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1997 NHL Draft

Maxim Afinogenov in the 1997 NHL Draft

Buffalo Sabres selected Maxim Afinogenov 69th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 3.

He was the sixth of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 651 games put him 20th in the class, but only 10 have scored more points than his 395.

Overall pick
69
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 16
Drafting team
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 66–72 in the 1997 draft

  1. 66Josh LangfeldR143 GP · 32 POTT
  2. 67Mike SouzaLCHI
  3. 68Sergei YerkovichDEDM
  4. 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUF
  5. 70Erik AnderssonR12 GP · 3 PCGY
  6. 71Josef MelicharD349 GP · 49 PPIT
  7. 72Jay LegaultLANA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

6th
of 19 Russians selected
42nd
of 136 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOS
  2. 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANA
  3. 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDET
  4. 51Dmitri KokorevDCGY
  5. 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDAL
  6. 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUF
  7. 95Ivan NovoseltsevR234 GP · 75 PFLA
  8. 103Mikhail ChernovDPHI
  9. 118Konstantin SidulovDMTL
  10. 135Denis TimofeevDBOS

+ 9 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Maxim Afinogenov made his NHL debut on November 10, 1999, 2 years and 142 days after the draft.

651
Games
158
Goals
237
Assists
395
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 21Mika NoronenG71 GP · 23 WBUF
  2. 48Henrik TallinderD678 GP · 142 PBUF
  3. 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUF
  4. 75Jeff MartinCBUF
  5. 101Luc TheoretDBUF
  6. 128Torrey DirobertoCBUF
  7. 156Brian CampbellD1082 GP · 504 PBUF
  8. 184Jeremy AdduonoRBUF
  9. 212Kamil PirosR28 GP · 8 PBUF
  10. 238Dylan KempDBUF