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2006 NHL Draft

Riku Helenius in the 2006 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Riku Helenius 15th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 13 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 4 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His one game puts him 85th in the class.

Overall pick
15
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 15
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 12–18 in the 2006 draft

  1. 12Bryan LittleC843 GP · 521 PATL
  2. 13Jiri TlustyL446 GP · 177 PTOR
  3. 14Michael GrabnerL640 GP · 276 PVAN
  4. 15Riku HeleniusG1 GP · 0 WTBL
  5. 16Ty WishartD26 GP · 6 PSJS
  6. 17Trevor LewisC1034 GP · 237 PLAK
  7. 18Chris StewartR668 GP · 322 PCOL

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

1st
of 13 Finns selected
2nd
of 26 goaltenders 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

Riku Helenius made his NHL debut on January 30, 2009, 2 years and 220 days after the draft.

1
Games
0
Wins
0
Shutouts
1.000
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2006 draft

  1. 15Riku HeleniusG1 GP · 0 WTBL
  2. 78Kevin QuickD6 GP · 1 PTBL
  3. 168Dane CrowleyDTBL
  4. 198Denis KazionovLTBL