1995 NHL Draft
Igor Nikulin in the 1995 NHL Draft
Anaheim Ducks selected Igor Nikulin 107th overall in the 1995 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 5.
He was the eleventh of the 24 Russians selected that year. It was the fourth of the 7 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Igor Nikulin has so far only played in the playoffs.
- Overall pick
- 107
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 3
- Drafting team
- ANAAnaheim Ducks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 22 years
The picks around it
Picks 104–110 in the 1995 draft
- 104Anatoly UstugovLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 105Benoit GrattonC58 GP · 16 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 106Vladimir OrszaghL289 GP · 119 PNYINew York Islanders
- 107Igor NikulinRNo NHL gamesANAAnaheim Ducks
- 108Konsta GolokhvastovRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 109Jan SnopekDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 110Alexei VasilievD1 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
11th
of 24 Russians selected
63rd
of 128 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 19Dimitri NabokovR55 GP · 24 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 24Aleksey MorozovR451 GP · 219 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 26Maxim KuznetsovD136 GP · 10 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Sergei FedotovDHFDHartford Whalers
- 46Pavel SmirnovCCGYCalgary Flames
- 59Vladimir TsyplakovL331 GP · 170 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 69Sergey GusevD89 GP · 14 PDALDallas Stars
- 70Sergei VyshedkevichD30 GP · 7 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 102Oleg BelovCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 104Anatoly UstugovLDETDetroit Red Wings
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Igor Nikulin made his NHL debut in the playoffs on April 27, 1997, 1 year and 293 days after the draft.
The team's draft
Anaheim Ducks picks in the 1995 draft
- 4Chad KilgerL714 GP · 218 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 29Brian WesenbergR1 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 55Mike LeclercL341 GP · 158 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 107Igor NikulinRNo NHL gamesANAAnaheim Ducks
- 133Peter LeboutillierR35 GP · 3 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 159Mike LaplanteDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 185Igor KarpenkoGNo NHL gamesANAAnaheim Ducks