1994 NHL Draft
Ed Jovanovski in the 1994 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Ed Jovanovski first overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1128, and only 8 have scored more points than his 500.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 1994 draft
- 1Ed JovanovskiD1128 GP · 500 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
1st
of 286 players selected
1st
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
Ed Jovanovski made his NHL debut on November 2, 1995, 1 year and 127 days after the draft.
1128
Games
137
Goals
363
Assists
500
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 1994 draft
- 1Ed JovanovskiD1128 GP · 500 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 27Rhett WarrenerD714 GP · 106 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 31Jason PodollanC41 GP · 6 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 36Ryan JohnsonC701 GP · 122 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 84David NemirovskyR91 GP · 38 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 105Dave GerisDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 157Matt O'DetteRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 183Jasson BoudriasCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 235Tero LehteraLFLAFlorida Panthers
- 261Per GustafssonD89 GP · 35 PFLAFlorida Panthers