1994 NHL Draft

Tomas Holmström in the 1994 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Tomas Holmström 257th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 10.

He was the 14th of the 17 Swedes selected that year. It was the ninth of the 10 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 1026, and only 6 have scored more points than his 530.

Overall pick: 257
Round and pick: Round 10, pick 23
Drafting team: DETDetroit Red Wings
Date: June 29, 1994
Age at the draft: 21 years

The picks around it

Picks 254–260 in the 1994 draft

254Jimmy RoyCDALDallas Stars
255Neil SavaryGBOSBoston Bruins
256Sergei BerezinL502 GP · 286 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
257Tomas HolmströmL1026 GP · 530 PDETDetroit Red Wings
258Mikhail KazakevichCPITPittsburgh Penguins
259Scott SwanjordGNJDNew Jersey Devils
260Radoslav KropacRNYRNew York Rangers

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1994 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1994 class

14th

of 17 Swedes selected

150th

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

Every Swede in the 1994 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tomas Holmström made his NHL debut on October 5, 1996, 2 years and 98 days after the draft.

1026

Games

243

Goals

287

Assists

530

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1994 draft

23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDETDetroit Red Wings
49Mathieu DandenaultR868 GP · 203 PDETDetroit Red Wings
75Sean GillamDDETDetroit Red Wings
114Frederic DeschenesGDETDetroit Red Wings
127Doug BattagliaLDETDetroit Red Wings
153Pavel AgarkovRDETDetroit Red Wings
205Jason ElliottGNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
231Jeff MikeschCDETDetroit Red Wings
257Tomas HolmströmL1026 GP · 530 PDETDetroit Red Wings
283Toivo SuursooRDETDetroit Red Wings