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1975 NHL Draft

Tapio Levo in the 1975 NHL Draft

Pittsburgh Penguins selected Tapio Levo 139th overall in the 1975 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 8.

He was the second of the 3 Finns selected that year. It was the eighth of the 15 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 216 players selected in 1975, 86 have played in the NHL regular season. His 107 games put him 50th in the class.

Overall pick
139
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 13
Drafting team
PITPittsburgh Penguins
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 136–141 in the 1975 draft

  1. 136Allan FleckLVAN
  2. 137Bob SunderlandDNYI
  3. 138Bill HamiltonCNYR
  4. 139Tapio LevoD107 GP · 69 PPIT
  5. 140Bo BerglundL130 GP · 67 PBOS
  6. 141Bill ReberRLAK

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1975 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1975 class

2nd
of 3 Finns selected
44th
of 64 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 104Matti HagmanC237 GP · 145 PBOS
  2. 139Tapio LevoD107 GP · 69 PPIT
  3. 194Kari MakkonenR9 GP · 4 PNYI
Every pick from Finland in the 1975 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tapio Levo made his NHL debut on October 6, 1981, 6 years and 125 days after the draft.

107
Games
16
Goals
53
Assists
69
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1975 draft

  1. 13Gordon LaxtonG17 GP · 4 WPIT
  2. 31Russ AndersonD519 GP · 121 PPIT
  3. 49Paul BaxterD472 GP · 169 PPIT
  4. 67Stu YoungerLPIT
  5. 85Kim ClacksonD106 GP · 8 PPIT
  6. 103Peter MorrisLPIT
  7. 121Mike WillCPIT
  8. 139Tapio LevoD107 GP · 69 PPIT
  9. 155Byron ShuttLPIT
  10. 170Frank SaliveGPIT
  11. 185John GlynneDPIT
  12. 196Lex HudsonD2 GP · 0 PPIT
  13. 202Dan TsubouchiRPIT
  14. 206Bronisla StankovskyLPIT
  15. 217Kelly SecordRPIT