2001 NHL Draft
Tony Virta in the 2001 NHL Draft
Minnesota Wild selected Tony Virta 103rd overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 4.
He was the seventh of the 24 Finns selected that year. It was the fifth of the 7 picks Minnesota Wild made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 8 games put him 109th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 103
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 6
- Drafting team
- MINMinnesota Wild
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 28 years
The picks around it
Picks 100–106 in the 2001 draft
- 100Brian SipotzDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 101Cory StillmanCNYINew York Islanders
- 102Timo ParssinenL17 GP · 3 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 104Brent MacLellanDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 105Vladimir KorsunovDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 106Christian EhrhoffD789 GP · 339 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
7th
of 24 Finns selected
63rd
of 159 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 48Tuomas PihlmanL15 GP · 2 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 83Henrik JuntunenRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 89Tuomas NissinenGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 102Timo ParssinenL17 GP · 3 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 108Tomi MakiR1 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 109Martti JarventieD1 GP · 0 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 111Matti KaltiainenGBOSBoston Bruins
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tony Virta made his NHL debut on March 20, 2002, 269 days after the draft.
8
Games
2
Goals
3
Assists
5
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Minnesota Wild picks in the 2001 draft
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 36Kyle WanvigR75 GP · 15 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 74Chris HeidDMINMinnesota Wild
- 93Stephane VeilleuxL506 GP · 106 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 103Tony VirtaR8 GP · 5 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 202Derek BoogaardL277 GP · 16 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 239Jake RiddleLMINMinnesota Wild