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2002 NHL Draft

Hannu Toivonen in the 2002 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Hannu Toivonen 29th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.

He was the fifth of the 26 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 61 games put him 71st in the class.

Overall pick
29
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 29
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 26–32 in the 2002 draft

  1. 26Martin VagnerDDAL
  2. 27Mike MorrisRSJS
  3. 28Jonas JohanssonR1 GP · 0 PCOL
  4. 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOS
  5. 30Jim SlaterC584 GP · 138 PATL
  6. 31Jeff DeslauriersG62 GP · 23 WEDM
  7. 32Janos VasFDAL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

5th
of 26 Finns selected
3rd
of 33 goaltenders selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATL
  2. 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHI
  3. 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDM
  4. 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYI
  5. 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOS
  6. 75Arttu LuttinenFOTT
  7. 95Valtteri FilppulaC1056 GP · 530 PDET
  8. 103Joonas VihkoFANA
  9. 107Mikko KaltevaDCOL
  10. 110Jarkko A. ImmonenCDAL

+ 16 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2002 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Hannu Toivonen made his NHL debut on October 8, 2005, 3 years and 108 days after the draft.

61
Games
18
Wins
1
Shutouts
.890
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOS
  2. 56Vladislav EvseevLBOS
  3. 130Jan KubistaRBOS
  4. 153Peter HamerlikGBOS
  5. 228Dmitri UtkinLBOS
  6. 259Yan StastnyC91 GP · 16 PBOS
  7. 290Pavel FrolovFBOS