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2001 NHL Draft

Mikko Koivu in the 2001 NHL Draft

Minnesota Wild selected Mikko Koivu 6th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 24 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1035, and only 3 have scored more points than his 711.

Overall pick
6
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 6
Drafting team
MINMinnesota Wild
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 3–9 in the 2001 draft

  1. 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBL
  2. 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLA
  3. 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANA
  4. 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMIN
  5. 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTL
  6. 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJ
  7. 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2001 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2001 class

1st
of 24 Finns selected
6th
of 159 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMIN
  2. 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHI
  3. 48Tuomas PihlmanL15 GP · 2 PNJD
  4. 83Henrik JuntunenRLAK
  5. 89Tuomas NissinenGSTL
  6. 102Timo ParssinenL17 GP · 3 PANA
  7. 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMIN
  8. 108Tomi MakiR1 GP · 0 PCGY
  9. 109Martti JarventieD1 GP · 0 PMTL
  10. 111Matti KaltiainenGBOS

+ 14 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2001 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mikko Koivu made his NHL debut on November 5, 2005, 4 years and 135 days after the draft.

1035
Games
206
Goals
505
Assists
711
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Minnesota Wild picks in the 2001 draft

  1. 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMIN
  2. 36Kyle WanvigR75 GP · 15 PMIN
  3. 74Chris HeidDMIN
  4. 93Stephane VeilleuxL506 GP · 106 PMIN
  5. 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMIN
  6. 202Derek BoogaardL277 GP · 16 PMIN
  7. 239Jake RiddleLMIN