1999 NHL Draft
Riku Hahl in the 1999 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Riku Hahl 183rd overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 6.
He was the eighth of the 18 Finns selected that year. It was the ninth of the 11 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 92 games put him 57th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 183
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 26
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 180–186 in the 1999 draft
- 180Tore VikingstadLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 181Kent McDonellR32 GP · 3 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 182Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 183Riku HahlC92 GP · 13 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 184Justin CoxRDALDallas Stars
- 185Scott CameronCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 186Brett DraneyLDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
8th
of 18 Finns selected
100th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 13Jani RitaL66 GP · 14 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 27Ari AhonenGNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 41Tony SalmelainenL70 GP · 18 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 62Teemu SainomaaLOTTOttawa Senators
- 70Niklas HagmanL770 GP · 301 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 100Teemu KesaDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 118Jaakko HarikkalaDBOSBoston Bruins
- 183Riku HahlC92 GP · 13 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 197Arto LaatikainenDNYRNew York Rangers
- 201Mikko RuutuLOTTOttawa Senators
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Riku Hahl made his NHL debut on January 9, 2002, 2 years and 197 days after the draft.
92
Games
5
Goals
8
Assists
13
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 1999 draft
- 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 45Martin GrenierD18 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 93Branko RadivojevicR393 GP · 120 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 112Sanny LindstromDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 122Kristian KovacRCOLColorado Avalanche
- 142William MagnusonDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 152Jordan KrestanovichL22 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 158Anders LovdahlCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 183Riku HahlC92 GP · 13 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 212Radim VrbataR1057 GP · 623 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 240Jeff FingerD199 GP · 57 PCOLColorado Avalanche