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1994 NHL Draft

Jeff Friesen in the 1994 NHL Draft

San Jose Sharks selected Jeff Friesen 11th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 12 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 893 games put him 12th in the class, but only 7 have scored more points than his 516.

Overall pick
11
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 11
Drafting team
SJSSan Jose Sharks
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 8–14 in the 1994 draft

  1. 8Jason WiemerC726 GP · 202 PTBL
  2. 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYI
  3. 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSH
  4. 11Jeff FriesenL893 GP · 516 PSJS
  5. 12Wade BelakR549 GP · 33 PQUE
  6. 13Mattias ÖhlundD909 GP · 343 PVAN
  7. 14Ethan MoreauL928 GP · 287 PCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1994 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1994 class

11th
of 286 players selected
7th
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

  1. 1Ed JovanovskiD1128 GP · 500 PFLA
  2. 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANA
  3. 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTT
  4. 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDM
  5. 5Jeff O'NeillC821 GP · 496 PHFD
  6. 6Ryan SmythL1270 GP · 842 PEDM
  7. 7Jamie StorrG219 GP · 85 WLAK
  8. 8Jason WiemerC726 GP · 202 PTBL
  9. 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYI
  10. 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSH

+ 276 more

The 1994 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jeff Friesen made his NHL debut on January 20, 1995, 206 days after the draft.

893
Games
218
Goals
298
Assists
516
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

San Jose Sharks picks in the 1994 draft

  1. 11Jeff FriesenL893 GP · 516 PSJS
  2. 37Angel NikolovDSJS
  3. 66Alexei YegorovR11 GP · 6 PSJS
  4. 89Vaclav VaradaR493 GP · 183 PSJS
  5. 115Brian SwansonC70 GP · 17 PSJS
  6. 141Alexander KorolyukL296 GP · 142 PSJS
  7. 167Sergei GorbachevRSJS
  8. 193Eric LandryRSJS
  9. 219Evgeni NabokovG697 GP · 353 WSJS
  10. 240Tomas PisaRSJS
  11. 245Aniket DhadphaleLSJS
  12. 271David BeauregardLSJS