1990 NHL Draft

Vyacheslav Kozlov in the 1990 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Vyacheslav Kozlov 45th overall in the 1990 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 3.

He was the first of the 13 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 250 players selected in 1990, 98 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 1182, and only 5 have scored more points than his 853.

Overall pick: 45
Round and pick: Round 3, pick 3
Drafting team: DETDetroit Red Wings
Date: June 16, 1990
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 42–48 in the 1990 draft

42Terran SandwithD8 GP · 0 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
43Brad ZavishaL2 GP · 0 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
44Kimbi DanielsC27 GP · 3 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
45Vyacheslav KozlovL1182 GP · 853 PDETDetroit Red Wings
46Bill ArmstrongDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
47Chris TherienD764 GP · 159 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
48Dan PlanteR159 GP · 23 PNYINew York Islanders

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1990 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1990 class

1st

of 13 Russians selected

27th

of 147 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Russians selected

45Vyacheslav KozlovL1182 GP · 853 PDETDetroit Red Wings
77Alexei ZhamnovC807 GP · 719 PWINWinnipeg Jets
85Sergei ZubovD1068 GP · 771 PNYRNew York Rangers
109Viacheslav ButsayevC132 GP · 43 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
114Andrei KovalevRWSHWashington Capitals
142Viktor GordioukR26 GP · 11 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
146Dimitri FrolovDCGYCalgary Flames
148Andrei KovalenkoR620 GP · 379 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
158Alexander KarpovtsevD596 GP · 188 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
221Valeri ZelepukinL595 GP · 294 PNJDNew Jersey Devils

+ 3 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1990 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Vyacheslav Kozlov made his NHL debut on March 12, 1992, 1 year and 270 days after the draft.

1182

Games

356

Goals

497

Assists

853

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1990 draft

3Keith PrimeauC909 GP · 619 PDETDetroit Red Wings
45Vyacheslav KozlovL1182 GP · 853 PDETDetroit Red Wings
66Stewart MalgunasD129 GP · 6 PDETDetroit Red Wings
87Tony BurnsDDETDetroit Red Wings
108Claude BartheDDETDetroit Red Wings
129Jason YorkD757 GP · 229 PDETDetroit Red Wings
150Wes McCauleyDDETDetroit Red Wings
171Anthony GrubaRDETDetroit Red Wings
192Travis TuckerDDETDetroit Red Wings
213Brett LarsonDDETDetroit Red Wings
234John HendryLDETDetroit Red Wings