1995 NHL Draft
Jan Hrdina in the 1995 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Jan Hrdina 128th overall in the 1995 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 5.
He was the eleventh of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the fourth of the 8 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 513 games put him 27th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 128
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 24
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 125–131 in the 1995 draft
- 125Chad WilchynskiDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 126David ArsenaultGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 127Jeff AmbrosioLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 128Jan HrdinaC513 GP · 297 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 129Brent JohnsonG309 GP · 140 WCOLColorado Avalanche
- 130Michal BrosCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 131David HruskaROTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
11th
of 21 Czechs selected
71st
of 128 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 10Radek DvorakR1260 GP · 590 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 18Petr SykoraR1017 GP · 721 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 28Jan HlavacL436 GP · 224 PNYINew York Islanders
- 50Pavel RosaR36 GP · 18 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 57Lukas ZibDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 60Miloslav GurenD36 GP · 4 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 63Petr BuzekD157 GP · 31 PDALDallas Stars
- 97Pavel KrizDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 109Jan SnopekDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 111Marian MenhartDBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jan Hrdina made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 3 years and 94 days after the draft.
513
Games
101
Goals
196
Assists
297
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1995 draft
- 24Aleksey MorozovR451 GP · 219 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 76Jean-Sebastien AubinG218 GP · 80 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 102Oleg BelovCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 128Jan HrdinaC513 GP · 297 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 154Alexei KolkunovCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 180Derrick PykeRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 206Sergei VoronovDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 232Frank IvankovicGPITPittsburgh Penguins