1999 NHL Draft
Kirill Safronov in the 1999 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Kirill Safronov 19th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 29 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 9 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 35 games put him 73rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 19
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 19
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 16–22 in the 1999 draft
- 16David TanabeD449 GP · 114 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 17Barret JackmanD876 GP · 186 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 18Konstantin KoltsovL144 GP · 38 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 19Kirill SafronovD35 GP · 4 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 20Barrett HeistenL10 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 21Nick BoyntonD605 GP · 144 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 22Maxime OuelletG12 GP · 2 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
2nd
of 29 Russians selected
5th
of 88 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 11Oleg SaprykinL325 GP · 137 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 19Kirill SafronovD35 GP · 4 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 36Alexei SemenovD211 GP · 33 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 39Alexander ButurlinLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Andrei SheferLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 46Dimitri LevinskiRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 63Stepan MokhovDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 105Alexandr ChagodayevCANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 19 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Kirill Safronov made his NHL debut on December 23, 2001, 2 years and 180 days after the draft.
35
Games
2
Goals
2
Assists
4
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 1999 draft
- 15Scott KelmanCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 19Kirill SafronovD35 GP · 4 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 53Brad RalphL1 GP · 0 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 71Jason JaspersC9 GP · 1 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 116Ryan LauzonCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 123Preston MizziCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 168Erik LewerstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 234Goran BezinaD3 GP · 0 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 262Alexei LitvinenkoDPHXPhoenix Coyotes