2001 NHL Draft
Pasi Nurminen in the 2001 NHL Draft
Atlanta Thrashers selected Pasi Nurminen 189th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 6.
He was the 16th of the 24 Finns selected that year. It was the sixth of the 9 picks Atlanta Thrashers made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 125 games put him 72nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 189
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 24
- Drafting team
- ATLAtlanta Thrashers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 25 years
The picks around it
Picks 186–192 in the 2001 draft
- 186Petr PuncocharDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 187Artem VostrikovCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 188Art FemenellaDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 189Pasi NurminenG125 GP · 48 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 190Brett ScheffelmaierDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 191Zbynek NovakFWSHWashington Capitals
- 192Jussi JokinenL951 GP · 563 PDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
16th
of 24 Finns selected
24th
of 34 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 48Tuomas PihlmanL15 GP · 2 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 83Henrik JuntunenRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 89Tuomas NissinenGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 102Timo ParssinenL17 GP · 3 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 108Tomi MakiR1 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 109Martti JarventieD1 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 111Matti KaltiainenGBOSBoston Bruins
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Pasi Nurminen made his NHL debut on January 30, 2002, 220 days after the draft.
125
Games
48
Wins
5
Shutouts
.904
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Atlanta Thrashers picks in the 2001 draft
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 80Michael GarnettG24 GP · 10 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 100Brian SipotzDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 112Milan GajicCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 135Colin StuartL56 GP · 13 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 189Pasi NurminenG125 GP · 48 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 199Matt SudermanDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 201Colin FitzrandolphCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 262Mario CartelliDATLAtlanta Thrashers