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Valeri Nichushkin in the 2013 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected Valeri Nichushkin 10th overall in the 2013 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 8 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2013, 106 have played in the NHL regular season. His 643 games put him 28th in the class.

Overall pick
10
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 10
Drafting team
DALDallas Stars
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

Picks 7–13 in the 2013 draft

  1. 7Darnell NurseD817 GP · 326 PEDM
  2. 8Rasmus RistolainenD824 GP · 319 PBUF
  3. 9Bo HorvatC898 GP · 635 PVAN
  4. 10Valeri NichushkinR643 GP · 366 PDAL
  5. 11Samuel MorinL29 GP · 1 PPHI
  6. 12Max DomiC815 GP · 486 PPHX
  7. 13Josh MorrisseyD744 GP · 431 PWPG

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 2013 class

1st
of 8 Russians selected
7th
of 121 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 10Valeri NichushkinR643 GP · 366 PDAL
  2. 16Nikita ZadorovD821 GP · 195 PBUF
  3. 37Valentin ZykovL55 GP · 17 PLAK
  4. 75Pavel BuchnevichL691 GP · 513 PNYR
  5. 83Bogdan YakimovC1 GP · 0 PEDM
  6. 88Anton SlepyshevL102 GP · 23 PEDM
  7. 187Rushan RafikovDCGY
  8. 207Emil GalimovLSJS

The road to the NHL

Valeri Nichushkin made his NHL debut on October 3, 2013, 95 days after the draft.

643
Games
156
Goals
210
Assists
366
Points

NHL regular season to date.

Dallas Stars picks in the 2013 draft

  1. 10Valeri NichushkinR643 GP · 366 PDAL
  2. 29Jason DickinsonC576 GP · 176 PDAL
  3. 40Remi ElieL107 GP · 22 PDAL
  4. 54Philippe DesrosiersGNo NHL gamesDAL
  5. 68Niklas HanssonDDAL
  6. 101Nick PaulL557 GP · 221 PDAL
  7. 131Cole UllyLDAL
  8. 149Matej PaulovicLDAL
  9. 182Aleksi MakelaDDAL