The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey staff. Eight writers have ranked players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2022 in the Colorado Avalancheorganization. Each participant used their own metric of value to rank each player. Now, we’ll count down each of the 25 players ranked.
Player: Nikolai Kovalenko
Age: 22
Position: RW
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 180 lbs
Likely 2022-23 team: Torpedo (KHL)
Final Rank: #19
2021 Rank: #24
High Rank: #17 (Ezra)
Low Rank: #20 (Evan, Adrian)
The Avalanche selected Nikolai Kovalenko, the son of former Avalanche/Nordique Andrei Kovalenko, with the 171st selection in the 2018 NHL Draft.