2012_KHL_Junior_Draft Knowpia

2012 KHL Junior Draft
2012 KHL Junior Draft
General information
Date(s)	25–26 May 2012
Location	Chelyabinsk, Russia
Overview
League	KHL
First selection	Denis Alexandrov; Selected by: SKA Saint Petersburg
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The 2012 KHL Junior Draft was the fourth entry draft held by the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), taking place on 25–26 May 2012 in Traktor Sport Palace. Ice hockey players from around the world aged between 17 and 21 years of age were selected. Players eligible to take part in the draft were required to not have an active contract with a KHL, MHL or VHL team. A total of 998 players participated in the draft, 778 of these playing in Russia, 110 in Europe and 110 in North America.

Denis Alexandrov, a defenceman from MHC Krylya Sovetov, was the first overall selection, chosen by SKA Saint Petersburg.^[1]

Selections by round edit

Round 1 edit

Rank	Player	Position	Nationality	KHL team	Drafted from	Protected player
1	Denis Alexandrov	D	Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg	Krylya Sovetov
2	Aleksander Barkov	F	Finland Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Tappara Tampere
3	Rinat Valiyev	D	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan
4	Nikita Zadorov	D	Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow
5	Viktor Baldayev	D	Russia	Atlant Moscow Oblast	Kristall Elektrostal
6	Vladislav Boyko	F	Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	Krylia Sovetov
7	Radek Faksa	F	Czech Republic	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Kitchener Rangers
8	Nikolay Goldobin	F	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Vityaz Chekhov
9	Rihards Bukarts	F	Latvia	Dinamo Riga	Kapitan Stupino
10	Dmitri Yudin	D	Russia	HC Yugra	Spotnik Nizhny Tagil
11	Valeri Nichushkin		Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk	1/5
12	Roman Graborenko	D	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk	Drummondville Voltigeurs
13	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	Finland	Amur Khabarovsk	TPS Turku
14	Tomáš Hertl	F	Czech Republic	Severstal Cherepovets	HC Slavia Prague
15	Stanislav Znitchenko		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk	1/5
16	Ivan Fichtchenko		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk	2/5
17	Madiar Ibraibekov	D	Kazakhstan	Barys Astana	Barys Astana
18	Andrei Filonenko	G	Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow
19	Martin Gernát	D	Slovakia	Salavat Yulayev Ufa	Edmonton Oil Kings
20	Sergei Stetsenko		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow	1/5
21	Mikhaïl Tikhonov		Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg	HK Russ
22	Ruzal Galeyev	F	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan
23	Ville Pokka	D	Finland	Avangard Omsk	Kärpät Oulu
24	Ruslan Bazanov	D	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	HK CSKA Moscow
25	Pavel Buchnevich		Russia	Severstal Tcherepovets	Severstal Tcherepovets	1/5
26	Juuso Ikonen	F	Finland	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Blues Espoo
27	Artyom Kuleshov	D	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Krylia Sovetov
28	Sergei Tolchinsky	F	Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow
29	Vladislav Lysenko	D	Ukraine	Atlant Moscow Oblast	Atlant Moscow Oblast	1/5
30	Hampus Lindholm	D	Sweden	HC Donbass	Rögle BK
31	Tomáš Rachůnek	F	Czech Republic	HC Lev Praha	HC Sparta Prague
32	Marko Daňo	F	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava	HC Dukla Trenčín

