1995 NHL Draft
Per-Johan Axelsson in the 1995 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Per-Johan Axelsson 177th overall in the 1995 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 7.
He was the fifth of the 8 Swedes selected that year. It was the seventh of the 9 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 797 games put him 14th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 177
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 21
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 174–180 in the 1995 draft
- 174Richard RochefortCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 175Steve TardifCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 176Ryan GillisDCGYCalgary Flames
- 177Per-Johan AxelssonL797 GP · 287 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 178Martin StreitRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 179Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD269 GP · 20 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 180Derrick PykeRPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
5th
of 8 Swedes selected
99th
of 128 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 88Daniel TjärnqvistD352 GP · 90 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 96Henrik RehnbergDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 98Jan LabraatenLCGYCalgary Flames
- 112Niklas AngerRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 177Per-Johan AxelssonL797 GP · 287 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 182Per EklundLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 189Fredrik LovenCWINWinnipeg Jets
- 234David EngblomCDETDetroit Red Wings
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Per-Johan Axelsson made his NHL debut on October 2, 1997, 2 years and 86 days after the draft.
797
Games
103
Goals
184
Assists
287
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 1995 draft
- 9Kyle McLarenD719 GP · 207 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 21Sean BrownD436 GP · 57 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 47Paxton SchaferG3 GP · 0 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 73Bill McCauleyCBOSBoston Bruins
- 99Cameron MannR93 GP · 24 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 151Yevgeny ShaldybinD3 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 177Per-Johan AxelssonL797 GP · 287 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 203Sergei ZhukovDBOSBoston Bruins
- 229Jonathan MurphyDBOSBoston Bruins