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Vadim Sharifijanov in the 1994 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Vadim Sharifijanov 25th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.

He was the fourth of the 30 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 92 games put him 80th in the class.

Overall pick
25
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 25
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

Picks 22–28 in the 1994 draft

  1. 22Jeffrey KealtyDQUE
  2. 23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDET
  3. 24Chris WellsC195 GP · 29 PPIT
  4. 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJD
  5. 26Dan CloutierG351 GP · 139 WNYR
  6. 27Rhett WarrenerD714 GP · 106 PFLA
  7. 28Johan DavidssonC83 GP · 15 PANA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 1994 class

4th
of 30 Russians selected
15th
of 166 forwards selected

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

First Russians selected

  1. 15Alexander KharlamovRWSH
  2. 21Yevgeni RyabchikovGBOS
  3. 23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDET
  4. 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJD
  5. 45Dmitri RiabykinDCGY
  6. 55Vadim EpanchintsevCTBL
  7. 59Vitali YachmenevR487 GP · 216 PLAK
  8. 62Artem AnisimovDPHI
  9. 66Alexei YegorovR11 GP · 6 PSJS
  10. 76Alexei KrivchenkovDPIT

+ 20 more

The road to the NHL

Vadim Sharifijanov made his NHL debut on January 3, 1997, 2 years and 189 days after the draft.

92
Games
16
Goals
21
Assists
37
Points

NHL regular season to date.

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1994 draft

  1. 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJD
  2. 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJD
  3. 71Sheldon SourayD758 GP · 300 PNJD
  4. 103Zdenek SkorepaLNJD
  5. 129Christian GosselinDNJD
  6. 134Ryan SmartCNJD
  7. 155Luciano CaravaggioGNJD
  8. 181Jeff WilliamsCNJD
  9. 207Eric BertrandL15 GP · 0 PNJD
  10. 233Steve SullivanL1011 GP · 747 PNJD
  11. 259Scott SwanjordGNJD
  12. 269Mike HansonCNJD