1997 NHL Draft
Antti Laaksonen in the 1997 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Antti Laaksonen 191st overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 8.
He was the tenth of the 12 Finns selected that year. It was the tenth of the 12 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 483 games put him 26th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 191
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 1
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 23 years
The picks around it
Picks 188–194 in the 1997 draft
- 188Mathieu BenoitRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 189Jeff McKercherDDALDallas Stars
- 190Shawn ThorntonL705 GP · 102 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 191Antti LaaksonenL483 GP · 168 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 192Cam SeversonL37 GP · 3 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 193Jay KopischkeLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 194Russ BartlettCTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
10th
of 12 Finns selected
109th
of 136 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Olli JokinenC1231 GP · 750 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 21Mika NoronenG71 GP · 23 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 43Juha GustafssonDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 58Jani HurmeG76 GP · 29 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 65Ilkka MikkolaDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 78Ville NieminenL385 GP · 117 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 93Tomi KallarssonDNYRNew York Rangers
- 132Teemo ElomoLDALDallas Stars
- 170Eero SomervuoriRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 191Antti LaaksonenL483 GP · 168 PBOSBoston Bruins
+ 2 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Antti Laaksonen made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 1 year and 111 days after the draft.
483
Games
81
Goals
87
Assists
168
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 1997 draft
- 1Joe ThorntonC1714 GP · 1539 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 27Ben ClymerR438 GP · 129 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 54Mattias KarlinCBOSBoston Bruins
- 63Lee GorenR67 GP · 9 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 81Karol BartanusRBOSBoston Bruins
- 135Denis TimofeevDBOSBoston Bruins
- 162Joel TrottierRBOSBoston Bruins
- 180Jim BaxterDBOSBoston Bruins
- 191Antti LaaksonenL483 GP · 168 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 218Eric Van AckerDBOSBoston Bruins
- 246Jay HendersonL33 GP · 4 PBOSBoston Bruins