1997 NHL Draft
Sergei Samsonov in the 1997 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Sergei Samsonov 8th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 12 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 888 games put him 14th in the class, but only 5 have scored more points than his 571.
- Overall pick
- 8
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 8
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 5–11 in the 1997 draft
- 5Eric BrewerD1009 GP · 271 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Daniel TkaczukC19 GP · 11 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Paul MaraD734 GP · 253 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Nick BoyntonD605 GP · 144 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 10Brad FerenceD250 GP · 34 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 11Jason WardR336 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
1st
of 19 Russians selected
5th
of 136 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 51Dmitri KokorevDCGYCalgary Flames
- 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDALDallas Stars
- 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 95Ivan NovoseltsevR234 GP · 75 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 103Mikhail ChernovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 118Konstantin SidulovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 135Denis TimofeevDBOSBoston Bruins
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sergei Samsonov made his NHL debut on October 2, 1997, 103 days after the draft.
888
Games
235
Goals
336
Assists
571
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 1997 draft
- 1Joe ThorntonC1714 GP · 1539 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 27Ben ClymerR438 GP · 129 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 54Mattias KarlinCBOSBoston Bruins
- 63Lee GorenR67 GP · 9 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 81Karol BartanusRBOSBoston Bruins
- 135Denis TimofeevDBOSBoston Bruins
- 162Joel TrottierRBOSBoston Bruins
- 180Jim BaxterDBOSBoston Bruins
- 191Antti LaaksonenL483 GP · 168 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 218Eric Van AckerDBOSBoston Bruins
- 246Jay HendersonL33 GP · 4 PBOSBoston Bruins