Skip to content
HOCKEYSWEDES
SV
Everything about the Swedes in the NHL - right nowThe night every morning on@HockeySwedesCom

1996 NHL Draft

Antti Jussi Niemi in the 1996 NHL Draft

Ottawa Senators selected Antti Jussi Niemi 81st overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 4.

He was the first of the 8 Finns selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 29 games put him 77th in the class.

Overall pick
81
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 1
Drafting team
OTTOttawa Senators
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 78–84 in the 1996 draft

  1. 78Shawn McNeilCWSH
  2. 79Mark ParrishR722 GP · 387 PCOL
  3. 80Jason DoyleRBOS
  4. 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTT
  5. 82Joey TetarenkoR73 GP · 5 PFLA
  6. 83Tyrone GarnerG3 GP · 0 WNYI
  7. 84Mikael SimonsCLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

1st
of 8 Finns selected
28th
of 80 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTT
  2. 89Toni LydmanD847 GP · 242 PCGY
  3. 172Timo AhmaojaDANA
  4. 181Timo VertalaLMTL
  5. 193Kai NurminenL69 GP · 28 PLAK
  6. 225Pasi PetrilainenDNJD
  7. 238Timo SeikkulaCPIT
  8. 239Sami SaloD878 GP · 339 POTT
Every pick from Finland in the 1996 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Antti Jussi Niemi made his NHL debut on October 25, 2000, 4 years and 125 days after the draft.

29
Games
1
Goals
1
Assists
2
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Ottawa Senators picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTT
  3. 136Andreas DackellR613 GP · 250 POTT
  4. 163Francois HardyDOTT
  5. 212Erich GoldmannD1 GP · 0 POTT
  6. 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTT
  7. 239Sami SaloD878 GP · 339 POTT