1995 NHL Draft
Aki Berg in the 1995 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Aki Berg 3rd overall in the 1995 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 13 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 606 games put him 21st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 1995 draft
- 1Bryan BerardD619 GP · 323 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Wade ReddenD1023 GP · 457 PNYINew York Islanders
- 3Aki BergD606 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 4Chad KilgerL714 GP · 218 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 5Daymond LangkowC1090 GP · 672 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 6Steve KellyC149 GP · 21 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
1st
of 13 Finns selected
3rd
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Aki BergD606 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 12Teemu RiihijarviLSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 23Miika ElomoC2 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 64Marko MakinenRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 81Tomi KallioR140 GP · 55 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 87Sami KapanenR831 GP · 458 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 90Vesa ToskalaG266 GP · 129 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 116Miikka KiprusoffG623 GP · 319 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 140Timo HakanenCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 163Juha VuorivirtaCLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 3 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Aki Berg made his NHL debut on October 7, 1995, 91 days after the draft.
606
Games
15
Goals
70
Assists
85
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1995 draft
- 3Aki BergD606 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 33Donald MacLeanC41 GP · 13 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 50Pavel RosaR36 GP · 18 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 59Vladimir TsyplakovL331 GP · 170 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 118Jason MorganC44 GP · 7 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 137Igor MelyakovRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 157Benoit LaroseDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 163Juha VuorivirtaCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 215Brian StewartDLAKLos Angeles Kings