2012 NHL Draft
Mikhail Grigorenko in the 2012 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Mikhail Grigorenko 12th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 11 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 249 games put him 57th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 12
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 12
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 9–15 in the 2012 draft
- 9Jacob TroubaD923 GP · 368 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 10Slater KoekkoekD186 GP · 34 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 11Filip ForsbergL877 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 12Mikhail GrigorenkoC249 GP · 76 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 13Radek FaksaC777 GP · 234 PDALDallas Stars
- 14Zemgus GirgensonsC855 GP · 216 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 15Cody CeciD960 GP · 245 POTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
2nd
of 11 Russians selected
4th
of 110 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 1Nail YakupovR350 GP · 136 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 12Mikhail GrigorenkoC249 GP · 76 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 19Andrei VasilevskiyG609 GP · 377 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 91Daniil ZharkovLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 114Alexander DelnovLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 121Nikolai ProkhorkinL43 GP · 14 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 173Anton ZlobinRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 183Dmitry SinitsynDDALDallas Stars
- 201Valeri VasilievDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 202Nikita GusevL97 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikhail Grigorenko made his NHL debut on January 20, 2013, 212 days after the draft.
249
Games
26
Goals
50
Assists
76
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2012 draft
- 12Mikhail GrigorenkoC249 GP · 76 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Zemgus GirgensonsC855 GP · 216 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 44Jake McCabeD740 GP · 203 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 73Justin KeaCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 133Logan NelsonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 163Linus UllmarkG348 GP · 198 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 193Brady AustinD5 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 204Judd PetersonC/RBUFBuffalo Sabres