2012 NHL Draft
Teuvo Teravainen in the 2012 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Teuvo Teravainen 18th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 9 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 842, and only 3 have scored more points than his 558.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 2012 draft
- 15Cody CeciD961 GP · 245 POTTOttawa Senators
- 16Tom WilsonR924 GP · 463 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 17Tomas HertlC893 GP · 622 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 18Teuvo TeravainenC842 GP · 558 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 19Andrei VasilevskiyG612 GP · 379 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 20Scott LaughtonC761 GP · 294 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 21Mark JankowskiL498 GP · 154 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
1st
of 9 Finns selected
9th
of 110 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 18Teuvo TeravainenC842 GP · 558 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 22Olli MaattaD821 GP · 215 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 34Ville PokkaDNYINew York Islanders
- 62Joonas KorpisaloG336 GP · 142 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 74Esa LindellD779 GP · 250 PDALDallas Stars
- 118Mikko VainonenDNSHNashville Predators
- 144Henri KiviahoGDALDallas Stars
- 148Niklas TikkinenDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 176Petteri LindbohmD49 GP · 4 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Teuvo Teravainen made his NHL debut on March 25, 2014, 1 year and 276 days after the draft.
842
Games
186
Goals
372
Assists
558
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2012 draft
- 18Teuvo TeravainenC842 GP · 558 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 48Dillon FournierDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 79Chris CalnanRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 139Garret RossLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 149Travis BrownDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 169Vinnie HinostrozaC477 GP · 179 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 191Brandon WhitneyGCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 199Matt TomkinsG8 GP · 4 WCHIChicago Blackhawks