1994 NHL Draft
Shane Hnidy in the 1994 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Shane Hnidy 173rd overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 7.
It was the seventh of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 550 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 173
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 17
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 170–176 in the 1994 draft
- 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
- 176Steve WebbR321 GP · 18 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
173rd
of 286 players selected
60th
of 90 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 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
- 6Ryan SmythL1270 GP · 842 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Jamie StorrG219 GP · 85 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 8Jason WiemerC726 GP · 202 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSHWashington Capitals
+ 276 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Shane Hnidy made his NHL debut on October 5, 2000, 6 years and 98 days after the draft.
550
Games
16
Goals
55
Assists
71
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1994 draft
- 17Wayne PrimeauC774 GP · 194 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 43Curtis BrownC736 GP · 300 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 69Ruman NdurD69 GP · 5 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 121Sergei KlimentievDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 147Cal BenazicDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 168Steve PlouffeGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 173Shane HnidyD550 GP · 71 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 176Steve WebbR321 GP · 18 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 199Bob WesterbyLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 225Craig MillarD114 GP · 22 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 251Mark PolakCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 277Shayne WrightDBUFBuffalo Sabres