1994 NHL Draft
Oleg Tverdovsky in the 1994 NHL Draft
Anaheim Ducks selected Oleg Tverdovsky 2nd overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 4 Ukrainians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 713 games put him 25th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 2
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 2
- Drafting team
- ANAAnaheim Ducks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–5 in the 1994 draft
- 1Ed JovanovskiD1128 GP · 500 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Jeff O'NeillC821 GP · 496 PHFDHartford Whalers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
1st
of 4 Ukrainians selected
2nd
of 90 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Ukrainians selected
- 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 121Sergei KlimentievDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 135Yuri LitvinovCNYRNew York Rangers
- 182Alexei LazarenkoRNYRNew York Rangers
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Oleg Tverdovsky made his NHL debut on January 21, 1995, 207 days after the draft.
713
Games
77
Goals
240
Assists
317
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Anaheim Ducks picks in the 1994 draft
- 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 28Johan DavidssonC83 GP · 15 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 67Craig ReichertR3 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 80Byron BriskeDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 106Pavel TrnkaD411 GP · 77 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 132Bates BattagliaL580 GP · 198 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 158Rocky WelsingDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 184Brad EnglehartLANAAnaheim Ducks
- 236Tommi MiettinenCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 262Jeremy StevensonL207 GP · 38 PANAAnaheim Ducks