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1991 NHL Draft

Juha Ylonen in the 1991 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Juha Ylonen 91st overall in the 1991 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 5.

He was the first of the 6 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 10 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1991, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 341 games put him 47th in the class.

Overall pick
91
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 3
Drafting team
WINWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 88–94 in the 1991 draft

  1. 88Zac BoyerR3 GP · 0 PCHI
  2. 89Dan RyderGSJS
  3. 90Patrick LabrecqueG2 GP · 0 WQUE
  4. 91Juha YlonenC341 GP · 102 PWIN
  5. 92Steve JunkerR5 GP · 0 PNYI
  6. 93Ryan HaggertyCEDM
  7. 94Yanick DegraceGPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1991 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1991 class

1st
of 6 Finns selected
57th
of 146 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 91Juha YlonenC341 GP · 102 PWIN
  2. 156Janne LaukkanenD407 GP · 121 PQUE
  3. 239Marko JantunenC3 GP · 0 PCGY
  4. 250Jukka SuomalainenDMNS
  5. 254Juha RiihijarviREDM
  6. 258Pasi HuuraDPIT
Every pick from Finland in the 1991 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Juha Ylonen made his NHL debut on February 12, 1997, 5 years and 235 days after the draft.

341
Games
26
Goals
76
Assists
102
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1991 draft

  1. 5Aaron WardD839 GP · 151 PWIN
  2. 49Dmitri FilimonovD30 GP · 5 PWIN
  3. 91Juha YlonenC341 GP · 102 PWIN
  4. 99Yan KaminskyL26 GP · 5 PWIN
  5. 115Jeff SebastianDWIN
  6. 159Jeff RicciardiDWIN
  7. 181Sean GauthierG1 GP · 0 WWIN
  8. 203Igor UlanovD739 GP · 162 PWIN
  9. 225Jason JenningsRWIN
  10. 247Sergei SorokinDWIN