2002 NHL Draft
Hannu Toivonen in the 2002 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Hannu Toivonen 29th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
He was the fifth of the 26 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 61 games put him 71st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 29
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 29
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 26–32 in the 2002 draft
- 26Martin VagnerDDALDallas Stars
- 27Mike MorrisRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 28Jonas JohanssonR1 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 30Jim SlaterC584 GP · 138 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 31Jeff DeslauriersG62 GP · 23 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 32Janos VasFDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 75Arttu LuttinenFOTTOttawa Senators
- 95Valtteri FilppulaC1056 GP · 530 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 103Joonas VihkoFANAAnaheim Ducks
- 107Mikko KaltevaDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 110Jarkko A. ImmonenCDALDallas Stars
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Hannu Toivonen made his NHL debut on October 8, 2005, 3 years and 108 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 2002 draft
- 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 56Vladislav EvseevLBOSBoston Bruins
- 130Jan KubistaRBOSBoston Bruins
- 153Peter HamerlikGBOSBoston Bruins
- 228Dmitri UtkinLBOSBoston Bruins
- 259Yan StastnyC91 GP · 16 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 290Pavel FrolovFBOSBoston Bruins