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2004 NHL Draft

Petteri Nokelainen in the 2004 NHL Draft

New York Islanders selected Petteri Nokelainen 16th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.

He was the second of the 14 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 245 games put him 58th in the class.

Overall pick
16
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 16
Drafting team
NYINew York Islanders
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 13–19 in the 2004 draft

  1. 13Drew StaffordR841 GP · 428 PBUF
  2. 14Devan DubnykG542 GP · 253 WEDM
  3. 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSH
  4. 16Petteri NokelainenC245 GP · 41 PNYI
  5. 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTL
  6. 18Kyle ChipchuraC482 GP · 104 PMTL
  7. 19Lauri KorpikoskiL609 GP · 201 PNYR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2004 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2004 class

2nd
of 14 Finns selected
10th
of 172 forwards selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 11Lauri TukonenR5 GP · 0 PLAK
  2. 16Petteri NokelainenC245 GP · 41 PNYI
  3. 19Lauri KorpikoskiL609 GP · 201 PNYR
  4. 66Sami LepistoD176 GP · 35 PWSH
  5. 118Aki SeitsonenCCGY
  6. 138Pasi SalonenFWSH
  7. 190Lennart PetrellL95 GP · 18 PCBJ
  8. 191Karri RamoG159 GP · 60 WTBL
  9. 196Petri KontiolaC12 GP · 5 PCHI
  10. 204Miikka TuomainenLATL

+ 4 more

Every pick from Finland in the 2004 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Petteri Nokelainen made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 1 year and 101 days after the draft.

245
Games
20
Goals
21
Assists
41
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Islanders picks in the 2004 draft

  1. 16Petteri NokelainenC245 GP · 41 PNYI
  2. 47Blake ComeauL909 GP · 334 PNYI
  3. 82Sergei OgorodnikovCNYI
  4. 115Wes O'NeillD5 GP · 0 PNYI
  5. 148Steve RegierL26 GP · 4 PNYI
  6. 179Jaroslav MrazekDNYI
  7. 210Emil AxelssonDNYI
  8. 227Chris CampoliD440 GP · 146 PNYI
  9. 244Jason PittonLNYI
  10. 276Sylvain MichaudGNYI