1995 NHL Draft
Maxim Kuznetsov in the 1995 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Maxim Kuznetsov 26th overall in the 1995 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 24 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 136 games put him 59th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 26
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 26
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 23–29 in the 1995 draft
- 23Miika ElomoC2 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 24Aleksey MorozovR451 GP · 219 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 25Marc DenisG349 GP · 112 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 26Maxim KuznetsovD136 GP · 10 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 27Marc MoroD30 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 28Jan HlavacL436 GP · 224 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Brian WesenbergR1 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
3rd
of 24 Russians selected
9th
of 79 defensemen 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
Maxim Kuznetsov made his NHL debut on October 17, 2000, 5 years and 101 days after the draft.
136
Games
2
Goals
8
Assists
10
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1995 draft
- 26Maxim KuznetsovD136 GP · 10 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 52Philippe AudetL4 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 58Darryl LaplanteC35 GP · 6 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 104Anatoly UstugovLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 125Chad WilchynskiDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 126David ArsenaultGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 156Tyler PerryCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 182Per EklundLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 208Andrei SamokvalovRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 234David EngblomCDETDetroit Red Wings