1991 NHL Draft
Oleg Petrov in the 1991 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Oleg Petrov 127th overall in the 1991 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 6.
He was the tenth of the 22 Russians selected that year. It was the ninth of the 15 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1991, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 382 games put him 43rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 127
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 17
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 124–130 in the 1991 draft
- 124Brian HolzingerC547 GP · 238 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 125Fredrik JaxRNYRNew York Rangers
- 126Brian CliffordCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 127Oleg PetrovR382 GP · 187 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 128Barry YoungDNYRNew York Rangers
- 129Bobby MarshallDCGYCalgary Flames
- 130Brett SeguinCLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1991 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 15Alex KovalevR1316 GP · 1029 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 49Dmitri FilimonovD30 GP · 5 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 71Igor KravchukD699 GP · 274 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 98Dimitri MotkovDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 99Yan KaminskyL26 GP · 5 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 102Alexei KudashovC25 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 117Jevgeni NamestnikovD43 GP · 9 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 120Alexander KuzminskyCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 122Dmitry YushkevichD786 GP · 225 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 127Oleg PetrovR382 GP · 187 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Oleg Petrov made his NHL debut on October 6, 1992, 1 year and 106 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1991 draft
- 17Brent BilodeauDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 28Jim CampbellR285 GP · 136 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Craig DarbyC196 GP · 56 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 61Yves SaraultL106 GP · 20 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 73Vladimir VujtekL110 GP · 37 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 83Sylvain LapointeDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100Brad LayzellDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 105Tony PrpicRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 127Oleg PetrovR382 GP · 187 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 149Brady KramerCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 171Brian SavageL674 GP · 359 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 193Scott FraserR71 GP · 31 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 215Greg MacEachernDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 237Paul LeplerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 259Dale HooperDMTLMontréal Canadiens