slava VoynovD190 GP · 81 PLAK
  3. 58Dmitri KugryshevRWSH
  4. 73Kirill PetrovRNYI
  5. 75Evgeny GrachevC34 GP · 4 PNYR
  6. 123Andrei LoktionovC155 GP · 48 PLAK
  7. 138Maxim TrunevFMTL
  8. 150Alexander PechurskiyG1 GP · 0 WPIT
Every pick from Russia in the 2008 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alexander Pechurskiy made his NHL debut on January 16, 2010, 1 year and 209 days after the draft.

1
Games
0
Wins
0
Shutouts
.923
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 120Nathan MoonCPIT
  2. 150Alexander PechurskiyG1 GP · 0 WPIT
  3. 180Patrick KilleenGPIT
  4. 210Nicholas D'AgostinoDPIT