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2002 NHL Draft

Tom Koivisto in the 2002 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Tom Koivisto 253rd overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 8.

He was the 24th of the 26 Finns selected that year. It was the eighth of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 22 games put him 84th in the class.

Overall pick
253
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 24
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
28 years

The picks around it

Picks 250–256 in the 2002 draft

  1. 250Dan GloverDNJD
  2. 251Jason KostadineRCHI
  3. 252Martin ChabadaFNYI
  4. 253Tom KoivistoD22 GP · 6 PSTL
  5. 254Jarkko ImmonenC20 GP · 8 PTOR
  6. 255Ryan CraigC198 GP · 63 PTBL
  7. 256Darren ReidR21 GP · 1 PTBL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

24th
of 26 Finns selected
78th
of 92 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATL
  2. 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHI
  3. 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDM
  4. 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYI
  5. 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOS
  6. 75Arttu LuttinenFOTT
  7. 95Valtteri FilppulaC1056 GP · 530 PDET
  8. 103Joonas VihkoFANA
  9. 107Mikko KaltevaDCOL
  10. 110Jarkko A. ImmonenCDAL

+ 16 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2002 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tom Koivisto made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 109 days after the draft.

22
Games
2
Goals
4
Assists
6
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 48Alexei ShkotovRSTL
  2. 62Andrei MikhnovFSTL
  3. 89Tomas TroligaFSTL
  4. 120Robin JonssonDSTL
  5. 165Justin MaiserFSTL
  6. 190DJ KingL118 GP · 11 PSTL
  7. 221Jonas JohnsonCSTL
  8. 253Tom KoivistoD22 GP · 6 PSTL
  9. 284Ryan MacMurchyRSTL