2006 NHL Draft
Sergei Shirokov in the 2006 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Sergei Shirokov 163rd overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 6.
He was the twelfth of the 15 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 5 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 8 games put him 73rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 163
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 10
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 160–166 in the 2006 draft
- 160Andrew MacDonaldD586 GP · 161 PNYINew York Islanders
- 161Viktor StålbergL488 GP · 168 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 162Julian WalkerFMINMinnesota Wild
- 163Sergei ShirokovL8 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 164Constantin BraunLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 165Jonas EnlundCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 166Tyler RuegseggerFTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2006 class
12th
of 15 Russians selected
87th
of 122 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 23Semyon VarlamovG626 GP · 290 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 27Ivan VishnevskiyD5 GP · 2 PDALDallas Stars
- 33Igor MakarovRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 37Yury AlexandrovDBOSBoston Bruins
- 44Nikolay KuleminL669 GP · 274 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 54Artem AnisimovC771 GP · 376 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 55Denis BodrovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 58Alexander VasyunovL18 GP · 5 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Kirill TulupovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 77Vladimir ZharkovR82 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sergei Shirokov made his NHL debut on October 1, 2009, 3 years and 99 days after the draft.
8
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2006 draft
- 14Michael GrabnerL640 GP · 276 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 82Daniel RahimiDVANVancouver Canucks
- 163Sergei ShirokovL8 GP · 1 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 167Juraj SimekFVANVancouver Canucks
- 197Evan FullerRVANVancouver Canucks