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1999 NHL Draft

Ari Ahonen in the 1999 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Ari Ahonen 27th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 18 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Ari Ahonen is not one of them.

Overall pick
27
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 27
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 24–30 in the 1999 draft

  1. 24Luca CeredaCTOR
  2. 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOL
  3. 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTT
  4. 27Ari AhonenGNo NHL gamesNJD
  5. 28Kristian KudrocD26 GP · 4 PNYI
  6. 29Michal SivekC38 GP · 6 PWSH
  7. 30Luke SellarsD1 GP · 0 PATL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1999 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1999 class

2nd
of 18 Finns selected
3rd
of 30 goaltenders selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 13Jani RitaL66 GP · 14 PEDM
  2. 27Ari AhonenGNo NHL gamesNJD
  3. 41Tony SalmelainenL70 GP · 18 PEDM
  4. 62Teemu SainomaaLOTT
  5. 70Niklas HagmanL770 GP · 301 PFLA
  6. 100Teemu KesaDNJD
  7. 118Jaakko HarikkalaDBOS
  8. 183Riku HahlC92 GP · 13 PCOL
  9. 197Arto LaatikainenDNYR
  10. 201Mikko RuutuLOTT

+ 8 more

Every pick from Finland in the 1999 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Ari Ahonen never played an NHL game.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1999 draft

  1. 27Ari AhonenGNo NHL gamesNJD
  2. 42Mike CommodoreD484 GP · 106 PNJD
  3. 50Brett ClouthierLNJD
  4. 95Andre LakosDNJD
  5. 100Teemu KesaDNJD
  6. 185Scott CameronCNJD
  7. 214Chris HartsburgRNJD
  8. 242Justin DziamaRNJD