Aatu Raty has monster game just hours after being drafted
One year ago, many scouts and executives around the National Hockey League thought that Finnish forward Aatu Raty would be the consensus number one pick in the 2021 draft. Unfortunately, due to poor performances with Karpat in Finland's top division, Liiga, his draft stock fell, and wasn't taken until late in the second round by the New York Islanders.
Just hours after the Islanders selected him, Raty had the game of his life at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Michigan. Raty scored FOUR goals for Finland in their 6-2 win today against their rivals, Sweden.
Meanwhile, Finland has a 2-1 lead over Sweden in the opening game of the U20 World Junior Summer Showcase after 20 minutes, with Aatu Räty (NYI) scoring both of Finland's goals from in front of the net. #Isles pic.twitter.com/SIhzrGPhNu— Lassi Alanen (@lassialanen) July 24, 2021
Aatu Räty completes the hat-trick to make it 4-1 for Finland. A great start to the tournament for the recent #Isles second-rounder. pic.twitter.com/KAnn0xBwRE— Lassi Alanen (@lassialanen) July 24, 2021
Make that 4 goals for Aatu Raty hours after the #Isles drafted him in the second round.
Incredible. pic.twitter.com/nRM2PI8cMe— Michel Anderson (@TLOMitch) July 24, 2021
Being drafted where he did (52nd overall) probably frustrated Raty, and he went out in today's game wanting to prove the other 31 general managers in the NHL wrong.
Raty is expected to return to Karpat (Liiga) for the 2021-22 season, and more than likely will play for Finland at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in December after not being selected to their roster for the 2021 tournament.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Seth Jarvis | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Zach Benson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cody Glass | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Grzelcyk | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jordan Martinook | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Owen Power | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Michael Bunting | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bowen Byram | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pavel Dorofeyev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Victor Olofsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Dmitry Orlov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Pietrangelo | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Capitals | 45 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 65 | |
Jets | 46 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 65 | |
Oilers | 45 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 61 | |
Golden Knights | 45 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 61 | |
Wild | 45 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 58 | |
Maple Leafs | 46 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 58 | |
Devils | 47 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 58 | |
Stars | 44 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 57 | |
Hurricanes | 46 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 57 | |
Kings | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 55 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||