2001 NHL Draft
Tuomo Ruutu in the 2001 NHL Draft
Chicago Blackhawks selected Tuomo Ruutu 9th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 24 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 13 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 735 games put him 22nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 9
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 9
- Drafting team
- CHIChicago Blackhawks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 6–12 in the 2001 draft
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 11Fredrik SjöströmL489 GP · 104 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 12Dan HamhuisD1148 GP · 356 PNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
2nd
of 24 Finns selected
7th
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
Tuomo Ruutu made his NHL debut on October 8, 2003, 2 years and 107 days after the draft.
735
Games
148
Goals
198
Assists
346
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 2001 draft
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 29Adam MunroG17 GP · 4 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 59Matt KeithR27 GP · 5 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 73Craig AndersonG709 GP · 319 WCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 104Brent MacLellanDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 115Vladimir GusevDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 119Aleksey ZotkinLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 142Tommi JaminkiLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 174Alexander GolvinLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 186Petr PuncocharDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 205Teemu JaaskelainenDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 216Oleg MinakovRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 268Jeff MilesCCHIChicago Blackhawks