1996 NHL Draft
Alexander Volchkov in the 1996 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Alexander Volchkov 4th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 90th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 1996 draft
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
2nd
of 21 Russians selected
2nd
of 138 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 58Sergei ZimakovDWSHWashington Capitals
- 61Andrei PetruninLHFDHartford Whalers
- 65Oleg KvashaC493 GP · 217 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGYCalgary Flames
- 76Dmitri SubbotinLNYRNew York Rangers
- 97Andrei PetrakovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 103Vladimir AntipovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexander Volchkov made his NHL debut on October 23, 1999, 3 years and 123 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 1996 draft
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 17Jaroslav SvejkovskyR113 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 43Jan BulisC552 GP · 245 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 58Sergei ZimakovDWSHWashington Capitals
- 74Dave WeningerGWSHWashington Capitals
- 78Shawn McNeilCWSHWashington Capitals
- 85Justin DavisRWSHWashington Capitals
- 126Matthew LaheyLWSHWashington Capitals
- 153Andrew Van BruggenRWSHWashington Capitals
- 180Michael AndersonRWSHWashington Capitals
- 206Oleg OrekhovskyDWSHWashington Capitals
- 232Chad CavanaghLWSHWashington Capitals