1987 NHL Draft
Igor Viazmikin in the 1987 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Igor Viazmikin 252nd overall in the 1987 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 12.
He was the second of the 2 Russians selected that year. It was the 13th and last of the 13 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1987, 90 have played in the NHL regular season. His 4 games put him 83rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 252
- Round and pick
- Round 12, pick 21
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 21 years
The picks around it
Picks 249–252 in the 1987 draft
- 249Steve LaurinGHFDHartford Whalers
- 250Magnus SvenssonD46 GP · 18 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 251Dale RoehlGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 252Igor ViazmikinR4 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1987 class
2nd
of 2 Russians selected
133rd
of 133 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 150Viktor TumineuCVANVancouver Canucks
- 252Igor ViazmikinR4 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Igor Viazmikin made his NHL debut on December 12, 1990, 3 years and 182 days after the draft.
4
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 1987 draft
- 21Peter SoberlakLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 42Brad WerenkaD320 GP · 80 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 63Geoff SmithD462 GP · 91 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 64Peter ErikssonL20 GP · 6 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 105Shaun Van AllenC794 GP · 269 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 126Radek ToupalCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 147Tomas SrsenR2 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 168Age EllingsenDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 189Gavin ArmstrongGEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 210Michael TinkhamREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 231Jeff PaulettiDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 241Jesper DuusDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 252Igor ViazmikinR4 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers