1994 NHL Draft
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
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 20–26 in the 1994 draft
- 20Jason BotterillL88 GP · 14 PDALDallas Stars
- 21Yevgeni RyabchikovGBOSBoston Bruins
- 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
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
Yan Golubovsky made his NHL debut on December 12, 1997, 3 years and 167 days after the draft.
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