1992 NHL Draft
David Cooper in the 1992 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected David Cooper 11th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 30 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 11
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 11
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 8–14 in the 1992 draft
- 8Brandon ConveryC72 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 11David CooperD30 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 12Sergei KrivokrasovR450 GP · 195 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 13Joe HulbigL55 GP · 8 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 14Sergei GoncharD1301 GP · 811 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
11th
of 264 players selected
4th
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Mike RathjeD768 GP · 180 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Todd WarrinerL453 GP · 154 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 5Darius KasparaitisD863 GP · 163 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Cory StillmanL1025 GP · 727 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Ryan SittlerLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Brandon ConveryC72 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 254 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
David Cooper made his NHL debut on December 15, 1996, 4 years and 178 days after the draft.
30
Games
3
Goals
7
Assists
10
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1992 draft
- 11David CooperD30 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35Jozef CiernyL1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 59Ondrej SteinerCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 80Dean MelansonD9 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 83Matthew BarnabyR834 GP · 300 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 107Markus KettererGNo NHL gamesBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 108Yuri KhmylevL263 GP · 152 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 131Paul RushforthCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 179Dean TiltgenCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 203Todd SimonC15 GP · 1 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 227Rick KowalskiRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 251Chris ClancyLBUFBuffalo Sabres