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Richard Zednik in the 1994 NHL Draft

Washington Capitals selected Richard Zednik 249th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 10.

He was the second of the 4 Slovaks selected that year. It was the tenth of the 11 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 745 games put him 19th in the class.

Overall pick
249
Round and pick
Round 10, pick 15
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

Picks 246–252 in the 1994 draft

  1. 246Kirk DewaeleDNYI
  2. 247Tyson NashL374 GP · 64 PVAN
  3. 248Lars WeibelGCHI
  4. 249Richard ZednikR745 GP · 379 PWSH
  5. 250Kevin HarperDSTL
  6. 251Mark PolakCBUF
  7. 252Chris AldousDMTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 1994 class

2nd
of 4 Slovaks selected
145th
of 166 forwards selected

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

First Slovaks selected

  1. 52Rudolf VercikLNYR
  2. 249Richard ZednikR745 GP · 379 PWSH
  3. 260Radoslav KropacRNYR
  4. 270Jan LipianskyLPHI

The road to the NHL

Richard Zednik made his NHL debut on April 13, 1996, 1 year and 289 days after the draft.

745
Games
200
Goals
179
Assists
379
Points

NHL regular season to date.

Washington Capitals picks in the 1994 draft

  1. 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSH
  2. 15Alexander KharlamovRWSH
  3. 41Scott CherreyLWSH
  4. 93Matthew HerrC58 GP · 9 PWSH
  5. 119Yanick JeanDWSH
  6. 145Dimitri MekeshkinDWSH
  7. 171Daniel RejaCWSH
  8. 197Chris PatrickLWSH
  9. 223John TuohyDWSH
  10. 249Richard ZednikR745 GP · 379 PWSH
  11. 275Sergei TertyshnyDWSH