2000 NHL Draft
Alexandre Kharitonov in the 2000 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Alexandre Kharitonov 81st overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 3.
He was the 16th of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 71 games put him 61st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 81
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 16
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 24 years
The picks around it
Picks 78–84 in the 2000 draft
- 78Jozef BalejR18 GP · 6 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 79Tyler HanchuckDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 80Ryan BaydaL179 GP · 40 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 81Alexandre KharitonovR71 GP · 22 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 82Sean O'ConnorRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 83Alexander LjubimovDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 84Peter HamerlikGPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
16th
of 40 Russians selected
52nd
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 12Alexei SmirnovL52 GP · 6 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 15Artem KriukovCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 44Ilya BryzgalovG465 GP · 221 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 50Sergei SoinFCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 30 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexandre Kharitonov made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000, 104 days after the draft.
71
Games
7
Goals
15
Assists
22
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2000 draft
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 81Alexandre KharitonovR71 GP · 22 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 126Johan HagglundCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 161Pavel SedovRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 191Aaron GionetDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 222Marek PriechodskyDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 226Brian EklundG1 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 233Alexander PolukeyevGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 263Thomas ZieglerC5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning