1995 NHL Draft
Sami Kapanen in the 1995 NHL Draft
Hartford Whalers selected Sami Kapanen 87th overall in the 1995 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 4.
He was the sixth of the 13 Finns selected that year. It was the fourth of the 8 picks Hartford Whalers made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1995, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 831, and only 8 have scored more points than his 458.
- Overall pick
- 87
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 9
- Drafting team
- HFDHartford Whalers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 22 years
The picks around it
Picks 84–90 in the 1995 draft
- 84Justin KurtzD27 GP · 8 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 85Ian MacNeilC2 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 86Jonathan DelisleR1 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 87Sami KapanenR831 GP · 458 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 88Daniel TjärnqvistD352 GP · 90 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 89Kevin BolibruckDOTTOttawa Senators
- 90Vesa ToskalaG266 GP · 129 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1995 class
6th
of 13 Finns selected
51st
of 128 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Aki BergD606 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 12Teemu RiihijarviLSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 23Miika ElomoC2 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 64Marko MakinenRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 81Tomi KallioR140 GP · 55 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 87Sami KapanenR831 GP · 458 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 90Vesa ToskalaG266 GP · 129 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 116Miikka KiprusoffG623 GP · 319 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 140Timo HakanenCSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 163Juha VuorivirtaCLAKLos Angeles Kings
+ 3 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sami Kapanen made his NHL debut on December 13, 1995, 158 days after the draft.
831
Games
189
Goals
269
Assists
458
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Hartford Whalers picks in the 1995 draft
- 13Jean-Sebastien GiguereG597 GP · 262 WHFDHartford Whalers
- 35Sergei FedotovDHFDHartford Whalers
- 85Ian MacNeilC2 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 87Sami KapanenR831 GP · 458 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 113Hugh HamiltonDHFDHartford Whalers
- 165Byron RitchieC324 GP · 58 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 191Milan KostolnyRHFDHartford Whalers
- 217Michael RucinskiD26 GP · 2 PHFDHartford Whalers