1999 NHL Draft
Konstantin Koltsov in the 1999 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Konstantin Koltsov 18th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 2 Belarusians selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 144 games put him 50th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 1999 draft
- 15Scott KelmanCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Belarusians selected
- 18Konstantin KoltsovL144 GP · 38 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 259Yauhenni KurilinCCARCarolina Hurricanes
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Konstantin Koltsov made his NHL debut on January 28, 2003, 3 years and 216 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1999 draft
- 18Konstantin KoltsovL144 GP · 38 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 51Matt MurleyL62 GP · 9 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 57Jeremy Van HoofDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 86Sebastien CaronG95 GP · 26 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 115Ryan MaloneL647 GP · 370 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 144Tomas SkvaridloCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 157Vladimir MalenkykhDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 176Doug MeyerLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 204Tom KostopoulosR630 GP · 157 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 233Darcy RobinsonDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 261Andrew McPhersonLPITPittsburgh Penguins