1988 NHL Draft
Valeri Kamensky in the 1988 NHL Draft
Quebec Nordiques selected Valeri Kamensky 129th overall in the 1988 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 7.
He was the second of the 8 Russians selected that year. It was the eighth of the 12 picks Quebec Nordiques made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1988, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. His 637 games put him 24th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 129
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 3
- Drafting team
- QUEQuebec Nordiques
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 22 years
The picks around it
Picks 126–132 in the 1988 draft
- 126Jonas BergqvistR22 GP · 7 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 127Markus AkerblomCWINWinnipeg Jets
- 128Dixon WardL537 GP · 224 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 129Valeri KamenskyL637 GP · 501 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 130Troy MickLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 131Michael RosatiG1 GP · 1 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 132Matthew MallgraveCTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1988 class
2nd
of 8 Russians selected
79th
of 145 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 89Alexander MogilnyR990 GP · 1032 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 129Valeri KamenskyL637 GP · 501 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 180Sergei SvetlovLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 199Pavel KostichkinCWINWinnipeg Jets
- 207Alexander SemakC289 GP · 174 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 208Vladimir ZubkovDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 213Alexei GusarovD607 GP · 167 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 252Sergei PriakinL46 GP · 11 PCGYCalgary Flames
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Valeri Kamensky made his NHL debut on February 18, 1992, 3 years and 252 days after the draft.
637
Games
200
Goals
301
Assists
501
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Quebec Nordiques picks in the 1988 draft
- 3Curtis LeschyshynD1033 GP · 212 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 5Daniel DoreR17 GP · 5 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 24Stephane FisetG390 GP · 164 WQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 45Petri AaltonenCQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 66Darin KimbleR311 GP · 43 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 87Stephane VenneDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 108Ed WardR278 GP · 49 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 129Valeri KamenskyL637 GP · 501 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 150Sakari LindforsGQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 171Daniel WiebeLQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 213Alexei GusarovD607 GP · 167 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 234Claude LapointeC879 GP · 305 PQUEQuebec Nordiques