1996 NHL Draft
Alexei Tezikov in the 1996 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Alexei Tezikov 115th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 5.
He was the twelfth of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the seventh of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 30 games put him 76th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 115
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 7
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 112–118 in the 1996 draft
- 112Ryan ChristieL7 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 113Yevgeni TsybukDDALDallas Stars
- 114Brian UrickREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 115Alexei TezikovD30 GP · 2 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 116Mark McMahonDHFDHartford Whalers
- 117Brendan BuckleyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 118Glenn CrawfordCNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
12th
of 21 Russians selected
38th
of 80 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 58Sergei ZimakovDWSHWashington Capitals
- 61Andrei PetruninLHFDHartford Whalers
- 65Oleg KvashaC493 GP · 217 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGYCalgary Flames
- 76Dmitri SubbotinLNYRNew York Rangers
- 97Andrei PetrakovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 103Vladimir AntipovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Alexei Tezikov made his NHL debut on April 8, 1999, 2 years and 290 days after the draft.
30
Games
1
Goals
1
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1996 draft
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 27Cory SarichD969 GP · 158 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 33Darren Van OeneLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 54Francois MethotCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 87Kurt WalshRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 106Mike MartoneDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 115Alexei TezikovD30 GP · 2 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 142Ryan DavisRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 161Darren MortierCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 222Scott BuhlerGNo NHL gamesBUFBuffalo Sabres