1996 NHL Draft
Yuri Babenko in the 1996 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Yuri Babenko 51st overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 13 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 90th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 51
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 25
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 48–54 in the 1996 draft
- 48Daniel GoneauL53 GP · 15 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 49Colin WhiteD797 GP · 129 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 50Francis LariveeGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 52Aren MillerGNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 53Eric NaudLBOSBoston Bruins
- 54Francois MethotCBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
3rd
of 21 Russians selected
28th
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
Yuri Babenko made his NHL debut on November 22, 2000, 4 years and 153 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 1996 draft
- 25Peter RatchukD32 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 79Mark ParrishR722 GP · 387 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 98Ben StoreyDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 107Randy PetrukGNo NHL gamesCOLColorado Avalanche
- 134Luke CurtinLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 146Brian WillsieR381 GP · 109 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 160Kai FischerGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 167Dan HinoteR503 GP · 90 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 176Samuel PåhlssonC798 GP · 199 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 188Roman PylnerCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 214Matthew ScorsuneDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 240Justin ClarkRCOLColorado Avalanche