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2015 NHL Draft

Niko Mikkola in the 2015 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Niko Mikkola 127th overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 5.

He was the eighth of the 14 Finns selected that year. It was the fourth of the 6 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2015, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 415 games put him 43rd in the class.

Overall pick
127
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 6
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 124–130 in the 2015 draft

  1. 124Ethan BearD275 GP · 67 PEDM
  2. 125Dmytro TimashovL45 GP · 9 PTOR
  3. 126Luke StevensLCAR
  4. 127Niko MikkolaD415 GP · 77 PSTL
  5. 128David KaseR7 GP · 1 PPHI
  6. 129Sam RuoppDCBJ
  7. 130Karlis CuksteDSJS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2015 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2015 class

8th
of 14 Finns selected
41st
of 73 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 10Mikko RantanenR733 GP · 803 PCOL
  2. 35Sebastian AhoC775 GP · 737 PCAR
  3. 49Roope HintzC538 GP · 436 PDAL
  4. 59Julius NattinenCANA
  5. 73Vili SaarijarviDDET
  6. 89Aleksi SaarelaC9 GP · 4 PNYR
  7. 118Jonne TammelaRTBL
  8. 127Niko MikkolaD415 GP · 77 PSTL
  9. 141Veeti VainioDCBJ
  10. 163Markus RuusuGDAL

+ 4 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2015 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Niko Mikkola made his NHL debut on January 7, 2020, 4 years and 194 days after the draft.

415
Games
19
Goals
58
Assists
77
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 2015 draft

  1. 56Vince DunnD639 GP · 340 PSTL
  2. 94Adam MusilCSTL
  3. 116Glenn GawdinC13 GP · 1 PSTL
  4. 127Niko MikkolaD415 GP · 77 PSTL
  5. 146Luke OpilkaGSTL
  6. 176Liam DundaLSTL