1996 NHL Draft
Oleg Kvasha in the 1996 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Oleg Kvasha 65th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 3.
He was the sixth of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 9 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 493 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 65
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 13
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 62–68 in the 1996 draft
- 62Per-Anton LundstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 63Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 64Chester GallantRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 65Oleg KvashaC493 GP · 217 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 66Mike LankshearDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 67Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 68Konstantin KalmikovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
6th
of 21 Russians selected
35th
of 138 forwards 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
Oleg Kvasha made his NHL debut on October 9, 1998, 2 years and 109 days after the draft.
493
Games
81
Goals
136
Assists
217
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 1996 draft
- 20Marcus NilsonL521 GP · 168 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 60Chris AllenD2 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 65Oleg KvashaC493 GP · 217 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 82Joey TetarenkoR73 GP · 5 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 129Andrew LongCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 156Gaetan PoirierLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 183Alexandre CoutureDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 209Denis KhloptonovGFLAFlorida Panthers
- 235Russell SmithDFLAFlorida Panthers