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2006 NHL Draft

Petteri Wirtanen in the 2006 NHL Draft

Anaheim Ducks selected Petteri Wirtanen 172nd overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 6.

He was the twelfth of the 13 Finns selected that year. It was the fifth and last of the 5 picks Anaheim Ducks made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 81st in the class.

Overall pick
172
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 19
Drafting team
ANAAnaheim Ducks
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 169–175 in the 2006 draft

  1. 169Chris AugerCCHI
  2. 170Alexander BumaginFEDM
  3. 171Brian DayRNYI
  4. 172Petteri WirtanenC3 GP · 1 PANA
  5. 173Stefan RidderwallGNYI
  6. 174Eric HunterCNYR
  7. 175Michael DupontGPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2006 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2006 class

12th
of 13 Finns selected
95th
of 122 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 15Riku HeleniusG1 GP · 0 WTBL
  2. 60Jesse JoensuuL129 GP · 24 PNYI
  3. 97Oskar OsalaL3 GP · 0 PWSH
  4. 101Joonas LehtivuoriDPHI
  5. 105Niko SnellmanFNSH
  6. 129Robert NyholmRCBJ
  7. 132Niko HovinenGMIN
  8. 149Juuso PuustinenRCGY
  9. 150Max WarnLDAL
  10. 156Jan-Mikael JuutilainenCCHI

+ 3 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2006 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Petteri Wirtanen made his NHL debut on October 17, 2007, 1 year and 115 days after the draft.

3
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Anaheim Ducks picks in the 2006 draft

  1. 19Mark MiteraDANA
  2. 38Bryce SwanRANA
  3. 83John De GrayDANA
  4. 112Matt BeleskeyL477 GP · 158 PANA
  5. 172Petteri WirtanenC3 GP · 1 PANA