1997 NHL Draft
Maxim Balmochnykh in the 1997 NHL Draft
Anaheim Ducks selected Maxim Balmochnykh 45th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 2.
He was the second of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 8 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 93rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 45
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 19
- Drafting team
- ANAAnaheim Ducks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 42–48 in the 1997 draft
- 42John TrippR43 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 43Juha GustafssonDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 44Brian GaffaneyDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 46Wes JarvisDNYRNew York Rangers
- 47Kristian HuseliusL662 GP · 451 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 48Henrik TallinderD678 GP · 142 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
2nd
of 19 Russians selected
27th
of 136 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 51Dmitri KokorevDCGYCalgary Flames
- 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDALDallas Stars
- 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 95Ivan NovoseltsevR234 GP · 75 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 103Mikhail ChernovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 118Konstantin SidulovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 135Denis TimofeevDBOSBoston Bruins
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Maxim Balmochnykh made his NHL debut on January 19, 2000, 2 years and 212 days after the draft.
6
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Anaheim Ducks picks in the 1997 draft
- 18Michael HolmqvistC156 GP · 35 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 72Jay LegaultLANAAnaheim Ducks
- 125Luc VaillancourtGANAAnaheim Ducks
- 178Tony MohagenLANAAnaheim Ducks
- 181Mat SnesrudDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 209Rene StussiCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 235Tommi DegermanCANAAnaheim Ducks