1994 NHL Draft
Mattias Öhlund in the 1994 NHL Draft
Vancouver Canucks selected Mattias Öhlund 13th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 909.
- Overall pick
- 13
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 13
- Drafting team
- VANVancouver Canucks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 10–16 in the 1994 draft
- 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 11Jeff FriesenL893 GP · 516 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 12Wade BelakR549 GP · 33 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 13Mattias ÖhlundD909 GP · 343 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 14Ethan MoreauL928 GP · 287 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 15Alexander KharlamovRWSHWashington Capitals
- 16Eric FichaudG95 GP · 22 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
1st
of 17 Swedes selected
4th
of 90 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 13Mattias ÖhlundD909 GP · 343 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 28Johan DavidssonC83 GP · 15 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 64Fredrik ModinL898 GP · 462 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 97Johan FinnstromDCGYCalgary Flames
- 107Nils EkmanR264 GP · 151 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 120Edvin FrylenDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 133Daniel AlfredssonR1246 GP · 1157 POTTOttawa Senators
- 149Patrik HaltiaGCGYCalgary Flames
- 200Peter StromLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 203Peter HogardhCNYINew York Islanders
+ 7 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mattias Öhlund made his NHL debut on October 3, 1997, 3 years and 97 days after the draft.
909
Games
93
Goals
250
Assists
343
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Vancouver Canucks picks in the 1994 draft
- 13Mattias ÖhlundD909 GP · 343 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 39Robb GordonC4 GP · 0 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 42Dave ScatchardC659 GP · 269 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 65Chad AllanDVANVancouver Canucks
- 92Mike DubinskyRVANVancouver Canucks
- 117Yanick DubeCVANVancouver Canucks
- 169Yuri KuznetsovCVANVancouver Canucks
- 195Rob TrumbleyCVANVancouver Canucks
- 221Bill MuckaltR256 GP · 97 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 247Tyson NashL374 GP · 64 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 273Robert LongpreCVANVancouver Canucks