1995 NHL Draft
Georges Laraque in the 1995 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Georges Laraque 31st overall in the 1995 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 8 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 695 games put him 17th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 31
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 5
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 28–34 in the 1995 draft
- 28Jan HlavacL436 GP · 224 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Brian WesenbergR1 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 30Mike McBainD64 GP · 7 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 31Georges LaraqueR695 GP · 153 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 32Marc ChouinardC320 GP · 78 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 33Donald MacLeanC41 GP · 13 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 34Jason DoigD158 GP · 24 PWINWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
31st
of 234 players selected
16th
of 128 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Bryan BerardD619 GP · 323 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Wade ReddenD1023 GP · 457 PNYINew York Islanders
- 3Aki BergD606 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 4Chad KilgerL714 GP · 218 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 5Daymond LangkowC1090 GP · 672 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 6Steve KellyC149 GP · 21 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Shane DoanR1540 GP · 972 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 8Terry RyanL8 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 9Kyle McLarenD719 GP · 207 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 10Radek DvorakR1260 GP · 590 PFLAFlorida Panthers
+ 224 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Georges Laraque made his NHL debut on November 15, 1997, 2 years and 130 days after the draft.
695
Games
53
Goals
100
Assists
153
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 1995 draft
- 6Steve KellyC149 GP · 21 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 31Georges LaraqueR695 GP · 153 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 57Lukas ZibDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 83Mike MinardG1 GP · 1 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 109Jan SnopekDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 161Martin CervenCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 187Steven DouglasDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 213Jiri AntoninDEDMEdmonton Oilers