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1998 NHL Draft

Alexei Ponikarovsky in the 1998 NHL Draft

Toronto Maple Leafs selected Alexei Ponikarovsky 87th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 4.

He was the fourth of the 5 Ukrainians selected that year. It was the fourth of the 10 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 678 games put him 27th in the class.

Overall pick
87
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 1
Drafting team
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 84–90 in the 1998 draft

  1. 84Jake McCrackenGDET
  2. 85Geoff KochLNSH
  3. 86Gabriel KarlssonCDAL
  4. 87Alexei PonikarovskyL678 GP · 323 PTOR
  5. 88Kent SauerDNSH
  6. 89Ryan JardineL8 GP · 2 PFLA
  7. 90Regan DarbyDVAN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

4th
of 5 Ukrainians selected
53rd
of 156 forwards selected

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

First Ukrainians selected

  1. 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANA
  2. 41Maxim LinnikDSTL
  3. 79Evgeny LazarevLCOL
  4. 87Alexei PonikarovskyL678 GP · 323 PTOR
  5. 225Yevgeny PastukhLSTL
Every pick from Ukraine in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alexei Ponikarovsky made his NHL debut on January 10, 2001, 2 years and 197 days after the draft.

678
Games
139
Goals
184
Assists
323
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTOR
  2. 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTOR
  3. 69Jamie HodsonGNo NHL gamesTOR
  4. 87Alexei PonikarovskyL678 GP · 323 PTOR
  5. 126Morgan WarrenRTOR
  6. 154Allan RourkeD55 GP · 5 PTOR
  7. 181Jonathan GagnonCTOR
  8. 215Dwight WolfeDTOR
  9. 228Mihail TravnicekLTOR
  10. 236Sergei RostovDTOR