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1988 NHL Draft

Alexander Semak in the 1988 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Alexander Semak 207th overall in the 1988 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 10.

He was the fifth of the 8 Russians selected that year. It was the twelfth of the 14 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1988, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. His 289 games put him 38th in the class.

Overall pick
207
Round and pick
Round 10, pick 18
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
22 years

The picks around it

Picks 204–210 in the 1988 draft

  1. 204Claudio ScreminD17 GP · 1 PWSH
  2. 205Jeffrey KampersalDNYI
  3. 206Glen GoodallCDET
  4. 207Alexander SemakC289 GP · 174 PNJD
  5. 208Vladimir ZubkovDEDM
  6. 209Juri KrivohijaDMTL
  7. 210Guy DarveauDCGY

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1988 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1988 class

5th
of 8 Russians selected
123rd
of 145 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 89Alexander MogilnyR990 GP · 1032 PBUF
  2. 129Valeri KamenskyL637 GP · 501 PQUE
  3. 180Sergei SvetlovLNJD
  4. 199Pavel KostichkinCWIN
  5. 207Alexander SemakC289 GP · 174 PNJD
  6. 208Vladimir ZubkovDEDM
  7. 213Alexei GusarovD607 GP · 167 PQUE
  8. 252Sergei PriakinL46 GP · 11 PCGY
Every pick from Russia in the 1988 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Alexander Semak made his NHL debut on January 12, 1992, 3 years and 215 days after the draft.

289
Games
83
Goals
91
Assists
174
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1988 draft

  1. 12Corey FosterD45 GP · 11 PNJD
  2. 23Jeffrey ChristianL18 GP · 4 PNJD
  3. 54Zdeno CigerL352 GP · 228 PNJD
  4. 65Matthew RuchtyLNJD
  5. 75Scott LuikRNJD
  6. 96Christopher NelsonDNJD
  7. 117Chad JohnsonLNJD
  8. 138Chad EricksonG2 GP · 1 WNJD
  9. 159Bryan LafortGNJD
  10. 180Sergei SvetlovLNJD
  11. 201Robert WoodsDNJD
  12. 207Alexander SemakC289 GP · 174 PNJD
  13. 222Charles HughesGNJD
  14. 243Michael PohlLNJD