1993 NHL Draft
Anders Eriksson in the 1993 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Anders Eriksson 22nd overall in the 1993 NHL Draft.
He was the fifth of the 18 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. His 572 games put him 37th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 22
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 22
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 19–25 in the 1993 draft
- 19Landon WilsonR375 GP · 119 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 20Mike WilsonD336 GP · 57 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 21Saku KoivuC1124 GP · 832 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 22Anders ErikssonD572 GP · 176 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 23Todd BertuzziR1159 GP · 770 PNYINew York Islanders
- 24Eric LecompteLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 25Kevyn AdamsC540 GP · 136 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1993 class
5th
of 18 Swedes selected
6th
of 93 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 8Niklas SundströmR750 GP · 349 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 12Kenny JönssonD686 GP · 267 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 15Mats LindgrenC387 GP · 128 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 18Jesper MattssonRCGYCalgary Flames
- 22Anders ErikssonD572 GP · 176 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 26Stefan BergqvistD7 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 67Mikael TjalldenDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 104Jonas Andersson-JunkkaDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 118Tommy SaloG526 GP · 210 WNYINew York Islanders
- 139Per SvartvadetC247 GP · 51 PDALDallas Stars
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Anders Eriksson made his NHL debut on April 14, 1996, 2 years and 293 days after the draft.
572
Games
22
Goals
154
Assists
176
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1993 draft
- 22Anders ErikssonD572 GP · 176 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 48Jonathan ColemanDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 74Kevin HiltonCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 97John JakopinD113 GP · 7 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 100Benoit LaroseDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 126Norm MaracleG66 GP · 14 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 152Tim SpitzigRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 178Yuri YereskoDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 204Viteslav SkutaDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 230Ryan ShanahanRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 256James KoseckiGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 282Gordon HuntCDETDetroit Red Wings