Round 2 edit

Rank	Player	Position	Nationality	KHL team	Drafted from	Protected player
33	Ivan Barbashev		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo	1/5
34	Andrei Alexeyev		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo	2/5
35	Grigory Dikushin		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow	2/5
36	Nikita Serebriakov		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo	3/5
37	Viktor Gavrikov	D	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
38	Viktor Shakhvorostov	F	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan
39	Konstantin Zavarin		Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk	2/5
40	Alexander Charov		Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk	3/5
41	Phil Baltisberger	D	Switzerland	HC Yugra	ZSC Lions
42	Rickard Rakell	F	Sweden	Sibir Novossibirsk	Plymouth Whalers
43	Igor Shestyorkin	G	Russia	HK Spartak Moscow	Krylia Sovetov
44	Maxim Mamin	F	Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow
45	Alexei Zakarlyukin	F	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk	4/5
46	Pavel Medvedev	D	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	OHK Dinamo
47	Daniil Zharkov	F	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Belleville Bulls
48	Georgs Golovkovs	F	Latvia	Dinamo Riga	Metalurgs Liepaja
49	Konstantin Okulov		Russia	Sibir Novossibirsk	Sibir Novossibirsk	1/5
50	Valentin Zykov		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow	3/5
51	Forfeited pick			HK Spartak Moscow
52	Kirill Vorobev		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow	4/5
53	Alexander Charov		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow	5/5
54	Niklas Tikkinen	F	Finland	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Espoo Blues Jr.
55	Johan Gustafsson	G	Sweden	Amur Khabarovsk	Luleå HF
56	Ludvig Byström	D	Sweden	Severstal Cherepovets	MODO Hockey
57	Artturi Lehkonen	F	Finland	SKA Saint Petersburg	TPS Turku
58	Vyacheslav Volkov	G	Russia	Atlant Moscow Oblast	HK CSKA Moscow
59	Roman Dubinin	D	Russia	Salavat Yulayev Ufa	Salavat Yulayev Ufa
60	Sergei Diachenko	A	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	HK Russ
61	Ruslan Trubkin	D	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan
62	Nikolai Glukhov	D	Russia	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk
63	Igor Majouga		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk	3/5
64	Pavel Zykov	A	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	HK CSKA Moscow
65	Vladimir Briukvin	A	Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo
66	Pontus Åberg	A	Sweden	SKA Saint Petersburg	Djurgården
67	Vladimir Yonin	A	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk
68	Erik Karlsson^[2]^[3]	D	Sweden	HC Donbass	Frölunda HC
69	Vojtěch Mozík	D	Czech Republic	HC Lev Praha	BK Mladá Boleslav
70	Martin Réway	A	Czech Republic Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava	HC Sparta Prague

Round 3 edit

Rank	Player	Position	Nationality	KHL team	Drafted from	Protected player
71	Rushan Rafikov	D	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
72	Nikita Shatskin		Russia	Vityaz Chekhov	Vityaz Chekhov
73	Vladimir Tkatchev		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk	4/5
74	Alexei Abrosimov		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk	5/5
75	Vadim Khrischpents		Russia	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Avangard Omsk
76	Roman Rachinsky		Russia	Sibir Novossibirsk	Sibir Novossibirsk	2/5
77	Yegor Yudov		Russia	HK Spartak Moscow	Krylia Sovetov
78	Georgy Makkaev		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	HK CSKA Moscow
79	Koo Danila		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	Lada Togliatti
80	Vsevolod Yastrebkov		Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan	1/5
81	Maxim Pushkarsky		Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan	2/5
82	Ziyat Paigin		Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan	3/5
83	Evgeni Lyzin		Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan	4/5
84	Dmitri Kashtanov		Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan	5/5
85	Rafael Chakurov		Russia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Ak Bars Kazan
86	Ilya Ivanov		Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Vityaz Chekhov
87	Elvis Merzļikins	G	Latvia	Dinamo Riga	HC Lugano jr.
88	Artyom Mikeyev		Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan
89	Denis Dalidovitch	F	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk	Minot Minotauros
90	Jani Hakanpää	D	Finland	Amur Khabarovsk	Espoo Blues
91	Sven Bärtschi	F	Switzerland	Severstal Cherepovets	Calgary Flames
92	Calle Andersson	D	Sweden	SKA Saint Petersburg	Färjestads BK
93	Vladislav Gritskikh		Russia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Ak Bars Kazan
94	Nicklas Jensen	A	Denmark	Salavat Yulayev Ufa	Oshawa Generals
95	Evgeni Filin		Russia	Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod	Neftianik Almetievsk
96	Forfeited pick			Ak Bars Kazan
97	Ivan Teterin		Russia	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	1/5
98	Anton Nekryach		Russia	Sibir Novossibirsk	Sibir Novossibirsk	2/5
99	Evgeni Kubasov		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Sibir Novossibirsk
100	Andrei Alexeyev		Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Ak Bars Kazan
101	Ivan Bocharov		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo
102	André Burakovsky	A	Sweden	SKA Saint Petersburg	Malmö Redhawks
103	Artyom Penkovsky		Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk
104	Yegor Morozov		Russia	HC Donbass	Lada Togliatti
105	Lukáš Žejdl	A	Czech Republic	HC Lev Praha	HC Slavia Prague
106	Dominik Rehák	A	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava	MsHK Žilina

