1992 NHL Draft
Igor Korolev in the 1992 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Igor Korolev 38th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 2.
He was the tenth of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 795 games put him 18th in the class, but only 10 have scored more points than his 346.
- Overall pick
- 38
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 14
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 21 years
The picks around it
Picks 35–41 in the 1992 draft
- 35Jozef CiernyL1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 36Jeff ShantzC642 GP · 211 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 37Martin ReichelREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 38Igor KorolevC795 GP · 346 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 39Justin HockingD1 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 40Michael PecaC864 GP · 465 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 41Sergei KlimovichC1 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
10th
of 40 Russians selected
24th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 12Sergei KrivokrasovR450 GP · 195 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 14Sergei GoncharD1301 GP · 811 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 16Dimitri KvartalnovL112 GP · 91 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 17Sergei BautinD132 GP · 30 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 27Boris MironovD716 GP · 307 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 31Denis MetlyukCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 33Valeri BureR621 GP · 400 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Igor KorolevC795 GP · 346 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 30 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Igor Korolev made his NHL debut on October 6, 1992, 108 days after the draft.
795
Games
119
Goals
227
Assists
346
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 1992 draft
- 38Igor KorolevC795 GP · 346 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 62Vitali KaramnovL92 GP · 32 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 64Vitali ProkhorovL83 GP · 30 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 86Lee LeslieLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 134Robert LachanceRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 158Ian LaperriereR1083 GP · 336 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 160Lance BurnsCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 180Igor BoldinCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 182Nicholas NaumenkoDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 206Todd HarrisDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 230Yuri GunkoDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 259Wade SalzmanGSTLSt. Louis Blues