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1996 NHL Draft

Kai Nurminen in the 1996 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Kai Nurminen 193rd overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 8.

He was the fifth of the 8 Finns selected that year. It was the ninth of the 10 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 69 games put him 63rd in the class.

Overall pick
193
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 4
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
27 years

The picks around it

Picks 190–196 in the 1996 draft

  1. 190Steve ValiquetteG46 GP · 16 WLAK
  2. 191Cory CyrenneCSJS
  3. 192Evgeny KorolevD42 GP · 5 PNYI
  4. 193Kai NurminenL69 GP · 28 PLAK
  5. 194Joel KwiatkowskiD282 GP · 45 PDAL
  6. 195Fernando PisaniR462 GP · 169 PEDM
  7. 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTL

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

5th
of 8 Finns selected
108th
of 138 forwards 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

Kai Nurminen made his NHL debut on October 4, 1996, 104 days after the draft.

69
Games
17
Goals
11
Assists
28
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 30Josh GreenC341 GP · 76 PLAK
  2. 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAK
  3. 57Greg PhillipsCLAK
  4. 84Mikael SimonsCLAK
  5. 96Eric BelangerC820 GP · 358 PLAK
  6. 120Jesse BlackDLAK
  7. 123Peter HoganDLAK
  8. 190Steve ValiquetteG46 GP · 16 WLAK
  9. 193Kai NurminenL69 GP · 28 PLAK
  10. 219Sebastien SimardLLAK