Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Samun hankalin masu binciken NHL, Kovalenko ya kasance na 33rd a tsakanin 'yan wasan motsa jiki na duniya, kafin a zaɓe shi a zagaye na shida, na 171 a gaba ɗaya, ta Colorado Avalanche a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 2018. Ya bi gurbin mahaifinsa wanda Quebec Nordiques ya rubuta shi a cikin 1990 NHL Entry Draft
kuma ya buga wasanni uku-da-lokaci tare da ikon mallakar Quebec / Colorado.