1997 NHL Draft
Andrei Skopintsev in the 1997 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Andrei Skopintsev 153rd overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 6.
He was the twelfth of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the seventh of the 12 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 40 games put him 65th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 153
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 19
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 25 years
The picks around it
Picks 150–156 in the 1997 draft
- 150Jeff KatcherDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 151Robert FranczLPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 152Petr HavelkaLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 153Andrei SkopintsevD40 GP · 6 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 154Shawn DegagneGNYRNew York Rangers
- 155Keith DelaneyCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 156Brian CampbellD1082 GP · 504 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
12th
of 19 Russians selected
55th
of 91 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 51Dmitri KokorevDCGYCalgary Flames
- 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDALDallas Stars
- 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 95Ivan NovoseltsevR234 GP · 75 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 103Mikhail ChernovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 118Konstantin SidulovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 135Denis TimofeevDBOSBoston Bruins
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andrei Skopintsev made his NHL debut on November 19, 1998, 1 year and 151 days after the draft.
40
Games
2
Goals
4
Assists
6
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1997 draft
- 7Paul MaraD734 GP · 253 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 33Kyle KosDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 61Matt ElichR16 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 108Mark ThompsonDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 109Jan SulcCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 112Karel BetikD3 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 153Andrei SkopintsevD40 GP · 6 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 168Justin JackRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 170Eero SomervuoriRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 185Samuel St. PierreRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 198Shawn SkolneyDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 224Paul ComrieC15 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning