1992 NHL Draft
Andrei Nikolishin in the 1992 NHL Draft
Hartford Whalers selected Andrei Nikolishin 47th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 2.
He was the 13th of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Hartford Whalers made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 628 games put him 29th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 47
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 23
- Drafting team
- HFDHartford Whalers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 44–50 in the 1992 draft
- 44Keli CorpseCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Mike FountainG11 GP · 2 WVANVancouver Canucks
- 46Darren McCartyR758 GP · 288 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 47Andrei NikolishinC628 GP · 280 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 48Mattias NorströmD903 GP · 165 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 49Brent GretzkyC13 GP · 4 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 50Patrick TraverseD279 GP · 65 POTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
13th
of 40 Russians selected
30th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 12Sergei KrivokrasovR450 GP · 195 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 14Sergei GoncharD1301 GP · 811 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 16Dimitri KvartalnovL112 GP · 91 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 17Sergei BautinD132 GP · 30 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 27Boris MironovD716 GP · 307 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 31Denis MetlyukCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 33Valeri BureR621 GP · 400 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Igor KorolevC795 GP · 346 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 30 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andrei Nikolishin made his NHL debut on January 21, 1995, 2 years and 215 days after the draft.
628
Games
93
Goals
187
Assists
280
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Hartford Whalers picks in the 1992 draft
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 47Andrei NikolishinC628 GP · 280 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 57Jan VopatD126 GP · 31 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 79Kevin SmythL58 GP · 14 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 81Jason McBainD9 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 143Jarrett ReidCHFDHartford Whalers
- 153Ken BelangerL248 GP · 23 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 177Konstantin KorotkovCHFDHartford Whalers
- 201Greg ZwakmanDHFDHartford Whalers
- 225Steven HalkoD155 GP · 15 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 249Joacim EsbjorsDHFDHartford Whalers