Round 4 edit

Rank	Player	Position	Nationality	KHL team	Drafted from	Protected player
107	Alexander Mokchantsev	F	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
108	Timur Bilyalov		Russia	Ak Bars Kazan	Ak Bars Kazan
109	Stepan Khripunov		Russia	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Salavat Yulayev Ufa	1/5
110	Vladislav Vorolayev		Russia	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Spoutnik Nizhni Taguil
111	Jakub Orsava	F	Czech Republic	Sibir Novossibirsk	HC Trinec
112	Artyom Prokhorov		Russia	HK CSKA Moscow	Krylia Sovetov
113	Nikita Cherepanov		Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
114	Nathan MacKinnon	F	Canada	Vityaz Chekhov	Halifax Mooseheads
115	Kevin Antipov		Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	HK CSKA Moscow
116	Igor Boldin		Russia	HK Spartak Moscow	HK Spartak Moscow
117	Pavel Popov		Russia	Yugra Khanty-Mansiïsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk
118	Kristian Khenkel	D	Belarus	Dinamo Minsk	HK Yunost Minsk
119	Joonas Korpisalo	G	Finland	Amur Khabarovsk	Jokerit jr.
120	Kirill Grigoriev		Russia	Severstal Cherepovets	HK Russ
121	Nikita Mikhailis	F	Kazakhstan	Barys Astana	Barys Astana
122	Dmitri Vorobyov		Russia	HK Spartak Moscow	Krylia Sovetov
123	Nikita Setdikov		Russia	Salavat Yulayev Ufa	HK Russ
124	Dmitri Yermochenko		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo
125	Fredrik Claesson	D	Sweden	Severstal Cherepovets	Djurgården
126	Fyodor Kozlovski		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Avangard Omsk
127	Vadim Orekhov		Russia	Sibir Novossibirsk	Sibir Novossibirsk
128	Andrei Mironov		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo
129	Jonatan Nielsen	D	Sweden	SKA Saint Petersburg	Linköpings HC
130	Andrei Yerofeyev		Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk
131	Henri Ikonen	F	Finland	HC Donbass	KalPa
132	Jan Košťálek	D	Czech Republic	HC Lev Praha	HC Sparta Prague
133	Matej Paulovič	F	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava	Färjestad BK jr.

Round 5 edit

Rank	Player	Position	Nationality	KHL team	Drafted from	Protected player
134	Dmitry Boychuk		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo	4/5
135	Roman Nikolayev		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo	5/5
136	Andrei Guerashshenko		Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	OHK Dinamo
137	Vincent Trocheck	F	United States	Vityaz Chekhov	Saginaw Spirit
138	Maxim Belopachentsev		Russia	Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod	Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod	1/5
139	Anatoli Golychev		Russia	Avtomobilist Yekaterinnburg	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
140	Wilhelm Westlund	D	Sweden	Metallourg Magnitogorsk	Färjestad BK
141	Shane Prince	F	United States	Vityaz Chekhov	Ottawa 67's
142	Viktor Zakharov	F	Ukraine	HK CSKA Moscow	HC Donbass
143	Ilya Korenev		Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Lokomotiv Iaroslavl	Protected
144	Alexander Bryntsev		Russia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
145	Ville Husso	G	Finland	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	HIFK jr.
146	Ralf Rinke	F	Germany Latvia	Dinamo Riga	EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06
147	Dmitri Arsenyuk		Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	1/5
148	Pavel Varfomoleïev		Russia	Yugra Khanty-Mansyisk	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
149	Roman Dyukov		Belarus	Dinamo Minsk	HK Yunost Minsk
150	Vladislav Maslikin		Russia	Sibir Novossibirsk	Sibir Novossibirsk
151	Max Friberg	F	Sweden	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Timrå IK
152	Roman Stepanenko	D	Kazakhstan	Barys Astana	Barys Astana
153	Denis Lyapustin		Russia	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
154	Artyom Moskalev		Russia	SKA Saint Petersburg	SKA Saint Petersburg	1/5
155	Matěj Beran	F	Czech Republic	Salavat Yulayev Oufa	Prince Edward Island Rocket
156	Yegor Ivanov		Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Traktor Chelyabinsk	5/5
157	Dmitri Yakunin		Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	HK CSKA Moscow
158	Dmitri Marchenkov		Russia	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
159	Sergei Boldirev		Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2/5
160	Anton Bespalov		Russia	Avangard Omsk
161	Stanislav Perekhodyuk		Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	HK CSKA Moscow
162	Saveli Ilyin		Russia	OHK Dinamo	OHK Dinamo
163	Konstantin Luchevnikov		Russia	Avangard Omsk	Mechel Chelyabinsk
164	Spencer Humphries	D	Canada	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Calgary Hitmen
165	Vladimir Abashkin		Russia	HC Donbass	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
164	Roman Will	G	Czech Republic	HC Lev Praha	Moncton Wildcats
165	Patrik Koyš	F	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava	HC Dukla Trenčín jr.

References edit

^ "Денис Александров выбран СКА под первым номером драфта". EUROSPORT.ru. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
^ The KHL website incorrectly states that Miko Vainonen was selected in this position
^ "Хоккейный клуб "Донбасс" – Официальный сайт | ХК Донбасс".