1994 NHL Draft
Nils Ekman in the 1994 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Nils Ekman 107th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 5.
He was the fifth of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 13 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 264 games put him 60th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 107
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 3
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 104–110 in the 1994 draft
- 104Sylvain BlouinL115 GP · 7 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 105Dave GerisDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 106Pavel TrnkaD411 GP · 77 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 107Nils EkmanR264 GP · 151 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 108Craig MillsR31 GP · 5 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 109Ryan RisidoreDHFDHartford Whalers
- 110Jon GaskinsDEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
5th
of 17 Swedes selected
64th
of 166 forwards 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
Nils Ekman made his NHL debut on December 10, 1999, 5 years and 164 days after the draft.
264
Games
60
Goals
91
Assists
151
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 1994 draft
- 19Chris DingmanL385 GP · 34 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 45Dmitri RiabykinDCGYCalgary Flames
- 77Chris ClarkR607 GP · 214 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 91Ryan DuthieCCGYCalgary Flames
- 97Johan FinnstromDCGYCalgary Flames
- 107Nils EkmanR264 GP · 151 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 123Frank AppelDCGYCalgary Flames
- 149Patrik HaltiaGCGYCalgary Flames
- 175Ladislav KohnR186 GP · 42 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 201Keith McCambridgeDCGYCalgary Flames
- 227Jörgen JönssonC81 GP · 31 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 253Mike PelusoR38 GP · 6 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 279Pavel TorgaevC55 GP · 20 PCGYCalgary Flames