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Islanders Seventh Round Pick Off to a Hot Start in Finland

BIEL, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 10: #33 Goalie Johan Mattsson of Frolunda HF helmet displayed on his team bench before the second quarter-finals game between EHC Biel-Bienne and Frolunda Indians at Tissot-Arena on December 10, 2019 in Biel, Switzerland. (Photo by RvS.Media/Basile Barbey/Getty Images)

Henrik Tikkanen, the New York Islanders seventh-round draft pick in the 2020 NHL entry draft, has started this season well in the Finnish second division.

The New York Islanders made an interesting pick for their final selection in the final round of the NHL draft. The blue and orange selected twenty-year-old Finnish-born goaltender Henrik Tikkanen with the 214 overall pick.