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1998 NHL Draft

Evgeny Korolev in the 1998 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Evgeny Korolev 182nd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 7.

He was the 15th of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the sixth of the 10 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 42 games put him 93rd in the class.

Overall pick
182
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 9
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

New York Islanders had already picked him in 1996, 192nd overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 179–185 in the 1998 draft

  1. 179Nathan ForsterDWSH
  2. 180Stefan LundqvistLNYR
  3. 181Jonathan GagnonCTOR
  4. 182Evgeny KorolevD42 GP · 5 PNYI
  5. 183Tyler ArnasonC487 GP · 245 PCHI
  6. 184Donald SmithCCAR
  7. 185Robert MulickDSJS

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

15th
of 21 Russians selected
58th
of 79 defensemen selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUF
  2. 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVAN
  3. 54Alexander ZevakhinRPIT
  4. 60Denis ArkhipovC352 GP · 138 PNSH
  5. 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBL
  6. 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAK
  7. 101Petr SchastlivyL129 GP · 40 POTT
  8. 119Anton ButLNJD
  9. 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTL
  10. 144Oleg SmirnovLEDM

+ 11 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Evgeny Korolev made his NHL debut on October 27, 1999, 1 year and 122 days after the draft.

42
Games
1
Goals
4
Assists
5
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYI
  2. 36Chris NielsenR52 GP · 14 PNYI
  3. 95Andy BurnhamRNYI
  4. 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYI
  5. 155Kevin ClausonDNYI
  6. 182Evgeny KorolevD42 GP · 5 PNYI
  7. 209Frederik Brind'AmourGNYI
  8. 237Ben BlaisDNYI
  9. 242Jason DoyleRNYI
  10. 250Radek MatejovskyRNYI