2020 NHL Draft
Vasily Ponomarev in the 2020 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Vasily Ponomarev 53rd overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, with the 22nd pick of round 2.
He was the seventh of the 24 Russians selected that year. It was the third of the 8 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 2020, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 77th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 53
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 22
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 50–56 in the 2020 draft
- 50Yan KuznetsovD74 GP · 15 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 51Theodor NiederbachCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 52Joel BlomqvistG15 GP · 4 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 53Vasily PonomarevC9 GP · 2 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 54Emil AndraeD112 GP · 22 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 55Cross HanasLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 56Tristen RobinsC3 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2020 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 11Yaroslav AskarovG75 GP · 30 WNSHNashville Predators
- 15Rodion AmirovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 20Shakir MukhamadullinD95 GP · 23 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Egor ChinakhovR259 GP · 117 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 37Marat KhusnutdinovC185 GP · 55 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 50Yan KuznetsovD74 GP · 15 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 53Vasily PonomarevC9 GP · 2 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 61Egor SokolovL13 GP · 2 POTTOttawa Senators
- 69Alexander NikishinD81 GP · 33 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 76Danil GushchinL18 GP · 5 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vasily Ponomarev made his NHL debut on January 5, 2024, 3 years and 90 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2020 draft
- 13Seth JarvisR382 GP · 286 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 41Noel GunlerRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 53Vasily PonomarevC9 GP · 2 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 69Alexander NikishinD81 GP · 33 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 115Zion NybeckLCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 159Lucas MercuriCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 199Alexander PashinRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 208Ronan SeeleyD1 GP · 0 PCARCarolina Hurricanes