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1997 NHL Draft

Roman Lyashenko in the 1997 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected Roman Lyashenko 52nd overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 2.

He was the fifth of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 9 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 139 games put him 49th in the class.

Overall pick
52
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 26
Drafting team
DALDallas Stars
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 49–55 in the 1997 draft

  1. 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDET
  2. 50Pat KavanaghR14 GP · 2 PPHI
  3. 51Dmitri KokorevDCGY
  4. 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDAL
  5. 53Graham BelakLCOL
  6. 54Mattias KarlinCBOS
  7. 55Rick BerryD197 GP · 15 PCOL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1997 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1997 class

5th
of 19 Russians selected
31st
of 136 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOS
  2. 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANA
  3. 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDET
  4. 51Dmitri KokorevDCGY
  5. 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDAL
  6. 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUF
  7. 95Ivan NovoseltsevR234 GP · 75 PFLA
  8. 103Mikhail ChernovDPHI
  9. 118Konstantin SidulovDMTL
  10. 135Denis TimofeevDBOS

+ 9 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1997 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Roman Lyashenko made his NHL debut on November 5, 1999, 2 years and 137 days after the draft.

139
Games
14
Goals
9
Assists
23
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Dallas Stars picks in the 1997 draft

  1. 25Brenden MorrowL991 GP · 575 PDAL
  2. 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDAL
  3. 77Steve GaineyL33 GP · 2 PDAL
  4. 105Marc KristofferssonLDAL
  5. 132Teemo ElomoLDAL
  6. 160Alexei TimkinLDAL
  7. 189Jeff McKercherDDAL
  8. 216Alexei KomarovDDAL
  9. 242Brett McLeanC385 GP · 162 PDAL