Juha Lind

Juha Lind
Date of birth	2nd January 1974
place of birth	Helsinki , Finland
size	181 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1992 , 8th round, 178th position Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1992-1997	Jokerit Helsinki
1997-1998	Dallas Stars
1998-1999	Jokerit Helsinki
1999-2000	Dallas Stars
2000-2001	Montréal Canadiens
2001-2004	Södertälje SK
2004-2005	Jokerit Helsinki
2005-2007	EC Red Bull Salzburg
2007-2008	Leksands IF
2008-2010	Jokerit Helsinki

Juha Petteri Lind (born January 2, 1974 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who played for the Dallas Stars and Montréal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1992 to 2010 .

Career

Juha Lind began his career as a hockey player in the youth of Jokerit Helsinki , for whose professional team he was initially active in the SM-liiga from 1992 to 1997 . During this time he won the championship with the team in 1994 and 1996 , and the European Cup in 1995 and 1996 . In addition, the attacker was runner-up in 1995 with Jokerit and in 1993 he reached third place in the European Cup. During this time, Lind was also selected in the eighth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft as a total of 178th player from the Minnesota North Stars .

This gave the rights to the player in the following year to their successor team, the Dallas Stars , for which Lind made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1997/98 season . He also came this season on eight missions for their farm team , the Michigan K-Wings from the International Hockey League . For the 1998/99 season , the left-shooter returned to Jokerit. After the Finn had started the 1999/00 season with the Dallas Stars, he was given over to the Montréal Canadiens during the season , for which he was on the ice for the following year and a half in the NHL.

In summer 2001 Lind signed a contract with Södertälje SK from the Swedish Elitserien , for which he was active for a total of three years. He then played again for a season for Jokerit before he was 2005 to 2007 again in Europe under contract, where he met the EC Red Bull Salzburg in the 2006/07 season , the Austrian Championship won. The winger also stayed abroad in the 2007/08 season when he played for Leksands IF in HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish league. From 2008 to 2010 Lind was on the ice for Jokerit Helsinki for the fourth and last time in the SM-liiga. He then ended his career at the age of 36.

International

For Finland , Lind took part in the U20 Junior World Championship in 1994 , as well as the World Championships in 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 and 2002 . He was also in Finland's squad at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City .

Achievements and Awards

1993 3rd place at the European Cup with Jokerit Helsinki 1994 Finnish champion with Jokerit Helsinki 1994 Best rookie in the SM-liiga 1995 European Cup with Jokerit Helsinki 1995 Finnish runner-up with Jokerit Helsinki

1996 European Cup with Jokerit Helsinki 1996 Finnish champion with Jokerit Helsinki 1997 Finnish champion with Jokerit Helsinki 2007 Austrian champion with the EC Red Bull Salzburg 2012 admission to the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame

International

• 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1999 silver medal at the world championship
• 2000 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2001 silver medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	3	133	9	13	22nd	20th
Playoffs	1	15th	2	2	4th	8th

Trivia

• Juha's father, Arvi Lind , is a Finnish news anchor.

Web links

• Juha Lind at hockeydb.com (English)
• Juha Lind at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Juha Lind at eurohockey.com
• Juha Lind at eliteprospects.com (English)