1994 NHL Draft
Sheldon Souray in the 1994 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Sheldon Souray 71st overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 3.
It was the third 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. His 758 games put him 18th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 71
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 19
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 68–74 in the 1994 draft
- 68Stephane RoyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 69Ruman NdurD69 GP · 5 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 70Marko KiprusoffD51 GP · 10 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 71Sheldon SourayD758 GP · 300 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 72Chris DruryC892 GP · 615 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 73Greg CrozierL1 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 74Martin BelangerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
71st
of 286 players selected
23rd
of 90 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ed JovanovskiD1128 GP · 500 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Jeff O'NeillC821 GP · 496 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 6Ryan SmythL1270 GP · 842 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Jamie StorrG219 GP · 85 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 8Jason WiemerC726 GP · 202 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSHWashington Capitals
+ 276 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sheldon Souray made his NHL debut on October 17, 1997, 3 years and 110 days after the draft.
758
Games
109
Goals
191
Assists
300
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1994 draft
- 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 71Sheldon SourayD758 GP · 300 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 103Zdenek SkorepaLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 129Christian GosselinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 134Ryan SmartCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 155Luciano CaravaggioGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 181Jeff WilliamsCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 207Eric BertrandL15 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 233Steve SullivanL1011 GP · 747 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 259Scott SwanjordGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 269Mike HansonCNJDNew Jersey Devils