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2001 NHL Draft

Fedor Fedorov in the 2001 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Fedor Fedorov 66th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 3.

He was the twelfth of the 36 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 6 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 18 games put him 96th in the class.

Overall pick
66
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 3
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

Tampa Bay Lightning had already picked him in 1999, 182nd overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 63–69 in the 2001 draft

  1. 63Peter BudajG368 GP · 158 WCOL
  2. 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLA
  3. 65Brendan BellD102 GP · 28 PTOR
  4. 66Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PVAN
  5. 67Robin LeblancRNJD
  6. 68Grant McNeillD3 GP · 0 PFLA
  7. 69Joel SteppFANA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2001 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2001 class

12th
of 36 Russians selected
40th
of 159 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATL
  2. 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBL
  3. 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANA
  4. 15Igor KnyazevDCAR
  5. 33Timofei ShishkanovR24 GP · 5 PNSH
  6. 40Fedor TyutinD872 GP · 264 PNYR
  7. 41Andrei TaratukhinFCGY
  8. 47Alexander PolushinFTBL
  9. 56Andrei MedvedevGCGY
  10. 60Victor UchevatovDNJD

+ 26 more

Every pick from Russia in the 2001 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Fedor Fedorov made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 1 year and 109 days after the draft.

18
Games
0
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2001 draft

  1. 16R.J. UmbergerC779 GP · 392 PVAN
  2. 66Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PVAN
  3. 114Evgeny GladskikhLVAN
  4. 151Kevin BieksaD808 GP · 278 PVAN
  5. 212Jason KingR59 GP · 23 PVAN
  6. 245Konstantin MihailovCVAN