1993 NHL Draft
Nikolai Tsulygin in the 1993 NHL Draft
Anaheim Ducks selected Nikolai Tsulygin 30th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 2.
He was the second of the 35 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. His 22 games put him 101st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 30
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 4
- Drafting team
- ANAAnaheim Ducks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 27–33 in the 1993 draft
- 27Radim BicanekD122 GP · 12 POTTOttawa Senators
- 28Shean DonovanR951 GP · 241 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 29Tyler MossG30 GP · 6 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 30Nikolai TsulyginD22 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 31Scott LangkowG20 GP · 3 WWINWinnipeg Jets
- 32Jay PandolfoL899 GP · 226 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 33David VybornyR543 GP · 317 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1993 class
2nd
of 35 Russians selected
9th
of 93 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 6Viktor KozlovC897 GP · 537 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 30Nikolai TsulyginD22 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 37Maxim BetsL3 GP · 0 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 38Denis TsygurovD51 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 43Alexei BudayevRWINWinnipeg Jets
- 56Valeri KarpovR76 GP · 29 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 60Alexander KerchR5 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 61Maxim GalanovD122 GP · 20 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 66Vladimir ChebaturkinD62 GP · 9 PNYINew York Islanders
- 79Ruslam BatyrshinD2 GP · 0 PWINWinnipeg Jets
+ 25 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nikolai Tsulygin made his NHL debut on October 22, 1996, 3 years and 118 days after the draft.
22
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Anaheim Ducks picks in the 1993 draft
- 4Paul KariyaL989 GP · 989 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 30Nikolai TsulyginD22 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 56Valeri KarpovR76 GP · 29 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 82Joel GagnonGANAAnaheim Ducks
- 108Mikhail ShtalenkovG190 GP · 62 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 134Antti AaltoC151 GP · 28 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 160Matt PetersonDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 186Tom AskeyG7 GP · 0 WANAAnaheim Ducks
- 212Vitaly KozelCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 238Anatoli FedotovD4 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 264David PenneyLANAAnaheim Ducks