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Olli Maatta in the 2012 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Olli Maatta 22nd overall in the 2012 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 9 Finns selected that year. It was the second of the 9 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 818.

Overall pick
22
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 22
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

Picks 19–25 in the 2012 draft

  1. 19Andrei VasilevskiyG610 GP · 378 WTBL
  2. 20Scott LaughtonC759 GP · 294 PPHI
  3. 21Mark JankowskiL496 GP · 154 PCGY
  4. 22Olli MaattaD818 GP · 214 PPIT
  5. 23Mike MathesonD713 GP · 306 PFLA
  6. 24Malcolm SubbanG87 GP · 36 WBOS
  7. 25Jordan SchmaltzD42 GP · 5 PSTL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

Where he came in the 2012 class

2nd
of 9 Finns selected
10th
of 77 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 18Teuvo TeravainenC841 GP · 558 PCHI
  2. 22Olli MaattaD818 GP · 214 PPIT
  3. 34Ville PokkaDNYI
  4. 62Joonas KorpisaloG334 GP · 140 WCBJ
  5. 74Esa LindellD777 GP · 250 PDAL
  6. 118Mikko VainonenDNSH
  7. 144Henri KiviahoGDAL
  8. 148Niklas TikkinenDPHX
  9. 176Petteri LindbohmD49 GP · 4 PSTL

The road to the NHL

Olli Maatta made his NHL debut on October 3, 2013, 1 year and 103 days after the draft.

818
Games
45
Goals
169
Assists
214
Points

NHL regular season to date.

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2012 draft