1994 NHL Draft
Chris Wells in the 1994 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Chris Wells 24th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 14 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 195 games put him 67th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 24
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 24
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 21–27 in the 1994 draft
- 21Yevgeni RyabchikovGBOSBoston Bruins
- 22Jeffrey KealtyDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 24Chris WellsC195 GP · 29 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 26Dan CloutierG351 GP · 139 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 27Rhett WarrenerD714 GP · 106 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
24th
of 286 players selected
14th
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 Wells made his NHL debut on October 21, 1995, 1 year and 115 days after the draft.
195
Games
9
Goals
20
Assists
29
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1994 draft
- 24Chris WellsC195 GP · 29 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 50Richard ParkR738 GP · 241 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 57Sven ButenschonD140 GP · 14 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 73Greg CrozierL1 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 76Alexei KrivchenkovDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 102Thomas O'ConnorDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 128Clint JohnsonLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 154Valentin MorozovCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 161Serge AubinC374 GP · 108 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 180Drew PalmerDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 206Boris ZelenkoLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 232Jason GodboutDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 258Mikhail KazakevichCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 284Brian LeitzaGPITPittsburgh Penguins