1998 NHL Draft
Dimitri Afanasenkov in the 1998 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Dimitri Afanasenkov 72nd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 3.
He was the fifth of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 227 games put him 57th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 72
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 14
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 69–75 in the 1998 draft
- 69Jamie HodsonGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 70Kevin HoldridgeDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 71Erik ColeL892 GP · 532 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 73Pat O'LearyCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 74Julien VauclairD1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 75Francois BeaucheminD903 GP · 288 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
5th
of 21 Russians selected
43rd
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 54Alexander ZevakhinRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 60Denis ArkhipovC352 GP · 138 PNSHNashville Predators
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 101Petr SchastlivyL129 GP · 40 POTTOttawa Senators
- 119Anton ButLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 144Oleg SmirnovLEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Dimitri Afanasenkov made his NHL debut on March 10, 2001, 2 years and 256 days after the draft.
227
Games
27
Goals
27
Assists
54
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1998 draft
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 64Brad RichardsC1126 GP · 932 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 92Eric BeaudoinL53 GP · 11 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 121Curtis RichDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 146Sergei KuznetsovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 174Brett AllanLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 194Oak HewerCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 221Daniel HulakDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 229Chris LynessDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 252Martin CibakC154 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning