1994 NHL Draft
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
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 22–28 in the 1994 draft
- 22Jeffrey KealtyDQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 24Chris WellsC195 GP · 29 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 26Dan CloutierG351 GP · 139 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 27Rhett WarrenerD714 GP · 106 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 28Johan DavidssonC83 GP · 15 PANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 15Alexander KharlamovRWSHWashington Capitals
- 21Yevgeni RyabchikovGBOSBoston Bruins
- 23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 45Dmitri RiabykinDCGYCalgary Flames
- 55Vadim EpanchintsevCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 59Vitali YachmenevR487 GP · 216 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 62Artem AnisimovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 66Alexei YegorovR11 GP · 6 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 76Alexei KrivchenkovDPITPittsburgh Penguins
+ 20 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vadim Sharifijanov made his NHL debut on January 3, 1997, 2 years and 189 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1994 draft
- 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 51Patrik EliasC1240 GP · 1025 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 71Sheldon SourayD758 GP · 300 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 103Zdenek SkorepaLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 129Christian GosselinDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 134Ryan SmartCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 155Luciano CaravaggioGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 181Jeff WilliamsCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 207Eric BertrandL15 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 233Steve SullivanL1011 GP · 747 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 259Scott SwanjordGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 269Mike HansonCNJDNew Jersey Devils