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1994 NHL Draft

Patrik Elias in the 1994 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Patrik Elias 51st overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 2.

He was the fifth of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the second of the 12 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 1240, and only one has scored more points than his 1025.

Overall pick
51
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 25
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 48–54 in the 1994 draft

  1. 48Sean HaggertyL14 GP · 3 PTOR
  2. 49Mathieu DandenaultR868 GP · 203 PDET
  3. 50Richard ParkR738 GP · 241 PPIT
  4. 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJD
  5. 52Rudolf VercikLNYR
  6. 53Corey NeilsonDEDM
  7. 54Chris MurrayR242 GP · 34 PMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1994 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1994 class

5th
of 16 Czechs selected
33rd
of 166 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Czechs selected

  1. 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTT
  2. 29Stan NeckarD510 GP · 53 POTT
  3. 35Josef MarhaC159 GP · 53 PQUE
  4. 37Angel NikolovDSJS
  5. 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJD
  6. 87Milan HejdukR1020 GP · 805 PQUE
  7. 89Vaclav VaradaR493 GP · 183 PSJS
  8. 103Zdenek SkorepaLNJD
  9. 106Pavel TrnkaD411 GP · 77 PANA
  10. 172Roman VopatL133 GP · 20 PSTL

+ 6 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 1994 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Patrik Elias made his NHL debut on December 7, 1995, 1 year and 162 days after the draft.

1240
Games
408
Goals
617
Assists
1025
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1994 draft

  1. 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJD
  2. 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJD
  3. 71Sheldon SourayD758 GP · 300 PNJD
  4. 103Zdenek SkorepaLNJD
  5. 129Christian GosselinDNJD
  6. 134Ryan SmartCNJD
  7. 155Luciano CaravaggioGNJD
  8. 181Jeff WilliamsCNJD
  9. 207Eric BertrandL15 GP · 0 PNJD
  10. 233Steve SullivanL1011 GP · 747 PNJD
  11. 259Scott SwanjordGNJD
  12. 269Mike HansonCNJD