1993 NHL Draft
Petri Varis in the 1993 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Petri Varis 132nd overall in the 1993 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 6.
He was the fifth of the 8 Finns selected that year. It was the seventh of the 13 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 127th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 132
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 2
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 24 years
The picks around it
Picks 129–135 in the 1993 draft
- 129Andrei SapozhnikovDBOSBoston Bruins
- 130Chris KelleherD1 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 131Rick BodkinCOTTOttawa Senators
- 132Petri VarisL1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 133Kiley HillLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 134Antti AaltoC151 GP · 28 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 135Alain NasreddineD74 GP · 5 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1993 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 21Saku KoivuC1124 GP · 832 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 36Janne NiinimaaD741 GP · 319 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 58Ville PeltonenL382 GP · 148 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 128Jonni VauhkonenLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 132Petri VarisL1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 134Antti AaltoC151 GP · 28 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 146Jere KaralahtiD149 GP · 27 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 250Kimmo TimonenD1108 GP · 571 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Petri Varis made his NHL debut on December 14, 1997, 4 years and 171 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 1993 draft
- 6Viktor KozlovC897 GP · 537 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 28Shean DonovanR951 GP · 241 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 45Vlastimil KroupaD105 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 58Ville PeltonenL382 GP · 148 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 80Alexander OsadchyDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 106Andrei BuschanDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 132Petri VarisL1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 154Fredrik OduyaDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 158Anatoli FilatovRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 184Todd HoltRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 210Jonas ForsbergGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 236Jeff SalajkoGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 262Jamie MatthewsCSJSSan Jose Sharks