2012 NHL Draft
Pontus Åberg in the 2012 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Pontus Åberg 37th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 2.
He was the fifth of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2012, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 132 games put him 69th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 37
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 7
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 34–40 in the 2012 draft
- 34Ville PokkaDNYINew York Islanders
- 35Matthew FinnDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 36Nicolas KerdilesL3 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 37Pontus ÅbergL132 GP · 44 PNSHNashville Predators
- 38Phillip Di GiuseppeL302 GP · 81 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 39Lukas SutterCWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 40Dylan BlujusDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2012 class
5th
of 22 Swedes selected
19th
of 110 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 6Hampus LindholmD845 GP · 343 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 11Filip ForsbergL877 GP · 775 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 31Oscar DanskG6 GP · 4 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 33Sebastian CollbergRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 37Pontus ÅbergL132 GP · 44 PNSHNashville Predators
- 43Ludwig BystromDDALDallas Stars
- 81Oskar SundqvistC545 GP · 181 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 93Erik GustafssonD529 GP · 245 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 99Erik KarlssonC/LCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 111Fredrik LarssonDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Pontus Åberg made his NHL debut in the playoffs on May 3, 2016, 3 years and 315 days after the draft.
132
Games
17
Goals
27
Assists
44
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2012 draft
- 37Pontus ÅbergL132 GP · 44 PNSHNashville Predators
- 50Colton SissonsC773 GP · 237 PNSHNashville Predators
- 66Jimmy VeseyL626 GP · 194 PNSHNashville Predators
- 89Brendan LeipsicL187 GP · 59 PNSHNashville Predators
- 112Zach StepanCNSHNashville Predators
- 118Mikko VainonenDNSHNashville Predators
- 164Simon FernholmDNSHNashville Predators
- 172Max GortzRNSHNashville Predators
- 179Marek MazanecG31 GP · 8 WNSHNashville Predators