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Yan Golubovsky in the 1994 NHL Draft

Detroit Red Wings selected Yan Golubovsky 23rd overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.

He was the third of the 30 Russians selected that year. It was the first 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. His 56 games put him 91st in the class.

Overall pick
23
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 23
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

Picks 20–26 in the 1994 draft

  1. 20Jason BotterillL88 GP · 14 PDAL
  2. 21Yevgeni RyabchikovGBOS
  3. 22Jeffrey KealtyDQUE
  4. 23Yan GolubovskyD56 GP · 8 PDET
  5. 24Chris WellsC195 GP · 29 PPIT
  6. 25Vadim SharifijanovR92 GP · 37 PNJD
  7. 26Dan CloutierG351 GP · 139 WNYR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 1994 class

3rd
of 30 Russians selected
7th
of 90 defensemen 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

Yan Golubovsky made his NHL debut on December 12, 1997, 3 years and 167 days after the draft.

56
Games
1
Goals
7
Assists
8
Points

NHL regular season to date.

Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1994 draft