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1998 NHL Draft

Niko Kapanen in the 1998 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected Niko Kapanen 173rd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 6.

He was the eighth of the 12 Finns selected that year. It was the fifth of the 6 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 397 games put him 42nd in the class.

Overall pick
173
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 28
Drafting team
DALDallas Stars
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 170–176 in the 1998 draft

  1. 170Andrei TroschinskyCSTL
  2. 171Pavel DatsyukC953 GP · 918 PDET
  3. 172Jacques LariviereLNJD
  4. 173Niko KapanenC397 GP · 126 PDAL
  5. 174Brett AllanLTBL
  6. 175Cam OndrikGPHI
  7. 176B.J. KetchesonDFLA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

8th
of 12 Finns selected
103rd
of 156 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 43Ossi VaananenD479 GP · 68 PPHX
  2. 56Tomek ValtonenRDET
  3. 68Jarkko RuutuL652 GP · 142 PVAN
  4. 96Mikko JokelaD1 GP · 0 PNJD
  5. 113Kristian AntilaGEDM
  6. 158Jari ViuhkolaCCHI
  7. 168Antero NiittymakiG234 GP · 95 WPHI
  8. 173Niko KapanenC397 GP · 126 PDAL
  9. 190Tommi HannusCLAK
  10. 224Mika LehtoGPIT

+ 2 more

Every pick from Finland in the 1998 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Niko Kapanen made his NHL debut on October 9, 2001, 3 years and 104 days after the draft.

397
Games
36
Goals
90
Assists
126
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Dallas Stars picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 39John ErskineD491 GP · 54 PDAL
  2. 57Tyler BouckL91 GP · 12 PDAL
  3. 86Gabriel KarlssonCDAL
  4. 153Pavel PateraL32 GP · 9 PDAL
  5. 173Niko KapanenC397 GP · 126 PDAL
  6. 200Scott PerryCDAL