1990 NHL Draft
Valeri Zelepukin in the 1990 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Valeri Zelepukin 221st overall in the 1990 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 11.
He was the tenth of the 13 Russians selected that year. It was the 13th of the 14 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 250 players selected in 1990, 98 have played in the NHL regular season. His 595 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 221
- Round and pick
- Round 11, pick 11
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 21 years
The picks around it
Picks 218–224 in the 1990 draft
- 218Ole DahlstromCMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 219Alan BrownDWSHWashington Capitals
- 220Scott MaloneDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 221Valeri ZelepukinL595 GP · 294 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 222Joe HawleyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 223Brett LieversCNYRNew York Rangers
- 224Sergei SelyaninDWINWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1990 class
10th
of 13 Russians selected
129th
of 147 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 45Vyacheslav KozlovL1182 GP · 853 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 77Alexei ZhamnovC807 GP · 719 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 85Sergei ZubovD1068 GP · 771 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 109Viacheslav ButsayevC132 GP · 43 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 114Andrei KovalevRWSHWashington Capitals
- 142Viktor GordioukR26 GP · 11 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 146Dimitri FrolovDCGYCalgary Flames
- 148Andrei KovalenkoR620 GP · 379 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 158Alexander KarpovtsevD596 GP · 188 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 221Valeri ZelepukinL595 GP · 294 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 3 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Valeri Zelepukin made his NHL debut on December 19, 1991, 1 year and 186 days after the draft.
595
Games
117
Goals
177
Assists
294
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1990 draft
- 20Martin BrodeurG1266 GP · 691 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 24David HarlockD212 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 29Chris GotziamanRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 53Mike DunhamG394 GP · 141 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 56Brad BombardirD356 GP · 54 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 64Michael BodnarchukRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 95Dean MalkocD116 GP · 4 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 104Peter KuchynaDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 116Lubomir KolnikRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 137Chris McalpineD289 GP · 30 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 179Jaroslav ModryD725 GP · 250 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 200Corey SchwabG147 GP · 42 WNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 221Valeri ZelepukinL595 GP · 294 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 242Todd ReirdenD183 GP · 46 PNJDNew Jersey Devils