2000 NHL Draft
Jukka Hentunen in the 2000 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Jukka Hentunen 176th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 6.
He was the eighth of the 19 Finns selected that year. It was the seventh of the 9 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 38 games put him 73rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 176
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 9
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 26 years
The picks around it
Picks 173–179 in the 2000 draft
- 173Tomas HarantDNSHNashville Predators
- 174Jarno KultanenD102 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 175Sven HelfensteinFNYRNew York Rangers
- 176Jukka HentunenR38 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 177Michael AyersGCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 178Jeff DwyerDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 179Vadim SozinovCTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
8th
of 19 Finns selected
98th
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 39Teemu LaineRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 41Tero MaattaDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 66Tuukka MakelaDBOSBoston Bruins
- 101Arto TukioDNYINew York Islanders
- 117Olli MalmivaaraD2 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 174Jarno KultanenD102 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 176Jukka HentunenR38 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 200Janne JokilaLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 209Markus SeikolaDTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jukka Hentunen made his NHL debut on October 13, 2001, 1 year and 110 days after the draft.
38
Games
4
Goals
5
Assists
9
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 2000 draft
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 40Kurtis FosterD405 GP · 160 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 46Jarret StollC872 GP · 388 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 116Levente SzuperGNo NHL gamesCGYCalgary Flames
- 141Wade DavisDCGYCalgary Flames
- 155Travis MoenL747 GP · 136 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 176Jukka HentunenR38 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 239David HajekDCGYCalgary Flames
- 270Micki DupontD23 GP · 4 PCGYCalgary Flames