1994 NHL Draft
Chris Murray in the 1994 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Chris Murray 54th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 13 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 242 games put him 62nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 54
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 2
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 51–57 in the 1994 draft
- 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 52Rudolf VercikLNYRNew York Rangers
- 53Corey NeilsonDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 54Chris MurrayR242 GP · 34 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 55Vadim EpanchintsevCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 56Dorian AnneckCWINWinnipeg Jets
- 57Sven ButenschonD140 GP · 14 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
54th
of 286 players selected
35th
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
Chris Murray made his NHL debut on April 12, 1995, 287 days after the draft.
242
Games
16
Goals
18
Assists
34
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1994 draft
- 18Brad BrownD330 GP · 29 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 44Jose TheodoreG648 GP · 286 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 54Chris MurrayR242 GP · 34 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 70Marko KiprusoffD51 GP · 10 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 74Martin BelangerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 96Arto KukiCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 122Jimmy DroletDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 148Joel IrvingCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 174Jessie RezansoffRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 200Peter StromLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 226Tomas VokounG700 GP · 300 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 252Chris AldousDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 278Ross ParsonsDMTLMontréal Canadiens