1994 NHL Draft
Roman Vopat in the 1994 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Roman Vopat 172nd overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 7.
He was the tenth of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the fourth of the 8 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 133 games put him 74th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 172
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 16
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 169–175 in the 1994 draft
- 169Yuri KuznetsovCVANVancouver Canucks
- 170Tyler ProsofskyCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 171Daniel RejaCWSHWashington Capitals
- 172Roman VopatL133 GP · 20 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 173Shane HnidyD550 GP · 71 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 174Jessie RezansoffRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 175Ladislav KohnR186 GP · 42 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
10th
of 16 Czechs selected
100th
of 166 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTTOttawa Senators
- 29Stan NeckarD510 GP · 53 POTTOttawa Senators
- 35Josef MarhaC159 GP · 53 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 37Angel NikolovDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 87Milan HejdukR1020 GP · 805 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 89Vaclav VaradaR493 GP · 183 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 103Zdenek SkorepaLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 106Pavel TrnkaD411 GP · 77 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 172Roman VopatL133 GP · 20 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Roman Vopat made his NHL debut on October 7, 1995, 1 year and 100 days after the draft.
133
Games
6
Goals
14
Assists
20
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 1994 draft
- 68Stephane RoyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 94Tyler HarltonDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 120Edvin FrylenDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 172Roman VopatL133 GP · 20 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 198Steve NobleCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 224Marc StephanCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 250Kevin HarperDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 276Scott FankhouserG23 GP · 4 WSTLSt. Louis Blues