1994 NHL Draft
Wade Belak in the 1994 NHL Draft
Quebec Nordiques selected Wade Belak 12th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 13 picks Quebec Nordiques made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 549 games put him 37th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 12
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 12
- Drafting team
- QUEQuebec Nordiques
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 9–15 in the 1994 draft
- 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 11Jeff FriesenL893 GP · 516 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 12Wade BelakR549 GP · 33 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 13Mattias ÖhlundD909 GP · 343 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 14Ethan MoreauL928 GP · 287 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 15Alexander KharlamovRWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
12th
of 286 players selected
8th
of 166 forwards 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
Wade Belak made his NHL debut on December 21, 1996, 2 years and 176 days after the draft.
549
Games
8
Goals
25
Assists
33
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Quebec Nordiques picks in the 1994 draft
- 12Wade BelakR549 GP · 33 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 22Jeffrey KealtyDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 35Josef MarhaC159 GP · 53 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 61Sebastien BetyDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 72Chris DruryC892 GP · 615 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 87Milan HejdukR1020 GP · 805 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 113Tony TuzzolinoR9 GP · 0 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 139Nicholas WindsorDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 165Calvin ElfringDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 191Jason BertschRQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 217Tim ThomasG426 GP · 214 WQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 243Chris PittmanCQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 285Steven LowDQUEQuebec Nordiques