2021 NHL Draft
Ville Koivunen in the 2021 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Ville Koivunen 51st overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 15 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 13 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 223 players selected in 2021, 72 have played in the NHL regular season. His 60 games put him 34th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 51
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 19
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 48–54 in the 2021 draft
- 48Artem GrushnikovDDALDallas Stars
- 49Ben RogerDOTTOttawa Senators
- 50Nikita ChibrikovR16 GP · 4 PWPGWinnipeg Jets
- 51Ville KoivunenR60 GP · 20 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYINew York Islanders
- 53Aleksandr KisakovLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 54Jack PeartDMINMinnesota Wild
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2021 class
3rd
of 15 Finns selected
32nd
of 121 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 44Aleksi HeimosalmiDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 46Samu TuomaalaRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 51Ville KoivunenR60 GP · 20 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 52Aatu RätyC118 GP · 29 PNYINew York Islanders
- 64Oliver KapanenC108 GP · 40 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 68Samu SalminenCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 99Ville OttavainenD10 GP · 2 PSEASeattle Kraken
- 106Kalle VaisanenLNYRNew York Rangers
- 122Rasmus KorhonenGARIArizona Coyotes
- 129Topias VilenD2 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ville Koivunen made his NHL debut on March 30, 2025, 3 years and 249 days after the draft.
60
Games
4
Goals
16
Assists
20
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2021 draft
- 40Scott MorrowD47 GP · 13 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 44Aleksi HeimosalmiDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 51Ville KoivunenR60 GP · 20 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 83Patrik HamrlaGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 94Aidan HreschukDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 109Jackson BlakeR179 GP · 104 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 136Robert OrrRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 147Justin RobidasC4 GP · 3 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 170Bryce MontgomeryDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 187Nikita QuappGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 200Yegor NaumovGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 209Nikita GuslistovCCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 219Joel NyströmD38 GP · 10 PCARCarolina Hurricanes