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Maxim Sushinsky in the 2000 NHL Draft

Minnesota Wild selected Maxim Sushinsky 132nd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 5.

He was the 25th of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the fourth of the 9 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 30 games put him 76th in the class.

Overall pick
132
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 2
Drafting team
MINMinnesota Wild
Date
Age at the draft
25 years

Picks 129–135 in the 2000 draft

  1. 129Troy RiddleFSTL
  2. 130Aaron Van LeusenFDET
  3. 131Matt HendricksC607 GP · 116 PNSH
  4. 132Maxim SushinskyR30 GP · 11 PMIN
  5. 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJ
  6. 134Peter PodhradskyDANA
  7. 135Michael DantonC87 GP · 14 PNJD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 2000 class

25th
of 40 Russians selected
79th
of 163 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBL
  2. 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHI
  3. 12Alexei SmirnovL52 GP · 6 PANA
  4. 15Artem KriukovCBUF
  5. 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAK
  6. 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTT
  7. 31Ilya NikulinDATL
  8. 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBL
  9. 44Ilya BryzgalovG465 GP · 221 WANA
  10. 50Sergei SoinFCOL

+ 30 more

The road to the NHL

Maxim Sushinsky made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000, 103 days after the draft.

30
Games
7
Goals
4
Assists
11
Points

NHL regular season to date.

Minnesota Wild picks in the 2000 draft

  1. 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMIN
  2. 33Nick SchultzD1069 GP · 175 PMIN
  3. 99Marc CavosieFMIN
  4. 132Maxim SushinskyR30 GP · 11 PMIN
  5. 170Erik ReitzD48 GP · 2 PMIN
  6. 199Brian PassmoreCMIN
  7. 214Peter BartosL13 GP · 6 PMIN
  8. 232Lubomir SekerasD213 GP · 71 PMIN
  9. 255Eric JohanssonCMIN