2017 NHL Draft
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the 2017 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 54th overall in the 2017 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 2.
He was the tenth of the 23 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 6 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2017, 105 have played in the NHL regular season. His 202 games put him 48th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 54
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 23
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 51–57 in the 2017 draft
- 51Zachary LauzonDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 52Luke MartinDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 53Jack StudnickaC129 GP · 16 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 54Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG202 GP · 98 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 55Jonah GadjovichL170 GP · 21 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 56Josh BrookDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 57Ian MitchellD110 GP · 19 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2017 class
10th
of 23 Finns selected
2nd
of 21 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 3Miro HeiskanenD567 GP · 357 PDALDallas Stars
- 16Juuso VälimäkiD280 GP · 76 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 18Urho VaakanainenD221 GP · 46 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 24Kristian VesalainenL70 GP · 5 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 29Henri JokiharjuD448 GP · 112 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 30Eeli TolvanenR444 GP · 196 PNSHNashville Predators
- 40Aleksi HeponiemiC25 GP · 6 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 42Eetu LuostarinenC467 GP · 167 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 46Robin SaloD32 GP · 9 PNYINew York Islanders
- 54Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG202 GP · 98 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 13 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made his NHL debut on April 23, 2021, 3 years and 303 days after the draft.
202
Games
98
Wins
8
Shutouts
.898
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2017 draft
- 8Casey MittelstadtC528 GP · 290 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 37Marcus DavidssonCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 54Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG202 GP · 98 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 89Oskari LaaksonenDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 99Jacob BrysonD304 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 192Linus WeissbachLBUFBuffalo Sabres