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1994 NHL Draft

Vaclav Varada in the 1994 NHL Draft

San Jose Sharks selected Vaclav Varada 89th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 4.

He was the seventh of the 16 Czechs selected that year. It was the fourth of the 12 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 493 games put him 42nd in the class.

Overall pick
89
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 11
Drafting team
SJSSan Jose Sharks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 86–92 in the 1994 draft

  1. 86Dimitri KlevakinLTBL
  2. 87Milan HejdukR1020 GP · 805 PQUE
  3. 88Adam MagarrellDPHI
  4. 89Vaclav VaradaR493 GP · 183 PSJS
  5. 90Brad LukowichD658 GP · 113 PNYI
  6. 91Ryan DuthieCCGY
  7. 92Mike DubinskyRVAN

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

7th
of 16 Czechs selected
53rd
of 166 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Czechs selected

  1. 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTT
  2. 29Stan NeckarD510 GP · 53 POTT
  3. 35Josef MarhaC159 GP · 53 PQUE
  4. 37Angel NikolovDSJS
  5. 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJD
  6. 87Milan HejdukR1020 GP · 805 PQUE
  7. 89Vaclav VaradaR493 GP · 183 PSJS
  8. 103Zdenek SkorepaLNJD
  9. 106Pavel TrnkaD411 GP · 77 PANA
  10. 172Roman VopatL133 GP · 20 PSTL

+ 6 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 1994 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Vaclav Varada made his NHL debut on April 14, 1996, 1 year and 290 days after the draft.

493
Games
58
Goals
125
Assists
183
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

San Jose Sharks picks in the 1994 draft

  1. 11Jeff FriesenL893 GP · 516 PSJS
  2. 37Angel NikolovDSJS
  3. 66Alexei YegorovR11 GP · 6 PSJS
  4. 89Vaclav VaradaR493 GP · 183 PSJS
  5. 115Brian SwansonC70 GP · 17 PSJS
  6. 141Alexander KorolyukL296 GP · 142 PSJS
  7. 167Sergei GorbachevRSJS
  8. 193Eric LandryRSJS
  9. 219Evgeni NabokovG697 GP · 353 WSJS
  10. 240Tomas PisaRSJS
  11. 245Aniket DhadphaleLSJS
  12. 271David BeauregardLSJS