2000 NHL Draft
Anton Volchenkov in the 2000 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Anton Volchenkov 21st overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
He was the sixth of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 696 games put him 20th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 21
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 21
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 18–24 in the 2000 draft
- 18Brooks OrpikD1035 GP · 194 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 19Krys KolanosC149 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
- 22David HaleD327 GP · 29 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 23Nathan SmithC26 GP · 0 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 24Brad BoyesR822 GP · 505 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
6th
of 40 Russians selected
5th
of 98 defensemen 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
Anton Volchenkov made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 2 years and 108 days after the draft.
696
Games
19
Goals
114
Assists
133
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2000 draft
- 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTTOttawa Senators
- 45Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 55Antoine VermetteC1046 GP · 515 POTTOttawa Senators
- 87Jan BohacCOTTOttawa Senators
- 122Derrick ByfuglienDOTTOttawa Senators
- 156Greg ZanonD493 GP · 62 POTTOttawa Senators
- 157Grant PotulnyFOTTOttawa Senators
- 158Sean ConnollyDOTTOttawa Senators
- 188Jason MaleykoDOTTOttawa Senators
- 283James DemoneDOTTOttawa Senators