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1986 NHL Draft

Hannu Jarvenpaa in the 1986 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Hannu Jarvenpaa 71st overall in the 1986 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 4.

He was the seventh of the 10 Finns selected that year. It was the fourth of the 11 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 114 games put him 51st in the class.

Overall pick
71
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 8
Drafting team
WINWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
23 years

Montréal Canadiens had already picked him in 1982, 145th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.

The picks around it

Picks 68–74 in the 1986 draft

  1. 68David BaseggioDBUF
  2. 69Kent HulstCTOR
  3. 70Ronnie SternR638 GP · 161 PVAN
  4. 71Hannu JarvenpaaR114 GP · 37 PWIN
  5. 72Mark JanssensC711 GP · 113 PNYR
  6. 73Glen FeatherstoneD384 GP · 80 PSTL
  7. 74Brian ChapmanD3 GP · 0 PHFD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1986 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1986 class

7th
of 10 Finns selected
42nd
of 145 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 23Jukka SeppoLPHI
  2. 29Teppo NumminenD1372 GP · 637 PWIN
  3. 34Pekka TirkkonenCBOS
  4. 45Janne OjanenC98 GP · 44 PNJD
  5. 50Esa PalosaariRWIN
  6. 57Jyrki LummeD985 GP · 468 PMTL
  7. 71Hannu JarvenpaaR114 GP · 37 PWIN
  8. 96Jari GronstrandD185 GP · 34 PMNS
  9. 146Sami WahlstenLPHI
  10. 187Tero ToivolaRWSH
Every pick from Finland in the 1986 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Hannu Jarvenpaa made his NHL debut on October 9, 1986, 110 days after the draft.

114
Games
11
Goals
26
Assists
37
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1986 draft

  1. 8Pat ElynuikR506 GP · 342 PWIN
  2. 29Teppo NumminenD1372 GP · 637 PWIN
  3. 50Esa PalosaariRWIN
  4. 71Hannu JarvenpaaR114 GP · 37 PWIN
  5. 92Craig EndeanL2 GP · 1 PWIN
  6. 113John BatemanDWIN
  7. 155Frank FurlanGWIN
  8. 176Mark GreenLWIN
  9. 197John BlueG46 GP · 16 WWIN
  10. 218Matt CoteDWIN
  11. 239Arto BlomstenD25 GP · 4 PWIN