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1994 NHL Draft

Vitali Yachmenev in the 1994 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Vitali Yachmenev 59th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 3.

He was the seventh of the 30 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 8 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 487 games put him 43rd in the class.

Overall pick
59
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 7
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 56–62 in the 1994 draft

  1. 56Dorian AnneckCWIN
  2. 57Sven ButenschonD140 GP · 14 PPIT
  3. 58Tavis HansenR34 GP · 3 PWIN
  4. 59Vitali YachmenevR487 GP · 216 PLAK
  5. 60Brad SymesDEDM
  6. 61Sebastien BetyDQUE
  7. 62Artem AnisimovDPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1994 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1994 class

7th
of 30 Russians selected
39th
of 166 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 15Alexander KharlamovRWSH
  2. 21Yevgeni RyabchikovGBOS
  3. 23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDET
  4. 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJD
  5. 45Dmitri RiabykinDCGY
  6. 55Vadim EpanchintsevCTBL
  7. 59Vitali YachmenevR487 GP · 216 PLAK
  8. 62Artem AnisimovDPHI
  9. 66Alexei YegorovR11 GP · 6 PSJS
  10. 76Alexei KrivchenkovDPIT

+ 20 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1994 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Vitali Yachmenev made his NHL debut on October 7, 1995, 1 year and 100 days after the draft.

487
Games
83
Goals
133
Assists
216
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1994 draft

  1. 7Jamie StorrG219 GP · 85 WLAK
  2. 33Matt JohnsonL473 GP · 43 PLAK
  3. 59Vitali YachmenevR487 GP · 216 PLAK
  4. 111Chris SchmidtC10 GP · 2 PLAK
  5. 163Luc GagneRLAK
  6. 189Andrew DaleCLAK
  7. 215Jan NemecekD7 GP · 1 PLAK
  8. 241Sergei ShalomaiLLAK