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FinlandFinland  Teppo numbers Ice hockey player
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2013
Teppo numbers
Date of birth 3rd July 1968
place of birth Tampere , Finland
size 188 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
number # 27
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1986 , 2nd lap, 29th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
until 1984 Tappara Tampere
1984-1985 Whitby Lawmen
1985-1988 Tappara Tampere
1988-1996 Winnipeg Jets
1996-2003 Phoenix Coyotes
2003-2005 Dallas Stars
2005-2009 Buffalo Sabers

Teppo Kalevi Numminen (born July 3, 1968 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player and scout as well as current coach , who played 1454 games for the Winnipeg Jets , Phoenix Coyotes , Dallas Stars and in the course of his active career between 1985 and 2009 Buffalo Sabers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Before his time in the NHL, the multiple medalist won three Finnish championship titles at the Winter Olympics and World Championships with his home club Tappara Tampere . In 2013 he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame . His father Kalevi and brother Teemu were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Numminen in the jersey of the Buffalo Sabers (2007)

Numminen began his career in the Finnish SM-liiga at Tappara Tampere. In the 1986 NHL Entry Draft , those in charge of the Winnipeg Jets secured the transfer rights of the right-handed shooter when they selected him in 29th position in the second round. The Finn then stayed in Tampere until the end of the 1987/88 season and then moved to the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets in the summer of 1988. During the lockout in the 1994/95 season , he completed 12 games for TuTo Turku , which at that time still played in the SM-Liiga. After the resumption of play in the National Hockey League, however, he returned to North America.

When the Jets moved to Arizona in 1996 and played there as Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL, Numminen followed the club and stayed with the Coyotes until 2002/03 . He spent the following season with the Dallas Stars before he joined the Buffalo Sabers in the summer of 2005, with whom he still has a contract. In the summer of 2006, Numminen had to undergo an operation due to cardiac arrhythmia . He got an additional year contract with the Sabers.

After the 2005/06 season , Numminen was only 17 games away from breaking the record of his compatriot Jari Kurri for the most NHL games by a European during the regular season, Kurri completed 1251 games in the regular season. The Finnish defender became the European record holder for NHL games the following season. He played on the night of November 15, 2006 in the 7-4 victory of the Buffalo Sabers in Carolina, his 1252nd NHL game. The 38-year-old overtook his compatriot Jari Kurri, who retired in 1998. After Numminen career end his record was during the 2009-10 season by Nicklas Lidstrom broken.

Numminen completed a total of 20 NHL seasons, which is also a European record. He played in Winnipeg for eight years, seven years for the successor franchise Phoenix, one year in Dallas and four years in Buffalo. On January 30, 2010, his jersey number 27 was banned by the Phoenix Coyotes.

For the 2012/13 season he was hired as an assistant coach for his former NHL team Buffalo Sabers . His contract with the Sabers was not renewed after the 2013/14 season.

International

Numminen represented the Finnish national team in 1987 and 1991 at the Canada Cup, 1996, 1997 and 2004 at the Ice Hockey World Championship , 1996 and 2004 at the World Cup of Hockey , and in 1988, 1998 and 2006 at the Winter Olympics .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1984/85 Whitby Lawmen OJHL 16 3 9 12 0 - - - - -
1985/86 Tappara Tampere A-Jun.-SM-liiga 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2
1985/86 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 31 2 4th 6th 6th 8th 0 0 0 0
1986/87 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 44 9 9 18th 16 9 4th 1 5 4th
1987/88 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 40 10 10 20th 29 10 6th 6th 12 6th
1988/89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 69 1 14th 15th 36 - - - - -
1989/90 Winnipeg Jets NHL 79 11 32 43 20th 7th 1 2 3 10
1990/91 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 8th 25th 33 20th - - - - -
1991/92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 80 5 34 39 32 7th 0 0 0 0
1992/93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 66 7th 30th 37 33 6th 1 1 2 2
1993/94 Winnipeg Jets NHL 57 5 18th 23 28 - - - - -
1994/95 TuTo Turku SM-liiga 12 3 8th 11 4th - - - - -
1994/95 Winnipeg Jets NHL 42 5 16 21st 16 - - - - -
1995/96 Winnipeg Jets NHL 74 11 43 54 22nd 6th 0 0 0 2
1996/97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 2 25th 27 28 7th 3 3 6th 0
1997/98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 11 40 51 30th 1 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 10 30th 40 30th 7th 2 1 3 4th
1999/00 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 79 8th 34 42 16 5 1 1 2 0
2000/01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 72 5 26th 31 36 - - - - -
2001/02 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 76 13 35 48 20th 4th 0 0 0 2
2002/03 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 78 6th 24 30th 30th - - - - -
2003/04 Dallas Stars NHL 62 3 14th 17th 18th 4th 0 1 1 0
2004/05 Dallas Stars NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 2 38 40 36 12 1 1 2 4th
2006/07 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 2 27 29 32 16 0 4th 4th 4th
2007/08 Buffalo Sabers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Buffalo Sabers NHL 57 2 15th 17th 22nd - - - - -
SM-liiga total 127 24 31 55 55 27 10 7th 17th 10
NHL overall 1372 117 520 637 513 82 9 14th 23 28

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 Finland U18 European Championship 1st place, gold 5 2 3 5 8th
1987 Finland WM 5th place 10 5 0 5 4th
1987 Finland Canada Cup 6th place 4th 1 0 1 2
1988 Finland U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 5 2 7th 4th
1988 Finland Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 1 4th 5 0
1991 Finland WM 5th place 10 1 3 4th 10
1991 Finland Canada Cup 3rd place 6th 1 1 2 2
1996 Finland WM 5th place 1 0 1 1 2
1996 Finland World cup 5th place 2 0 0 0 0
1997 Finland WM 5th place 5 2 2 4th 6th
1998 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze 6th 1 1 2 2
2002 Finland Olympia 6th place 4th 0 1 1 0
2004 Finland World cup 2nd place 6th 0 2 2 0
2006 Finland Olympia 2nd place, silver 8th 2 1 3 2
Juniors overall 12 7th 5 12 12
Men overall 68 13 17th 30th 30th

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Teppo Numminen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com: "SABRES ANNOUNCE COACHING CHANGES" (English, April 16, 2014, accessed on September 7, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Numinen, teppo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Numminen, Teppo Kalevi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere