Esa Tikkanen

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Esa Tikkanen
Date of birth January 25, 1965
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 4th lap, 80th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
until 1981 HJK Helsinki
1981-1982 Regina Blues
1982-1985 HIFK Helsinki
1985-1993 Edmonton Oilers
1993-1994 New York Rangers
1994-1995 HIFK Helsinki
St. Louis Blues
1995 New Jersey Devils
1995-1997 Vancouver Canucks
1997 New York Rangers
1997-1998 Florida panthers
1998 Washington Capitals
1998-1999 New York Rangers
1999-2000 Jokerit Helsinki
2000-2001 Mosquitoes eat
2004-2005 Anyang Halla Winia

Esa Kalervo Tikkanen (born January 25, 1965 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and coach who played 1063 games for the Edmonton Oilers , New York Rangers , St. Louis Blues , New in the course of his active career between 1985 and 2001 Jersey Devils , Vancouver Canucks , Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . During his 14 seasons in the NHL, Tikkanen won the Stanley Cup five times  - between 1985 and 1990 four times with the Edmonton Oilers and in 1994 with the New York Rangers. In addition, as a long-time member of the Finnish national team, he won numerous medals at international tournaments.

Career

After successfully participating in the U20 Junior World Championship in 1983 , Tikkanen, who had also played temporarily as a junior in Canada, was drawn by the Edmonton Oilers at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in the fourth round as 80th. The jump from the Finnish league of HIFK Helsinki to the NHL, however, he succeeded in the spring of 1985, when he was called up during the playoffs by the Oilers and immediately won his first Stanley Cup with them in the same season . In a team with Wayne Gretzky , Mark Messier and his compatriot Jari Kurri , he was able to repeat this success in 1987 and 1988 . At Rendez-vous '87 he was a member of the NHL team. After Gretzky's departure, Tikkanen helped show in the 1989/90 season that the Oilers could win the title even without their big star. In the early 1990s, Tikkanen, who regularly scored between 60 and 80 scorer points per season in the 1980s , could no longer achieve these values ​​and so the Oilers separated from him towards the end of the 1992/93 season .

He moved to the New York Rangers , with whom he captured his fifth Stanley Cup in the 1993/94 season . Due to the strike, the 1994/95 season started much later and Tikkanen played again for his home club HIFK Helsinki until the start of the season. In the NHL he then played for the St. Louis Blues . From then on, his NHL career was marked by changes. Shortly after the start of the 1995/96 season , the Blues gave him to the New Jersey Devils , from where he moved to the Vancouver Canucks after only nine games . At the end of the following season he returned to the New York Rangers. After good playoffs in New York, in which he scored nine goals in 15 games, his journey continued to the Florida Panthers , who soon gave him over to the Washington Capitals . His last station in the NHL were again the New York Rangers, for which he completed 33 games in the 1998/99 season .

In autumn 1999 he returned to Europe. After a season at Jokerit Helsinki in his Finnish homeland and another season in the German ice hockey league at Moskitos Essen , he ended his active career. In the 2004/05 season Tikkanen served the team Anyang Halla Winia from South Korea as both player and coach; the following season he was appointed to coach the Frisk Tigers from Asker in the Norwegian league. After a break of several years, he briefly acted as coach of Jokipojat from Mestis in Finland in the 2010/11 season .

International

With the Finnish national team , Tikkanen took part in five world championships . He was also a participant in the Canada Cups in 1987 and 1991 . At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan , he won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1980/81 HJK Helsinki U20 A-Jun.-SM-liiga 2 2 2 4th 6th - - - - -
1981/82 Regina Blues SJHL 59 38 37 75 216 - - - - -
1981/82 Regina Pats WHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1982/83 HIFK Helsinki U20 A-Jun.-SM-liiga 30th 34 31 65 104 4th 4th 3 7th 10
1982/83 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga - - - - - 1 0 0 0 2
1983/84 HIFK Helsinki U20 A-Jun.-SM-liiga 6th 5 9 14th 13 4th 4th 3 7th 8th
1983/84 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 36 19th 11 30th 30th 2 0 1 1 0
1984/85 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 36 21st 34 55 42 - - - - -
1984/85 Edmonton Oilers NHL - - - - - 3 0 0 0 2
1985/86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 35 7th 6th 13 28 8th 3 2 5 7th
1985/86 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 15th 4th 8th 12 17th - - - - -
1986/87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 76 34 44 78 120 21st 7th 2 9 22nd
1987/88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 23 51 74 153 19th 10 17th 27 72
1988/89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 67 31 47 78 92 7th 1 3 4th 12
1989/90 Edmonton Oilers NHL 79 30th 33 63 161 22nd 13 11 24 26th
1990/91 Edmonton Oilers NHL 79 27 42 69 85 18th 12 8th 20th 24
1991/92 Edmonton Oilers NHL 40 12 16 28 44 16 5 3 8th 8th
1992/93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 66 14th 19th 33 76 - - - - -
1992/93 New York Rangers NHL 15th 2 5 7th 18th - - - - -
1993/94 New York Rangers NHL 83 22nd 32 54 114 23 4th 4th 8th 34
1994/95 HIFK Helsinki SM-liiga 19th 2 11 13 16 - - - - -
1994/95 St. Louis Blues NHL 43 12 23 35 22nd 7th 2 2 4th 20th
1995/96 St. Louis Blues NHL 11 1 4th 5 18th - - - - -
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 9 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
1995/96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 38 13 24 37 14th 6th 3 2 5 2
1996/97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 62 12 15th 27 66 - - - - -
1996/97 New York Rangers NHL 14th 1 2 3 6th 15th 9 3 12 26th
1997/98 Florida panthers NHL 28 1 8th 9 16 - - - - -
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 20th 2 10 12 2 21st 3 3 6th 20th
1998/99 New York Rangers NHL 32 0 3 3 38 - - - - -
1999/00 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 43 10 13 23 85 11 1 6th 7th 10
2000/01 Mosquitoes eat DEL 46 8th 21st 29 81 - - - - -
2001/02 without a contract not played after resignation
2002/03 without a contract not played after resignation
2003/04 without a contract not played after resignation
2004/05 Anyang Halla Winia ALIH 30th 8th 17th 25th 58 - - - - -
A-Juniors-SM-liiga total 38 41 42 83 123 8th 8th 6th 14th 18th
SM-liiga total 135 52 69 121 173 14th 1 7th 8th 12
NHL overall 877 244 386 630 1077 186 72 60 132 275

International

Represented Finland at:

 

Represented the National Hockey League at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1982 Finland U18 European Championship 4th Place 5 3 2 5 2
1983 Finland U20 World Cup 6th place 7th 2 3 5 5
1983 Finland U18 European Championship 2nd place, silver 5 2 1 3 14th
1984 Finland U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 8th 4th 12 12
1985 Finland U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 7th 12 19th 10
1985 Finland WM 5th place 10 4th 5 9 12
1987 NHL All-Stars Date - 2 0 1 1 2
1987 Finland Canada Cup 6th place 5 0 1 1 6th
1989 Finland WM 5th place 8th 4th 4th 8th 14th
1991 Finland Canada Cup 3rd place 6th 2 2 4th 6th
1993 Finland WM 7th place 6th 0 0 0 2
1996 Finland WM 5th place 1 0 0 0 0
1998 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze 6th 1 1 2 0
2000 Finland WM 3rd place, bronze 9 2 1 3 10
Juniors overall 31 22nd 22nd 44 43
Men overall 53 13 15th 28 52

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Others

Tikkanen became particularly famous for his constant, difficult-to-understand babbling during the games, which was made up of a mixture of Finnish, Swedish and English, also known as "Tiki Talk" or "Tikkanese".

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personal data
SURNAME Tikkanen, Esa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tikkanen, Esa Kalervo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland