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1986 NHL Draft

Teppo Numminen in the 1986 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Teppo Numminen 29th overall in the 1986 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 2.

He was the second of the 10 Finns selected that year. It was the second of the 11 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 1372, and only 4 have scored more points than his 637.

Overall pick
29
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 8
Drafting team
WINWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 26–32 in the 1986 draft

  1. 26Greg BrownD94 GP · 18 PBUF
  2. 27Benoit BrunetL539 GP · 262 PMTL
  3. 28Kent HawleyCPHI
  4. 29Teppo NumminenD1372 GP · 637 PWIN
  5. 30Neil WilkinsonD460 GP · 83 PMNS
  6. 31Mike PosmaDSTL
  7. 32Marc LaforgeD14 GP · 0 PHFD

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1986 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1986 class

2nd
of 10 Finns selected
7th
of 89 defensemen selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 23Jukka SeppoLPHI
  2. 29Teppo NumminenD1372 GP · 637 PWIN
  3. 34Pekka TirkkonenCBOS
  4. 45Janne OjanenC98 GP · 44 PNJD
  5. 50Esa PalosaariRWIN
  6. 57Jyrki LummeD985 GP · 468 PMTL
  7. 71Hannu JarvenpaaR114 GP · 37 PWIN
  8. 96Jari GronstrandD185 GP · 34 PMNS
  9. 146Sami WahlstenLPHI
  10. 187Tero ToivolaRWSH
Every pick from Finland in the 1986 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Teppo Numminen made his NHL debut on October 6, 1988, 2 years and 107 days after the draft.

1372
Games
117
Goals
520
Assists
637
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1986 draft

  1. 8Pat ElynuikR506 GP · 342 PWIN
  2. 29Teppo NumminenD1372 GP · 637 PWIN
  3. 50Esa PalosaariRWIN
  4. 71Hannu JarvenpaaR114 GP · 37 PWIN
  5. 92Craig EndeanL2 GP · 1 PWIN
  6. 113John BatemanDWIN
  7. 155Frank FurlanGWIN
  8. 176Mark GreenLWIN
  9. 197John BlueG46 GP · 16 WWIN
  10. 218Matt CoteDWIN
  11. 239Arto BlomstenD25 GP · 4 PWIN